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Introduction to the Espoo-Convention and its bodies
Anders Bengtsson
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One Convention and one Protocol
PROTOCOL ON STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
TO THE CONVENTION ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ASSESSMENT IN A TRANSBOUNDARY CONTEXT
• Adopted by an Extraordinary meeting of the Parties to the Espoo
Convention, held on 21 May 2003
Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a
Transboundary Context
Espoo, Finland, 25 February 1991
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The Espoo Convention - Convention on
Environmental Impact Assessment in a
Transboundary Context• Obligations of Parties to assess the environmental impact of
certain activities at an early stage of planning.
• General obligation of States to notify and consult each other on all
major projects under consideration that are likely to have a
significant adverse environmental impact across boundaries
• Appendix I List of activities
• Appendix II Minimum requirements on the EIA
• Appendix III Criteria activities not listed
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The Kyiv (SEA) Protocol
• requires its Parties to evaluate the environmental consequences of
their official draft plans and programmes
• Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is undertaken much
earlier in the decision-making process than project environmental
impact assessment (EIA), and it is therefore seen as a key tool for
sustainable development.
• The Protocol also provides for extensive public participation in
government decision-making in numerous development sectors.
• Annex I and II – List of projects
• Annex III – Criteria
• Annex IV and V – Information
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