Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)

in Sabah

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Environment is considered in a holistic sense, and can simply be defined as: The Earths Biosphere and all needed to sustain this Biosphere. The Biosphere consists of all living organisms on the planet. Environment takes in all aspects of the planet including its physical elements, all life and human activities.

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Physical/Chemical Environment Biological/Ecological Environment

Social/Cultural Environment

Economic/Operational Environment

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To conserve the natural resources of the Environment for the use and enjoyment of future generations we have to ensure that all Development is sustainable. Environmental protection and the preservation

of culture can be reconciled with economic development, if the latter is carried out on the basis of sustainable development.

Dato Seri Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad, PATA Annual Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 4 Sept. 2000.

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To help ensure sustainability we can use a number of IMPACT ASSESSMENT tools.

IMPACT ASSESSMENT is the generic term for the forecasting of possible changes in the environment, both positive and negative, of proposed future actions.

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The most common form of Impact Assessment at present is Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which is undertaken at the individual project level. By the time an EIA is required a whole series of decisions and actions have been taken which constrain and narrow the wider issue of sustainability.

It is now recognised that impact assessments are needed earlier in the development process.

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POLICY Feedback for future decisions

Strategies & programmes

Audit
PLANNING

MANAGEMENT Compliance & Enforcement

Monitoring

Economic planning Spatial planning

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Policies, Strategies and Programmes (PSP) are created at a higher level than projects and have a wider range of impacts (compared to projects) an high level of uncertainty about their impacts a greater degree of impact due to failure a small degree of quantitative date for analysis

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EIA is not useful when considering the impact of policies, strategies or programmes. To assess the environmental effects of PSP the tool used is STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA). SEA has been defined* as a process which integrates environmental considerations in the decision-making process higher than the project level
* Strategic Environmental Assessment of Policies in Denmark, DG Environment,Nuclear safety & Civil protection, European Commission, Brussels, November 1996

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POLICY

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Sector Environmental Study (SES)

PLANNING
MANAGEMENT
Initial Environmental Assessment (IEE) Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Social Impact Assessment (SIA) Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
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Environmental Audit Environmental Monitoring

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SEA is*: a tool for bringing environmental considerations into the process of decision making at the strategic level has a different content from environmental assessment at the project level is built on the principles of documentation, procedure, significance, alternatives and public participation
* Strategic Environmental Assessment of Policies in Denmark, DG Environment,Nuclear Safety & Civil Protection, European Commission, Brussels, November 1996

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SEA assesses the relevant PSP from each sector and integrates these into a whole scenario, or series of scenarios, presenting the possible impacts and alternative strategies or programmes for determination of policy objectives. Such a process involves not only the environmental planners, but also environmental focal points from different sectors and stakeholders.

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SEA will be used to provide inputs into the 4 District plans in the ELP Project, and some of the local plans. The first Pilot Area for use of SEA and familiarisation with the procedure for SEA in Sabah will be the Mengkabong area in Tuaran. This Pilot Area provides a number of different sector policies and programmes whose impacts must be assessed and combined to produce an effective local plan.

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One major area of interest will be the impacts possible from the development of KKIP

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To ensure sustainability the mangrove forest should be conserved and protected.

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Issues arising from sectors including agriculture, transport and housing will need to be considered by the SEA.

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Tourism and recreation are important sectors in this area

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Fisheries and aquaculture are sectors providing sources of local income.

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The external impacts from KKIP and on the Nexus Resort will also be part of the SEA.

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THE END(for now)

Thank You

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