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Integrating Environmental Assessment into Project Development Studies
Integration of environmental and social assessments in project development ensures good decision-making.
Project development decisions for mining and large infrastructure projects are generally based on feasibility studies. These studies usually take into account an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) which are driven by international best practice and host country legislation but which, like feasibility studies, may need to meet corporate standards...
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Challenges of Merging International and Local Requirements in Russia
International ESIA and Russian OVOS requirements differ, but integrating teams writing reports ensures consistency.
One of the challenges for Russian environmental specialists is combining the international and Russian requirements for environmental and social impact assessment. Although current Russian laws contain no strict requirement to develop an impact assessment, known as OVOS, it continues to be an integral part of the permitting process. The OVOS...
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ESIAs for Marine Works
ESIAs of port improvements require in-depth knowledge of international and environmental protocols for both dredging and sediment disposal.
Even in the face of potential global recession, the demand for natural resources driven largely by China and India, continues unabated. Demand for raw materials such as iron ore and coal remains buoyant and, in response, mining companies throughout the world have ramped up production. One of the potential bottlenecks...
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Process for Implementing Environmental Management Systems in Chile
SRK provided guidance to the client’s team in understanding environmental legislation and developing the company’s internal framework for compliance.
The magnitude of change in environmental awareness in Chile from the 1990s through the 2000s has been extraordinary. Historically, Chile has grown from a mining country with little consideration for environmental concerns, to a nation where public participation in the environmental process of a mining project can make or break...
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SRK on the Leading Edge of Biodiversity
SRK is assisting its clients locally and globally with biodiversity evaluations by addressing the impacts of projects on the environment and providing solutions for the issues facing clients.
SRK is assisting its clients locally and globally with biodiversity evaluations by addressing the impacts of projects on the environment and providing solutions for the issues facing clients. Biodiversity refers to the varying levels of living organisms, their interrelationships and their effects upon ecological systems. Simply put, biodiversity is comparable...
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Case Study from the Land Use Planning Sector, in Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa
SRK uses Strategic Environmental Assessment to guide decision-making in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, South Africa.
When development policies, plans, programs and other strategic actions are implemented, varied economic, social and environmental effects result, some of which are unforeseen. In order to identify, assess and address undesirable negative impacts and maximise positive impacts before such initiatives are carried out, it is useful to undertake Strategic Environmental...
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Application of GIS in the EIA Process
Using GIS in environmental impact assessments identifies potential impacts and opportunities more efficiently.
The application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process has gained substantial momentum over the past few years. Even so, the misconception exists that GIS involves mapping only, and many companies are still unaware of the robust solutions and cost savings this tool has to...
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ESIA and Risk Assessment
Defining the significance of potential impacts in an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) is compromised by a poor understanding of what is likely to happen. The likelihood that an impact will be realised is not absolute; many factors ranging from inherent design features to operational management actions can alter...
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Assessing GHGs and Global Climate Change in EIAs
Considering greenhouse gas emissions and climatic impacts is an incresingly relevant part of environmental impact assessments.
The issue of global climate change remains a highly contentious subject for both layman and world leaders alike. However, regardless of your social, political or scientific position on the root causes, many governments have identified global warming a major threat to the planet in the 21st Century. As a result,...
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Environmental and Safety Management Systems
The SRK approach to management plan and system development is based on a partnership with clients to capture knowledge and nurture ownership of pragmatic implementable systems.
Over the past decade, Environmental and Safety Management Systems (EMS/SMS) have increasingly been employed to track and enhance performance within a wide range of both private and public sector institutions. These organisations include small, medium and large companies involved in renewable and non-renewable resources. Organisations increasingly want to improve their...
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Suriname River Dredging Project
The Maritime Authority Suriname (MAS) and the project financing consortium (BMS, Suralco, Staatsoile) commissioned SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd to conduct an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for dredging the Suriname River in South America. The project area covered a 90km stretch of the lower section of the Suriname River...
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Key International Initiatives Influencing Approaches to ESIA
By means of the 1991 Rio Declaration, ESIA has become established as key for environmental decision making throughout the world. Since that time, there have been remarkable developments in ESIA and there are more still to come, particularly with respect to the social equity dimension of sustainable development. In the...
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Promoting Compliance in Non-Compliant Markets – A Chinese Perspective
Chinese mining companies introduce shift to environmental compliance to meet international expectations.
The Chinese National environmental regulatory system is administered across the following five levels of government, each of which has specific roles and responsibilities: • National – sets National environmental legislation and undertakes approval of major projects (i.e., projects of national significance) • Provincial – administers most of the National environmental...
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Corporate Sustainability in a Carbon-Constrained Economy
The strategies of successful corporations are increasingly being shaped by environmental and social issues. Climate change is a multi-faceted issue and the inclusion of climate change imperatives into full cost accounting and corporate sustainability is rapidly gaining momentum in a world where a shift towards a low-carbon economy is already...
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