Critical review of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) system

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Critical review of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) system

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Critical review of EnvironmentalImpact Assessment (EIA) system

TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3EIA SYSTEM .................................................................................................................................3Screening of EIA system.............................................................................................................3Assessment of EIA system..........................................................................................................4EVALUATION OF EIA SYSTEM ................................................................................................5IMPROVEMENT OF EIA..............................................................................................................6EIA SYSTEM OF NEW ZEALAND..............................................................................................6CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................102

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INTRODUCTIONEnvironment impact assessment, known as EIA system is the technique which is used inassessment of the impacts of the environment. This can be used to find out the problems orimpacts and then identify the different options to reduce the damage (Clavreul and et.al., 2014).Another major objective of EIA is to communicate with the group or organization people whoare making the decisions before they made it. The assessment will include all the positive andnegative consequences of different plans, policy programs before the decision has been made.EIA is a unique technique, which will not require to depend on the outcome of the environment.Instead they want the organization's decision maker to take all the environment values in accountbefore making the decision (Sharifi and Murayama, 2013). EIA SYSTEM Environmental impact assessment can be applied to the plan or any project, the companyis making, so that they can understand the impacts of the environment on that project. Screening of EIA systemScreening of the system helps the organization in determining that EIA is required or not.It can be applied to different specific information which are on the site (Pope and et.al, 2013). Itis the first decision of EIA system. It can also ensure that the level of any kind of EIA system isrelated to the issues developed by the proposal of the product. There should be a particular levelof information and the location of the project is necessary. The time which will be required onthe completion of the screening process is dependent on type of project, the factors of theenvironment and the understanding of its latent impacts. The screening process can have any ofthe outcomes which are listed below;A full EIA is needed and it should be comprehensive oneNo EIA is required any furtherA limited EIA is requiredMore research is needed, so that they can identify the level of EIA, which is required.There are many EIA systems, which are only having some formal procedures for screening. Butin some of the cases, the procedures are very strict (Deng and et.al, 2014). The proponent isgenerally responsible for the EIA screening process. This should occur as soon as possible3

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