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Environmental Impact Assessment EIA (Topic 2)
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BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM BAM Three elements 1. Baseline data 2. Assessment of impacts 3. Monitoring changes
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Baseline data PURPOSE: to provide a description of the status and trends of environmental factors against which predicted changes can be compared and evaluated to provide a way of measuring actual change by monitoring once a project has been initiated
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Example -If a project has the following goals and objectives: Achieve 20 percent literacy Train 100 teachers Encourage all literacy program graduates to read something at least once a day -Then the appropriate determinate baseline data would consist of the following: Assessment of current literacy rates Information on the number of trained teachers already available Data on current reading habits of people in the community
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Task What baseline data would need to be collected if a new road was being planned? Hint- what would the objectives be? What information would you need to collect to assess if objectives have been met?
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Possible objectives - reduce congestion - reduce noise pollution - reduce air pollution - reduce travel times Baseline data - measurement of current congestion (times, vehicle numbers...) - assessment of current levels of noise pollution - measurements of air pollution - Assessment of current delay times for road users
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Assessment of impacts Read the sheet and complete the table of possible impacts Next lesson...role play!
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