Eva Julia Lohse, Giulia Parola and Margherita Poto§Introductory Remarks on the Idea and the Purpose of a German-Italian Dialogue on Participation in Environmental Decision-Making§§Part I: Perspectives on Participation - Rationales, Protected Interests, Democracy§§Giulia Parola§Ecological Interest as a Leading Rationale for Participation: Ecological Duties of the Citizens and of the Authorities§§Cristina Fraenkel-Haeberle§Participatory Democracy and the Global Approach in Environmental Legislation§§Claudia Sartoretti§The Aarhus Convention Between Protection of Human Rights and Protection of the Environment§§Paolo Turrini§Participatory Rights and the Notion of Interest in Environmental Decision-making: a Theoretical Sketch and Some International Legal Considerations§§Federica Cittadino§Public Interest to Environmental Protection and Indigenous Peoples' Rights: Procedural Rights to Participation and Substantive Guarantees§§Part II: Participation in Administrative Decision-making: Prerequisites and Principles in National and Supranational Law§§Margherita Poto§Strengths and Weaknesses of Environmental Participation Under the Aarhus Convention: What Lies Beyond Rhetorical Proceduralisation?§§Viviana Molaschi§The Implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Italy: a Strong 'Vision' and a Weak 'Voice'§§Julian Zwicker and Franziska Sperfeld§Participation of Environmental Associations in the Context of Nature Conservation Law in Germany§§Nicola Below§Participation Under REACH - Stakeholder Interests and Implementation of EU Secondary Law§§Part III: Participation Through Access to Justice - Conditions and Concepts of Judiciary Participation§§Eva Julia Lohse§Access to Justice - the Main Challenge for Implementing the Aarhus Convention§§Angela Schwerdtfeger§Implementation and the Separation of Powers§§Elena Fasoli§The German Criteria for Access to Justice Under the Scrutiny of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee and of the Court of Justice of the European Union: Is There Room for Similar Proceedings Against Italy?§§Bilun Müller§The Effect of the Aarhus Convention's Right of Access to the Courts in Germany§§Ulrike Giera§Attorneys for the Environment - an Effective Implementation of Art. 9 (3) Aarhus Convention?§§Part IV: An Example for Best Practises in Environmental Participation§§Stefano Duglio, Maria Beatrice Pairotti and Riccardo Beltramo§Environmental Management: the Environmentally Equipped Industrial Area Model§§Eva Julia Lohse§Comparative Conclusions from a German-Italian Dialogue on Participation§§List of Authors