
%0 Journal Article
%A Cutler, Jane 
%T EXPLORATION, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION
%J The APPEA Journal
%D 1993/06/30
%V 33
%N 1
%P 411-417
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ92032
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AJ92032 
%X BHP Petroleum practice is to undertake a comprehensive environmental management program for exploration activities in environmentally sensitive areas. The planning for the exploration program in the Otway and Duntroon Basins is presented as a case study.BHP Petroleum&apos;s exploration activities in the Otway Basin, offshore Victoria, have been the subject of community debate as a result of the perceived effects on sensitive environmental values. The environmental management program undertaken for this exploration project included:a community consultation and information program;development of a geographic information system (GIS) recording a range of environmental and logistical (spill response) information;a whale research program; andformulation and implementation of an environmental management plan.This program and the issues it is designed to address has been an education for the Company, the community and government agencies. 
