DO YOU HAVE APPROPRIATE DECISION MAKING AND RISK ASSESSMENT SKILLS?

Environmental Professionals need to have enhanced skills to implement the changes in Queensland's Environmental Legislation and Regulations.

An afternoon forum by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand
South East Queensland Division (EIANZ-SEQ)

A core function of the environmental regulator is to meet the expectations of the community for a well managed and healthy environment, while at the same time meeting the expectations of industry for streamlined approvals processes and reduced regulatory burdens.

At the 26 February EIANZ forum on environmental performance, Omar Ameer Director Department of Environment and Heritage Protection indicated that the government was considering major reforms aimed at streamlining the development application and project approval process, by increasing the onus on development applicants to certify that their project will meet specified environmental and social outcomes, and then actually meet them. These reforms will increase the need for proponents to assess impact risks and any other risks associated with implementing relevant remediation measures.

These reforms will also significantly change in the role of the environmental regulator from one of assessing proposals and helping identify impacts and remediation measures, to that of ensuring environmental performance through stronger and more consistent enforcement and managing performance in the administration of environmental regulations.

From an environmental professional perspective, this will place a greater emphasis on technical competence of members of the development industry to: identify and predict the likelihood and significance of impacts (positive and negative) across the entire project lifecycle; determine workable and cost effective mitigation measures for all parts of the project lifecycle; and identify and assess risks to the proponent in the event mitigation environmental management objectives are not met. These reforms are likely to require impact assessment professionals in Queensland to acquire and implement decision making and risk assessment skills not normally utilised by them.

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This event will count as 2 points towards your EIANZ CEnvP Professional Development Log

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