Legal tools of public participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment process and their application in the countries of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region

• Main Authors: Nenasheva, Marina, Bickford, Sonja H., Lesser, Pamela, Koivurova, Timo, Kankaanpää, Paula
• Other Authors: fi=Arktinen keskus|en=Arctic Centre|
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: fi=Lapin yliopisto, Arktinen keskus|en=University of Lapland, Arctic Centre| 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; environmental impact assessment; public participation; law; regulations; legal tools; best practices; Eia; Norway; Human health; Northwest Russia
• Online Access: http://lauda.ulapland.fi/handle/10024/62100; http://nbn-resolving.org/URN:NBN:fi:ula-201508031264

The article focuses on research of existing legal tools of public participation in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and on practical issues of their application in the countries of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region (BEAR). The EIA is mandatory for projects which can have negative impac...