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Converging Opportunities: Environmental Compliance and Citizen Science

International Institute for Sustainable Development, 161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0Y4, Canada

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Melissa HARRIS

International Institute for Sustainable Development, 161 Portage Avenue East, 6th Floor Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0Y4, Canada

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S2345748114500018Cited by:1 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

A major challenge for many countries is the implementation of environmental regulations developed to reduce or eliminate air, water, and other pollutants. Recent efforts to ensure value for money in environmental protection, examine how to improve regulatory design, compliance promoting, and regulatory enforcement to deter and prevent regulatory violation. Work in accountability mechanisms such as performance audits have helped identify regulatory implementation issues. Opportunity exits to supplement traditional compliance promotion with new environmental data sources, including from citizen science.

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