International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) articles

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 to assist practitioners with fulfilling legal, professional, and ethical obligations.

Project Supervisor: Jennifer Howell

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 complete this valuable resource.

Project Supervisor: Alejandra Kemper
Application closing date: February 6, 2018

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

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 Goldschmidt
Application closing date:  October 12, 2017

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

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

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 is blatantly wrong when he lumps EISs into activities that he considers to

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 climate change, ecosystem degradation, biodiversity loss, food and water insecurity, and spread of disease. Fundamental human rights may depend on access to, and benefits from, natural resources.

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 assessment community.

Background

The basic facts of the

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 many countries around the world, becoming a valuable addition to the toolbox of e