13 Articles found
International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) Articles
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Project- Compendium of National EIA Regulators and Regulations
Proejct ID: 24 Summary of Project: We have been developing a searchable compendium of the names of and contact information for national regulatory agencies, and where country-level EIA regulations can be found. We are looking for help to ...
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Project: List of Academic IA Courses Worldwide
Project ID: 23 Summary of Project: IAIA wants to develop a mailing list of professors who teach academic courses on impact assessment.You will use your amazing internet-sleuthing skills to help us develop this list! Project Supervisor: Aaron ...
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Project - Member Survey Analysis
Proejct ID: 22 Summary of project: Help IAIA to analyze the results of the member survey that will be conducted in September, and communicate the results to the Board of Directors and IAIA Headquarters Project Supervisor: Marla Orenstein
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Project - Annotated Links
Proejct ID: 21 Summary of project: We are looking to develop an annotated links page of relevant impact assessment (1) mandates and regulations, (2) guidance documents (including internal agency protocols), (3) legal rulings, and (4) literature ...
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Project - Repository of Completed IA Projects Feasibility Study
Proejct ID: 20 Summary of project: We will study and report on the feasibility of developing a searchable repository of completed public impact assessments. Project Supervisor: Martin Haefele
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Project - Compendium of National EIA Regulators and Regulations
Project ID: 19 Summary of project: We will develop a searchable compendium of the names of and contact information for national regulatory agencies, and where country-level EIA regulations can be found. Project Supervisor: Marla Orenstein
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Let`s Get Real: A Response to Bill Maher
Bill Maher can be a funny guy, but he is misguided when he says that environmental impact statements (EISs) are impeding progress on construction projects, as he did on his September 10 episode of Real Time on HBO. In addition, Maher ...
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Connecting People`s Wellbeing and Biodiversity in Impact Assessment
Setting the scene Human wellbeing and survival depend on biodiversity and ecosystem services. The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals recognize that efforts to eliminate poverty and inequality must go hand in hand with strategies to tackle ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...