SWEDISH EXAMPLES OF SELF- AND

COMMUNITY BASED MONITORING

Diani
May 16, 2018

Tove Lundeberg
SEPA

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 Environmental Monitoring
– a central activity in environmental protection work

A systematic approach of collecting, analysing and assessing

environmental data in order to:
− describe the state of the environment
− assess impacts on the environment
− follow up changes and trends
− provide information for planning of measures
− follow up on effects of measures taken

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 Environmental monitoring system – part of
environmental management

Government
Overall monitoring

Companies Communities
Self-monitoring Participatory monitoring

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 Operator self-monitoring

• The company needs to show that they

fulfil requirements from the environmental
code and decisions from the authorities
• Show that they are working on reducing
adverse effects from the enterprise
IMPROVE! Need
PLAN!
Improvement
Record
of plan
Plans
• Self monitoring system Resources
• Operator shall continually plan and monitor Competence
the activity Follow up and
Evaluation - Implement
• Annual environmental report to supervisory Effects
auth. DO!
• Stay informed of the activities impact of the CHECK!
environment

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Purpose of inspection and
enforcement

• Implement the will of the state

• Ensure rule of law
• Ensure a level playing field
• Investigate complaints from the public

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 Transparency

The principle of public access to official records

✓Allows for media or private persons to have a watching

eye on the authorities
✓All material is (normally) available for the public

Decisions can be appealed by a number of stake-holders

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Community based monitoring – in general
• The Swedish Species Information Center
• Non-profit organizations
• Organizations of recreational hunting and
fishing
• Local initiatives
• Coordinated phenology network
• Marine litter

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Community
based monitoring
– in connection
with mining

- Complaints from the public

- Effects on reindeer herding, cooperation between

company and Saami villages

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 Overall strategy for quality

The results should be relevant, reliable and easily available.

Relevance
• Choose parameters that are relevant and possible to assess.

Reliability
• Data series of necessary quality, and coverage in time and space.
• Standardized and recommended methods
• Data quality should be subject to continuous evaluation.

Availability
• The results should be well documented, and made available to all to
a low or no cost.
• The results and the way they are conveyed need to be customized to
the audiences.

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 Thank you!

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