TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY REPORT FROM THE MACKENZIE BASIN IMPACT STUDY (MBIS) FINAL WORKSHOP BIODIVERSITY -- WHY SHOULD WE CARE? CGCP NOW ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROJECT FISHERIES PANEL IS GLOBAL WARMING STILL WORTH A BLIP? THE IAI INTITIAL SCIENCE PROGRAM AND THE IAI START-UP GRANTS CANADIANS AWARDED IAI GRANTS HUMAN DIMENSIONS STUDENTSHIP AWARDED BY ROYAL CANADIAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY CCP INFO OECD SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ASSESSMENT OF OBJECTIVE SEASONAL CLIMATE PREDICTIONS MCGILL'S C2GCR APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR START OFFERS FELLOWSHIP AND VISITING LECTURER PROGRAMES CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ROYAL SOCIETY MEDAL AWARDED FOR NEW WASTE MANAGEMENT PROCESS GLOBAL CHANGE GAMES ON PARLIAMENT HILL   RECENT PUBLICATIONS EVENTS CALENDAR

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROJECT As a contribution to the International Environmental Assessment Effectiveness Study, the CGCP launched a project in early 1995 with the following objectives: To bring from concept to reality the notion of offsetting global change through the use of environmental assessment processes. To review Canadian and international trends and requirements, including the United Nations Conventions on Climate Change and Biodiversity, that constitute "policy levers" for this purpose. To identify the institutional arrangement, procedures and methods that are necessary to apply the principle of in kind compensation to offset loss of natural capital. The project was built on the findings and recommendations of an international workshop, sponsored by the CGCP and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA), held in Kingston, Canada in March 1995. The project has two phases. Phase I (September 1995 - March 1996) included the preparation of a background paper on the potential for environmental assessment to address global change issues, focusing on climate change and biodiversity, and a workshop for a group of senior public and private sector decision makers to review the concepts in the background paper and help the CGCP develop an action plan. The workshop, held in Toronto in March 1996, addressed two critical questions: What do decision makers need to help them address global change issues? What is the role of environmental assessment in helping meet these needs? In addition to discussing these questions, participants also helped develop an action plan for the project’s second phase, which will be finalized in July. DELTA will provide updates on this project as it progresses further.