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(EIS) (EIS) (EIS) (EIS)
Different Names But the
Same Document
Environmental Impact Assessment
report (EIA report)
Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS)
Environmental Assessment report Environmental Assessment report
(EA report)
Environmental Effects Statement
(EES)
In Swahili: Taarifa ya Tathmini ya
Athari kwa Mazingira (Taarifa ya TAM)
Purposes of Effective
Reporting Through EIS
1. To assist the proponent to plan
properly and in a cost-effective
manner.
2. To assist the decision-makers to 2. To assist the decision-makers to
reach just and balanced decisions.
3. To help the public to clearly
understand the proposal and its
effects on their environment.
Contents of an EIS
1. Executive summary
2. Description of proposal and its
alternatives including zero
alternative
3. Relationships to the current dev.
plan, land use plan, administrative,
policy, and legal requirements
4. Description of key baseline 4. Description of key baseline
conditions
5. Description of impact prediction,
analysis and evaluation
6. Evaluation of all alternatives
7. Environmental Management Plan
(EMP).
8. Cited/used references
9. Appendices
Producing an Executive
Summary
1. Keep it short (3 to 10 pages)
2. Make it clear
3. Avoid jargon and terms not defined
in the summary and which could be in the summary and which could be
misinterpreted
4. Consider the needs of local readers
as well as those of decision-makers
5. Include all significant findings
6. Check for accuracy and consistency
Contents of EIS
Executive Summary
1. Proposal title, description and
location
2. Name of proponent
3. Name of organisation
preparing the EIA report preparing the EIA report
4. Outline of proposal and
alternatives considered
5. Major impacts
6. Recommendations for
mitigation
7. Proposed EMP
EIS - Describing the Proposal
1. Status of proposal
2. Planning, design and
implementation strategies
3. Requirements for materials, land,
water, energy, equipment, labour,
etc. etc.
4. Planned processes and products
5. Visual aids (maps etc)
6. Alternatives/options (eg. sitting,
layout, etc.)
7. Summary of technical, economic
and environmental features
EIS: Evaluating Impacts
for Each Alternative
1. Assessment of impacts
2. Data and predictive methods used
3. Uncertainty and gaps in knowledge
4. Compliance with standards 4. Compliance with standards
(guidelines)
5. Criteria used to assess significance
6. Proposed impact avoidance or
mitigation
EIS: Environmental Mgt Plan
1. Describe project
implementation schedules
2. Describe proposed mitigation
for all significant impacts
3. Propose community-based 3. Propose community-based
development projects or
programmes (if any)
4. Describe a tentative
monitoring programme
5. Propose reporting schedules
EIS: Appendix Materials
1. Terms of reference for the IA studies
2. Details of IA schedules
3. Details of special studies carried out
4. List of stakeholders involved in IA
5. Summary of public involvement
programme programme
6. Detailed technical information/data
7. Copies of important permits/letters
served to the proponent &
consultants
8. Details of the study team members
9. List of acronyms and glossaries
Common EIS Shortcomings (1)
1. Object of a proposal described too
narrowly
2. Description does not adequately cover
a proposed activity
3. Alternatives best not described (or
insufficiently described)
4. Alternatives do not account for the
environment
4. Alternatives do not account for the
environment
5. Key problems not described
6. Sensitive elements in environment
overlooked
7. Policies, plans, programmes,
standards and legislation are not
described or proposed measures do
not comply with them
Common EIS Shortcomings (2)
8. Mitigation measures not practical
9. Serious impacts are not mentioned
or not correctly described
10.Outdated or ineffective prediction
models/information used models/information used
11. Impacts are not compared with
standards or targets
12. Incorrect or superficial
conclusions drawn from the
analyses