Community Empowerment to Support Cooperative Environmentally Sound Management (original) (raw)

Environmental Health, 2004

Abstract

One way to protect communities better from hazardous chemicals is to support their involvement in the decision making processes that affect them. However, there are many obstacles to effective participation by the community, including limited access to information and expertise. This paper introduces the work of the National Toxics Network and its role in community capacity building through the development of community based information systems to support informed environmental decision making in toxic disputes. It reviews some situations where communities have found themselves at the centre of toxic disputes. It examines capacity building initiatives that inform and empower in order to facilitate the effective participation of civil society in the chemical management decision processes that affect them, their families, and their immediate environment.

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