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Gramgari v Crawford

País/Territorio
Papua Nueva Guinea
Tipo de la corte
Nacional - corte superior
Fecha
Ene 30, 2013
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
National Court of Justice
Sede de la corte
Port Moresby
Juez
Cannings J.
Número de referencia
[2013] PGNC 14
Idioma
Inglés
Materia
Bosques, Cuestiones jurídicas
Resumen

The plaintiff Gramgari is a customary landowner in the Lower Ramu area. He has brought an action against PNG Tropical Wood Products for “unlawful harvesting of timber and environmental damage on his clan's land.” The case considered whether the defendant was liable.

In reaching its decision, the Court considered s 7(1) of the Environment Act 2000:

A person shall not carry out an activity that causes or is likely to cause an environmental harm unless the person takes all reasonable and practicable measures to prevent or minimise the environmental harm.

The Court, citing s 7(3), held that a “plaintiff cannot obtain a civil remedy by just arguing or even proving a breach of the general environmental duty.” Despite this, the plaintiff was successful in recovering damages under the tort of trespass.

 

(Contribution:  Case provided by Charley Xu from the Queensland University of Technology)

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