Public participation in environmental plans and programs

Abstract

Public participation makes it possible to strengthen democratic life by improving their participation in environmental management. Public participation, from a legal point of view, constitutes an exceptional system in administrative law and imposes more consideration by the authorities to the individual interests of individuals, since it implies a reduction in the traditional character of unilateral administrative procedures. The right to public participation in environmental matters suffers from a significant ineffectiveness because the legal formation of the right of participation expresses and confirms various reservations with regard to participatory democracy. The development of participatory democracy in environmental plans and programs will inevitably strengthen the environmental effectiveness and legitimacy of these tools, which will eventually become the main tools of environmental law