Communication from the Commission to the Council, The European Parliament, The European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – Thematic Strategy on the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources – Impact Assessment
January 13, 2008 by Brian Butler , John Morelli | Filed under: Literature Review,Sustainable Resource Use
Commission of the European Communities, SEC(2005) 1683. Annex to the: “Communication from the Commission to the Council, The European Parliament, The European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - Thematic Strategy on the sustainable use of natural resources – Impact Assessment.” Commission Staff Working Document. Brussels, 21.12.2005: COM (2005) 670 final.This document was issued by Commission of The European Communities on December 21, 2005. This is a legal working document that provides background information, supporting literature and pertinent literature references, as well as the recognized needs, and more importantly a blueprint, for a needed new resource management strategy (Thematic Strategy) for European Union (EU). More precisely, it is an impact assessment aiming to educate the legislature of the needs for, and measures/aspects of, the Thematic Strategy. This document rationalizes the selected strategy’s objectives given current and predicted, future state of EU’s environment and economy. The main purpose of the Thematic Strategy is to influence existing resource management policies in EU and over the span of 25 years (2006-2030) reshape/change the strategic approach for natural resources handling and management throughout the markers and economies of the member countries so that prolonged and sustainable economic growth is possible while environmental damage is minimized and/or eliminated if at all possible in Europe and abroad.