Public policies, environment and government communication

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the communication policies and environmental legislation of the province of San Luis, Argentina in the period 2008-2018. We seek to recognize the communication policies of the environmental legislation of the province of San Luis, Argentina. The Freedom of Expression of Thought and Information Act (Law Nro. I-0735-2010), which highlights in its articles 1 and 3 the freedom of the citizen to think, express, knows, informs and creates.

Some previous works have sought to examine public communication policies exerted from the main media of the province of San Luis, without analyzing the actions of the state, a singular actor, in the establishment and development of public communication policies seeking greater citizen knowledge of the public affairs.

Access to public information of the province of San Luis is legislated by Law Nro. V-0924-2015 that guarantees each person the right to request and receive information from any agency, in the corresponding support, under rules and times established.

Environmental information is an essential requirement for the citizen's exercise of the human right to a healthy environment and governments must offer information on these issues through multiple actions and alternatives.