Lecture 8- baseline studies Flashcards
1
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Baseline study
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Characterizes existing envorinment against which impact prediction can be made
2
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What kind of data/info is collected?
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Biophysical, socioeconomic- current environmental condition and anticipated trends, effects of projects under consideration and cumulative impacts of foreseeable projects
3
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What does the dat provide?
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Points of reference to compare agianst project induced changes
4
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When to initiate baseline studies?
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Before drafting TOR
5
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What kinds of studies are done?
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- Air quality/climate/meteorology
- surface water and groundwater quality/quantity
- Aquatic resources (producers, fish and habitat)
- soils and terrain
- Ecosystems and veg
- Wildlife and habitat
- Archaeology
- Traditional knowledge
- human health
- Socioeconomics
6
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Things to consider when designing baseline program
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- Study area size
- Length of time
- survey effort
- Opportunities for local and FN involvement
