What is the difference bet ween the EIA and EA (environment impact assessment and environmental audit)?
To simply put it Environmental Impact Assessment is carried out to analyse the impact on the environment before a large scale or important project is implemented According to the United Nations Environment Program: EIA is a structured approach for obtaining and evaluating environmental information prior to its use in decision-making in the development process. This information consists, basically, of predictions of how the environment is expected to change if certain alternative actions are implemented and advice on how best to manage environmental changes if one alternative is selected and implemented. Until relatively recently, with a few notable exceptions, EIA focused on proposed physical developments such as highways, power stations, water resource projects and large-scale industrial facilities. Slowly, but increasingly, its scope of application is expanding to include policies, plans and other actions which also form part of the development process. Decision-makers are provided,
