Question

Role of civil society in protection of environment sustainable development

Answer 1

In the broadest sense, civil society has been characterized as a sphere of social life that is public but excludes government activities (Meidinger, 2001). Michael Bratton describes civil society as social interaction between the household and the state characterized by community cooperation, structures of voluntary association, and networks of public communication (Bratton, 1994). The tenn “Civil Society” is generally used to classify persons, institutions, and organizations that have the goal of advancing or expressing a common purpose through ideas, actions, and demands on governments (Cohen and Arato, 1992); The membership of civil society is quite diverse, ranging from individuals to religious and academic institutions to issue-focused groups such as not-for-profit or non-governmental organizations, However, the structure differs according to countries in Rwanda for example the civil society involves mainly local and international NGOs and different charities affiliated to different religious organizations and many associations and cooperatives and other social groups do not regard themselves as part of civil society (CCOAIB,2011). In the realm of environmental governance, NGOs are the most prominent actors and therefore comprise the main focus of this assessment.

Answer 2

Answer:

The civic society has got  Major tole in environmental sustainable development.

These roles includes

Educating the public community in the importance of the sustainable environment development and protection.

Explanation:

• The civic society has a role in directly participating in the Environment sustainable Development project in a manner likely to induce other public sectors to get involved for the protection of the sustainable environmental protection.

• The civic society can as well form the organizations as well movements which supports the development of the environment and its sustainability.

• They can as well adocate for the protection of the environment form over exploitation of the resources by enacting laws through  procedural manadate to make sure that environmental development is key factor of protection .