Topic 14 Environmental Impact

Question 1

What is an ‘environmental impact’?

Answer 1

The modification of the environment caused by human activity or nature

Question 2

What is an environmental impact ASSESSMENT?

Answer 2

Document which shows the significant and potential environmental impact that a construction or an activity could produce, as well as the way to avoid or diminish the impacts in case it is negative” (LGEEPA)

Question 3

Which are the ACTIVITIES that are required for the environmental impact assessment according to LGEEPA?

Answer 3

Confinement, elimination, or treatment facilities for hazardous and radioactive waste.💀
Forest plantations.🌳🌲
Industrial parks in which highly dangerous activities are developed.❗️❌
Constructions in protected areas which fall to Federation.🏦
Estate development🚦🚧
Activities derived from exploitation and extraction of minerals.🔩
Touristic development.🌊🌴
Hydraulic development.

Question 4

Which are the types of environmental instruments?

Answer 4

✅Legal: Establish defining RULES about what can be done or what is prohibited related to the intervention on nature.
✅Planning: their goal is to give an ORIENTATION to society towards better ways of intervention upon nature in the future
✅Economics. Encourage several SECTORS in order to give an effective VALUE to natural resources

Question 5

Mexican Environmental Legislation objective:

Answer 5

To guarantee the right of human beings to live in a healthy environment, which is appropriate for the collective and individual development and welfare.

Question 6

Which laws were NOT taken as environmental laws? 🌳🌲🐯🌊💧🗻

Answer 6

🌲🌳Forestry Law (1926)
🌊Water Property of the Nation Law (1929)
🐯Hunting Law (1940)
💧🗻Water and Soil Conservation Law (1946)

Question 7

The first and second laws entirely related to environmental issues?

Answer 7

Federal Law to Prevent and Control Pollution(1971) ➡️Federal Law for Environmental Protection(1982)

Question 8

Mexican legislation:

Answer 8

Mexican Constitution
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General Law for the Ecological Equilibrium and Environmental Protection (LGEEPA)
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Federal Law, State Law, international agreements
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Regulations
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Mexican Official Norms(Perceptive Norms,
Sanctioning norms or penal sanctions, Procedural norms, Permissive norms, Prohibitive norms, Organizational Norms)

Question 9

Which are the two environmental planning instruments in our country?

Answer 9

Environmental land management.

Environmental impact assessment.

Question 10

There are four types of environmental managements:

Answer 10

✅General environmental management by territory: gives an orientation for the geographical displacement of the productive activities
✅Regional environmental management: gives a regional **
✅Local environmental management: gives a local **
✅Marine environmental management: gives an orientation at marine areas **

Question 11

Which are the Mexican institutions related to the environment?

Answer 11

✅The SEMARNAT has several branches that perform different functions in order to preserve the environment in our country:
➡️PROFEPA (Office of the Procurator for the Environment Protection)
➡️INECC (National Institute for Ecology and Climate Change)
➡️CONABIO (National Commission for the knowledge and Use of Biodiversity)
➡️CONAFOR (National Forestry Commission) ➡️CONAGUA National Water Commission)
➡️IMTA (Mexican Institute for Water Technology)

Question 12

Which are the environmental factors that affect severely our environment?

Answer 12

Demographic growth
Consumption and production
Technology