
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cutler, Jane 
T1  - EXPLORATION, ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION
JF  - The APPEA Journal
JO  - The APPEA Journal
Y1  - 1993
VL  - 33
IS  - 1
SP  - 411
EP  - 417
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AJ92032 
N2  - 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. 
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