ERS315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fredericton, Woodfibre, British Columbia, Squamish Nation

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Environment and Resource Studies
• Course: ERS315

Document Summary

The role of the pre-project planning phase of federal assessment. The importance of engaging publics in ea including: who needs to be engaged how to do this meaningfully including: levels of engagement making provisions and meeting requirements methods and techniques. Indigenous consultation and engagement including: duty to consult importance of indigenous and local knowledge systems challenges and solutions. However, potentially affected publics need to identify key concerns and how they want to be engaged. Indigenous groups - may also negotiate protocols for engagement, project benefit agreements. Government agencies and regulators must facilitate public and indigenous participation and ensure regulations and obligations are met in project design. Need for and purpose of the project and consideration of alternatives. Alternatives to - different ways of meeting the need for / purpose of the projects. Includes not doing the project (e. g. , if the need for a hydroelectric dam is growing energy demand, consider wind energy (alternative) or energy conservations measures (i. e. , null option)