Environmental issues are increasingly becoming the focus of public campaigns. These issues are often called green issues. Drawing the attention of the government and developers to the facts may be enough to motivate them to seek better solutions, or be prepared to negotiate. It is often best to tackle a problem by appealing for negotiations or mediation with those responsible for the problem. Other action should be considered such as protests, media campaigns and, finally, possible court action. Approach local community organisations to add pressure to the campaign and use local newspapers to publicise something that is happening in the environment.

Environmental organisations may be involved in helping to develop government policy, empowering people to participate in law-making or policy processes or public participation processes, lobbying for environmental changes or actions, taking up peoples’ environmental rights, taking up environmental or conservation issues caused by existing developments, working on conservation, and so on.

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