Environmental Rights Act (SNWT 2019, c 19). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Northwest Territories Document type Legislation Date 2019 (2023) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword Right to clean/healthy environment Access-to-information Access-to-justice Biodiversity Equity Sustainable development Human rights Pollution control Protection of environment Hazards Risk assessment/management Inspection Court/tribunal Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Precautionary principle Polluter pays principle Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The purposes of this Act are (a) to protect the right of the people of the Northwest Territories to a healthy environment; (b) to provide the people of the Northwest Territories with tools to exercise their right to protect the integrity, biological diversity and productivity of the ecosystems in the Northwest Territories; (c) to ensure that the Government of the Northwest Territories carries out its responsibility, within its jurisdiction, to protect the environmental rights of the people of the Northwest Territories; and (d) to ensure that the Government of the Northwest Territories carries out its responsibility to make environmental information accessible to the public in a reasonable, timely, culturally appropriate and affordable manner. Full text English/French Website www.justice.gov.nt.ca References - Legislation Repeals Environmental Rights Act (R.S.N.W.T. 1988, c. 83 (Supp.). Legislation | Canada | 1988 (2014) Keyword: Pollution control, Court/tribunal Source: FAO, FAOLEX