| Goals and Objectives: |
The objective of the Convention is to promote environmentally sound and sustainable economic development, through the application of environmental impact assessment, especially as a preventive measure against transboundary environmental degradation; to support the development of anticipatory policies and of measures preventing, mitigating, and monitoring significant adverse environmental impacts in general and more specifically in a transboundary context; to promote measures taken at an early planning stage of proposed activities aimed at preventing ptentially harmful environmental impacts, in particular those with a transboundary dimension, and to strive towards convergence of relevant national policies and practices; to provide for notification and consultation among states concerned on all major projects under consideration that are likely to cause significant adverse environmental impact across boundaries; to promote public information and public participation in relevant decision-making processes. |