Scientists, industry officials, and environmentalists are giving mixed reception to a new plan to revamp how the Canadian government assesses the environmental
impacts of development projects.
She is currently developing an instrument to collect feedback data on the
social impact of development assistance given to small - scale coffee farmers affected by the recent coffee leaf rust disorder epidemic.
The researchers also recommend that these strategies should take account of the cumulative
impacts of development in individual countries by mapping the best locations for offsets to promote species conservation objectives, as well as by creating «no - go zones» for any development.
Offsetting is the process of creating environmental benefits to compensate for the residual negative
environmental impacts of development projects or programs (after all reasonable measures have been taken to avoid and minimize the losses).
The protocol is designed to be applied one dam at a time, missing
cumulative impacts of development as well as opportunities to identify the best sites and coordinate energy production across an entire river system, such as the Amazon.
Multipliers are frequently used in offsetting to compensate for the risk of failure of the offset measures and the time lag between when
negative impacts of the development project are felt and the positive impacts of offsetting come to fruition, often a period of many years.
Dampening the
positive impact of these developments were lower excise taxes and duties, down5.6 %, corporate income tax revenues, down 1.3 %, higher elderly benefits, up 4.6 %, higher major transfers to provinces, up 8.1 % and higher other direct program expenses, up 2.0 %.
Irene Tinker, Michelin Bo Bramsen and Mayra Buvinie, eds., «The
adverse impact of development on women», in Women in World Development (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1976).
Clement Greenberg was one of the most significant American art critics of the 20th century and through both his writings and his visits to Canada, exerted a
substantial impact of the development of abstract art in Canada, including the work of members of Painters Eleven.
If regulations are imprecise or inadequate, or operators do not follow best practices, the
local impact of a development may create substantial opposition from neighbouring communities or non-governmental organisations.
The Bank's work on inclusive green growth has found that with more efficient and smarter use of energy and natural resources, opportunities exist to reduce drastically the
climate impact of development without slowing poverty alleviation or economic growth.
By taking a larger view of the
overall impact of development on Aboriginal communities, cumulative effects will dramatically change how projects are negotiated and disputes are resolved.
In the application of the following principles, the
differential impact of Development on Traditional Owners and custodians including elders, men, women, and children must be recognized and addressed.
The second greatest risk is that current research is not adequately understood, when assessing the potential
impact of development on below ground archaeology; in particular where landscape patterning can undermine a case where historic trends might suggest a higher signficance.
This Pacific Hydro project was originally for «70 wind turbines and was refused by Minister Hulls in July 2005 due to the
potential impact of the development on the Wedge - tailed Eagle population and, to a lesser extent, visual amenity in the Parwan Valley.»
«While we are disappointed by this outcome and tried very hard to identify bidders interested in operating the business as a going concern, we are committed to working constructively with the winning bidder to ensure an orderly wind - down of operations that minimizes
the impact of this development on our associates, customers, vendors and the communities we serve.
Dampening
the impact of these developments were significantly higher transfer payments (excluding major transfers to persons and other levels of government), most notably for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada.
On the contrary, there is a clear and vital connection between
the impact of development strategies on questions of equity and on local ecological systems.
Low Impact Development (LID) is a category of green infrastructure that works with nature to manage stormwater and decrease
the impact of development on surface and groundwater.
But the review did not allay local concerns over
the impact of the development on the community's character and whether it would lead to regular commercial air travel at Republic.
When asked of
the impact of the development, Abdullahi said the party is not worried yet until they see the number of people that will follow the former Vice President before it will know whether to worry or not.
Changes in requirements for site plan reviews in the commercial districts are needed, and
the impact of development in Neighborhood Commercial (NC) districts on the neighbors has not been resolved.
The impact of these developments on the future of scientific employment, says Storm, Revisited, is potentially profound.
«There is considerable progress toward improved management of
the impacts of development in the region,» Davidson noted in his e-mail, «but there is still much work to be done.»
The presentation considers
the impact of the development of a sustainable transport policy on l...
They then begin to consider
the impacts of the development, testing and use of the atomic bomb.
Committee members attend Regional Meetings or hold a Public Policy Seminar to review
the impact of developments and changes on Nonpublic Schools and Agencies.
The trip represented the first step in a collaborative research project that will collect data over the course of two years on
the impact of these development efforts on Tanzanian teachers.
Speaking exclusively to + Plastic Electronics about
the impact of the development, FlexEnable notes that the project has proven a plastic LCD that could be industrially feasible.
The impact of these developments, many fear, will be most damaging to retailers that sell animals such as gerbils, lizards, frogs and fish — pets that, for a long time, held a special place in people's hearts as «starter pets.»
News from Nowhere features sculpture, drawing, print, photography and film from the early twentieth century to present day, bringing newly commissioned work together with loans from national and international collections to highlight
the impact of developments in modern science and technology on the artistic imagination.
There he assisted work that measured
the impact of a development project on crop diversity in rural Ecuador, and he participated in a research initiative assessing the link between economic development and conflict intensity in Sub-Saharan Africa.