This book focuses on public participation in environmental governance, in terms of public access to environmental information and public participation in environmental decision-making processes. Drawing on the body of international best practice principles in environmental law and taking a comparative stance, Uzuazo Etemire takes Nigeria as a key case, evaluating its procedural laws and practices in relation to public access to information and participation in decision-making in environmental matters.

1. Introduction 2. Society, Political Governance and Public Participation in Nigeria 3. Theoretical Foundations of Public Participation: An Environmental Context 4. Public Access to Environmental Information: International Best Practice Principles 5. Public Access to Environmental Information: Nigerian Law and Practice in Comparative Perspective 6. Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making: International Best Practice Principles 7. Public Participation in Environmental Decision-Making: Nigerian Law and Practice in Comparative Perspective 8. Conclusion

Uzuazo Etemire is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria.