EIA AUDITING TO DETERMINE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE

Environmental management systems auditing : auditors ’ experiences in Australia

The last decade of the 20th century witnessed rapid growth in the adoption of various environmental management systems (EMS) within organisations. Environmental consultants and auditors play an intricate role in the interpretation, implementation and certification of an EMS. This paper presents the experiences of eight leading auditors with respect to the adoption of EMS/ISO 14001 by Australian...

EIA procedure Challenges for environmental impact assessment in Sri Lanka

Salient features in the environmental impact assessment (EIA) process in Sri Lanka have proven to be the provision for public participation, the requirement of alternative proposals, and the use of a prescribed list to identify projects that must undergo review. While EIA has been successfully introduced and over 500 projects have been reviewed, some significant shortcomings remain. Integrated ...

Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment (eia) in the Arctic

A methodology using option pricing to determine a suitable discount rate in environmental management

With the present analysis the authors propose an approach for determining an adequate discount rate in environmental management problems, more specifically radioactive waste management. It is shown that the classical Black-Scholes pricing formula can be used for determining the adequate present funding to be set aside for the future. The average funding is equal to the net present value (NPV) o...

Monitoring rowers to determine under-performance

Introduction Over the past few years, training load and performance in competition has continuously increased and is fraught with risk to result in the accumulation of fatiguing conditions. The coach determines training success by controlling boat speed, performance, power and soft parameters like stability of rowing technique, capacity to teamwork, and mood state. However, in team sports like ...