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How Might IAIA Respond to Our Members` Concerns Raised in the IAIA COVID-19 Surveys?

How Might IAIA Respond to Our Members` Concerns Raised in the IAIA COVID-19 Surveys? IAIA recently released the second of a series of surveys on how COVID-19 is affecting the policy and practice of impact assessment. The survey obtained the ...

Dec. 1, 2020

IAIA21 goes virtual, EA survey, and more

This difficult decision was taken by the Board of Directors, IAIA21 organizers, and staff after careful consideration of the myriad of factors surrounding uncertainties created by the COVID pandemic. The health and safety of our attendees is still ...

Nov. 18, 2020

Interested in serving on the IAIA board?

Are you interested in serving on the IAIA Board? Current IAIA members are encouraged to self-nominate for a Board position for the 2021 election, to be held in January 2021 for the three-year term of May 2021 through May 2024. To ...

Nov. 3, 2020

Abstracts due, COVID and IA guest blog posts, and more

IAIA21, “Smartening Impact Assessment in Challenging Times,” is scheduled to take place 18-21 May 2021 in Seville, Spain. We are closely monitoring the worldwide situation surrounding COVID-19 and are simultaneously considering various ...

Oct. 21, 2020

Don`t blame the bats

So it seems that COVID-19 may have been transferred to us from bats, via the poor persecuted and endlessly-trafficked pangolin. As well as delaying development by inconveniently occupying land proposed for development, wildlife can now be cast as ...

Oct. 20, 2020

The world is pivoting due to COVID-19. Should IA as well?

IAIA members were recently able to study the results of the second survey on “Impact of COVID-19 on Impact Assessment,” which was done 29 July – 6 August 2020. This survey has resulted in some data that are troubling for the ...

Oct. 1, 2020

Unless it changes, impact assessment risks becoming irrelevant

IAIA recently released the second of a series of surveys on how COVID-19 is affecting the policy and practice of impact assessment. The survey drew in the views of over 700 individuals involved in impact assessment across the globe. The survey ...

Sep. 30, 2020

Impact assessment symposium explores how health and the environment are connected

What are the connections between infrastructure development, climate change, and zoonotic diseases? How do we become more resilient to reduce risks of future outbreaks? And in what ways can we harness technological developments to prevent novel ...

Sep. 21, 2020

Build Sustainability Skills of Ten African Leaders

Dear IAIA Members and Friends: Good news! IAIA has been provisionally accepted as a member of Global Giving, a crowd funding site that has close relationships with about 320 major corporations such as 3M, Dell, Ford, Google, and Microsoft. Global ...

Sep. 14, 2020

IAIA Releases Climate Change Position Statement

IAIA Issues Position Statement on Climate Change Impact Assessment is Essential in Guiding the Response to the Climate Change Emergency The International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) released a position statement declaring its ...

Aug. 5, 2020

IAIA accepting applications for "Foundations of Impact Assessment" online course

The International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) is now accepting applications for its “Foundations of Impact Assessment” online training course. This course is currently offered three times per year, with the next course ...

Dec. 23, 2019

IAIA to accept applications for “Foundations of Impact Assessment” course

The International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) is now accepting applications for its “Foundations of Impact Assessment” online training course. This course is currently offered three times per year, with the next course scheduled ...

Aug. 5, 2019

Less than 3 weeks to register for IAIA19 in Brisbane

The registration deadline for IAIA19 is 5 April, leaving less than three weeks to sign up to attend the event. Over 800 delegates from around the world have already registered to focus on the conference theme of “Evolution or Revolution: Where ...

Mar. 21, 2019

Register by 20 November for symposium on mining and impact assessment

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 20 NOVEMBER What are the emerging issues and challenges in applying impact assessment (IA) in the mining sector? And how can these issues be tackled? Join leading practitioners in London on 4-5 December for a ...

Nov. 19, 2018

Register by 15 November for London symposium on mining and impact assessment

What are the emerging issues and challenges in applying impact assessment (IA) in the mining sector? And how can these issues be tackled? Join leading practitioners in London on 4-5 December for a special symposium on this topic organized by ...

Nov. 5, 2018

Program available for "IAIA19: Evolution or Revolution: Where next for impact assessment?"

A unique mix of more than 1,000 international experts and professionals from 80+ nations around the world will gather in Brisbane, Australia in April 2019 for the 39th annual conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA). ...

Oct. 15, 2018

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