Effective me and environmental and social impact assessment systems in place to monitor progress and ensure continuous health check of srep, with remedies developed and. Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment. Key stages in the environmental assessment process include. Impact assessment is defined by the international association for impact assessment. This form of ecological compensation is sustained over time. Federal democratic republic of ethiopia environmental impact assessment guideline document v environmental impact assessment eia. Ethiopia environmental impact assessment proclamation no. Environmental protection authority of the federal democratic. The federal democratic republic of ethiopia industrial parks development corporation updated environmental and social impact assessment for kilinto industrial park. Analysis of vulnerability and resilience to climate change. Review of the environmental and social impact assessment. Ethiopia has several acts and regulations related to environmental social and impact assessment esia and healthcare waste management. Project name shall refer to the name applied by the project at the time when it.
Assuming that the ethiopian government is on the right. Ethiopia s past development has been highly criticized due to lack of integrating environmental concerns into the development agendas. National assessment report 2012 ethiopia page 10 of 73 population information and education programme has been mounted for addressing issues pertaining to large family. Ethiopian parliament ethiopia pdf consulted on 20101105 abstractcitation. Assessing the impact of p4p in ethiopia vii assessing the impact of p4p the analysis in this report concludes that, by almost any objective measure, p4psupported fos and farmers are substantially better off at the end of the p4p pilot than at the beginning.
Thus, environmental impact assessment can be defined. Melca mahiber in collaboration with sheka forest alliance. Federal democratic republic of ethiopia country environmental analysis cea ethiopia realizing green transformation. Assessment of ethiopian environment impact assessment eia proclamation no. Andreen, committee chair mekete bekele pauline johnson bob greene norman singer a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy in the department of interdisciplinary studies. Ethiopias contribution to the emissions of ghgs is likely to increase with the growth of industrialization if bau is to continue. In this context, the term environmental impact assessment eia is usually used when applied to actual projects by individuals or companies and the term strategic environmental. Assessment of ethiopian environment impact assessment eia. One of the key objectives of the esia is to assist in ensuring.
Federal democratic republic of ethiopia environmental and. Ethiopia has recognized the system of eia because in addition to contributing to environmental protection it facilitates sustainable development, fosters the. Project name shall refer to the name applied by the project at the time when it is established and approved, which shall in no case exceed 30 chinese characters and. Eia environmental impact assessment eiar ethiopian institute of agricultural research formerly earo. Center for development and environment, university of bern, bern, switzerland abstract an environmental impact assessment eia study was conducted in ethiopia to assess the. This environmental impact assessment study has been conducted to identify significant environmental and social impacts of the proposed pasta and macaroni factory to be located in adama town, keble 09 on the way to wonji and the site is on the road side of the. Based on the eia guideline of ethiopia, abdul hafiz shifaimport trade in pesticides and agrochemicals project has incorporated environmental impact assessment as an integral part of the project. It also provides advice to snh and hes staff on procedures for handling eia casework.
Since the environmental impact assessment proclamation 299 of 2002 was adopted by the house of peoples representatives, some efforts have been made to implement the law by the epa and the relevant regional environmental organs, which were themselves established by proclamation 295 of 2002. They are hardly measurable and there is no time frame for achieving the stated objectives. Evaluation the process of weighing information, the act of making value judgements or ascribing values to data in order to reach a decision. Pdf overview of environmental impact assessment in. Environmental impact assessment eia process with practical guidance and a ready source of information about the process. Undertaking a carbon neutral economy is an opportunity for ethiopia for it is in line with the resources that it is endowed with. Environmental impact assessment of irrigation and drainage. The designations employed and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the food and agriculture organization of the united nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Depending on the level of assessment required, this takes the form of either a basic assessment report or an environmental impact report. Project name shall refer to the name applied by the project at the time when it is established and approved, which shall in. Environmental impact assessment, horizontal coordination, public participation 1. Current status of the environmental impact assessment system in. Environmental policy of ethiopia environmental proclamation 2992002, environmental impact assessment. This proclamation prescribes that no person shall commence any new development activity under any category listed in any directive issued pursuant to this proclamation project which requires an environmental impact assessment further specified in art.
Pdf ethiopias past development has been highly criticized due to lack of integrating environmental concerns into the development agendas. It contains information regarding the project, the likely significant effect of the project, the baseline scenario, the proposed alternatives, the features and measures to mitigate. Ethiopias past development has been highly criticized due to lack of integrating environmental concerns into the development agendas. Environmental impact assessment eia course curriculum for tertiary level institutions in pakistan national impact assessment programme niap pakistan thomas b fischer phd fiema and obaidullah nadeem phd fipp september 20. Current status of the environmental impact assessment system in ethiopia yonas tekelemichael abstract one of the most ominous of all problems facing ethiopia is environmental crisis which threatens to precipitate and deepen the countrys precarious economic and social state. Transboundary issues involving ethiopia, kenya and sudan the omo delta and lake turkana. Ensuring that the developmental options under consideration are environmentally, socially and economically sound and sustainable ensuring that any possibly adverse environmental consequences are recognized early in the project. Current status of the environmental impact assessment system.
Environmental impact assessment eia is a process used to forecast and judge both positive and negative biophysical and social impacts of the proposed development project canter, 1983. The first private floriculture companies, meskel flower and ethioflora, started activities. The party of origin shall ensure that in accordance with the provisions of this convention an environmental impact assessment is undertaken prior to a. The environmental impact assessment guidelines 2000 makes environmental impact assessment mandatory for specified categories of development activities and is the legal tool for environmental planning, management and monitoring. The role of environmental impact assessment for sustainable. Notes for preparation of environmental impact assessment report for construction projects an environmental impact assessment eia report shall be prepared by an entity qualified for conducting the work of environmental impact assessment. An environmental impact assessment eia report shall be prepared by an entity qualified for conducting the work of environmental impact assessment. Based on the above analysis, the longterm strategic objectives of ethiopia s environmental impact assessment are congruent with the mission statement but they do not seem to be very realistic. Eia report the environmental impact assessment report is the document prepared by the developer that presents the output of the assessment. An ethiopia kenya transboundary issue the ilemi triangle. Floriculture is one of the booming sectors in ethiopia. Eia environmental impact assessment emp environmental management plan eoc emergency operating centre ephi ethiopian public health institute eplaua environmental protection, land administration and use authority esia environmental and social impact assessment esmp environmental and social management plan. The authority or the relevant regional environmental agency may. Current status of the environmental impact assessment.
Laws and practices by dejene girma janka william l. The eiar includes a description of the impacts that remain after mitigation measures have been applied for the proposed project and its alternatives. Environmental assessment ea is the assessment of the environmental consequences positive negative of a plan, policy, program, or actual projects prior to the decision to move forward with the proposed action. As illustrated in figure 2, during each stage of eia, diff erent and more extensive seia information requirements may emerge but the scope of potential issues to examine should narrow. Socio economic and environmental impact assessment of. The role of environmental impact assessment for sustainable development asnake mekuriaw1,2 and belay teffera1 1. Ethiopia enacted the environmental impact assessment proclamation in 2002. Downstream environmental and social conditions in the lower omo basin 2. Pdf overview of environmental impact assessment in ethiopia. Environmental science socio economic and environmental impact assessment of community based smallscale irrigation in the upper awash basin. Therefore, it has become important to utilize new technology and integrate an approach. Ethiopia has envisioned doing all it can to build cncre because. A case study of four community based irrigation schemes a thesis presented to the school of graduate studies addis ababa university in the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of. By the same token, the proposed pasta and macaroni factory needs to undertake environmental impact assessment to harmonize its proposed project with the national and local environmental laws and international conventions.
In ethiopia development planning, especially, has in the past been rather rudimentary, and that which existed paid little or no attention to environmental impacts. Pdf evaluation of the environmental policy and impact. Remote sensing of the grand ethiopian renaissance dam. Environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental. Evaluation of the environmental policy and impact assessment. To national environment management authority nema of uganda request by mr isaac ntujju, ms enid turyahikayo date 26 july 2018 from the netherlands commission for environmental assessment. Those projects indicated in schedule 1 require a full eia. Ensuring that the developmental options under consideration are environmentally, socially and economically sound and sustainable ensuring that any possibly adverse environmental consequences are recognized early in the project cycle and are taken into account in the project design. Provides for measures to make environmental impact assessments. Environmental policy for ethiopias sustainable social and.
Overview of environmental impact assessment in ethiopia. Building platform building platforms are the main objectives of the environmental impact assessment and management strategy, and are expressed as desired outcomes. Evaluation of the environmental policy and impact assessment process in ethiopia article pdf available in impact assessment and project appraisal 281. It seems that only small efforts have been made up to date with the institutionalization of the environmental impact assessment eia proclamation. The emphasis is on the vulnerability or deg radation of biophysical conditions 15. Convention on environmental impact assessment in a. Eia environmental impact assessment esia environmental and social impact assessment eic ethiopian investment commission ekc environmental.
Environmental impact assessment prolama non whereas, environmental impact assessment is used to predict and manage the evironmental effects which a proposed development activity as a result of its design sitting, construction, operation, or an ongoing one as a result of its modification or termination, entails and thus helps to bring. The ethiopian legal and policy framework applicable for this project include. Legal and institutional challenges facing the somali. The federal democratic republic of ethiopia industrial parks development corporation updated environmental and social impact assessment for kilinto industrial park march 2017 addis ababa public disclosure authorized. These need to be managed so that they provide information to. It is a dominant approach employed in studies of vulnerability to natural hazards and climate change 16. The gtp recognizes that sustainable development in ethiopia can only be achieved if development is pursued in the social, economic and environmental areas in a balanced.
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