Lecture 1

Question 1

Immediate Aim of EIA

Answer 1

Inform/process making/significant environmental effects/risks of development proposal

Question 2

Ultimate (long term) aim of EIA

Answer 2

Promote sustainable development/ensuring/development proposal/critical resource/ecological functions/ well being/lifestyle/livelihood/communities/peoples/depend

Question 3

Immediate objective of EIA

Answer 3

Improve environmental design/proposal
2.resources/used/appropriately
3.identify/appropriate measures/mitigating/potential impact/proposal
4.facilitate informed decision making/setting/environmental T&C/implementing/proposal

Question 4

Long term objective of EIA

Answer 4

Protect human health/safety
Avoid irreversible changes/serious damage
Safeguard valued resources/natural areas/ecosystem
Enhance/social aspects/proposal

Question 5

Advantages of EiA

Answer 5

Helps/plan/efficient use/human/natural resources
2 reduce/cost/time taken/decision/ensuring/subjectivity/duplication/efforts/minimize
3 identify/primary/secondary consequences/necessary/intro/expensive/pollution control
4 identify/areas/susceptible/adverse/guide/site selection
5 select/suitable site/benefit maximum/reduce/harmful effects
6 result/study/select/site/aid/determine/broad environment/social/health/factor/site/suitability/screening

Question 6

Problems and limitations of EIA

Answer 6

1 Poor availability/reliability/data
2 insufficient training/education/EIA methodologies/establish/legal/regulatory framework
3 Negligence/beneficial impacts/EIA reports
4 lack/consideration/alternative sites/technologies/design/strategies
5 insufficient involvement/participation/interested/affected parties
6 insufficient emphasis/required/cost effectiveness/EIA
7 Lack/follow up/monitoring/evaluation
8 Inappropriate recommendations/ mitigation/adaptation/measures/not affordable/feasible/maintenance

Question 7

Global Environmental outlook

Answer 7

1 by UNEP
2 provide/authoritative statement/ major issues and regional issues
3 GEO 2000/ UNep advises/full scale emergencies/ exist/number issues/water scarcity/land degradation/tropical forest clearance/species loss/climate warming
4 climate warming/biodiversity loss/affect all countries

Question 8

Groups of Environmental issue

Answer 8

1 green agendas
2 brown agendas

Question 9

Green agenda

Answer 9

1 focuses on natural resource management and environmental protection issue like rural land/water use/forestry/fisheries/habitat/species/conservation

Question 10

Brown agenda

Answer 10

concerned with issues/ industrial pollution, waste management and urban development

Question 11

IMPACT of an activity

Answer 11

1 Deviation from baseline situation
2 baseline situation/existing environmental situation/condition in the absence of activity

Question 12

Ecological impact

Answer 12

Fisheries, forest, plantation, eutrophication

Question 13

Physcio chemical impact

Answer 13

Erosion/siltation/drainage congestion/water logging/flooding/dust /noise pollution

Question 14

Impact on Human interest

Answer 14

Loss of agriculture land, generation of employment opportunity, navigation and boat communication, commercial and service facility, industrial activities, irrigation facilities

Question 15

Environmental impacts

Answer 15

1 Depletion of natural resources
2 destruction of habitats
3 Change in pH , oxygen level, toxicity of water
4 Increase in toxicity of air
5 Global warming
6 Ozone depletion

Question 16

Other Impact Assessment

Answer 16

1 Social impact assessment
2 Risk assessment
3 life cycle analysis
4 energy analysis

Question 17

Principles of EIA administration

Answer 17

1 Integrity- “EIA process should”meet international requirements and Standards of practice
2 utility - “” provide information/sufficient/relevant for decision making
3 sustainability- “” result in the implementation/environmental safeguard/sufficient/mitigate/adverse effect/avoid irreversible loss of resources/ ecosystem functions

Question 18

Basic or guiding principle for good practice of EIA

Answer 18

1 Purposive
2 Focused
3 adaptive
4 participative
5 Transparent
6 Rigorous
7 practical
8 credible
9 Efficient

Question 19

Key elements of EIA process

Answer 19

EIA systems/described by reference to three components:
1 the legal and institutional framework of regulation, guidance and procedure, which
establishes the requirements for the conduct of EIA;
2 the steps and activities of the EIA process, as applied to specific types of proposals; and
3 the practice and performance of EIA, as evidenced by the quality of EIA reports prepared,
the decisions taken and the environmental benefits delivered