Title: Optimizing Public Participation in Environmental Decision Making in Nigeria
Abstract: The environment is an essential public treasure whose use and management affects the public. The public therefore has a right to be involved in decisions affecting them and the environment(UNEP 2009). The concept of public participation as a legal procedure in policy design and environmental governance is advancing. In most democratic developed countries, public participation has become an established and operative procedural requirements conducted in environmental decision making processes in order to strengthen democratic environmental governance, provide accountability, transparency and inclusive participation in environmental matters.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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