Our Responsibility for EIA Processes • Rapid economic growth, urbanization and industrialization have helped in poverty alleviation but also increased pressure on land and water resources, widespread environmental degradation and high pollution levels. • EIA is a systematic process to identify, predict and evaluate the environmental effects of proposed actions and projects. This process is applied prior to major decisions and commitments being made. A broad definition of environment is adopted, whenever appropriate social, cultural and health effects are considered as an integral part of EIA. Particular attention is given in EIA practice to preventing, mitigating and offsetting the significant adverse effects of proposed undertakings. • The purpose of our EIA process is to: o provide information for decision-making on the environmental consequences of proposed actions; and o promote environmentally sound and sustainable development through the identification of appropriate enhancement and mitigation measures.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Oct 2013 05:01:53 +0000
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