Budget 2003 -- Government of British Columbia.
   

Strategic ContextContinued

Strategic Shifts and Key Initiatives

From To Key Initiatives
Ministry as sole protector of the environment Shared stewardship — sharing responsibility for the environment with others as appropriate and emphasizing a ministry staff culture of client service

Wildlife-Human Conflict Reduction Strategy

Living Rivers Strategy

Climate Change Action Plan

Airshed Protection Plans

Recreation Stewardship review

Prescriptive approaches using prohibitions and controls Setting appropriate environmental standards, and ensuring standards are met

Streamside Protection regulations

Environmental standards and best practices for the Forest and Range Practices Act

Unclear accountability for environmental results Clear roles for ministry, industry and other stakeholders in the gathering and reporting of environmental information and achieving environmental objectives

Compliance Strategy

Monitoring and Reporting Strategies

Groundwater regulations and Action Plan for Safe Drinking Water implementation

Air and water quality monitoring and information network

Well-developed but single-focus ministry initiatives Integrated ministry program delivery based on best available science and an ecosystem-based approach

Biodiversity Strategy

Species at Risk Strategy

Ministry Interdivision and Science Committees

Constraints on economic development Economic development based on clear, reasonable environmental outcomes, with discretion as to how to achieve these outcomes

Contaminated Sites regulation revision

Waste Management Act revisions

Pesticides Control Act regulations revisions

Proprietary information belonging to government Public information made available in a transparent, timely and accessible manner

Annual compliance plan results report

Web-Information Project

 

 
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