Accountability and good governance
Bad governance stands in the way of sustainable and equitable development. Good environmental governance depends on participation, transparency and accountability. This allows participants to make decisions in the interest of people and their environment.
Vulnerable groups in developing countries such as local communities or indigenous peoples rely heavily on their immediate environment for their livelihoods. They are often most exposed to the risks of unsustainable economic development. They are also often excluded from decision making processes that affect them. FIELD lawyers work in different parts of the world to change this by improving law and policy.
Effective access to meaningful information is the first step in empowering citizens. In Uganda FIELD reviewed the legal framework on access to environmental information and how it is put into practice - read the report.
FIELD believes that sustainable development can only be achieved through involvement of all stakeholders in decisions regarding investment and development projects. We therefore also work on corporate accountability, with an overall objective of making businesses more accountable to groups and communities whose lives they affect.
Projects and papers
Access to environmental information in Uganda
Transnational corporations: the environmental governance gap
Building public trust: transnationals in the community
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