Sustainable Systems: Crises, Environmental Impact Assessment, Soft Tools

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QUESTION 1: CRISES
Population growth: There is a very high and rapid growth in the rate of population in Australia
which has been estimated to be about double in 40 years. This prediction was made in the 1970
even though all predictions were assumed unless entire economy crumbled with enhanced
unemployment besides numerous other social issues including:
Prevention of safety manuals: Human overcrowdings or greater gatherings in a given region
might prevent them I migrating from areas that are prone to natural disasters to regions that are
relative safer since there might not be any other regions or places left for human settlement even
if they have to meet the cost with their lives (Barrett and Therivel, 2019).
Pressure on the fish market: The population growth just like any other crisis has devastating
impacts on the fish markets where there was a reduction by 80% of the catches of fishermen as a
result of too consumption of the food resources.
The problems of fishing is the issue that is being handled by the government of Australia among
the discussed issues through a reduction of fishing in exclusive economic zones as well as
importation of seafood from other countries or regions. The seafood industry has been noted to
be well managed in Australia and the imports are about 70 per cent of the seafood with Australia
at the time focusing her efforts as well as pressure on the resources of sea food (Doughty et al.,
2017).
QUESTION 2: Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Impact Assessment defines process of having various areas of focus for instance
the effect of environmental issues, ecological health, human health as well as all non-linked
besides associated risk with the same alongside presence of alterations in the maintenance of

nature in specific projects. It is demonstrated in the Environmental Impact Assessment that there
is a regulation in Western Australia under which the Environmental Impact Assessment operates
i.e. Environmental Protection Act 1986 tends to be the major method of taking into consideration
the effects of the environments on main developments that take place in Western Australia
(Fernando et al., 2018). The process entails a binding decision regarding projects by Minister of
Environment upon approvals, process decisions as well as assessments by Environmental
Protection Authority which is a statutory body that is independent made up of five people.
The process of Environmental Impact Assessment needs a group of experts in environment as
well department of health to work on a given project at times it may be a challenge to carry out
Environmental Impact Assessment due to the presence of a few pitfalls or challenges which
might not be easy to handle. Some of these issues include environmental cost occurrence, public
confusion, and question regarding future prediction regarding its effectiveness in the entire
process alongside complication in internet function for the process of decision making. Problems
related with competence endeavour to take place in the Environmental Impact Assessment
process despite ample and available guidance as well as advice which ought to minimize such
issues. May be the gap between knowledge and implementation may be elaborated partly by
failure to concentrate on recurrent, qualified as well as avoidance related pitfalls. The two pitfalls
alongside a procedure of countering the same:
Not being to task
In most cases it has been noted the specialists in the Environmental Impact Assessment process
tend to fall below the mark with regard to experience in the field alongside relevant expertise on
Environmental Impact Assessment, knowledge regarding the surrounding as well as in team
work (Prăvălie, 2016). This challenge may be sorted by hiring staff with greater experience and

have served in the extensive project management related tasks for a period that exceed three
years for a period that is long enough that is likely to render them more efficient in working in
Environmental Impact Assessment.
Failing to concentrate on decision making
A practical Environmental Impact Assessment process is focused on. Important and weighty
concerns tend to receive limited attention even as the least important concerns are given a lot of
attention in case there is no focus. The overall result is a costly as well as protracted
Environmental Impact Assessment process and Environmental Impact Assessment documents of
the tainted quality. Stakeholders as well as decision makers may have challenges finding out if
and how the issues concerning them alongside their priorities are handled, nevertheless
Environmental Impact Assessment is a tool for making decision. For that matter, Environmental
Impact Assessment process ought to focus on offering a sound basis on implementation and
making of decisions that are environmentally sound.
EIA in NSW
Upon drawing up of the plans, they can be looked at by a private developer to establish the
development types that are permitted within a specific area and those that need Environmental
Impact Statement to be conducted prior to development consent. For the case of public project
for instance roads, the government department or authority tends to be the determining authority
and is tasked with the duty of considering the environmental impacts and if there is need of an
EIS.
EIA in TAS Tasmania