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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 '2017'

Issue 6 of Biosafety Protocol News is a special issue on public awareness and participation regarding living modified organisms. It includes articles by the experts from government, academia, civil…
The international expert meeting was held on 19-20 May 2008 in Cologne, Germany. The aim of the meeting was to provide a forum in which interested Governments (including representatives of interested…
Surveillance and enforcement of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) requirements and Environmental Impact Permit conditions is a final and key stage of EIA system. The primary goal of EIA system is…