follow-up and Monitoring

Question 1

What is Follow-up monitoring?

Answer 1

process that happens after the project is approved

Question 2

Why is follow-up monitoring required?

Answer 2

It determines if a project has had or is having
an environmental effect

Question 3

Why does follow-up monitoring add value to EIA

Answer 3

Follow up transforms a project from a static
process to a dynamic process

Question 4

what re the 3 components to follow up?

Answer 4

monitoring
auditing
ex-post evaluation

Question 5

describe monitoring

Answer 5

Activity to identify and track the change in VEC’s & indicators. observation, measurement and recording over a period of time

Question 6

Describe auditing

Answer 6

Examination or a comparison of
observations with predetermined criteria. Generally a periodic activity

Question 7

Describe Ex-Post evaluation

Answer 7

Concept that involves both monitoring and
auditing. Evaluating based on these
components

Question 8

3 reason for post decision monitoring

Answer 8

compliance monitoring -Regulations, Mitigations commitments, agreements or legislations

monitoring for management -Ambient environmental quality monitoring, Cumulative Effects monitoring, Effectiveness monitoring

monitoring for understanding - Understand relationships between human action and environmental and social systems. monitoring for knowledge

Question 9

how do you ensure effective follow-up and monitoring? (7 ways)

Answer 9

-Identify objectives and priorities
-Targeted data collection
-hypothesis or threshold approaches
-Combined Stressors and effect based monitoring
-Control Sites (provides reference)
-Continued data collection
- participatory monitoring