Natural Heritage System and Policy Planning
Expert collaboration for environmental policy development and sustainable land-use planning is ready for you.
With more than half a century of combined experience in land-use and natural heritage policy development, we offer expert consultation for policy review, peer review and Ontario Municipal Board expert testimony.
We create defensible, transparent approaches grounded in science and guided by comprehensive stakeholder input.
A comprehensive approach to policy consultation
Dougan Ecology partners with multidisciplinary teams of engineers, planners and ecologists to contribute to environmental policy development. We contribute as experts on natural heritage, environmental monitoring, and terrestrial systems.
In order to make recommendations, our integrated team of landscape architects, ecologists, GIS-experts and project managers conducts comprehensive assessments, often including:
- Assessment of policy in the context of the Provincial Policy Statement and Official Plans for regional and municipal authorities
- Characterization of natural heritage features and functions
- Inventory of natural heritage resources through cutting edge GIS services and on-the-ground surveys
- Identification of significance thresholds and assessments of significance
- Development of context-specific principles and practices that facilitate sustainable planning
We use cloud-based technologies such as ArcGIS Online to work together with clients and stakeholders throughout each project. We follow up collaboration with custom reports, presentations or testimonies to advance sustainable policy development at the site-specific, municipal, and regional levels.
Let’s advance sound environmental policy that leads to sustainable land-use planning in Ontario, Quebec and beyond.
We position ourselves within the policy development framework for land-use and natural heritage planning because landscapes where people and biodiversity thrive are possible!
Let’s work together to realize a future where harmony with nature is a reality.
