Good Governance and Citizen’s Participation for Environmental Quality Management under the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2560.

Abstract

          Thailand has set the framework of law about good management of natural resources and environment that should be consistent with the good governance and citizen’s participation in order to protect and preserve environmental quality. However in the past period this kind of work was isolated and lack of efficiency and effectiveness. It couldn’t fulfill the real needs of people while environment management should be collaborated with government sector and public sector. Therefore, the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand B.E. 2560 specified that the environment management should be worked and integrated together with good governance and citizen’s participation for the purpose of transparency and verifiability, including citizen’s participation in every step, for example, access to information, planning, managing design, public hearing, investment, public participation in decision-making, etc. It would make the collaboration with environmental quality management and local people’s responsibility in the specific community. Conclusively, after dealing as mentioned in the Constitution, it would benefit stability and sustainability.