scholarly journals Environmental Impact Assessment of Power Development Project: Lessons from Thailand Experiences

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarawuth Chesoh
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Power Development

Public participation: how can we make it work for the environmental impact assessment system in Thailand?

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 126-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wanida Phromlah
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Assessment System ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Approval Process ◽  
The Law ◽  
Share Information

Currently, in Thailand, proposed development projects require an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) as part of the approval process. Effective public participation in the process of developing an EIA helps to ensure fairness and equity for the EIA system. It enables stakeholders to share information and exchange views concerning the complex issues and likely impacts of the proposed development project. Thailand has substantial legislation and regulations that aim to enable public participation for EIA processes. However, implementation of public participation provisions is failing at least to some degree. This article explores how the law concerning public participation might be improved to enable better implementation of the EIA system in Thailand. Some methods for employing effective public participation to support the implementation of EIAs are proposed.

scholarly journals Perspectives from landscape ecology can improve environmental impact assessment

FACETS ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 358-378
Author(s):  
Karly J. Harker ◽  
Lauren Arnold ◽  
Ira J. Sutherland ◽  
Sarah E. Gergel
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Landscape Ecology ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Environmental Impact Assessment ◽  
Natural Resource ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
Natural Resource Development

The outcomes of environmental impact assessment (EIA) influence millions of hectares of land and can be a contentious process. A vital aspect of an EIA process is consideration of the accumulation of impacts from multiple activities and stressors through a cumulative effects assessment (CEA). An opportunity exists to improve the rigor and utility of CEA and EIA by incorporating core scientific principles of landscape ecology into EIA. With examples from a Canadian context, we explore realistic hypothetical situations demonstrating how integration of core scientific principles could impact EIA outcomes. First, we demonstrate how changing the spatial extent of EIA boundaries can misrepresent cumulative impacts via the exclusion or inclusion of surrounding natural resource development projects. Second, we use network analysis to show how even a seemingly small, localized development project can disrupt regional habitat connectivity. Lastly, we explore the benefits of using long-term historical remote sensing products. Because these approaches are straightforward to implement using publicly available data, they provide sensible opportunities to improve EIA and enhance the monitoring of natural resource development activities in Canada and elsewhere.

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