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Compliance in Environmental Governance Requires Eenvironmental Knowledge Management in Developing Countries: The Liberian Case Study
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2005
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Masaryk University Brno
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This paper will commence with the definition and or explanation of environmental governance and environmental knowledge management. It will continue with the reasons why environmental knowledge management is required in developing countries and specifically the Liberian case study. Hence, explanation that environmental knowledge management will enhance and or facilitate implementation or formulation of appropriate policies, strategies, setting priorities, creating political will for the government or “ power that be”, etc. Similarly, it will enhance people’s knowledge and boost their compliance and execution of environmental laws and regulations of the country. The paper will narrate how environmental knowledge management will be implemented in developing countries and specifically Liberia, considering constraints of finance resources, appropriate or necessary Information Communication Technology (ICT), research capability and or lack of research, etc., on environmental issues. Enumeration of advantages and or benefits, which will be derived from the implementation of environmental knowledge management, will be expounded on. A review of the effects and or impact globally as a result of the implementation of environmental knowledge management will be briefly given. In conclusion, we will mention that environmental knowledge management will enhance compliance in environmental governance leading further to sustainable development in the world.