This document provides guidance for decision-makers on a range of biodiversity principles and issues which confront decision-makers every day when they evaluate impactassessments. It is based on the findings of a Situation Assessment conducted as part of the Capacity Building in Biodiversity and Impact ...
Environmental ImpactAssessment (EIA) is one of the most important tools employed in contemporary environmental management. Presenting the component activities of EIA within a coherent methodological framework, Environmental ImpactAssessment: A Methodological Approach provides students and practitioners ...
Environmental ImpactAssessment (EIA) is one of the most important tools employed in contemporary environmental management. Presenting the component activities of EIA within a coherent methodological framework, Environmental ImpactAssessment: A Methodological Approach provides students and practitioners ...
Standards and Thresholds play an important role in many stages of the Environmental ImpactAssessment (EIA) process. They can be legally-binding or guidance values and are linked to environmental data. This publication provides a comprehensive collection of standards and thresholds, their derivation and ...
This report presents the results of the strategic impactassessment carried out for marine and freshwater resources and the associated living resources of the Brazil Current ...
This document on "Environmental Impact Assesment and Strategic Environmental Assessment : Towards an Integrated Approach" updates the earlier UNEP publication on "Environmental ImpactAssessment : Issues, Trends & Practice". As before, it provides a companion volume to the UNEP "EIA Training Resource ...
“… the most comprehensive book on NEPA and impactassessment to date….provides practical guidance for navigating the complexities of NEPA, environmental planning, readers are provided with a single guide describing modern tools, techniques, and approaches for streamlining project implementation.” Dr. Lynton ...
This volume is based on a number of reports prepared over several years for a research project jointly sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme, the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau and the Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council. Since release of the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, the quest has ...
Perspectives in Life Cycle ImpactAssessment: A Structured Approach to Combine Models of the Technosphere, Ecosphere and Valuesphere describes the relationship between subjective and objective elements in Life Cycle ImpactAssessment. It suggests a new framework which will allow people to master two of the ...
The main objective of the TRM is to enable trainers, particularly, in developing countries and ClTs to develop and produce site and situation specific training courses for the different target groups who are concerned with EIA. The use of the TRM will contribute directly to the building of local capacity to develop EIA procedures and legislation, to conduct EIA, administer, monitor and evaluate ...
Environmental impactassessments are required for a wide-range of projects throughout the world. These assessments have increasing involved complex, political decision-making and incorporated values and beliefs of both stakeholders and interested parties. However, the results are often ineffective because ...