INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY IN THE MEKONG REGION
© Nicolas Axelrod / WWF-Greater Mekong
Transparency is essential for good and inclusive natural resources governance.

USAID Mekong for the Future, implemented by the World Wide Fund for Nature, and its partners, explore the intersection between transparency, human rights, and the environment through a series of reports. Transparency is created throughout the entire decision-making process.

It starts with guaranteeing access to information rights to all. It is enabled through a civil society sector will the capacity, knowledge, and resources to make full use of data and information. Ultimately, civil society must be able to participate and contribute meaningfully to open processes of decision-making, Once transparency is present, then good and inclusive natural resources governance promotes better management for people and nature.

In a region like the Greater Mekong, where countries are fast developing, large infrastructures are being built to meet the needs of a growing population, and the increase in disposable income puts pressure on resources, transparency in natural resources governance is more critical than ever.

 

This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part of USAID Mekong for the Future. The contents are the responsibility of WWF and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.