patw
10-06-2006, 06:30 PM
The Governor General of the Netherlands Antilles yesterday
suspended a decision of the Bonaire Executive Committee to allow
a development project immediately bordering the Lac in Bonaire,
without an adequate Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
according to the regulations of the Ramsar Convention. The
Governor's suspension of Bonaire's permit for the project is
based on Art. 98 and 102 of the Island Regulation of the
Netherlands Antilles (ERNA) which allows the Governor General to
step in when an island decision or ordinance is in conflict with
international agreements or conventions, or the public interests
of the Kingdom. In this case Bonaire's Executive Committee
decision was in conflict with the requirements of the Ramsar
Convention on wetlands. Bonaire itself nominated the Lac as a
wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention
in 1980.
suspended a decision of the Bonaire Executive Committee to allow
a development project immediately bordering the Lac in Bonaire,
without an adequate Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
according to the regulations of the Ramsar Convention. The
Governor's suspension of Bonaire's permit for the project is
based on Art. 98 and 102 of the Island Regulation of the
Netherlands Antilles (ERNA) which allows the Governor General to
step in when an island decision or ordinance is in conflict with
international agreements or conventions, or the public interests
of the Kingdom. In this case Bonaire's Executive Committee
decision was in conflict with the requirements of the Ramsar
Convention on wetlands. Bonaire itself nominated the Lac as a
wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention
in 1980.