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Additional Resources On Public Participation

Aarhus Clearinghouse for Environmental Democracy, available at http://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/resources.cfm (including case studies and analysis).

Hussein Abaza & Andrea Baranzini (eds.), Implementing Sustainable Development: Integrated Assessment and Participatory Decision-Making Processes (UNEP/Elgar 2002).

Access Initiative, available at http://www.accessinitiative.org (including various publications).

V. Bainbridge et al., Transforming Bureaucracies: Institutionalising Participatory Approaches and Processes for Natural Resource Management: An Annotated Bibliography (IIED 2000).

Carl Bruch (ed.), The New “Public”: The Globalization of Public Participation (ELI 2002), available at http://www.elistore.org/reports_detail.asp?ID=10662.

European ECO Forum, Implementing Rio Principles in Europe: Participation and Precaution (2001), available at http://www.participate.org/publications/Implementing_rio.pdf.

Pietro Caratti et al. (eds.), Analysing Strategic Environmental Assessment: Towards Better Decision-Making (Elgar 2004).

Institute of Development Studies, Public Participation and the g[Cartagena Protocol] on Biosafety (2003), available at http://www.ids.ac.uk/ids/env/PDFs/NBFreport%20Main.pdf (in English and Russian) (examining public participation in the development of national biosafety frameworks, including three parts: the review, the case studies, and a practical guide).

International Association for Public Participation, available at http://www.iap2.org.

Elizabeth D. Mullin, The Art of Commenting: How to Influence Environmental Decisionmaking with Effective Comments (2000), available at http://www.elistore.org/books_detail.asp?ID=107 (providing step-by-step guidance in reviewing environmental documents, preparing comments, and ensuring consideration of comments).

Krystyna Swiderska, Participation in Policymaking for Access and Benefit-Sharing: Case Studies and Recommendations (IIED 2001).

UK Department of Environment, Transport, and Regions, Public Participation in Making Local Environmental Decisions: Good Practice Handbook (2000), available at http://www.unece.org/env/pp/publications.htm (with case studies from throughout the UNECE region) (in English and Russian).

UNEP, Natural Allies: UNEP and Civil Society (UNEP 2004), available at http://www.unep.org/Documents.multilingual/
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(in English, French, and Spanish).

UNEP, Environmental Impact Assessment: Training Resource Manual (2nd ed.) (2002) (This manual provides trainers, especially in developing countries and countries with economies in transition, with the resource materials to develop and produce site- and situation-specific training courses for the different target groups concerned with EIA.).

UNEP, Law and Practice Relating to Access to Information on the Environment, Public Participation in Processes Leading to Decision-making and Access to Judicial and Administrative Procedures Relating to Environmental Matters: A Report on Models of National Legislation, Policy and Guidelines in the Africa Region, Asia and Pacific Region, and the Latin America and Caribbean Region (UNEP 2002).

University of Victoria’s Centre for Global Studies, “Rethinking Governance” Handbook: An Inventory of Ideas to Enhance Accountability, Participation, and Transparency (2001), available at http://www.eldis.org/static/DOC2883.htm (including a wide range of case studies and resource materials at the international, regional, national, and local levels).

Jerry Velasquez et al. (eds.), Innovative Communities: People-Centred Approaches to Environmental Management in the Asia-Pacific Region (UNU Press 2005).

See also discussion and resources following Guideline 42(b). On public participation in the preparation of national reports, see the case study on “Public Involvement in the Development of Ukraine’s National Reports for MEAs” following Guideline 14(c).

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Cameroon’s National Project for Participatory Development
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Public Participation in Developing Laws and Regulations in Georgia
Citizens Submission of Draft Laws in Brazil
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A Participatory Process for Developing Trinidad & Tobago’s NBSAP
NGO Involvement in Romania’s National Commission on Climate Change
Public Participation in International Forums
Public and Private Enforcement of the Wildlife Act in the Philippines
Telephone “Hotlines” and Internet in the United States
Honorary Fish Wardens in Fiji
NGO-Governmental Collaboration in Enforcing Wildlife Laws in Cameroon
A Survey of Some Countries’ Approach to Involving Citizens Groups and NGOs
The Philippines: Stakeholder Involvement in National Planning and Implementation of Plant Genetic Resources Activities
Evolution of Public Participation in Bulgaria
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