Environmental information - significant concern for authorities with competencies in the field

The object of this article is the analysis of the scientific approach that aims to address certain relevant issues caught in the regulation of existing international and national normative acts in the field of ensuring access to all members of society (public) to environmental information. Access to environmental information is mandatory, public authorities are obliged to make available to any applicant, at his request, environmental information held by them or on their behalf, without justifying the purpose for which this information was requested. Good access to environmental information for all members of society provides them with the opportunity to be actively and effectively involved in actions to protect the environment and human health, living and working conditions, the quality of food and foodstuffs. household use. Ensuring the optimal exercise of the right to free access and dissemination of truthful information on the state of the environment, awareness of environmental issues, living and working conditions, the adoption of an appropriate attitude towards such issues, also supports the fulfillment of the obligation. which is the responsibility of all individuals and legal entities to protect the environment.