Environmental Impact Assessment in Buffer Zones of Protected Areas in Brazil
Andre Andrade - Brazilian Environmental Institute - IBAMA
Results of research that had the objective to assess the procedure of impact assessment in buffer zones of protected areas in Brazil.
Sustainability Principles for a Coal Mine and Power Station Project
Jenny Becher - URS Australia Pty Ltd, Gillian Lane
Social Impact Assessment: Best Practice and Future Trends
Rabel Burdge - Western Washington University, Bellingham, USA
Illustrates the use of social impact assessment at the community and project level to help project proponents, planners, development agents, officials and citizens understand likely future changes in their communities.
Integration of Health in EIA/SEA: Testing a Tool
Lea Den Broeder - RIVM, Theo van Alphen, Annemiek van Overveld, Anne Knol - RIVM, Ilse Storm
A Web-based tool to promote the incorporation of health in EIA was tested. Results were positive but more investment is needed for structural integration.
Profiling EIA Professionals in Egypt
Hisham El-Zayat - Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Ashraf Elsheikh
The key barriers to good EIA practice in Egypt are highlighted through profiling the EIA practitioners and investigating their opinions regarding some issues of the EIA practice in Egypt.
Strategic Approaches Under the Australian Government’s EPBC Act
Mark Flanigan - Australian Government Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Australia’s premier environment and heritage legislation, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, contains a number of mechanisms that provide for a strategic approach to the protection of matters of national environmental significance.
JETRO Guidelines for Environmental and Social Considerations
Shigeaki Fujisaki - Japan External Trade Organization, Sachihiko Harashina - Tokyo Institute of Technology
The uniqueness of the JETRO Guideline, which came into effect January 1st, 2008, is that it adopts not only SEA/EIA approach, but CSR concept for its environmental and social considerations.
Health Impact Assessment Across Australia
Stephen Green - Centre for Health Equity training, Research and Evaluation, Ben Harris-Roxas - Centre for Health Equity Training, Research & Evaluation (CHETRE), University of, Patrick Harris, Elizabeth Harris, Dagmar Schmitt, Necia Burford, Jessica McCormick, Dianne Katscherian - Department of Health Western Australia, Martin Bicevskis, Sue Frendin, Frank Callaghan, Daniel Broderick
Developed in collaboration with each Australian State and Territory, this poster highlights the national diversity of Health Impact Assessment practice, its application, and its evolutionary dependence upon regional context.
Challenges in Implementing EIA/SEA in the Transition Period in Kosovo
Rizah Hajdari - Kosovo Environmental Protection Agency, Eleze Krasniqi, Afrim Berisha
Because currently the EIA procedure is almost the only formal tool to protect the environment, Kosovo institutions must apply it effectively and comprehensively.
Improvement of Construction CALS System by Adding Environment Management
Jung In-Su - Korea Institute of Construction Technology, Lee Chan-Sik - University of Incheon, Seo Myung-Bae
While Construction CALS system has many functions such as schedule, cost and safety management, environment management has been neglected. This study aims to add the function of environment management to Construction CALS system.
Peer Reviewed Paper [PDF]Challenges Pertaining to the Understanding of Biodiversity and Impact Assessment
Gulalai Ismail - AWARE GIRLS
Focus on girl students, capacity building, alliance building, biodiversity, impact assessment and sustainable strategic assessment of policies, biophysical and social effects of development, development and its impact on women’s lives.
Preliminary Environmental Impact Assessment of the Introduction of Used Tires as Alternative Fuel in the Cement Industry in R. Macedonia
Filip Ivanov - Cementarnica USJE AD Skopje
Background information concerning the manufacture of cement and describing the special characteristics of cement plants, which provide for the safe and effective use of alternative fuels and raw materials. Preliminary EIA is made to estimate if and how, at the same time, some of society’s waste problems can be solved in a way which valorises the waste and is beneficial to the environment.
Study on Introducing the Certificate of Expert Practitioner in EIA in Korea
Jae Bok Jung - Kwangwoon University, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Im-Soon Kim - Graduate School of Environmental Studies Kwangwoon University, Sang-Wook Han
Introducing certificate of expert practitioners in EIA will make EIA in Korea competent and effective. To make a case for its introduction, this study conducted research on EIA in developed countries by literature review and identified needs and roles of expert practitioners in EIA.
Health Impact Assessment and Beyond: Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project, Lao PDR
Surinder Kaul, Pany Sananikhom - NTPC, Aeoudom Silavong, Lattavanh Lattanavong, Soutsakhone Chanthaphone - National Center for Environmental Health and Water Supply, Ministry of Health, L
HIA and PHAP and developments towards the completion of the Construction Phase of the project.
Hydro-Electric Power Stations in Iceland Less Than 10 MW
Rut Kristinsdöottir, Jakob Gunnarsson
Problems and solutions regarding small-scale hydro power stations in Iceland. Such projects have proliferated in the wake of recent legislative changes.
An Approach to Introduce Biodiversity Components in EIA System in Korea
Young Han Kwon - Korea Environment Institute
Sustainable 3G? How SD Was Handled in a Large-Scale Infrastructure Project
Stefan Larsson - Lund University, Sweden
The sustainable development handled or non-handled in a large-scale infrastructure project, graphically presented.
Implication of Land Cover Analysis in Regional Land Use Planning
Sangbum Lee - Korea Environment Institute
Land cover is essential for regional land use planning. Land cover changes are analyzed in political and watershed boundary basis and the monetary value of forest is assessed.
Health Impact Assessment on Landfill Site Extension in Korea
Young Soo Lee - Korea Environment Institute, Sang Ki Choi, Young Ha Kim
HIA on landfill site extension: results showed there are possibilities and a few weak points for successful HIA implementation in Korea.
Involving Communities in Assessing Impacts to Spinner Dolphin Resting Habitat
Jayne LeFors - NOAA Fisheries, Lisa VanAtta
NOAA has engaged community groups in Hawaii to participate in monitoring and education/outreach efforts that will assist in assessing impacts of human-caused disturbance to spinner dolphins’ resting habitats.
Turtle Watch: Community Contribution to Environmental Impact Assessment
Elaine Lewis - Murdoch University, Catherine Baudains, Caroline Mansfield
Community members contributed to a project that investigated the local turtle population. Evidence was obtained that supported the decision-making processes for impact assessment and the management of the wetlands.
From “Death Road” to Environmental
Sergio Mercado Centellas - Individual consultancy
Critical impacts produced by Cotapata-Santa Barbara road construction (National Park, Bolivia). Not considering in a good way the amount of earth movements in EIA elaboration has consequences.
Challenges of Public Participation in Developing Countries: Case study of Zambia
Nancy Malwa Mushota - Environmental Council of Zambia, Luwitaa Changula, Marc C. Mulenga
The challenges of public participation in Zambia include lack of interest, lack of political will, lack of knowledge and appreciation of environmental issues. Public participation is currently not an effective tool in the Zambian EIA process.
Breaking Kenyan Barriers to Public Involvement in Environmental Impact Assessment
Nick Okello - UNESCO-IHE, Wim Douven, Jan Leentvaar, Lindsay Beevers
Sustainable Environmental Management is at stake where mechanisms that restrict public involvement in developing countries exist. What are these barriers and is SEA the bridge to better involvement in Kenya?
Waste Management in Honduras: Sectorial Analysis 2007
Carmen Padilla - ADS consultores
Key findings and future perspectives of waste management issues in Honduras, Central America 2007. The document includes a financial, legal, institutional, technical, social, health and environmental chapter.
Environmental Impact of Gold Mining in the Pungwe River
Angelo de Jesus Pereira - ARA - Centro
The usage of mercury in the river, the erosion caused by gold panning since the protecting upper layer of soil and vegetation is removed are a threat to the ecosystem.
Using DPSIR Framework in Climate Change SEA: Useful Tool for Local Policy Makers
Behzad Raissiyan - RAH-SHAHR International Group
Using DPSIR framework in climate change SEA aims to provide digestible information for “policy making” in the form of social-political responses, based on scientific data of biophysical environment.
Effectiveness of Risk-Based and Systems-Based Approach to EIA in Victoria
Geoff Ralphs - Department of Planning & Community Development (Victoria, Australia)
Examine and compare some recent examples of how “risk-based’” and “system-based’” Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) has been approached and implemented within Victoria.
The Development of a Decision Support Tool in the Form of an EMF for a Selected Area in the National Lakes Area, Garden Route Western Cape
Fatima Rawjee - DEAT
Equator Principles & IFC Performance Standards Concordant Brisas Gold Mine International ESIA
Viktor Raykin - AATA International, Inc., Don Proebstel, John G. Aronson, W. Wayne Forman, Mehrdad Nazari
AATA developed an I-ESIA for Gold Reserve’s mining project in the Guiana Shield (Venezuela) following IFC and Equator Principles guidelines. It incorporates public consultation and features a biodiversity offset.
How to Carry Out a Successful Training in an International Context
Sandra Rihm - DHV
International trainings in Environmental Assessment require good preparations and understanding of national differences. This poster presents DHV’s extensive knowledge in EA and lessons learned from their training experience worldwide.
Assessment of Impacts Caused by the Inefficiencies of the Waste Management System
Claudia Salazar - Kausay
Results of a state of the art concerning waste management systems in a developing country: Colombia.
Peer Reviewed Paper [PDF]Mozambique on the Road to Sustainability
Paula Santos - Impacto, Lda
Time line of events leading to environmental legal framework in Mozambique. Description of the EIA process in Mozambique. Analysis of potential barriers to EIA in fulfilling sustainability goals in Mozambique.
Environmental Impact Assessment Versus Capacity Development and Training
Vusi Skosana - DEAT
The impacts of EIA versus capacity and training gaps and how the situation could be if capacity and training initiatives are invested in officials dealing with these EIA processes.
Comparison Study on Noise Reduction Effect by Soundproofing Wall Installation
Hyosung Sun - Korea Environment Institute, Youngmin Park
This research is focused on the comparison study about the noise reduction effects by installing soundproofing walls, which includes the noise source distribution having various locations, frequencies, and sound power levels.
Inadequate Environmental Awareness Affecting Public Participation in Republic of Belarus
Alla Sushko - Professionals for Development
Inadequate environmental awareness contributes to a lack of public interest in resolving environmental issues and a low level of public participation in decision-making in Republic of Belarus.
SEA & EIA: Relationship and Integration
Asdis Hlokk Theodorsdottir - Reykjavik University, Iceland
Findings of a project dealing with the relationship between SEA and EIA of projects and analysing opportunities for integration of SEA and EIA.
Fauna Assessments for Linear Corridors
Graham Thompson - Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University, Scott Thompson - Coffey Environments
Linear corridors for railways, pipelines, powerlines and haul roads are an important aspect of EIAs in Australia. This poster describes some alternative methods for undertaking these assessments.
Strategic Environmental Assessment of Wuhan Urban Development Plan in China
Lili Tian - SEA Center, Nankai University
Technical framework, assessment elements and indicators of SEA for Wuhan City National Economic and Social Development Plan are presented.