Practice question
A project has a completed prior EIA. New operational information makes continuing monitoring necessary. Officials say the initial document permanently exhausts all vigilance. Which is correct?
- An initial report forbids all later evidence
- Every new risk is legally irrelevant
- Monitoring always invalidates the initial approval
- Only a private contract can authorize observation
- Paragraph 205 contemplates monitoring after start-up where necessary throughout the project’s life
Legal references
- ICJ, Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay, April 20, 2010, main judgment: https://icj-web.leman.un-icc.cloud/sites/default/files/case-related/135/135-20100420-JUD-01-00-EN.pdf; paragraphs 204-205.
- Rio Declaration: https://www.cbd.int/doc/ref/rio-declaration.shtml; Principles 2,17.
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