Key EIA trends as identified by the Effectiveness Study
• more systematic procedures for EIA implementation
• greater consideration of biophysical, social, risk, health and other
impacts;
• extended temporal and spatial frameworks
• provision for SEA of policy, plans and/or programmes
• incorporation of sustainability perspectives and principles
• linkage to other planning, regulatory and management regimes
Purpose and objectives of public involvement
• informing stakeholders
• gaining their views, concerns and values
• taking account of public inputs in decision making
• influencing project design
• obtaining local knowledge
• increasing public confidence
• improving transparency and accountability in decision-making
• reducing conflict
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Forestry And Environmental Science
