Many Peruvian school children aren’t taught that isolated indigenous groups live in the Amazon tropical forests of their country. Further, some mining and oil company officials continue to deny that these communities exist.
In early July 2007, representatives of The Access Initiative from
around the world met in Washington DC to discuss best practices for
training new partners to push for improvement in environmental
governance.
The FT’s effort to measure NGO/private sector relationships marks a trend. As NGO’s become more professional and businesses embrace corporate responsibility, both find that they can achieve their goals by working together. Read more.
The governments of India, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines must improve transparency and public participation in their electricity sectors to provide citizens with affordable, reliable and clean energy, concludes a new report.
