Strategic environmental assessment’s role in formulating environmentally sound development plans in Botswana

IF 1.8 4区社会学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2023-03-27 DOI:10.1080/14615517.2023.2194740

G. Matome

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Examining SEA effectiveness is a complex yet critical component of any well-functioning SEA system. This article reflects on SEA’s substantive effectiveness and examines the influence of SEA on development planning for environmental sustainability and the challenges of integrating SEA with decisional processes in Botswana. The paper is set within the context of three government plan-SEAs. Results indicate that despite the strong legislative requirement and understanding of the significance of integrating SEA into development planning, the general effectiveness of the tool is rather limited. Also, the results indicate that the successful integration of SEA findings and recommendations into decision-making in Botswana is threatened by financial constraints, the presentation of SEAs, technical inadequacies, politics, and conflicting stakeholder value expectations. The paper therefore argues that for SEA to guide environmentally sound planning in Botswana, obstacles to environmentally sound decision-making must be addressed. This will require behavioural, institutional, and legislative reforms.

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摘要检验SEA的有效性是任何运作良好的SEA系统的一个复杂而关键的组成部分。本文反思了SEA的实质性有效性，并考察了SEA对博茨瓦纳环境可持续性发展规划的影响，以及将SEA与决策过程相结合的挑战。本文以三个政府计划SEA为背景。结果表明，尽管有很强的立法要求和对将SEA纳入发展规划的重要性的理解，但该工具的总体有效性相当有限。此外，研究结果表明，在博茨瓦纳，将SEA调查结果和建议成功纳入决策受到资金限制、SEA的介绍、技术不足、政治和利益相关者价值期望冲突的威胁。因此，本文认为，为了使SEA指导博茨瓦纳的环境无害规划，必须解决环境无害决策的障碍。这将需要进行行为、体制和立法改革。

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Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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