TAI Blog

Environmental Ombudsman in Hungary

Csaba — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:06:50 -0500

It was almost 2 years ago when dr. Sándor Fülöp, formerly CEO of EMLA (CT member for Europe) and co-founder of TAI was elected by a two-third majority vote of the Hungarian Parliament to be the country’s first ever environmental ombudsman. Let’s see what the homepage of the new institution (http://jno.hu/en/?&menu=home) says about those times:

India: Villagers take on Coal Fired Plant

Ritwick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:19:43 -0500

In a significant development with respect to public participation in the EIA process, the National Environment Appellate Authority (NEAA) on 8-3-2010 has quashed the approval (environmental Clearance) granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest to the 1200 MW Thermal Power Plant of Athena Chattisgarh Power Ltd. ACPPL is a group company of Hyderabad-based Athena Power Private Limited (APPL) and has planned to set up two units of 600 MW each in Singhatarai village of Janjgir-Champa district. The ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) had earlier granted approval to the project.

Implementation of Principle 10: The UN Environment Programme to Adopt Environmental Access Guidelines

Monika Kerdeman — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:19:05 -0500

From February 24 to 26, 2010 the United Nations Governing Council/Global Ministerial met in Bali for the 11th special session Environment Forum At the meeting, delegates adopted guidelines for the development of national legislation on access to information, public participation and access to justice.

TAI Assessment Training in Istanbul, Turkey

Csaba — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:51:38 -0500

Right after the Coach the Coaches meeting on 1-2 March, a TAI Assessment Training was held on 3-5 March by the newly trained coaches for the fresh Turkish TAI national coalition at the Regional Forestry Department of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry in Istanbul, Turkey. It was a unique opportunity for the coaches to test their knowledge in a live situation as well as a great experience for the Turkish participants to meet so many representatives of the TAI family.