Governance

ISSUES

Governance

How can we achieve a society that takes better care of the planet? A tentative answer arose from the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro: “Environmental issues are best handled with the participation of all concerned citizens, at the relevant level”. This new way of exercising power and managing the planet is known by the name of "governance". (1).
Governance is based on the recognition of the importance of civil society and of non-State players. It gives attention to incorporating these in the management and collective decision-making process, and monitoring of this process.
Governance: several meanings
The term is actually vague, with many definitions. In France, it was used in pre-Revolutionary times, and faded out of common usage until early 20th-century economists used it to describe cooperation and partnership patterns within businesses. Only recently did the word come to apply to changes in the manner of...

NEWS

08/02/2012

Airline industry split widens over EU carbon 'tax' row

08/02/2012

Court to decide if SeaWorld whales are illegal 'slaves'

08/02/2012

WWF urges Bulgaria to drop forest law changes

DEBATES

Endorse the Nuclear Test Ban

Patricia Espinosa Cantellano

Indonesia’s parliament has just taken a historic step, one that makes the planet safer from the threat of nuclear weapons. The...

Greening the European Investment Bank

Over the past four years, the European Investment Bank –...

A French Cure for the Resource Curse

The campaign to ensure that companies engaged in extractive...

FOCUS

The Aarhus Convention

The Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters was signed 25 June 1998. It entered into force 30 October 2001 and was ratified by 41 Parties.Purpose...

VIDEOS

17/11/2011

The United States isn't broke; we're the richest country on the planet and...
24/08/2011

In 2009 Survival released the film "Mine - Story of a Sacred Mountain",...

01/03/2011

Season Two launches on March 1st with The Story of Citizens United v. FEC...
15/02/2011

A short documentary about the dangerous effects of first contact on the...

GREEN TIPS

Educate to Protect

Since 2001, all primary school students in the State of Colima, on the north pacific coast of Mexico, have...

INDICATORS

Human Development Index (HDI)
Gender gap
Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI)

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17/11/2011	The United States isn't broke; we're the richest country on the planet and...	24/08/2011	In 2009 Survival released the film "Mine - Story of a Sacred Mountain",...
01/03/2011	Season Two launches on March 1st with The Story of Citizens United v. FEC...	15/02/2011	A short documentary about the dangerous effects of first contact on the...