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Cumulative Effects Assessment -- results from a focus-group study. Lennart Folkeson, VTI Hans Antonson, VTI J-O Helldin, Swedish Biodiversity Centre. Cumulative effects: how an action or a measure, together with other current, past and future actions and measures,
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Cumulative Effects Assessment -- results from a focus-group study Lennart Folkeson, VTI Hans Antonson, VTI J-O Helldin, Swedish Biodiversity Centre Lennart Folkeson
Cumulative effects: how an action or a measure, together with other current, past and future actions and measures, will influence the environment in a given area Lennart Folkeson
Cumulative effects are to be assessed in EIA of road and rail infrastructure projcts Not always done in a good way How to improve Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA) in Sweden? Lennart Folkeson
Aim: to identify ways to improve CEA in road and rail SEA / EIA in Sweden Two focus groups among EIA professionals Only results from these groups Lennart Folkeson
CEA in early planning stages Introduce CEA in SEA and initial studies Otherwise overlooked or given minor role Lennart Folkeson
Demands in procurement • Inclusion of CEA in the EIA • CEA competence of consultant personnel This requires procurer competence Lennart Folkeson
Pick up the forgotten Checklists Mechanism to secure stating what was not assessed Lennart Folkeson
Improved dialogue in EIA Improving communication in EIA will also improve CE treatment Improve means of public participation Dialogue between many types of actors Lennart Folkeson
Role of County Adm Board Crucial role of CAB in CEA quality assurance Poses demands on CAB competence in holistic view Lennart Folkeson
Structured experience feed-back Do more follow-up Communicate follow-up results Learn from follow-up experience Lennart Folkeson
Improved legislation Road Act Planning and Building Act (not all types of spatial planning) More legally binding limit values (not only guideline values) Limit values for more environmental variables Lennart Folkeson
An INCLUDE research project Lennart Folkeson lennart.folkeson@vti.se Hans Antonson, VTI J-O Helldin, Swedish Biodiversity Centre Lennart Folkeson