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Micro Pulse LiDAR: A Critical Tool for Emissions Source Detection

Micro Pulse LiDAR remote sensing data are used to calculate a highly accurate Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) height to improve plume models that help assess emissions sources. ...

Mar. 21, 2019

By Micro Pulse LiDAR, part of Hexagon

The Impact of Metalliferous Mining on Salt Marsh Flora

Estuaries within Cornwall, UK have been accepting metal-rich tailings and water from mining for hundreds of years. Over time, saltmarsh ecosystems have developed on metal-rich sediments. Previous work at CSM has indicated that the floristic composition of these saltmarshes varies from characteristic British assemblages. Our hypothesis is metal-sensitive species are unable to colonise, ...

Jun. 16, 2001

By Impact Ecology

Requirements for Standard Ecological Survey Procedures in the MENA Region

Countries in the Middle East and North Africa region house a variety of ecosystems from the dense pine woodland of the Algerian coast to the extremely sparsely vegetated desert of Oman. Although cataloguing of flora and fauna in certain areas has been meticulously detailed, standard techniques for rapid assessment across the variety of habitats has not yet been established. Such techniques ...

Dec. 18, 2008

By Impact Ecology

The Sustainable Management of Metal-Rich Ecosystems: Lessons from an Historic Mining Area

In the absence of human intervention the ecosystem that develops on an historic mining site adapts to tolerate the particular set of environmental conditions that the mining activity has created. Often this naturally developed ecosystem is of high biodiversity value because only a particular assemblage of organisms can survive on such a stressed site. Stresses may be due not just to high ...

May 24, 2003

By Impact Ecology

Papers sought for special journal issue on SEA in the private sector

Papers are sought for a special issue of the journal Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal (IAPA) on investigating the use of Strategic Environmental Assessment in the private sector. Submissions are due by 30 October 2017. For more than a decade, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) has been an integral part of legislation in the European Union and ...

Sep. 12, 2017

By International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)

The Curious Divide between Conservation Science and IA

Since returning to academia, I have been struck by a particular disjuncture between the biodiversity sciences and IA practice in my country, Namibia. Having worked across Africa, my suspicion is that it probably applies to the entire continent, perhaps even broader. Allow me to expand. I had my wildlife scientist hat on a few weeks ago at a southern African symposium on wildlife tracking and ...

Dec. 8, 2016

By International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)

The wreck of the MV Rena – culture, risk and resilience in IA

The wreck of the MV Rena and the subsequent resource consent processes, to enable the dumping and discharging of contaminants through abandoning the remnants of the wreck, created considerable division in the Bay of Plenty region, especially within iwi. Much of this conflict related to the nature of the effects, their monitoring and mitigation. The Rena case provides useful lessons for the impact ...

Dec. 6, 2017

By International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)

Why don’t we have 20,000 members?

IAIA currently has around 1600 members from 120 countries. We have a further 18 Affiliates in 16 countries, which puts our total membership at just over 5000 IA professionals. Our membership is neither static nor constant; it changes year by year depending on where our annual conference is held, with large numbers of new members joining each year and then dropping off in subsequent years. IAIA is ...

Dec. 8, 2016

By International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)

5 ways to bridge the gap between best community engagement practice and actual project experiences

Community engagement and impact assessment go hand-in-hand. Our core principles prize informed consultation and human rights. Many IAIA members also subscribe to the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2), striving to deliver the golden experience promised at the far side of the engagement spectrum. But any of us who’ve spent time in the field know that the ideal ...

Jul. 30, 2017

By International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)

Increasing the Impact of Risk Assessment

Improve your risk management programs over time and increase employee safety by making risk assessment a living part of your organisation. By implementing a ‘living’ risk assessment cycle and developing a safety culture, you can: Manage risk more effectively Be better prepared for litigation Reduce overall risk This paper will identify a ...

Aug. 20, 2012

By Cority

The Environmental Impact Assessment EIA

The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the set of studies carried out by a multidisciplinary team, with detailed technical data, which evaluates the consequences of a given project for the environment. In the EIA, the impacts that a given project can cause in the environment, as well as the presentation of mitigating measures, are identified and evaluated technically and impartially. In ...

Jan. 1, 2018

By Eukarya Consultoria Ambiental

Environmental impact of ship hull repair

This study presents an environmental analysis of a number of cutting and joining processes taking place during the ship hull repair. These processes include oxy-acetylene cutting, plasma arc cutting, shielded metal arc welding, flux core arc welding and submerged arc welding. The processes are modelled in terms of their environmental impact. The environmental-related inputs and outputs of each ...

Mar. 22, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Regulatory impact assessment and its evolution in Greece and Cyprus

During the recent years an increasing demand emerged to improve the existing law systems through procedures that support the standards of better regulation. Such processes are the regulatory impact assessment (RIA) systems through which researchers, administrators and decision/policy makers can assess the economic, social and environmental impacts of any given legislation. Every country ...

Jun. 29, 2014

By Inderscience Publishers

Demystifying the Role of Ecosystem Services in Impact Assessments

Ensuring that development projects benefit both people and the planet is becoming more and more of a priority. Environmental and social impact assessments (ESIA) have been in use for decades to consider the effects of projects such as dams, highways, and oil and gas development. Over the years, ESIAs have evolved to cover both ...

Jun. 3, 2013

By World Resources Institute WRI

IA tools applied to impact assessment of EU policies in agriculture and environment

Demand for impact assessment (IA) tools by public administrations has increased significantly in the last decades, when the European Union has also increased its efforts to measure the impact of its agricultural and environmental policies. Different IA tools have been applied to assess EU policies in agriculture and environment, like the Common Agricultural Policy reform, decoupling, the Water ...

Mar. 31, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Including ecotoxic impacts on warm‐blooded predators in life cycle impact assessment

In current life cycle impact assessment, the focus of ecotoxicity is on cold‐blooded species. We developed a method to calculate characterization factors (CFs) for the impact assessment of chemical emissions on warm‐blooded predators in freshwater food chains. The method was applied to 329 organic chemicals. The CF for these predators was defined as a multiplication of the fate factor (FF), ...

Sep. 18, 2011

By John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Sustainability impact assessments: a new comprehensive framework for raising the bar beyond existing environmental assessments

Much systematic research and attention is being directed towards sustainability indicators, but comparatively little towards analytical tools for comprehensive sustainability impact assessments that can guide economic activities, programmes and specific projects towards decisions and sustainable actions, which will ultimately be reflected in the indicators. Existing tools of analysis, such as ...

Feb. 9, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Economics of climate change mitigation and adaptation: moving from impact assessment to vulnerability

The article is based on a detailed literature review pertaining to conceptual and methodological issues of climate change impact and vulnerability assessment. The impact of climate change differs among geographical regions owing to the abject difference in the levels of income, production and consumption pattern, availability and use of technology, etc. The initial impact assessment studies, ...

Jul. 11, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers

Weaving ecosystem services into impact assessment: A step-by-step method

The services provided by ecosystems play a vital role in human well-being. Although some ecosystem services are easily recognized— food, timber, and freshwater, for example— others may be less apparent. Ecosystems control erosion; reduce the damage caused by natural disasters; and regulate our air, water, and soil quality. A reduction or loss of any of these services and the benefits ...

Sep. 30, 2013

By World Resources Institute WRI

Atmospheric dispersion methods in environmental impact assessment in Flanders

This paper presents a survey of the experiences in Flanders during the first five years of implementing environmental impact assessment (EIA) as specified by the European Directive 85/337/EEC and the Flemish Orders of 23 March 1989. The current EIA procedure is presented in general, and an indication is given of the number of impact assessments carried out to date. A typical methodology ...

Sep. 16, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

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