Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment. Environmental impact assessment cannot be divorced from social impact of the project, hence the latter is considered as a key dimension of the eia process. View eia process in kenya1 from management dma at university of nairobi. Eia procedure challenges for environmental impact assessment. Environmental impact assessment and stakeholder involvement by ross huges box 1. The process of acquiring a port has become a massive fraud. When these degree are decided, the process proceeds into the step of scoping to identify environmental factors considered.
Project proponents submit reports that include complex. One of the weakest points of current regulations in kenya is the relationship between the lead expert conducting the eia study and the proponent of the project being studied. The core focus of an sia is on the important impacts of. Eia is an evaluation procedure that helps planners and decisionmakers to understand the. An eia identifies both negative and positive impacts of any development activity or project, how it affects people, their property and the environment. Comparative evaluation of the eia systems in kenya, tanzania. Environmental impact assessment eia report for the. The first formal eia process in tanzania was undertaken for the stiegelers gorge power and flood control project in 1980. Since 1996, in line with development of the economy, capacity and expertise of various stakeholders of the eia process in azerbaijan has been constantly growing reaching in some cases very high levels. The process of environmental impact assessment in the context of town and country planning in england is governed by the town and country planning. As stipulated by emca, 1999 and the subsidiary 2003 eia regulations, the proponent of the project is required to. Environmental impact assessment eia question papers 7477. A guide on the basics of environmental impact assessments in kenya.
The seven stages in an environmental impact assessment process. One of the key objectives of the esia is to assist in ensuring. Presented at short course ii on surface exploration for geothermal resources, organized by unugtp and kengen, at lake. Details for hydropower generation projects tor 0 table of contents a general table of contents for the environmental impact assessment eia shall be provided.
Environmental impact assessment eia, eia procedures, eia contents. Comparative evaluation of the eia systems in kenya. An increasing number of organisations governmental as well as nongovernmental ngos. Similar findings have been document in previous studies including okello et al. Competitors, business rivalry and or ngos and lobby groups misusing the eia process as an opportunity to object to projects. Relevance worldwide, the eia process is based upon commonly accepted. Erm and impacto for and on behalf of erm and impacto approved by. The situation is further complicated by community gatekeepers who influences and distorts the genuine public views and therefore the. The eia process begins from the very start of a project.
Environmental impact assessment and sustainable development in africa. Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental. To introduce the concept of eia, placing it within the framework of sustainable development. Recommendations made by the eia may necessitate the redesign of some project components, require further studies, suggest changes which alter the. Clearly, corruption plays a very important part in the eia process in kenya. Benefits of stakeholder involvement in eia there is a growing consensus that timely and broadbased stakeholder involvement is a vital ingredient for effective environmental assessment, as it is for project planning, appraisal and development in general. This section very briefly presents an overview of the stages of eia to help place them in the context of the whole process. Aug 10, 2011 this was a good article mentioning the environmental impact assessment in kenya.
Environmental impact assessment and audit regulations. Introduction environmental impact assessment eia is a critical examination of the effects of a project on the environment. Environmental impact assessments in developing countries. By following the screening and scoping guidance it is hoped that better decisions will be made on the need for eia and on the terms of reference for the studies that are required, thus starting the eia process off on a better footing. The main problems of environmental impact assessment eia. Social impact assessment sia a social impact assessment is a process of research, planning and the management of social change or consequences positive and negative, intended and unintended arising from policies, plans, developments and projects unep, 2007. Which way environmental impact assessment in kenya. Eia also identifies measures to mitigate the negative impacts, while maximizing on the.
Pdf environmental impact assessment and sustainable. Its object is to provide decisionmakers with information about. Justin kabuiku miano submits this environmental impact assessment eia. Leonard ortolano, anne shepherd 5 the scope of the term environment as commonly used in eia work is clarified to show its links with other types of iinpact studies. The overall objective of the study is to evaluate the factorsthat affect public participation in eia process among selected projects in nairobi city county. In contrast to the eu, eia must be carried out by registered experts in the african countries. An analysis of the factors affecting public participation. Examples of these close interactions can be found in the context of land tenure and rights, rural livelihoods, and traditional practices. Review guide for communities, published december, 2014 click here to download the guidelines in pdf format. It is high time that we take necessary steps to take environmental friendly attitude and it is a good initiative by the eia to check if it has a positive and negative impact.
Eia projects nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050, led by growth in asia. How well do environmental regulations work in kenya. But a detailed examination of the various statutes, and the framework for the eia process in particular, and the entire environmental regulatory process in general, reveals that many of the statutes are very much at. Environmental impact assessment eia report for the liquefied natural gas project in cabo delgado final eia report february 2014 project ref. Scope of the assessment the scope of an assessment should include all potential. Public participation pp is an integral part in the eia process and it is enshrined in the constitution of kenya. Regulation 71 of the eia regulations requires that for low and medium risk. Figure 1 shows a general flow diagram of the eia process, how it fits in with parallel technical and economic studies and the role of public participation. In some cases, such as smallscale irrigation schemes, the transition from identification through to detailed design may be rapid and some steps in the eia procedure may be omitted. We, management of national oil corporation of kenya certify to the best of our. Environmental impact assessment in kenya request pdf. This article provides a comparative overview of environmental impact assessment eia in mozambique, tanzania, kenya, south africa, angola, and the european union eu. The early literature on eia in the 1970s sometimes was equivocal on whether environment meant only the biophysical or natural environment.
Environmental impact assessment is defined as an activity designed to identify the impact on the biogeophysical environment, on man and wellbeing of legislative proposals, projects, policies, operational procedures and to interpret and communicate information. The environmental impact assessment eia process, which originated in the united states in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has been adopted extensively in the rest of the world. Environmental impact assessment eia is a critical examination of the effects of a project on the environment. Institutional framework of the eia process in kenya. Leaching is the process of extracting a soluble metallic compound from an ore by selectively dissolving it in a solvent such. To outline the history of eia, why it was introduced and how it has evolved. Thereafter, the eia procedures in sri lanka are outlined and the shortcomings in its implementation are evaluated.
Evaluation of environmental impact assessment eia practice. To describe the purpose, princip les and process of eia. The eia process makes sure that environmental issues are raised when a project or plan is first discussed and that all concerns are addressed as a project gains momentum through to implementation. When these degree are decided, the process proceeds into the. Instructions answer question 1 and any other two questions. Environment impact statement eis is the most noticeable feature of the eia process, which includes detailed technical research and this research is able to define and shows available alternatives of it.
This was a good article mentioning the environmental impact assessment in kenya. Environmental impact assessment eia in kenya kariuki muigua 1. These eia guidelines and administrative procedures have been developed in. Eia is a systematic process of identifying future consequences of a current or. Environmental impact assessment eia a product of the environmental mainstreaming initiative. Although at present the term environmental impact assessment is widely used, there is no clear, concise definition of eia ahmad and sammy, 1985. In kenya, eia legal requirements first appeared in the environmental management and coordination act emca of 1999 8 and subsequently in the environmental impact assessment and audit regulations of 2002 9. Eia process in kenya1 presented at short course ii on. Some of the key issues looked into are the goals and principles of the eia, the eia process, public consultation and participation in environmental assessment. Brief background to environmental management in kenya 2. Environmental impact assessment in kenya sciencedirect. Tasks in an arctic eia process application of eia the decision to conduct an eia for a project should take into account the special conditions in the arctic. An analysis of the factors affecting public participation in.
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