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The law of the land

12 Feb 2009

The stakes are high and much of the success of the LUF will depend on an effective legal and institutional structure to support and drive the policy innovation and deliver land-use decisions ‘on the ground’ that differ significantly from those of the past. [...] Alberta’s new legislation should adopt this model, incorporating key elements of the LUF such as: • sustainable management of Alberta’s land and natural resources to meet the needs of present and future Albertans and to maintain and improve the capacity of land, air and water to sustain the quality of human life and the diversity and resilience of natural ecosystems; The Pembina Institute 1 The La [...] The clear intent of the LUF is that regional plans will be legally binding on lower levels of the decision-making hierarchy: sub-regional plans, issue-specific plans (e.g., forest management plans and access management plans) and operational decisions such as the allocation of land and resource rights (e.g., forestry and mineral rights) and the approval of projects and other land uses. [...] Specific issues to be addressed include: • the key stages of the planning process; The Pembina Institute 3 The Law of the Land Executive Summary • the role of terms of reference for regional plans in translating provincial land-use policy to the regional context and providing detailed procedural direction to the planning team and the RAC; • implementation of interim measures to maintain land-use v [...] For example, the province’s Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) process for public lands was developed on the basis of a short provision in the Public Lands Act that enables the Minister to “classify public land and declare the use for which the Minister considers different classes to be adaptable.”9 The purposes and planning processes for the IRP program were never legislated and the resulting pla
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Authors

Kennett, Steven Alexander

Pages
60
Published in
Canada

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