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Voice and Choice Picked Up on the Web
Watch the Voice and Choice Launch at the World Resources Institute http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5911398965998013302
Aarhus Clearinghouse - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) public participation resource directory - http://aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org/resources.cfm?c=1000006
Danish Development Research Network - http://www.ddrn.dk/index.php?side_id=125
World Resources Institute Launches Voice and Choice
After years of research and writing, the World Resources Institute has launched Voice and Choice: Opening the Door to Environmental Democracy, based on the work of The Access Initiative in 26 countries and a comprehensive literature review.
The full version of this book and an executive summary are available here: http://www.accessinitiative.org/resource/voice-and-choice-op...
Quake Aid Marks Turning Point for Chinese Society
Radio story on the media opening up access to information in China…
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9105475...
A Brief History of The Access Initiative
In early 2000, bad decisions around the world were hurting the ability of the natural environment to support human communities, and also harming people’s health. A team at the World Resources Institute tried to determine what single change would most improve the quality of decision-making around the world. The answer: public participation.
