Integrating strategic environmental assessment with industry planning: a case study of the Pasquai-Porcupine forest management plan, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is gaining widespread recognition as a tool for integrating environmental considerations in policy, plan, and program development and decision-making. Notwithstanding the potential of SEA to improve higher-order decision processes, there has been very little attention given to integrating SEA with industry planning practices. As a result, the benefits of SEA have yet to be fully realized among industrial proponents. That said, SEA practice is ongoing, albeit informally and often under a different label, and is proving to be a valuable tool for industry planning and decision-making. Based on a case study of the Pasquai-Porcupine forest management plan in Saskatchewan, Canada, this paper illustrates how an integrated approach to SEA can contribute to industry environmental decision-making and can enhance the quality and deliverability of industry plans.
Noble
Bram F
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Department of Geography, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7N 5A5. b.noble@usask.ca
D002170:Canada; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D004777:Environment; D016468:Forestry; D007221:Industry; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011050:Policy Making; D012525:Saskatchewan