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FFOS defends the right to information

FFOS defends the right to information

Date: June 12th, 2019 Dear Editor/Newsroom, Today 12th June 2019, Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) have filed a High Court Judicial Review action with eminent Queens Counsel challenging the decision of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) to deny the public and civil society groups (like FFOS) complete copies of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) reports. The matter has been […]

FFOS will not be silenced

FFOS will not be silenced

FFOS and other civic-minded organizations have become crippled in terms of its ability to meaningfully participate in the decision-making process embodied in the Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) Rules, 2001 of the Environmental Management Act, 2000.