http://www.accessinitiative.org/public/blog Public Blog en http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/jakarta-declaration-strengthening-right-information-people-and-environment <p>WRI’s <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettera#term79"><acronym title="The world’s largest civil society network working to ensure that people have the right and ability to influence decisions about the natural resources that sustain their communities. ">Access Initiative</acronym></a> hosted a regional meeting in Jakarta to propose new actions to improve the current right of <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettera#term78"><acronym title="The ability or right to obtain or make use of a commodity or process. In the context of this report, &quot;access&quot; refers to the ability or right to obtain or make use of information, opportunities for participation, and mechanisms for justice in official decisions.">access</acronym></a> to environmental <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/letteri#term107"><acronym title="Knowledge of a specific event or situation; intelligence; a collection of facts or data. &quot;Information&quot; refers to facts, knowledge, explanations, justifications, data, and resources on environmental factors, including air and water quality, environmental emergencies, general environmental trends, facilities and their environmental impacts, and plans or programs affecting natural resources. ">information</acronym></a> in the Asian region. The event provided a space for peer learning about issues faced by communities in seeking access to environmental information through the use of freedom of information laws and promotion of proactive release of environmental information.</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/jakarta-declaration-strengthening-right-information-people-and-environment">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/jakarta-declaration-strengthening-right-information-people-and-environment#comments Access To Information Access To Justice Institutional Reform PP10 Commitments Public Participation STRIPE STRIPE STRIPE: Strengthening the Right to Information for People and the Environment Wed, 01 May 2013 10:15:59 -0400 Nadia Vandergriff 1770 at http://www.accessinitiative.org http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/los-derechos-de-acceso-en-el-ecuador-y-el-derecho-de-consulta-previa-libre-e-informada <p>Como parte del proyecto “The <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettera#term79"><acronym title="The world’s largest civil society network working to ensure that people have the right and ability to influence decisions about the natural resources that sustain their communities. ">Access Initiative</acronym></a> (<a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/lettert#term146"><acronym title="See Access Initiative, The in glossary.">TAI</acronym></a>): Legal Empowerment of Vulnerable Communities in Latin America” desarrollamos un análisis de la legislación vigente sobre el derecho de consulta previa, libre e informada en el marco de los derechos de participación reconocidos en el Principio 10 de la Declaración de Río.</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/los-derechos-de-acceso-en-el-ecuador-y-el-derecho-de-consulta-previa-libre-e-informada">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/los-derechos-de-acceso-en-el-ecuador-y-el-derecho-de-consulta-previa-libre-e-informada#comments Ecuador Access To Participation Centro Ecuatoriano De Derecho Ambiental Legal Reform Participation Public Participation Public Participation Fri, 17 May 2013 11:55:52 -0400 Daniel Barragan 1785 at http://www.accessinitiative.org http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/access-information-could-land-you-jail <p><em>Original article from The Observer</em> http://www.observer.ug/index.php?option=com<em>content&amp;task=view&amp;id=25192&amp;Itemid=114&amp;utm</em>source=feedly</p> <p>One day Abadallah walked to the National Forestry Authority as a concerned citizen seeking to get <a class="glossary-term" href="/glossary/7/letteri#term107"><acronym title="Knowledge of a specific event or situation; intelligence; a collection of facts or data. &quot;Information&quot; refers to facts, knowledge, explanations, justifications, data, and resources on environmental factors, including air and water quality, environmental emergencies, general environmental trends, facilities and their environmental impacts, and plans or programs affecting natural resources. ">information</acronym></a> about licensing forest reserves.</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/access-information-could-land-you-jail">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/access-information-could-land-you-jail#comments Access To Information Other Fri, 10 May 2013 13:42:48 -0400 Nadia Vandergriff 1784 at http://www.accessinitiative.org http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/new-jakarta-declaration-aims-strengthen-rights-environmental-information-asia <p>(<em>Original article posted by Carole Excell on WRI Insights on May 9, 2013</em>: <a href="http://insights.wri.org/news/2013/05/new-jakarta-declaration-aims-strengthen-rights-environmental-information-asia" title="http://insights.wri.org/news/2013/05/new-jakarta-declaration-aims-strengthen-rights-environmental-information-asia">http://insights.wri.org/news/2013/05/new-jakarta-declaration...</a>)</p> <p><a href="http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/new-jakarta-declaration-aims-strengthen-rights-environmental-information-asia">read more</a></p> http://www.accessinitiative.org/blog/2013/05/new-jakarta-declaration-aims-strengthen-rights-environmental-information-asia#comments Access To Information Access To Justice Institutional Reform Legal Reform Public Participation STRIPE STRIPE Fri, 10 May 2013 08:47:49 -0400 Nadia Vandergriff 1783 at http://www.accessinitiative.org