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Duinker, Peter N. and Gordon E. Beanlands. The Characteristics and Role of Scientific Information in the Canadian Environmental Assessment and Review Process (Working Paper 11). Marine Law Institute. May 1984. 20 pp.

This paper is one of twelve working papers prepared for a study of the international environmental risks of large-scale coastal energy developments in the Gulf of Maine - Bay of Fundy region. The study was conducted by a team of investigators from the University of Southern Maine, the University of New Hampshire, and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Support for the project was provided by the William H. Donner Foundation, Inc. of New York, NY and the Max Bell Foundation of Toronto, Canada. This draft paper examines the application of scientific information to existing decision-making processes in Canada. More specifically, the draft provides an overview of the characteristics and role of scientific information, related to the natural environment, in the Environmental Assessment and Review Process (EARP) administered by the Government of Canada.

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