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Over the past 25 years, increasing numbers of public interest groups concerned with the environment have emerged locally, nationally, regionally and internationally. At the 1992 Rio Conference, over 1400 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) were officially accredited and represented. These had mandates in the area of the environment, development, or both. Their influence on public opinion and on the political will of decisionmakers is felt by many to be considerable. Quite often of course, NGOs represent differing points of view, e.g., those wishing to stress poverty and development concerns vs. those wishing to protect the environment. It should also be noted that since Rio, there has been a substantial increase in the number and power of Southern NGOs.
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la Rivière, J.W.M., Munn, R.E., Timmerman, P. (1996). Environmental Non-governmental Organizations (ENGOs). In: Munn, R.E., la Rivière, J.W.M., van Lookeren Campagne, N. (eds) Policy Making in an Era of Global Environmental Change. Environment & Policy, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1612-8_9
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