Yaounde (Mfoundi)- In what ways can legislators and political parties work together for effective environmental management and protection ? How important are environmental matters in the agenda of most political parties ? It was to give satisfactory answers to these questions that an Africa-wide research programme was recently carried out under the banner "Legislative Environmental Representation" (LER) by the Network for the Environment and Sustainable Development in Africa (NESDA-CA) and CIFOR with the support of USAID and the Washington-based World Resources Institute (WRI). In a series of policy briefs, it was observed that political parties have the responsibility of securing the fundamental entitlements for compliance by forging partnerships between governments, the citizenry, the civil society and legislators. Consequently, this initiative aims to spur political parties to understand the crucial role they must play in the legislative process, especially in strenghhening and enabling legislators to perform better in the National Assembly where they play a great role in decision making.
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