ANAW provides public participation opportunities where members of the public participate in decision making regarding animal welfare issues for future sustainable development. This ensures that a wide range of voices can be heard without one group dominating the process and its outcomes. The platforms will increase awareness raising and ensure action within different communities is facilitated with a wide range of voices are heard. In ANAW, public participation has been employed during the Wildlife and Conservation and Management Act 2013, Standard Gauge Railway construction and the Consumptive Utilization Act.