A CASE STUDY OF BIO FUELLED ENERGY PLANTS IN SWEDEN BASED ON EIA

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Abstract Introduction Case Study
Environmental impact statements (EIS) The applications include several
The primary focus of this paper will be to examine different application objectives,.
for Swedish bio fuelled energy plants
are analyzed to see whether they
environmental aspects, as EIA is a tool for assessing the
A checklist inspired by Lee and
include components vital to meet intra- environmental impacts of project development. For Colley (1990) and the European
comprehensive, sustainable decision-making, other Commission (1994) was developed
and intergenerational equity. The aim to aid in the review.
of this poster is to visually present how decision-making tools are also necessary.
EIA can be a tool for sustainable
The checklist covers areas such as
how both current and planned
development. projects.
Three review criteria were used:
adequate, inadequate, and absent.
Sustainability in EISs for bio fuelled Conclusion
Public participation and assessment
energy plants: of the direct and indirect effects on
Global effects and effects on the management of natural the environment and public health

resources are not assessed, excluding aspects that may are focused on.
Local and global impacts affect future generations. Based on this, and since no

Management of natural resources concerns for sustainable development on a societal level

Alternative project design were found, it is concluded that EIA practice in Sweden
Public participation may not, to a full extent, serve as a tool to promote
sustainable development.
Societal sustainable development

Acknowledgment
Sara Bruhn-Tysk; Mats Eklund (2002). Environmental impact assessment—a tool for sustainable development?: A case
study of biofuelled energy plants in Sweden. , 22(2), 129–144.