In 2006, the government of Bonaire, the local authority of the Dutch territory of Netherlands Antilles, authorized a resort to be built adjacent to Het Lac, a Ramsar site. The Governor-General annulled the granting of the permit because the environmental impact assessment failed to satisfy the commitments in Resolution VIII.9 adopted by the parties in 2002 (Resolution VIII.9 2002).
Bonaire appealed to the Dutch Crown, contending that Ramsar resolutions are not legally binding.
In No- vember 2007 Queen Beatrix issued a royal decree upholding the annulment reasoning that “resolutions, decisions and guidelines accepted unanimously by the Conference of Parties to the Convention, of which the Netherlands is a signatory, must be considered part of the national obligations under the Convention” (Newton 2007).
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