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○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ Ethics & Quality ABSTRACTS VOLUME 31 May - 3 June 2005 Hyatt Regency Cambridge Boston, Massachusetts, USA “Integrity is your destiny—it is the light that guides your way.” - Plato IAIA’05 • 25th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment Featuring Keynote Speakers • James Gustave Speth Author of Red Sky at Morning • Edith Brown Weiss Chair of the World Bank Inspection Panel • Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa-Matalavea Anglican Observer at the United Nations IAIA 1980-2005 • Celebrate the Spirit! ○○○○○○○○○○○ This document printed with funds from the Government of Canada/CEAA and US EPA. Notes This document contains the abstracts for papers, posters, and theme forum presentations from IAIA’05, Ethics and Quality in Impact Assessment, the 25th annual conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment. Abstracts and updates received by IAIA online per submission and updating guidelines and with the presenting author registered in full on or before 22 March 2005 are included. Abstracts (as available) are arranged in the order in which presentations are listed in the program. An author index is included at the end of this volume. Abstracts have been formatted for style consistency; text and contact information are otherwise reproduced as submitted by the author(s). • IAIA’05 Abstracts Volume • Table of Contents THEME FORUMS TF1. SUSTAINABILITY ETHIC ....................................................................................................1 TF2. TRANSPARENCY IN DECISION-MAKING IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT.................................1 Public Participation: A Prerequisite for Sustainable Development .................................................................................... 1 Transboundary EIA and Its Contribution to Participatory Management ........................................................................... 1 Quality Public Participation During An EIA.................................................................................................................. 1 First Nations and EIA: A Critical Tool for Cultural Preservation and Self Determination.................................................... 1 TF3. IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOLLOW-UP: ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE OUTCOMES ................2 Impact Assessment (IA) Follow-up: Achieving Sustainable Outcomes- Opening Remarks by Chair..................................... 2 Indicators and Monitoring as Tools in IA Follow-Up..................................................................................................... 2 Indicators, Environmental Quality, Monitoring, Follow-up............................................................................................. 2 Quality Control by EIA Follow-Up: Promoting Adaptive Environmental Management....................................................... 2 Going Beyond Projects: Follow-Up for SEA and Sustainability Assurance ....................................................................... 3 Follow-Up Principles for Effective Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples: Openness, Respect, Communication and Independence ... 3 TF4(1). ASSESSMENT, VALUES AND NEW APPROACHES TO VALUATION METHODS ...........3 Beyond Pricing: Economics and Collaborative Decision-Making ..................................................................................... 3 Values and Desired Future Conditions ......................................................................................................................... 4 Identifying Ocean Values: a Case Study in the Application of Anthropological Methods .................................................... 4 TF5. BOSTON ARTERY/TUNNEL PROJECT: PANEL DISCUSSION .............................................4 TF6. THE ROLE OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN SAFEGUARDING ETHICS AND QUALITY IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT ...............................................................................................................4 The Constitutional Right to an Environment and the Development of Environmental Assessment Law in South Africa.......... 4 The Challenges of Environmental Assessment in a Federal State..................................................................................... 5 How Evolution of EIA Legislation Affects Practice in International Institutions.................................................................. 5 TF7. ETHICS AND QUALITY IN TRADE IMPACT ASSESSMENT ................................................5 Integrated Trade Assessment: Challenges and Progress ................................................................................................. 5 Building on Experience and Addressing Challenges ....................................................................................................... 6 Theme Forum on Trade Impact Assessment.................................................................................................................. 6 The Need for Public Participation................................................................................................................................ 6 TF4(2). ASSESSMENT, VALUES AND NEW APPROACHES TO VALUATION METHODS ...........7 Improving Deliberations by Incorporating Alternative Knowledge Sources: Examples from Water Use Planning................... 7 From Environmental Ethics to a Philosophy of Participatory Resource Management ......................................................... 7 Ethical Issues in the Nature and Structure of Technocratic Impact Assessment................................................................. 7 • • • • IAIA’05 Abstracts Volume • TF8. QUALITY ENHANCEMENT THROUGH PEER REVIEW? .................................................... 7 The Dilemma Facing Developing Countries. Do We Have The Capacity To Tell The Good From Bad................................. 7 TF9. CORPORATE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY...................................... 8 The Final Frontier of |Corporate Responsibility: Measuring Social Performance................................................................ 8 Making Profits, Protecting our Planet: Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Performance in Asia and the Pacific........ 8 TH10. THE OHIO RIVER MAINSTEM SYSTEMS STUDY (ORMSS)—A CASE STUDY ILLUSTRATING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES ............................................................................ 8 Overview and Status of ORMSS .................................................................................................................................. 8 Navigation Planning, the Use of Scenarios for Future Traffic, and the Ohio River Navigation Investment Model (ORNIM) ... 9 Cumulative Effects Assessment as the Integral Component of the Programmatic EIS ......................................................... 9 TF11. THE ROLE OF IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN BROKERING REVENUE TRANSPARENCY....... 9 Panel on Brokering Revenue Transparency: The Role of Impact Assessment..................................................................... 9 Working Towards ‘Joined Up’ Policy—Impact Assessment and Revenue Management .................................................... 10 TF12. IA PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION: IMPLICATIONS FOR ETHICS, QUALITY AND IAIA ................................................................................................................................................. 10 TF10(2). THE OHIO RIVER MAINSTEM SYSTEMS STUDY (ORMSS)—A CASE STUDY ILUSTRATING INNOVATIVE APPROACHES ............................................................................ 10 Analysis of Environmental Sustainability for the ORMSS ............................................................................................. 10 Analyses of Cumulative Effects on and Sustainability of Freshwater Mussels.................................................................. 10 Monitoring and Adaptive Management—a Prospective Tool for Environmental Management........................................... 10 Potential Applications of the Methods and Approaches Used in This Case Study............................................................ 10 CONCURRENT SESSIONS CS1. BIODIVERSITY: TREATED PROPERLY IN IMPACT ASSESSMENT? CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY GUIDELINES..................................................................................... 13 CBD Guidelines on Biodiversity in EIA & SEA............................................................................................................ 13 CS2. TRADE: BASIC AWARENESS BUILDING SESSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE............ 13 CS3. EMS: CASE STUDIES ........................................................................................................ 14 Environmental Impact Assessment as a Tool in Health, Safety and Environmental Management Planning: the West Africa Gas Pipeline Project................................................................................................................................................. 14 Estimate of Removal Capacity of Nutrients from the Buffer Strip in Daecheong Reservoir ................................................ 14 Dredged Material Management; An Aspect Often Ignored in Most Impact Assessment Studies in Nigeria .......................... 15 Making the ESMPs Operative in the Field: Proposed Best Practice for Transmission Lines in Latin America....................... 15 CS4. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ................................................................................................. 16 “No Surprises” – A Practical