Our objectives are to increase sustainability literacy in London , develop and influence policy and practice regarding London and learn from and broadcast good practice from anywhere.

The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution is an independent standing body established in 1970 to advise the Queen, the Government, Parliament and the public on environmental issues.

The aim is to give an overview on governance and sustainable development in this region. Through publications like "State of the Environment" and developing sustainable development indicators, the Nordic countries provide information to their inhabitants about the environmental development. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden

The RSPB, together with the Countryside Council for Wales, English Nature and the Environment Agency, has published guidance on Strategic Environmental Assessment and biodiversity, aiming to help ensure that biodiversity considerations are appropriately addressed in SEAs.

The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) is a not-for-profit organisation established to promote best practice standards in environmental management, auditing and assessment. Its origins lie in the merger in 1999 of the Institute of Environmental Management , the Institute of Environmental Assessment , and the Environmental Auditors Registration Association.

WHO has actively participated in the negotiations for the SEA Protocol to bring health high in the environmental agenda for Europe .

The Department for Trade and Industry (DTI) has recently completed a Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) for an area to the north and west of Shetland known as the "White Zone" (DTI, 2000). It is the intention of Government to complete a series of further sectoral SEAs with the ultimate objective of assessing the entire UK continental shelf.

This website has been established with the aim of supporting local authorities and organizations implementing the requirements of SEA, information sharing and best practice transfer and assisting in establishing a forum for SEA partnership working

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Halcrow specialises in the provision of planning, design and management services for infrastructure development worldwide; Natural Resources and Ecology, Planning and Construction Advice, Strategic Environmental Assessment, Sustainable Development , Waste Management Services, etc.