This book introduces environmental participation as a distinct field comprising diverse practices. It presents examples of public participation specifically in

Looks at the critical role of community members and other interested parties in environmental policy decision making.

Federal agencies have taken steps to include the public in a wide range of environmental decisions. Although some form of public participation is often required

Public Participation and Better Environmental Decisions is about a specific ‘promise’ that participation holds for environmental decision-making. Many of th

Citizen science enlists members of the public to make and record useful observations, such as counting birds in their backyards, watching for the first budding