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100			_aHumphries, R.N.
245			_aCurse or opportunity?
260			_c2000
490			_aMining Quarrying and Recycling _v29(10) December 2000, 26-29(4)
520			_aThe 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.
590			_aABS
650			_aAGENDA 21
650			_aBIODIVERSITY ACTION PLANS
650			_aEnvironment _96238
650			_aENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS
650			_aMINERAL EXTRACTION
650			_aMINERAL PLANNING
650			_aSustainability _96271
690			_aMINING AND MINERALS
700			_aFoster, R.
700			_aHorton, P.
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999			_c65827 _d65827