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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 'transparency'

Czech Atomic Authorities have allowed the continued operation of nuclear power plant Dukovany II. Environmentalists now urge Austrian authorities to immediately take action and require that the…
Information about the amount of pesticides and insecticides used in fields by farmers is not available. For an environmental NGO representative, this amounts to a violation of the right to…
In its findings, the Compliance Committee stated that the Government of Catalunya had failed to properly inform the public about changes in production activities when granting an environmental…