Summary:
The objective of this Protocol is to provide for a high level of protection of the environment, including health, by:
(a) Ensuring that environmental, including health, considerations are thoroughly taken into account in the development of plans and programmes;
(b) Contributing to the consideration of environmental, including health, concerns in the preparation of policies and legislation;
(c) Establishing clear, transparent and effective procedures for strategic environmental assessment;
(d) Providing for public participation in strategic environmental assessment; and
(e) Integrating by these means environmental, including health, concerns into measures and instruments designed to further sustainable development.
(a) Ensuring that environmental, including health, considerations are thoroughly taken into account in the development of plans and programmes;
(b) Contributing to the consideration of environmental, including health, concerns in the preparation of policies and legislation;
(c) Establishing clear, transparent and effective procedures for strategic environmental assessment;
(d) Providing for public participation in strategic environmental assessment; and
(e) Integrating by these means environmental, including health, concerns into measures and instruments designed to further sustainable development.