The Access Initiative (TAI) ndi World Resources Institute (WRI) zinayambitsa ndondomeko yatsopano ya Environmental Democracy Index (EDI) kuti iwonetsetse kuti malamulo onse omwe amachititsa kuti demokarasi isamalidwe. Mndandandawu ndizoyeso yoyamba yolongosola ufulu wa zochitika m'deralo, ndipo zingakhale ndi zotsatira zowononga mtengo wa chakudya ndi ulimi.
Alimi ndi ogula akudziŵa bwino za zochitika zosawonongeka za zachilengedwe zomwe zikugwirizana ndi ulimi wamba. Pokhala ndi mwayi wopeza chidziwitso chokwanira pazofunikira zowona za chakudya ndi ulimi, ogula ndi ogulitsa ogwira ntchito kusintha ndondomeko ya zakudya adzafunikanso kupeza zokhudzana ndi malamulo ndi chitetezo cha chilungamo kuti athetse bwino ntchito zachikhalidwe za anthu.
WRI imatchula mbali zitatu zofunika kwambiri za demokalase yoyendetsera zachilengedwe: kufotokozera mwachidziŵitso, kutenga mbali, ndi chilungamo. Dongosolo la EDI limapanga maumboni ndi zikhazikitso pazitsulo zitatuzi, poyesa momwe malamulo a chilengedwe amayiko osiyanasiyana ametezera ufulu umenewu. Kwa onse, oweruza 140 a zachilengedwe adapereka mayiko makumi asanu ndi awiri kuchokera pa zero kufika zitatu pa nsanamira iliyonse.
Pulojekitiyi ikufuna kupereka malo ovomerezeka a malamulo a zachilengedwe padziko lonse lapansi. EDI ikhoza kukhala chida chothandizira kuthetsa mavuto monga kutentha kwa mpweya ndi madzi, zotsatira za mafakitale owonjezera monga mafuta ndi migodi, ndi mitengo yodula mitengo.
Mndandandawu ukhoza kuwonetsa komwe kunja kwachilengedwe kosaloledwa kukhoza kukonzedweratu kupyolera muzinthu zomveka bwino za malamulo ndikuzindikiranso madera omwe angapangidwe.
EDI imaperekanso masamba a dziko omwe amawona mphamvu ndi zofooka za malamulo omwe alipo m'dzikolo lirilonse lomwe linayesedwa ndi zizindikiro.
Kuyerekezera pakati pa mayiko, kuwerengedwa kwa masukulu, ndi kuwonetseratu deta kumawathandiza kuzindikira zambiri za demokalase zachilengedwe. Mabungwe ambiri, kuphatikizapo Sustainable Food Trust, TEEB Agriculture ndi Food, ndi Earth Economics, akugwiritsira ntchito Real Cost Accounting (TCA), yomwe ndi njira yowonetsera bwino mitengo yamagetsi pogwiritsa ntchito ndalama zonse zopangira, kuphatikizapo zowonongeka. Mwa kulimbikitsa ufulu wa ndondomeko, zomwe ndizofunikira polimbikitsa chitukuko cha TCA, ndondomeko yatsopanoyi ikhoza kuthandizira kumvetsetsa komwe TCA ikuwoneka bwino.
Zotsatira zina za ndondomekoyi, kuphatikizapo mayiko abwino ndi ovuta kwambiri kwa demokalase, ndi zodabwitsa. EDI inapeza kuti mphamvu za malamulo zomwe zimateteza kuwonetsetsa ndi chilungamo sizigwirizana ndi chuma cha dziko, ndipo malamulo omwe amawoneka bwino pamapepala sangakhale akulimbikitsidwa kwenikweni. EDI imaphatikizapo zizindikiro 24 zowonjezerapo pa demokalase ya chilengedwe pochita, zomwe zingapereke zidziwitso zofunika kuziyerekeza ndi zovomerezeka.
Wokamba nkhani wamkulu pachigawo cha EDI pa May 20, 2015 anali Avi Garbow, Waukulu Wachiwiri kwa US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Pulezidenti wina anali Manish Bapna, Pulezidenti Wachiwiri ndi Woweruza WRI; Lalanath DeSilva, Mtsogoleri wa Project Democracy Practice kwa WRI; Rizwana Hasan, Goldman Mphoto Winner ndi Chief Executive wa Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association; Constance Nalegach wa Ministry of Environment ku Chile; ndi Mark Robinson, Mtsogoleri Wadziko Lonse la Ulamuliro kwa WRI.
"Palibe mipata yambiri m'malamulo ndi machitidwe," anatero De Silva. "Choncho ndikofunika kuti tipeze njira ndi njira zowunikira patsogolo ndikupeza mipatayi kuti ikhale yotsekedwa ndi maboma onse komanso maboma omwe amagwira ntchito limodzi."
Kafukufuku wochuluka wa kufufuza amasonyeza kuti kuwonetsetsa kwadzidzidzi kungakhale chipilala champhamvu kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Pa maiko onse 70 omwe ali mu ndondomekoyi, 65 adakhazikitsa malamulo ena omwe amapereka ufulu wokhudzana ndi chilengedwe. Komabe, 29 peresenti ya mayiko omwe ayesedwa alibe zoyenera pa kumasulidwa kwadzidzidzi kwa nthawi yake. Kuchita nawo mbali kwa anthu sikunatetezedwe kudzera mwalamulo; Anthu okwana 79 peresenti ya mayiko omwe anayesedwa anapeza kuti ali ndi zofunikira kapena zosavuta kuti anthu azigwira nawo ntchito. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, 4 peresenti yokha ya mayiko a EDI amapereka mpata woti athe kutenga nawo mbali panthawi yopanga polojekiti.
Malingana ndi Hasan, ndondomekoyi ingakhalenso njira yothandiza yophunzirira kuchokera ku zolakwa za mayiko ena. "Ife tikufunadi mfundo zoyenera za chilengedwe ndi mfundo zachitukuko zomwe zikutsatiridwa ndi atsogoleri athu padziko lonse komanso pamlingo wa dziko lonse," akutero. "Sitingathe kutsatila mosapita m'mbali njira zopititsira patsogolo zomwe mayiko otukuka pakalipano akhala akutsatira ndipo potero akubweretsa mavuto monga kusintha kwa nyengo."
Kupyolera mu zidziwitso za EDI, ofufuza ndi atsogoleri padziko lonse lapansi amatha kumvetsa mipata ya demokalase yoyendetsera zachilengedwe pofuna kukonza malamulo omwe amatsatira ziwembu za TCA. Ndipotu sizingatheke kuti tigwire woyendetsa polojekiti kuti athe kuyeretsa ngati nzika zilibe chidziwitso choonongeka chomwe chachitika poyamba.