Course: Environmental Impact Assessment

This video explores the principles and challenges of stakeholder engagement and social impact assessments. It highlights the importance of protecting fundamental human rights, involving communities in decision-making, and considering social …

The significance of defining impacts may appear self-evident – an impact implies a result that necessitates consideration or recognition, based on whether it is favourable or unfavourable. Furthermore, comprehending the …

EIA Case Studies Across the world, there are multiple examples of EIA reports – known as Environmental Impact Statements (EIS). An EIA provides documentary evidence for the identified impacts of …

Given the increasingly urgent need to manage the impacts of climate change, it is not surprising that frameworks for climate change impact assessments have evolved. Typically, changes to the climate …

Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) should provide qualified and defensible evidence of the various impacts of proposed activities. However, most projects, including dams, mines, wind farms, roads, pipelines, airports, and urban …

The EIA process relies heavily on stakeholder input, as demonstrated by the following example of the Great Australian Bight. This vast marine region, located in Western Australia, has been targeted …

Last week we discussed that EIA typically covers environmental impacts. However, it is now recognised that a wider range of impacts must also be taken into account. These assessments include …

Most proposed activities occur within a human context. It is very rare for any proposed activity not to involve people. In general, socio-economic impacts focus on how the activity affects …

A cultural impact assessment is crucial in identifying the potential ways in which a proposed activity can impact areas, sites, and values that are of cultural heritage significance. Such impacts …

The requirement to undertake EIAs is extremely important to ensure all proposed activities occur in the most sustainable way possible. When they are done properly, they provide robust evidence-based data, …