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WELCOME TO THE AARHUS CLEARINGHOUSE
Welcome to the Aarhus Clearinghouse for Environmental Democracy.
This web portal showcases information on laws and practices relevant to the public's right to:
• access environmental information
• participate in environmental decision-making, and
• achieve justice on environmental matters

The Aarhus Clearinghouse provides information relevant to the implementation of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development at the global and regional level, as well as national levels all over the world. It also facilitates the collection, dissemination and exchange of information related to the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (in short: Aarhus Convention).

LATEST NEWS & RESOURCES 'Convention on Biological Diversity'

This website introduces the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004. These Acts cover more than 100,000 public authorities, waste companies and privatised…
This review of the Aarhus Convention one year on from its ratification introduces a conference in London (which was held on 1 November 2002) with a number of leading speakers including Lord Justice…
Civic self-determination and ecological sustainability are widely accepted as two of the most important public goals. This book explains how they can be combined. Using case studies from around the…