Geography 2153A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, Exclusive Economic Zone, Precautionary Principle
19 Dec 2013
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Include environmental costs in the price of goods and services. Referred to the most frequently in context of waste management but applies to a cradle to grave costs of products. Federal: has constitutional responsibilities set standards through canadian environmental. Protection act and fisheries act create and facilitate international agreements like kyoto or eez for fishing bring together stakeholders (canadian council of ministers of the environment) canadian. Provincial: regulation and enforcement of most resource management (tac, forestry, mining); environmental protection legislation (ontario environmental protection act), environmental. Municipal: regulation and enforcement of waste and water management; bylaws. Review slide 7 environmental assessment process managed by the agency diagram. Where we input science into the stool of sustainability. Using research as the foundation for making sound environmental policy/choices. The problem is that science is often uncertain and can be contradicting there is never enough science because we are always learning new things.
