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Environmental Assessment
Environmental Assessment 100 Hours Certificate Course
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This online course will help you learn to prepare Environmental Assessments of all kinds that comply with national and international regulations.
Vacancies as an Environmental Consultant or as an Environmental Officer have significantly increased in the last decade, due to the need for people with the ability to assess the resilience of the environment to changes posed by the modern world.
There are five steps to take, when carrying out an environmental assessment:
1 Â Screening
- This refers to the process of deciding whether an environmental assessment needs to be carried out. A number of screening methods have been devised, including the use of positive and negative lists, screening matrices and initial environmental evaluations (IEE).
2 Â Scoping
- Scoping is the process by which the key issues and concerns of interested parties (stakeholders) are identified, in order to determine the most important issues that should be addressed in the EA. Scoping may include determining exactly what type of assessment is required according to the law.
3 Â Collection and Analysis of Information
- This is the largest and most time consuming step. A number of factors are required to be considered within this step, including carrying out baseline studies, identifying potential impacts of a development, proposing project alternatives and considering the views and concerns of the public.
4 Â Public Consultation and Participation
- Public involvement is an essential part of the environmental assessment process. It should be part of the process of gathering information for analysis. This is particularly important where proposed developments are likely to affect members of the public (remember that there may be considerable backlash from the community if they have not been consulted about an issue that is important to them). The public are also able to provide assessors with more detailed information on their local area and may be better able to identify potential environmental impacts. Public involvement might take the form of public meetings; calls for submissions or surveys. Such public involvement may be required by law in some countries. Public participation may be time consuming and more costly in the short term, but it can increase the acceptability of the project and reduce conflict and delay. Information collected should be used in the Environmental Assessment Report.
5 Â Reporting the Findings of the Study
- The findings of the study are assembled into a document that is often referred to as an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).
Learn how to take all the steps in this course and develop the knowledge and skills required to work in the environmental assessment industry. Follow up with one or more of our animal or plant conservation courses, to expand you areas of expertise even more.
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“This course, Environmental Assessment, is now the second course which I pursued with ADL and I earnestly believe that people taking ADL courses learn more and more intensively things (because of the courses structures and practical applications) than in every University programme which I have got to know so far.
I like ADL courses very much. Have a good day!” Armin P – Certificate in Environmental Assessment – Germany
“Dear Manny (tutor)
Just wanted to say a big thank you for being so supportive and motivational. I was not expecting to enjoy Environmental Assessment, but in the end found it very interesting and wanted to do well. Very best wishes.” Claire S – Environmental Assessment – UK