26 November 2020
Publication: 10 cases of the SRJS programme!
In a new publication, the NCEA together with SRJS presents an overview of ten cases on ESIA and SEA in landscape management, from ten countries across three continents.
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November 2020
25 November 2020
Plan adopted to improve environmental assessment in West-Africa
Eight member states of the West-African Economic and Monetary Union(WAEMU) adopted a three-year plan to improve the environmental assessment systems in their countries.
October 2020
21 October 2020
SEA for the Sankarani River Basin - Mali
In the Sankarani river basin in Mali various (opposing) developments take place: artisanal mining activities, fisheries, agriculture, displacement of local communities due to earlier dam construction and migration from other parts of Mali. To face…
20 October 2020
New environmental framework law & guidelines for oil and gas sector - Suriname
Suriname is getting up to speed with its environmental legislation. In May the Environmental Framework Law 2020 was approved and just recently ESIA oil and gas guidelines are published.
20 October 2020
Review of the ESIA for Chindwin River transport - Myanmar
One of our recommendations is to improve the comparison of ferry design alternatives for a stronger justification of the preferred ferry type.
19 October 2020
New! SEA guidelines Uganda
Following the approval of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Regulation in March 2020, NEMA published the SEA guidelines.
19 October 2020
Review of the SESA for major Bangladesh River Stabilisation Plan
We recently reviewed the 5th version for the SESA for the Bangladesh River Stabilisation Plan (2015-2040). Although the content of the SESA has improved considerately, the process was unfortunately....
September 2020
24 September 2020
Session chair at annual meeting of the IGF - mining
We are honered to chair a session on ESIA on October 22nd at the Annual General Meeting of the IGF - "Rethinking Environmental and Social Impact Assessment at the early phase of mine development".
24 September 2020
Contributions to online seminars
In these Corona times we are getting quite used to contributing to online conferences and training sessions. Although not a full replacement for face-to-face meetings, we can at least still support programmes and the implementation of environmental…