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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 'confidentiality of commercial and industrial information'

The article deals with the loss of Canadian natural capital as well as their financial implications for the greater society. It also points out the missing knowledge about the status of the Canadian…
The author criticizes manipulated mortality statistics of birds and bats with regard to blade strikes of wind turbines. He warns that these predictions of insignificant mortality mislead decision-…
There was a campaign to clean up the bottom of Lake Issyk-Kul from household waste. It was reported in the press center in Bishkek.