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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 Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the Spanish city of Castilla y Leon, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment of Caja Duero, have published a 187-page guide for businesses to help…
This article appearing in the International NGO Journal - Vol. 1 (3), pp. 041-043, December November 2006 - discusses how to foster a conducive atmosphere for publicparticipation at municipal level…
Environmental Accounting Methodologies (EAM) aim at a quantitative assessment of the environmental issues related to existing production, trade and consumption patterns. EAMs are currently explored…