@article{628ef9453f224f96919b410633351f76,
title = "A proposal for further strengthening science in environmental impact assessment in Canada",
author = "Greig, {Lorne A.} and Duinker, {Peter N.}",
note = "Funding Information: Begun in 1992, the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program is supported by Canada{\textquoteright}s three national granting councils — the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research — as well as the federal department known as Industry Canada. Until recently, the program financed NCEs for up to 14 years of operation; now, for new NCEs the funding horizon is ten years. Each NCE is a unique partnership of universities, governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations focused on {\textquoteleft}turning Canadian research and entrepreneurial talent into economic and social benefits for all Canadians{\textquoteright} (Networks of Centres of Excellence, 2008). In essence, each NCE brings non-university partners together to drive a university-based research agenda that delivers knowledge needed by the partners. Of particular relevance here, and consistent with personal involvement by one of us (Duinker), is one NCE associated with natural resources and the environment: the Sustainable Forest Management Network (SFM Network). Funding Information: The links to EIA in this example are exquisite. Research at CNFER was initiated as part of the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources{\textquoteright} promises to support planning for non-timber values in association with the Class Environmental Assessment for Timber Management on Crown Lands in Ontario. As adjunct professors at Lakehead University, CNFER researchers can access SFM Network funds to augment their normal research funding from the Government of Ontario. Combining these, the Spatial Ecology Program at CNFER has developed advanced integrated modelling tools for biodiversity assessment in association with forest-management planning in Ontario (Rempel, 2008). The models were applied in the LP forest-management planning and EIA process to develop temporally and spatially explicit predictions of responses of various facets of biodiversity (e.g. habitat use by migrating birds). The work was accomplished as part of the overall process of LP Canada meeting its own corporate aspirations for sustainability as well as forest-management and EIA approvals of the Government of Manitoba. The synergies here in terms of combining the best talent from the consulting, research, and forest-management communities are outstanding. These initiatives are in no small part attributable to the deeply held belief by the resource managers that sound science is central to sustainably managing natural resources.",
year = "2011",
month = jun,
doi = "10.3152/146155111X12913679730557",
language = "English",
volume = "29",
pages = "159--165",
journal = "Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal",
issn = "1461-5517",
publisher = "Beech Tree Publishing",
number = "2",
}