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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.

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