Alberta Environment is developing a new approach for protecting air, land and water from the cumulative impacts of development.  Cumulative effects management considers the environmental impacts of development across entire regions, and uses collaborative approaches to develop shared outcomes and objectives, build partnerships, and set regional limits.  

Alberta Environment is implementing two prototype projects in the North Saskatchewan River Basin: the Industrial Heartland Cumulative Impacts Prototype, and the East-Central Alberta Cumulative Effects Prototype. NSWA is playing an active role in both prototypes.

• For more information about the Cumulative Effects Management Framework (CEMF) and the Industrial Heartland, click here.
• For a fact sheet about the cumulative effects policy paper, click here.
• For a fact sheet about the overall CEMF approach, click here.
• For a fact sheet about the Industrial Heartland, please click here.