NCEA news 
 

August 2022

  • New IA guidance for heritage sites
  • Annual report 2021 online
  • New procedure ESIA & SEA - Guinea
  • New colleague
  • A healthy environment is a human right
 
  heritage guidance

New IA guidance for heritage sites

UNESCO and the World Heritage Committee have issued guidance for assessing impacts from projects that could affect precious heritage places. The NCEA was one of the reviewers during the compilation of the guidance. 

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  jaarverslag 2021

Annual report 2021 online

Our Annual Report 2021 is now online! Scroll down the project highlights and facts & figures in the Netherlands and abroad. For example Dutch practice concerning aviation and energy transition or new SEA legislation developments in Jordan. 

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  Guinea

New procedure ESIA & SEA - Guinea

Good news from Guinea: the environment ministry published a new procedure for environmental assessment, which provides an update on ESIA and adds SEA requirements. For more information on ESIA and SEA in Guinea, please visit NCEA's country profile. 

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New colleague

It is with great pleasure that we introduce to you our new colleague Ms Joyce Kortlandt. Joyce joined the NCEA in March as a technical secretary. She has a master's degree in biology and broad experience in environment and development related policy and advocacy. 

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A healthy environment is a human right

The UN General Assembly recently declared that everyone has a right to a healthy environment. Climate change and environmental degradation are some of the most pressing threats to humanity's future. The NCEA hopes that the declaration will steer decision-making towards more sustainable outcomes. ESIA and SEA can play an important role in this.

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