The Caribbean Nat­ur­al Re­sources In­sti­tute (CA­NARI) is call­ing for ac­tion fol­low­ing the en­try in­to force of the Es­cazú Agree­ment in Trinidad and To­ba­go on April 27.

In a me­dia re­lease, CA­NARI said the agree­ment marks a step to­ward strength­en­ing en­vi­ron­men­tal gov­er­nance and pro­tect­ing the right to a safe and healthy en­vi­ron­ment.

The agree­ment, for­mal­ly ti­tled the Re­gion­al Agree­ment on Ac­cess to In­for­ma­tion, Pub­lic Par­tic­i­pa­tion and Ac­cess to Jus­tice in En­vi­ron­men­tal Mat­ters in Latin Amer­i­ca and the Caribbean, es­tab­lish­es stan­dards for ac­cess to en­vi­ron­men­tal in­for­ma­tion, pub­lic par­tic­i­pa­tion and ac­cess to jus­tice.