What are the advantages of a cooperative environmental assessment?
A2. A cooperative environmental assessment reduces overlap and duplication in the assessment process, allowing both governments to allocate public resources more efficiently. It brings about particular benefits such as more relevant and consistent sources of information, information sharing, a single contact person, effective public consultation and coordinated communications. The result will be a more timely and effective assessment process that enables both governments to ensure their legal requirements are met. This also improves the predictability of the assessment process.
