| Foreword | p. vii |
| Environmental Governance: Whose Voice? Whose Choice? | p. 1 |
| The Scope of Our Decisions | p. 2 |
| Governance Is Crucial | p. 2 |
| Ecosystems: The Governance Frontier | p. 5 |
| What Is Environmental Governance? | p. 5 |
| Unfamiliar but Everyday | p. 6 |
| Does Governance Reach Beyond Governments? | p. 7 |
| What Is At Stake? | p. 8 |
| Better Governance, Better Equity | p. 14 |
| Participation and Accountability | p. 15 |
| Principles of Environmental Governance | p. 19 |
| Reconsidering Environmental Governance | p. 22 |
| Environmental Governance Today | p. 23 |
| Governance in a Changing World | p. 24 |
| Grading Environmental Governance | p. 39 |
| Good Governance, Healthy Ecosystems | p. 43 |
| Public Participation and Access | p. 47 |
| Access Intitiative Findings: The State of Access | p. 51 |
| Access to Information | p. 51 |
| Access to Decision-Makers and Opportunities to Participate | p. 57 |
| Access to Justice and Redress | p. 59 |
| Improving Access: What's Needed? | p. 61 |
| Awakening Civil Society | p. 65 |
| Civil Society: Power in Numbers | p. 66 |
| A Multitude of Roles | p. 71 |
| Civil Society Is Not Perfect | p. 75 |
| Empowered or Marginalized? | p. 79 |
| Building the Capacity of Civil Society | p. 81 |
| Decentralization: A Local Voice | p. 89 |
| What is Decentralization? | p. 90 |
| Effective Democratic Decentralization | p. 92 |
| Decentralization Today: Partial Progress | p. 97 |
| Supporting Better Decentralization | p. 101 |
| Driving Business Accountability | p. 107 |
| Beyond Traditional Regulation | p. 108 |
| Information Disclosure Is the Key | p. 110 |
| Government-Mandated Disclosure | p. 111 |
| Voluntary Corporate Disclosure | p. 116 |
| Regulation by Civil Society | p. 123 |
| Supporting the Transition to Accountability | p. 131 |
| International Environmental Governance | p. 137 |
| Setting Environmental Policy: A Symphony of Organizations | p. 139 |
| Environmental Treaties: A Consensus for Stewardship | p. 145 |
| Financing the Global Environment: Paying the Piper Poorly? | p. 152 |
| Strengthening International Governance: Priority Tasks | p. 153 |
| International Trade and Finance: Can Environment Be Integrated? | p. 156 |
| Investing in the Environment? | p. 161 |
| New Players, More Inclusive Processes | p. 166 |
| Principles to Guide International Governance Reform | p. 169 |
| A World of Decisions: Case Studies | p. 173 |
| Mind over Mussels: Rethinking Mapelane Reserve (Sokhulu, South Africa) | p. 174 |
| The New Iran: Toward Environmental Democracy (Lazoor, Iran) | p. 182 |
| Ok Tedi Mine: Unearthing Controversy (Papua New Guinea) | p. 188 |
| Women, Water, and Work: The Success of the Self-Employed Women's Association (Gujarat, India) | p. 198 |
| Earth Charter: Charting a Course for the Future (Global) | p. 208 |
| Toward a Better Balance | p. 215 |
| Adopt Environmental Management Approaches that Respect Ecosystems | p. 216 |
| Build the Capacity for Public Participation | p. 216 |
| Recognize All Affected Stakeholders in Environmental Decisions | p. 218 |
| Integrate Environmental Sustainability in Economic Decision-Making | p. 218 |
| Strengthen Global Environmental Cooperation | p. 219 |
| Decisions for the Earth | p. 221 |
| Recommendations | p. 221 |
| Data Tables | p. 230 |
| Governance and Access to Information | p. 234 |
| Global Governance: Participation in Major Multilateral Agreements | p. 238 |
| Financial Flows, Government Expenditures, and Corporations | p. 242 |
| Economic Indicators | p. 246 |
| Agriculture and Food | p. 250 |
| Biodiversity and Protected Areas | p. 254 |
| Climate and Atmosphere | p. 258 |
| Energy | p. 262 |
| Fisheries and Aquaculture | p. 266 |
| Forests, Grasslands, and Drylands | p. 270 |
| Freshwater Resources | p. 274 |
| Population, Health, and Human Well-Being | p. 278 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 284 |
| References | p. 287 |
| Index | p. 307 |
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