Curse or opportunity?
Humphries, R.N.
Curse or opportunity? - 2000 - Mining Quarrying and Recycling 29(10) December 2000, 26-29(4) .
The first part of a paper considering how Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs) will form an important part of future environmental assessments for mineral extraction. Although no additional statutory protection is given to species or habitats listed in the UK's Biodiversity Action Plan local authorities are to implement Agenda 21 as part of their obligation to sustainable development and BAPs are certain to become a planning consideration. The need for strategic planning of mineral extraction, so that several sites combine to enable BAP objectives to be achieved at local and national levels, is noted whilst concerns are expressed that considerable commitment in time and money from companies involved in mineral extraction will be required and that a lack of standard methodology could lead to inconsistency in planning decisions.
AGENDA 21
BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLANS
Environment
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
MINERAL EXTRACTION
MINERAL PLANNING
Sustainability
Curse or opportunity? - 2000 - Mining Quarrying and Recycling 29(10) December 2000, 26-29(4) .
The first part of a paper considering how Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs) will form an important part of future environmental assessments for mineral extraction. Although no additional statutory protection is given to species or habitats listed in the UK's Biodiversity Action Plan local authorities are to implement Agenda 21 as part of their obligation to sustainable development and BAPs are certain to become a planning consideration. The need for strategic planning of mineral extraction, so that several sites combine to enable BAP objectives to be achieved at local and national levels, is noted whilst concerns are expressed that considerable commitment in time and money from companies involved in mineral extraction will be required and that a lack of standard methodology could lead to inconsistency in planning decisions.
AGENDA 21
BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLANS
Environment
ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
MINERAL EXTRACTION
MINERAL PLANNING
Sustainability