CCME State of the Environment Reporting Harmonization Workshop ...

25 Indicator Selection and Development
page 14, Cross reference section with 4.0, page 22.
3.1 Legislative or Administrative Mandate
page 18, par. 2, 2nd sentence, While Saskatchewan has environmental legislation,
others have administration mandates.
page 18, Shared direction, The long term security of the state of the environment
reporting function is enhanced by entrenching this mandate in legislation. However,
whether it is an administrative or legislative mandate, it is important that the mandate for
reporting be outlined as clearly as possible.
page 18, box, Erase "legislated" in title of Examples.
32 Responsible Agencies and Partnerships
page 19, Change title.
page 19, Reword section with focus on provincial SOER efforts.
page 19, Coordinating agencies are responsible for developing SOER that has effective
partnerships and cooperation with internal and external agencies.
page 20, Examples need editing.
33 Staff and Financial Resources
page 21, Shared direction, Question with second line.
page 21, note: Jurisdictions should allocate resource (financial, human) for SOER
according to extent wanted and in terms of available resources. Must be realistic.
4. Data Compilation, Analysis and Research
page 22, Summary checklist, # 4 moved to # 2 spot - consistency
page 22, # 4, Add "developed and documented, with sources referenced."
4.1 Data Sources and Access to Data
page 23, Shared direction, Ist sentence "could" replaced with "should".2
page 23, Shared direction, Move bullet # 4 to # 3 position.
page 23, bullet 3, Work with other Data holders to encourage data collection and sharing.
page 23, bullet 4, Identify data gaps. (Take out rest).
page 23, bullet 6, Take out "Given limited resources"
page 23, last par., 1st sentence, OK. 2nd sentence - The establishment of inventories of
data bases such as CCME Statistics Canada project will prove very helpful to ......
42 Spatial and Temporal Scales
page 25, Shared direction, Ist par., State of Environment Reports use a variety of spatial
frameworks to organize and present information, which points to the need for accurate
geo-referenced environmental information. The information is linked to specific
geographic coordinates. Geo-referenced environmental information would permit
flexibility in the use of spatial frameworks to fulfil individual jurisdiction reporting
requirements and enhance the opportunity for intra-jurisdictional comparisons.
page 25, 2nd par., Key parameters should be maintained so that trends can be tracked.
(Keep second sentence).
page 25, Box, Examples, Add Quebec - Ecological Centre.
43 Link with Monitoring Program and Research and Development
page 26, 2nd par., 3rd sentence, After "ongoing." take out rest of sentence
page 26, Shared direction, The development of closer relationships between
environmental monitoring and SOE Reporting would benefit all reporting programs.
page 26, box, Title should read, "Links with ....