Ragnhild Noer, Justice, Supreme Court of Norway

Swatanter Kumar, Former Chairperson, National Green Tribunal India

Kenya has two specialized fora for adjudicating environmental matters: the Environment and Land Court and the National Environment Tribunal. The Environment and Land Court is a superior court with the same status as Kenya’s High Courts. It hears and decides disputes relating to the environment and the use, occupation of, and title to land. Appeals against its decisions lie with the Court of Appeal...

ECOLEX (www.ecolex.org) is an information service on environmental law, operated jointly by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and UN Environment. Its purpose is to build capacity worldwide by providing a comprehensive global source of information on environmental law free of charge to everyone. It was created in response to two issues...