Integrating strategic environmental assessment with industry planning: a case study of the Pasquai-Porcupine forest management plan, Saskatchewan, Canada

Environ Manage. 2004 Mar;33(3):401-11. doi: 10.1007/s00267-004-0067-0. Epub 2004 Mar 25.

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

  • Canada
  • Decision Making, Organizational*
  • Environment*
  • Forestry*
  • Industry*
  • Planning Techniques
  • Policy Making*
  • Saskatchewan