In April 2004 West Coast Environmental Law coordinated the release of a report on the booming oil and gas sector in British Columbia. The report examines ways to ehance sustainable development of BC’s Oil and Gas reserves. Follow the link below to view it.
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The new GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard has just been released by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the World Resources Institute (WRI). The first edition of this standard on compiling credible corporate GHG inventories was published in 2001. The protocol has already informed or been adopted by numerous climate initiatives, including reduction programs, trading schemes, environmental standards, industry associations, and voluntary registries such as the recently launched World Economic Forum Global GHG Register and the California Climate Action Registry. Many companies worldwide have come to rely on it as they develop reports on their GHG emissions. To view the Standard, follow the link below.
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This paper by Paul H. Whitfield, David Fraser and Stewart Cohen published in a special issue of the Canadian Water Resources provides an overview of the March 3-April 3, 2003 Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference held in Vancouver, British Columbia. Co-hosted by Environment Canada Pacific and Yukon Region, and the Puget Sound Action Team, the 2003 Georgia Basin-Puget Sound Research Conference was the sixth in a series of conferences representing the largest and most visible efforts to communicate research results among the region’s scientists and natural resource managers. The conference provided a venue for the expression of the ecosystem-based management approach and provided an opportunity for cross-border scientists and decision-makers from a wide range of disciplines to share knowledge and information on important issues such as climate change impacts and adaptation, marine resources, transboundary air quality, indicator development and collaborative management approaches. The conference program included over fifty technical sessions, panel discussions, workshops, poster presentations and keynote speakers. Attendees included an international and multidisciplinary group of more than 800 university and government scientists, Coast Salish First Nations and Tribal representatives, regional politicians, students and community leaders. Click on the link below to read to paper.
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