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Resources 'Article 4: Access to Environmental Information'

The French experimentationAs provided by the Grenelle II law, in 2011-2012 France conducted a national experimentation on consumer product environmental information. The trial covered the…
This study explores the ways in which geospatial science and technology (GS&T) can support development.
With the amendment to the Environmental Information Act (EIA) 2004, Austria transposed Directive 2003/4/EC on Public Access to Environmental Information into national law at the federal level.The…
Sustainable household consumption can be an important engine for a greener economic growth. In France, the “Grenelle” environmental laws include the right for consumers to have information on the…
This report provides an overview of how open access, virtual science libraries, and geographic information systems (GIS) could be harnessed to address development challenges, especially in the area…
The study aims to clarify some important background issues: (1) the constitutional nature of the spatial planning decisions; (2) the interrelationship between spatial planning, construction…
The guide encourages members of the public to use their right of access to EU documents, to understand how the EU rules are applied and to monitor levels of EU transparency in practice. It also…
The event was dedicated to the 10th Anniversary of the Cartagena Protocol, and it had been supported by the Fund of the Central European Initiatives (CEI).The international conference was a great…
Regulation 4 "Proactive dissemination: routinely publishing environmental information" provides for a series of guidance, which goes into more detail than the Guide to the Environmental Information…
Ireland organizes national roadshow to explore citizens’ rights of access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters.The first public workshop will be held on Saturday October…