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Greenwatch Uganda Champions Information Rights

By Lalanath de Silva on March 4, 2008
Location: Uganda

Laws alone are not enough to ensure environmental protection. Civil society organizations often play a critical role in bringing those laws to life. In Uganda, Greenwatch has done exactly that for the country’s laws on access to environmental information, the first of which passed in 1998.

Global Civil Society Initiative Expands to China

By Lalanath de Silva on February 21, 2008
Location: Yunnan, China

The Access Initiative (TAI) and its partners are launching the first of its kind assessment of environmental governance in China. It is the first step towards engaging civil society organizations and government agencies to promote the public transparency, participation, and accountability that are essential foundations for sustainable development.

Soybean Boom Forcing Paraguay to Examine Pesticide Use

By Joseph Foti on February 7, 2008

Once isolated Paraguay has changed radically due to a boom in soybean exports, which has brought changes in land and pesticide use. 

Freedom of Information Victory in India

By Lalanath de Silva on January 28, 2008

For the first time in its ten-year history, the National Environmental Appellate Authority* (NEAA) has overturned a decision by the Government of India, quashing an environmental clearance granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

Partnership for Principle 10 (PP-10)

The Partnership for Principle 10 (PP10) is an international forum for governments, civil society organizations, donors, and other stakeholders to enhance public access to information, participation, and justice in national level decision-making.

The Access Initiative (TAI)

The Access Initiative is the largest network in the world dedicated to ensuring that citizens have the right and ability to influence decisions about the natural resources that sustain their communities.

Aligning Commitments: Public Participation, International Decision-Making, and the Environment

Crescencia Maurer with Suzanne Ehlers and Andrew Buchman

May, 2003

Reviews public participation policies of institutions in three international arenas: Multilateral environmental agreements, multilateral development bank policy and lending, and trade and regional economic bodies.

Closing the Gap: Information, participation, and justice in decision-making for the environment

Norbert Henninger, Elena Petkova, Crescencia Maurer, and Fran Irwin with John Coyle and Gretchen Hoff

August, 2002

Addresses the status of access to information, participation, and justice in nine countries – Chile, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Uganda, and the United States.

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