ENV221H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Old-Growth Forest, Ecotourism, Biomimetics
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News: the following office is to be abolished. 1993, government stated people of on should have right to the environment. The office that oversees it is the environmental commissioner of ontario. Not supposed to be political, only observatory, and then act on our behalf. Articulate that citizens of on have certain right with relationship to the environment. E. g. you as a citizen can work in favor/ oppose to it. Give all of ontarian the legal right and formal procedure in the env matters. Under the bill of right, you have the right to. Seek permission to repeal a ministry permit. Key tool of the ebr is the environmental registry, an online database the proposal and decisions are posted. E. g. if the ministry want to permit a company to dig up the ground, they need to post on the registry for 90 days to the public. Even though it doesn"t mean anything substantial, at least we are informed.
