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Outline the reasons for conducting Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

      

Outline the reasons for conducting Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).

  

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Kavungya
i. Identify impacts of a project on the environment.
ii. Predict likely changes on the environment as a result of the development.
iii. Evaluate the impacts of the various alternatives of the project.
iv. Propose mitigation measures for the significant negative impacts of the project on the environment.
v. Generate baseline data for monitoring and evaluating impacts including mitigation measures during the project cycle.
vi. Highlight environmental issues with a view to guiding policy makers, planners, stakeholders and government agencies to make environmentally and economically sustainable decisions.
Kavungya answered the question on April 19, 2019 at 08:44


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