Namati’s Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli argue that the current system of ‘independent’ environmental regulation in India is failing because governing laws do not articulate clear intended environmental outcomes. They argue for “a practice of outcome-based governmental decision making located within the public sphere of influence” toward a goal of “substantive justice rather than procedural efficiency.”
Catholic University of Soegijapranata is well recognized Institution in Indonesia that works focus on humanity and has been accredited A by The Ministry of Education, Republic of Indonesia. Talento pro patria et humanitate (in English: The best talent is dedicated to the nation-state and humanity) is the motto of the Institution, which encourages the teachers and researchers of the Institution to develop an interdisciplinary research of humanity, social justice, and environmental justice. Located in Semarang City of Central Java Province, Western part of Indonesia where is at the point of urban flood hazard, making this Institution is motivated to leading several research projects in rural flood hazardous area of Eastern oart of Indonesia. Catholic University of Soegijapranata has an active research Center of Environment and Urban Studies of Master Program in Environment and Urban Studies (Program Magister Lingkungan Hidup dan Perkotaan or PMLP) which upholds human values and work ethic as well as integrated mechanisms implemented and linked with the other social justice and tradition/customary justice institutions from various sectors both public and private Institutions in Indonesia and abroad.
Environment impact assessment was supposed to be a critical tool in environmental decision making. But it has been re-engineered to severely reduce its usefulness as an instrument for public participation in decision-making.
This article, written against the backdrop of proposals for a new coastal regulation zone notification, analyses the different characteristics of environmental regulations and the new environment policy, and shows how a new perspective facilitates speedy clearance of projects that affect people’s livelihoods and the environment.b
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency, and speed.
https://www.jica.go.jp/publication/pamph/issues/ku57pq00002izuvf-att/legislation_support_2013_en.pdf
https://www.jica.go.jp/english/publications/j-world/1701.html
| VISIONA nation enjoying and sustaining its natural resources and a clean and healthy environment. |
| MISSIONTo mobilize our citizenry in protecting, conserving, and managing the environment and natural resources for the present and future generations. |
| DEVELOPMENT GOALHuman well-being, and environmental quality and sustainability ensured. |
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KEY STRATEGIES
1. Adoption of the watershed/river basin framework in planning
2. Closing open access areas of forestlands by granting appropriate tenure/ management arrangement 3. Convergence approach among NGAs, LGUs and CSOs 4. Area management approach – an integrated area development where all basic societal and economic services are delivered in an area for more impact 5. Capacity building of DENR frontliners, LGus, CSO partners, POs and docial entrepreneurs 6. IEC, advocacy and social mobilization 7. Certification Systems |
Community-level environment justice practitioners, or grassroots environment paralegals, use legal empowerment approaches to assist affected communities to seek legal remedies through administrative routes. This handbook is a guide to help practitioners in India use appropriate legal clauses and institutional routes in their work.
The handbook presents scenarios that include problem types, the likely complaints the practitioner could come across, and the legal clauses and institutions through which a remedy could be pursued for those complaints. The scenarios presented in the handbook are illustrative and draw from the several cases currently being piloted for remedies by the enviro-legal coordinators associated with the Centre for Policy Research-Namati Environmental Justice Program.
The handbook is in both English and Gujarati.
This resource is also available in Hindi and Odia.
Neighbourhood Environment Watch (NEW) Foundation is an environment focused nongovernmental, not for profit organisation with a country office in Nigeria. NEW Foundation has a Special Consultative Status of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UN-ECOSOC). NEW Foundation is also a legal entity, registered with the Nigeria Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) as a non-political, not for-profit and non-governmental organization (CAC/IT: 33938). NEW Foundation works to inspire collective action towards sustainable environmental governance that protects nature’s ecosystem and rich biodiversity. Our programs address governance failures that exacerbate environmental pollution, conflicts, poverty, and social inequality. We work with community members, national and subnational governments, and donor partners to empower vulnerable and marginalised members of the community. Through participatory programming, we build platforms for social inclusion and impact driven social catalyst. Our Theory of change is premised on the 3 models that drive systemic change: equality of rights, harnessing and documenting community-level expertise, and knowledge sharing. Our approach is through research, documentation, and knowledge sharing.
Neighbourhood Environment Watch Foundation is the Country Contact Point for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Civil Society Organisations. She also provides the secretariat for the state Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria; Society for Water and Sanitation (NEWSAN); and the Green Alliance- Nigeria (GAN) Southeast Nigeria. NEW Foundation also serves in various committees at both the state and federal levels. She is a Member of the National Steering Committee; Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Ministry of Environment, Abuja; Member; National Task Group on Sanitation (NTGS), Federal Ministry of Water Resources, Abuja, and member; Catalyst 2030.
WoNEE aims to ensure women human right, energy and environmental justices, through the wider advocacy campaign, capacity building and social mobilization at community level. It is established to increase the role of women in decision making process as well as employments and benefit sharing in the energy and environment sector. WoNEE has numbers of local networks at different municipalities working on women empowerment , through capacity building at local level. The local network of WoNEE is a platform of women to raise voice for establishing gender justices. This bottom up approach of WoNEE is playing vital role to carry on the local issues at national level. WoNEE has reached to various vulnerable and marginalized communities through the local networks.
Furthermore, WoNEE contribute to be the premier women’s network that promotes the economic and professional growth and success of women in the energy and environment sector
The following are the set of objectives through which WoNEE aims to achieve its goal:
INTRODUCTION
Women Environment and Youth Development Initiative (WOYODEV) is a non governmental, non religious and non sectoral organization formed to help in the all round development of Women and Youth, which constitutes a larger part of the population of the world. Woyodev Initiative was established by passion driven youth in 2008 and duly registered with the state Ministry of Social Welfare and Development, Kwara State and the CAC.
Our Motto
…………….attaining greater heights for women and youths in a conducive environment
Our Goal
……………. to reach the less privileged with succour while engaging communities actively in finding solutions to their problems
Our Vision
We envision Good Health, Zero level of Ignorance, Health Friendly Decisions and Hazard Free Environment for the betterment of women and youth and the community at large.
Our mission
A non governmental, non sectoral organization that is committed to identify with the average Nigerian Women and Youth, Promote, Enlighten and Enhance all-round Comfort so as to bring smiles1 to their faces.
Aims and objectives
Aim:
To provide for women and youth a voice, identify with their hopes and aspirations in view to develop and promote their relevance and sense of belonging in the development and stability of the communities, environment and the nation.
Objectives:
Carry out studies of various problems confronting women and youth and finding ways of alleviating them.
Organizing vocational training, seminars, symposiums, workshops, conferences and information technology for women and youth
Community-level environment justice practitioners, or grassroots environment paralegals, use legal empowerment approaches to assist affected communities to seek legal remedies through administrative routes. This handbook is a guide to help practitioners in India use appropriate legal clauses and institutional routes in their work.
The handbook presents scenarios that include problem types, the likely complaints the practitioner could come across, and the legal clauses and institutions through which a remedy could be pursued for those complaints. The scenarios presented in the handbook are illustrative and draw from the several cases currently being piloted for remedies by the enviro-legal coordinators associated with the Centre for Policy Research-Namati Environmental Justice Program.
The handbook is in both English and Hindi.