Principles of Environmental Impact Assessment Best Practice, 1991, IAIA

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BACKGROUND

At IAIA’96 in Estoril, Portugal, a special session was held on “The Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Global Guidelines Project.” The session discussed the need for principles of, and guidance on, impact assessment in response to an emerging interest in international standards. Participants at the Estoril session recommended that IAIA should develop principles of “best practice” for environmental impact assessment, recognizing that a similar process had been followed successfully for social impact assessment. This initiative was undertaken in collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Assessment, UK.

INTRODUCTION

This IAIA Principles of EIA Best Practice document is organized in two main parts:

Part 1

Describes the purposes, aims, and approach used to develop the Principles.

Part 2

presents the definition of EIA, its objectives, and the Principles of EIA Best Practice.

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