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A Review of the Project Scope and Environmental Assessment Scope for Mining and Energy Projects Across Canada
Published:
April 6, 2010
Carole Chan was the Co-author of the following publication:
A Review of the Project Scope and Environmental Assessment Scope for Mining and Energy Projects Across Canada, presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Impact Assessment (Geneva: April 6-11, 2010).
The paper is available at www.iaia.org.
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