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The Aarhus ConventionThe Aarhus Convention binds governments to make environmental informationpublicly available within a specific timeframe through national legislation.“In order to contribute to the protection of the right of every person of presentand future generations to live in an environment adequate to his or her healthand well-being, each Party shall guarantee the rights of access to information,public participation in decision-making, and access to justice in environmentalmatters in accordance with the provisions of this Convention.” (Article 1)Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-makingand access to justice in environmental matters. Objective. Aarhus, Denmark,25 June 1998.Source: http://www.unece.org/env/pp/treatytext.htmThe Access InitiativeLaunched in November 2000, the Access Initiative is led by the World ResourcesInstitute (USA), Environmental and Management Law Association (Hungary),Corporación Participa (Chile) and the Thailand Environment Institute. Toimplement public access to information, participation and justice in environmentaldecision-making requires national policies, legislation, institutions and practicesfor public access to:information in emergencies and monitoring information about the quality ofthe environment and natural resources;information about the environmental performance of industrial facilitiesand/or pollution release and transfer registries (PRTRs);opportunity for review and comment on decisions on sectoral policies,programmes, plans with potential environmental impacts;opportunity for review and comment on environmental impact assessment(EIAs) and decisions on site- specific activities with environmental impacts;redress and remedy for infringement of rights of access to information andparticipation.158