In this audit we found that the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO) is not adequately addressing cumulative effects in its recent natural resource use decisions, in northwestern B.C. where we looked. For FLNRO and other natural resource ministries and agencies to effectively manage cumulative effects, government needs to provide them with clear direction and the responsibility to do so.
We’re encouraged that government has directed FLNRO to undertake much-needed work to support the management of cumulative effects. FLNRO’s Cumulative Effects Assessment Framework aims to help B.C.’s natural resource ministries and agencies make more informed decisions that are consistent with government’s objectives for the economy and the environment…
Auditor General of British Columbia – May 26, 2015.
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