Corrigendum to ‘For whom do NGOs speak? Accountability and legitimacy in pursuit of just environmental impact assessment’ Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 82 (2020) 106374 (Environmental Impact Assessment Review (2020) 82, (S0195925519302628), (10.1016/j.eiar.2020.106374))

Jia Yen Lai, Alistair Hamilton

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The authors regret to inform that the abstract was missing in the original article. Please read the abstract as shown below: Participation procedures that do not address existing power relations among actors can preserve or exacerbate injustice and put those already socially marginalised in a more disadvantaged position in environmental management. This paper therefore explores the role of intermediary actors in establishing procedural justice grounds for meaningful participation in environmental impact assessments (EIAs). It also examines the extent to which Indonesia's EIA supports legitimate and accountable representation by NGO intermediaries, thereby helping to achieve procedural justice in the practice of EIA. The findings highlight the procedural justice goals that are discernible through Indonesia's EIA regulatory framework. Three EIA commissions and two village case studies exhibit different interpretations of the meaning and implications of legitimacy regarding representation by NGOs in the EIA decision-making process. In the case studies, instances of land-use conflicts demonstrated concerns over NGO's accountability, resulting in the perception of “unjust” participation by the research participants. This paper suggests that more attention should be paid to conceptualising the value and implications of accountability and legitimacy, which will support the representation of intermediaries in EIA and create a more meaningful and just public participation process. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Original languageEnglish
Article number106468
Number of pages1
JournalEnvironmental Impact Assessment Review
Volume86
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2021
Externally publishedYes

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