RE: Involving Impacted Community
- Archived: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:58:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 16:52:05 -0400 (EDT)
- From: Bill Aird <Bill.Aird@cta-otc.gc.ca>
- Subject: RE: Involving Impacted Community
- X-topic: Outreach
Connie wrote:
"Effective participation by the impacted community is directly related to resources: independent technical experts and testing, ability to attend workshops and other fora on environmental and environmental justice concerns, resources for a steady flow of information to impacted residents and the like."
I agree that experts and expertise are needed to solve problems. This implies that the "public" being unsophiticated does not have a valuable message for us when addressing environmental problems. On the contrary, I think that traditional knowledge (be it from native peoples or long-time residents of an area) should play a role as we develop policies or attempt to regulate situations.
Thanks
Bill
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