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Policy and
decision-making
 
  
An increasingly important
area of our work lies in the analysis of policy
and legislation at UK, European Union and international levels, with
extensive experience especially in relation to law, policy,
procedures, implementation and application of the key EU environmental
directives:-
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Environmental impact assessment (EIA)
(Directives 85/337/EEC and 97/11/EC), UNECE Espoo Convention and transboundary
impacts
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Strategic environmental assessment
(SEA)
(Directive 2001/42/EC), UNCEC SEA protocol |
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Water Framework Directive
(2000/60/EC) |
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Birds and Habitats Directives |
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Public Participation Directive (2003/35/EC),
Aarhus Convention |
Policy areas include:
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The use
of scenarios in futures and foresight studies, especially at the European
and pan-European scale; |
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Governance and
institutional arrangements for futures thinking; |
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EU regional funding and
territorial cohesion; |
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SEA and
sustainability
assessment law and policy; |
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Ecosystem services;
and
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Sectoral
interests in water, transport, energy, coastal zone management, biodiversity and agriculture. |
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