ABSTRACT
Public participation in environmental agreements is widely viewed as being critical to the long-term success of many agreements. In particular, the participation of the members of the general population who will be affected by the environmental agreement1 leads to the execution of an agreement that is both credible to and supported by the general public. Indeed, a lack of credibility and a failure to include monitoring provisions are the two most common criticisms levied against environmental agreements (CEC 1996a).
