Stories: The Access Initiative (TAI)

Here is a quick summary of recent progress by Access Initiative partners working to strengthen civil society, increase participation, and improve environmental policy choices.

Following the recent violence over natural resource use, Peru has an opportunity to balance economic development with human rights protections.

Financial stimulus plans could pose a threat to Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) around the world.

The resignation of the Speaker of the UK House of Commons demonstrates the power of transparency.

On his first full day in office, President Obama issued an Executive Order and several memoranda on transparency and participation in the Federal Government.

WRI has joined with 70 organizations to issue the 21st Century Right to Know Agenda Report in support of government transparency and accountability in the incoming Obama administration.

What is the link between the rule of law and poverty?

It would be impossible to identify all the decisions to be made by governments that will affect the environment in different places in the coming years.