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Environmental Impact Assessment

Learn all about Environmental Impact Assessment in this free course and how it can impact your business and life.

Chapter 1 : Basic Concept of Environmental Impact Assessment

To put it simply, Environmental Impact Assessment is a systematic approach to identifying, predicting, and evaluating the change an action or a project will bring about in the environment.

5 min.

Chapter 2 : EIA Legislation

EIA legislation exists today through environmental provisions set aside in a diverse range of legal mechanisms worldwide. The first legal law for EIA came into being on 1st January 1970.

10 min.

Chapter 3 : EIA Process and Methods

EIA process and methods sustain local and indigenous communities and their traditional sources of livelihood. Procedures and methods in an EIA help develop projects that focus on the sustainable use of resources and preserving the Earth for generations to come. 

7 min.

Chapter 4 : Prediction and Assessment of Impacts on the Environment

The prediction and assessment of impacts on the environment of proposals is an essential component of EIA. Parties determine environmental impacts by understanding activities associated with the project.

7 min.

Chapter 5 : Environmental Protection Measures (EPMs)

Environmental Protection Measures (EPMs) refer to all actions undertaken to minimize environmental degradation and destruction. It includes assessing and predicting impacts, actions taken to avoid impacts, setting environmental baselines or limits.

5 min.

Chapter 6 : Management of EIA Process

The proper management of different processes in an EIA makes it a powerful tool for organizations to understand their environmental impacts.

5 min.

Aftab

Instructor

Aftab has done masters in Environmental science and is currently working as chief Environmental Advisor with New Delhi State Government.