[Academic] My perceptions of Environmental Management, so far

The definition of Environmental Management is difficult to
give. Because it is too wide and still evolving. Basically,
it is about discover or forecast environmental problems and
use political, economic or ethic methods as well as
scientific theory and practise to solve them, in order to
avoid environmental impacts brought along by projects or
other human activities and improve human well-being.

EM aspect means stewardship, multidisciplinary, practising.
It is based on broad-view, long term and gap-free (if
possible) monitoring. Because environment and social
continuously changes, EM should be flexible, adaptive and
perceptive.

The means that EM usually uses to modify ethics towards a
more pro-environmental way are:

- Advisory

- Economic or fiscal

- Regulatory

For EM, most of the times there are no enough time waiting
for solid proofs. Modelling, simulation and forecasts are
very often used in EM practise.

Don't forget that the ultimate pursuance of EM is to avoid
environmental impact instead of merely manage a project or
tackle with certain environment problem.