Harmonizing Stakeholder Involvement And Sustainability Principles: The Cornerstones Of Effective Environmental Decision-Making
- IJLLR Journal
- Oct 23
- 2 min read
Misthi Saha, Ph.D Research Scholar at West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
Assistant Professor of Law at Sister Nivedita University, Kolkata
INTRODUCTION
In the contemporary discourse on environmental management and policy-making, the two tools recognized for effective decision-making are of stakeholder involvement and sustainability principles. The entire foundation of environmental decision-making rests on the two cornerstones namely: stakeholder involvement and sustainability principles. The various environmental challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and depletion of resources, can be met with effective environmental decision-making. Environmental decision-making involves an interdisciplinary approach that involves participatory principles as well as sustainability principles. This paper will try to establish a balancing ground for harmonizing the two principles, the first being the participatory principle which will be discussed in the light of the stakeholder involvement and the other being the sustainability principle.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
The present paper will first try to analyze the concept of stakeholder involvement concerning environmental decision-making. The other objective of the paper is to evaluate the impact of various sustainability principles in environmental decision-making. By doing so, a balancing approach will be identified wherein both concepts will be weighed against each other. The present paper is essentially a doctrinal work. An empirical approach for the instant work will give better perspectives to the researcher and therefore, the researcher reserves the right for such empirical work for future studies.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
To attain the aforementioned research objectives the following research questions are framed:
1. How does the stakeholder involvement influence the environmental decision-making process?
2. How do the sustainability principles help in an effective environmental decision- making process?
3. Whether the principles of stakeholder involvement and sustainability principles can be balanced against each other in the environmental decision-making process?
