Environmental Impact Assessment

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Evaluation of Soil Organic Matter Balance Methods as Practice-applicable Tools for Environmental Impact Assessment and Farm Management Support (SOMpatic)

Date: 
20/11/2013
Excerpt: 
An international workshop on the evaluation of soil organic matter balance methods (SOM balances) will take place on 20-22 November, 2013 in Giessen, Germany.

Review of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive

Date: 
26/10/2012
Excerpt: 
As a result of the review and public consultation process that has started in 2010, the Commission adopted a proposal for a new Directive on 26 October, 2012 to amend the current Directive. ...
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Early Career Award from the German EIA Association (UVP-Gesellschaft)

Date: 
01/08/2012
Excerpt: 
The German EIA Association (UVP-Gesellschaft) offers an award for high level early career research (master/ diploma thesis, Ph.D. research, up to the age of 38 years) related to environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, sustainability impact assessment and similar assessment approaches.

EU Member States Face Court Cases Over Non-compliance of EIA Rules

Date: 
22/06/2012
Excerpt: 
Several European Member States are facing infringement proceedings for breaching European EIA laws. Ireland is taken to court for the third time, this year for excluding demolition work from the Irish law. Other court cases address Italy, Cypris and Poland. Furthermore, the Commission issued 17 final warnings for 13 countries.

LIAISE Session at International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM 2011)

Date: 
12/12/2011
Excerpt: 
A LIAISE Session on "Use and relevance of Modelling for Environmental Impact Assessments" will be held at the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, as part of the theme "Participatory Decision Making, User-centered design and Modelling Social Systems". ...

Early Career Award from the German EIA Association (UVP-Gesellschaft)

Date: 
15/07/2011
Excerpt: 
The German EIA Association (UVP-Gesellschaft) offers an award for high level early career research (master/diploma thesis, Ph.D. research) related to environmental impact assessment, strategic environmental assessment, sustainability impact assessment and similar assessment approaches.

New GHG-Emissions Tool

Date: 
16/03/2011
Excerpt: 
In the project iSword ("Innovative Toolbox: Development of an EIA tool for Poland"), FUB researchers have developed a simple IA tool for assessing the impact of policies on climate change. This tool models the different sources of GHG emissions in Poland. ...

The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)

Date: 
10/12/2010
Excerpt: 
TEEB is a major study to draw attention to the economic benefits of biodiversity and ecosystem services and to highlight the growing costs of biodiversity loss. It aims to help drawing together expertise from the fields of science, economics and policy to enable practical actions moving forward.
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Compliance Leaders and Laggards within the EU-8 - EIA Case Study

Excerpt: 
Little attempts have been made to explain variation in EU law compliance among the CEE countries. Analyzing the implementation of the so-called Environmental Impact Assessment Directive, the PhD thesis will explore to which extent theoretical approaches explaining compliance variation within the “old” EU-15 can be applied to the "new" EU-8.
Contact details: 
d.chodorowska@fu-berlin.de
Proposed date of finalization: 
06/2014
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