environment medium MCQ

Which of the following is a strategy for enhancing 'Environmental Democracy'?

  1. Restricting public access to environmental information
  2. Ensuring access to information, public participation in decision-making, and access to justice in environmental matters
  3. Excluding civil society from policy processes
  4. Limiting judicial review of environmental decisions

Answer: Ensuring access to information, public participation in decision-making, and access to justice in environmental matters

Environmental democracy, embodied in principles like the Aarhus Convention and India's EIA public consultation, empowers citizens to engage meaningfully in protecting the environment.

Topic Environmental Governance and Institutions
Exam Relevance UPSC, SSC