December 3, 1995

Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT)

The Vegetation Dynamics Development Tool (VDDT) a non-spatial state transition modelling tool, was originally created to assist with the Columbia River Basin Assessment related to protection of the spotted owl. The model required input about states of the landscape, and succession, insect, pathogen, and fire […]
July 3, 1995

Vietnam Canada Environment Project (VCEP)

In 1995, ESSA and SNC-Lavalin were successful in winning the first phase of what became a 2-phase, 10-year, million project to improve the management and protection of Vietnam’s environment, by strengthening the capacities of key national government and provincial entities to manage industrial and urban […]
April 3, 1995

Asian Development Bank project

Asian Development Bank project In the mid-1990s we undertook our first large international EIA expert system project, for the Asian Development Bank, with a team that included consultants from TATA in Pune, India.
April 3, 1993

ESSA Ottawa office opens

ESSA Ottawa office opens doors, with a focus on international work.
July 3, 1992

State of Environment Report for British Columbia

ESSA leads authorship on the very first State of Environment Report for British Columbia. This project involved more than 50 advisors, and necessitated the magic trick of condensing more than two bookshelves full of papers, reports and raw data into a non-technical publication just over […]