Research on the Role of Civil Society in Environmental Governance

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy language: English abstract: This assessment explores the status of civil society involvement and especially non-governmental organizations in environmental governance at local national and regional level in the Albertine rift region of Africa. Our argument is that civil society should be involved in the five key Areas (among others) which are: information collection and dissemination; Policy development consultation; Policy implementation Assessment and monitoring and Advocacy for environmental justice. Generally environmental governance is defined as a concept in political ecology and environmental policy that advocates sustainability as the supreme consideration for managing all human activities political social and economic. It should be participatory involving a wide range of stakeholders including government business and civil society and emphasizes whole system management.