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Horizontal Environmental EC Legislation - A Short Policy Guide
2010
The problems that this policy aims to address:
- Without access to information and participation in decision-making, democratic decision-making is unthinkable. Furthermore, lack of information prevents citizens from making important choices based on the given information. Lack of information also hinders participation in decision-making, as only informed citizens can take action in an appropriate way. Without establishing a right to access to information, citizens do not have the possibility to claim access to that information.
- ENP partner countries are going through a phase of economic restructuring and development. This includes a number of new development projects usually associated with negative environmental impacts, such as displacement of flora and fauna, degradation of water bodies and destruction of land.
- Similar to the project level, negative environmental impacts are also likely to arise at the planning and programme level, such as policies to increase highway surface or construction of new housing developments.
