Resources Seminar Landscape Democracy 2015

Policy frameworks and laws

United Nations

• The Aarhus Convention on on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)

Council of Europe

• The European Landscape Convention

European Union (Parliament and Council)

• Directive on public access to environmental information
• Directive providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment