Current practice and shortcomings of EIA in Lithuania

Kruopienė, Jolita; Židonienė, Sigita; Dvarionienė, Jolanta

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2009.02.003

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“…In the process, many plant, animal and marine species have been lost. In Lithuania, EIA as a process faces many challenges including incompetent authorities, political pressure and inadequate EIA experts (Kruopiene et al 2009). Similar challenges were observed in Sri Lanka, Hong Kong and Portugal (Zubair 2001;Hung 2007;Ramos et al 2008), in addition to lack of environmental data and effluent standards.…”

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confidence: 99%

Environmental impact assessment application in infrastructural projects in Malawi

Kosamu

2010

Sustain Sci

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Environmental impact assessment application in infrastructural projects in Malawi

Kosamu

2010

Sustain Sci

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“…A number of papers and reports identify the challenges of EIA systems in developing countries, including issues with legal and institutional frameworks, unclear EIA requirements, poor quality of environmental studies and lack of public information and participation (El -Fadl & El-Fadel 2004;Kruopiene et al 2008;Naser et al 2008;Sandham & Pretorius 2008;Badr El-Sayed 2009;Kolhoff et al 2009;Kruopiene et al 2009;Okello et al 2009;Nizami et al 2011). Others discuss the importance of the political and societal context when considering effective EIA systems (O'Brien et al 2007;Marara et al 2011).…”

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An evaluation of environmental impact assessment in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Heaton¹,

Burns

2014

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) is undergoing extremely rapid economic growth and experiencing a related increase in infrastructure and industrial development. If not managed properly, this growth can lead to significant impacts on the natural environment. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice in Abu Dhabi is approximately 10 years old. During the period, the number of EIAs conducted each year has increased considerably. This research activity evaluates the performance of the system as documented in legislation, relevant documents and current practices. The current system is compared with evaluation criteria from Christopher Wood. The analysis reveals that the Abu Dhabi process is strong in its legal basis, coverage, screening, scoping and review of the report. Areas that need improvement include better specification of alternatives in design, integration of EIAs into final decision-making, monitoring of the overall process, public consultation and ongoing impact monitoring. A discussion of public involvement and impact monitoring provides the context for potential future enhancements to strengthen the Abu Dhabi system.

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“…Second, views on effectiveness depend on one's understanding of the nature and purpose of EIA, a point made by Elling (2009). It is interesting, for example, to contrast the technical, engineering perspective of Kruopienė et al (2009), who laments the politicization of EIA in Lithuania, and calls for much stronger recognition for the role of experts in the process, with the characterization of EIA in the Philippines by Bravante and Holden (2009 Cashmore et al (2004) speak of 'the interminable issue of effectiveness', and the effectiveness of impact assessment practice certainly continues to receive considerable attention, including in the impact assessment and project appraisal special edition on the state of the art of impact assessment. Morgan (2012) provides an overview of the status of thinking about impact assessment effectiveness, particularly as it relates to theory.…”

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Evaluation of environmental impact assessment effectiveness in Slovakia

Zvijáková

Zeleňáková

Purcz

2014

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) practice in Slovakia is about 20 years old. EIA was first introduced in Slovakia based on the Environment Law of 1992. The practice in EIA started developing shortly after the Law No. 127/1994 Coll. came into force. The first group of experts was certified as being EIA/strategic environmental assessment (SEA) professionally qualified persons. During 20 years, the numbers of EIA procedures were performed and number of EIA practitioners has considerably increased. Many discussions arise about EIA procedure effectiveness and quality in Slovakia. The task of this study has been to investigate EIA system applications in Slovakia and evaluate its effectiveness. In this paper, the views of professionally qualified persons are examined closely, using a questionnaire survey. Data from the questionnaires are analysed to find information relating to current EIA/SEA and EIA/SEA practice and the future for EIA. The objective of this study was to assess the potential for improving the effectiveness of EIA in Slovakia, and finally the recommendations for improvement are presented. The results of this research suggest that the use of new legislation should be extended in Slovakia in order to improve EIA effectiveness.

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Current practice and shortcomings of EIA in Lithuania

Cited by 33 publications

References 10 publications

Environmental impact assessment application in infrastructural projects in Malawi

Environmental impact assessment application in infrastructural projects in Malawi

An evaluation of environmental impact assessment in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Evaluation of environmental impact assessment effectiveness in Slovakia

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