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	Institute for Lifecycle Environmental Assessment - Carrying The Energy Future
		Environmental impact costs were represented by the price society is willing to spend to prevent pollutants from entering the environment.
		Though there is no decisive research on the environmental impacts of recycling plastic, relating the economic cost of disposal to recycling shows that the cost to recycle plastic is $360 per ton while normal disposal cost is $250 per ton.
		The environmental cost of disposal is $5 per ton for both recycled and virgin feedstock.
	www.ilea.org /lcas/Tellus.html (1041 words)

	LOMBORG-
		The new National Environmental Assessment Institute (in Danish: IMV = Institut for MiljøVurdering) was due to start functioning during the spring of 2002.
		Only one of these problems (climate change) can be considered an environmental issue, and so most of the members of the board of the Institute felt that the project was outside their field of knowledge.
		As a consequence of such criticism, a committee was formed in March 2003 to evaluate the reports issued by the Environmental Assessment Institute during the second half of 2002.
	www.lomborg-errors.dk /lomborgstory15.htm (1441 words)

	Institut for Miljøvurdering - Bjørn resigns
		The director of The Environmental Assessment Institute Bjørn Lomborg has decided to return to his job as associate professor of social science at University of Aarhus from the 1st of august.
		The Institute has gone through a somewhat stormy period during the first time after it was established.
		The latest reports from the Institute have been met with a favourable reception, and Copenhagen Consensus was carried through with success.
	www.imv.dk /Default.aspx?ID=430 (315 words)

	Pam Brown Associates - Environmental Consultants
		Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment form an integral part of present day planning policy.
		Environmental Impact Assessment considers the effect of a planning proposal upon aspects of the physical environment including soil, water and air and advises on mitigation.
		Environmental Assessment is an extension of Impact Assessment beyond the planning process into construction and the development of land management programmes which provide mitigation and compensation.
	www.pambrownassociates.co.uk /services/env_ass.htm (143 words)

	STRI - Environmental impact assessment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a phased procedure that aims to identify and assess the potential environmental effects of development,providing an impartial study of development options.
		The Environmental Statement is often accompanied by a Non- Technical Summary which provides the findings of the assessment in clear,unambiguous language.
		Scoping—where issues of primary importance are identified through a Scoping Opinion obtained from the LPA and preliminary assessment of the various environmental aspects of EIA is undertaken in the form of a Scoping Study to identify potentially significant issues.
	www.stri.co.uk /282.asp?CSID=21&SID= (357 words)

	Environmental Impact Assessment - Index of Web Sites
		The site offers a Network for Environmental Assessment in CITs open to all who are interested in developing EIA systems in CITs, want to share their knowledge, and want to learn from the experiences of others.
		The environmental treaties and national resource indicators included cover nine global environmental issues: climate change, ozone depletion, air pollution, desertification and drought, conservation of biological diversity, deforestation, oceans and their living resources, trade and the environment, and population.
		This website includes information on how Argonne performs environmental assessments, different environmental assessments on which they are working, as well as a list of phone numbers of individuals, within the organisation, to contact for further information.
	www.iaia.org /eialist.html (5094 words)

	National Institute for Environmental eScience. Environmental eScience: Business briefing
		Environmental Science, with its use of complex and large scale modelling and database applications is also ideally suited to benefit from Grid Computing.
		The UK Environmental eScience programme has now developed to the point where it is of significant commercial interest to industries and agencies working in the environmental and sustainability fields and who need to work with modern IT tools.
		The seminar is entirely funded by the National Institute for Environmental eScience and the DTI and is free to attend.
	www.niees.ac.uk /events/industry_briefing/index.html (873 words)

	PSU Library - Environmental Economics
		Instead, the literature of Environmental Economics is dispersed among the areas of sciences and social sciences.
		The International Institute for Sustainable Development is concerned with advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change, measurement and indicators, and natural resource management to make development sustainable--not just for tomorrow, but for countless generations to come.
		The IMF is an international organization of 183 member countries, established to promote international monetary cooperation, exchange stability, and orderly exchange arrangements; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries to help ease balance of payments adjustment.
	www.lib.pdx.edu /resources/pathfinders/environmental_economics.html (1605 words)

	Institut For Miljøvurdering (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The consumers' choice of diet is an efficient tool in environmental protection.
		IMV has analysed how impacts on environment, economy and employment have been covered in 58 impact assessments of EU-proposals from 2004 and 2005.
		The GG conference 1-2 March drew attention to environmental policies and strategies that can enhance economic growth, create more jobs and improve the environment at the same time.
	www.imv.dk /Default.aspx?ID=65 (133 words)

	Environmental Design Consultants ... Environmental Impact Assessment 2
		Environmental Design Consultants has considerable experience in the preparation of environmental statements to date, and is a member of the Institute of Environmental Assessment.
		Under the Drainage (Environmental Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991, the practice is lead consultant in the preparation of the Environmental Assessment of the Newry Flood Protection Scheme.
		This Assessment is being prepared for the Department of Agriculture, Watercourse Management.
	www.environmental-design.com /edc/eia2.htm (164 words)

	Yonge Nawe Environmental Action Group - Resources: Website links
		The objectives of the Calabash Project are to identify and expand opportunities for civil society involvement in decision-making through environmental assessment processes, and to define issues, options, approaches and tools for integrating environmental planning, assessment and management into small-scale community driven developments.
		The ESI is a composite index tracking a diverse set of socioeconomic, environmental, and institutional indicators that characterize and influence environmental sustainability at the national scale.
		The purpose of the Regional Environmental Education (EE) Programme is to enable environmental education practitioners in the SADC region to strengthen environmental education processes for equitable and sustainable environmental management choices.
	www.yongenawe.com /06links/links.html (1133 words)

	Good Practices - Possible Solutions - Environmental Impact Assessment
		Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a tool used to identify the environmental, social and economic impacts of a project prior to decision-making.
		It aims to predict environmental impacts at an early stage in project planning and design, find ways and means to reduce adverse impacts, shape projects to suit the local environment and present the predictions and options to decision-makers.
		By using EIA both environmental and economic benefits can be achieved, such as reduced cost and time of project implementation and design, avoided treatment/clean-up costs and impacts of laws and regulations.
	www.agrifood-forum.net /practices/eia.asp (421 words)

	environmental assessment - Natural Resource Management Institute -Colorado Mountain College
		These environmental assessment and remediation projects are completed by staff and paid student interns.
		As part of the Section 208 within the Clean Water Act, each county is responsible for routinely updating the inventory and assessment of the point and non-point sources of pollution to the drinking water watershed.
		The NRMI is currently in mid-stage of the wetlands assessment by having completed an assessment of its application, designing the tentative treatment footprint within the Gulch and by implementing a bench scale test.
	www.coloradomtn.edu /programs/nrm/projects.html (2733 words)

	IEMA - Front Page Jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A leading UK Environmental Consultancy is seeking to apply Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in all divisions of the company as a means to improve business efficiency and quality and are therefore looking to appoint an individual to develop their database into a suitably functional state.
		A leading multi-disciplinary consultancy are looking to appoint a Graduate Environmental Scientist to work within the Regulatory Compliance and Research team based in their Bristol office.
		One of the UK's most prestigious environmental consultancies is looking to expand their Air Quality team and is seeking to make appointments at consultant and senior consultant level due to an increased workload.
	www.iema.net /jobs (973 words)

	MELDI: Corporate Environmental Jobs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Environmental job vacancies are from all sectors of the job-market including non-profits, corporations, professional firms, institutions, and Federal, state and local governments.
		The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) is a not-for-profit organisation established to promote best practice standards in environmental management, auditing and assessment.
		Its origins lie in the merger in 1999 of the Institute of Environmental Management, the Institute of Environmental Assessment, and the Environmental Auditors Registration Association.
	www.umich.edu /~meldi/3_corporate_jobs.html (281 words)

	Anthony Stiff Associates -Environmental Assessment
		Landscape assessments are carried out by the Practice using the latest guidelines published by the Countryside Commission and the Landscape Institute/Institute of Environmental Assessment, tailored to the specific characteristics of the site concerned.
		Landscape assessment for the proposed extension to the Nigg Bay Waste Water Treatment Works in Aberdeen for the North of Scotland Water Authority, on behalf of the Babtie Group.
		Landscape assessment of the Rivers Brent and Crane on behalf of the Babtie Group.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~astiff/stiffsite/environment/envass.html (468 words)

	Environmental Impact Assessment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Environmental Impact Assessment is a tool used for decision making regarding projects, developments and programmes such as incinerators, airport runways, pig rearing and peat extraction.
		In the UK the word impact is often dropped from the title hence The Institute of Environmental Assessment.
		Environmental Assessment is carried out in order to produce an Environmental Statement.
	www.brad.ac.uk /staff/pghopkin/whatisea.html (154 words)

	Environmental Impact Assessment of the Municipality of Zlatograd Landfill
		Environmental Impact Assessment of the Municipality of Zlatograd Landfill
		Urban Institute > Environmental Impact Assessment of the Municipality of Zlatograd Landfill
		The views expressed are those of the authors and should not be attributed to the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.
	www.urban.org /url.cfm?ID=407520&renderforprint=1 (179 words)

	USAID: Africa Bureau: Office of Sustainable Development: ENCAP: Environmental compliance and capacity links
		The intent of CLEIAA is to "jump-start" the implementation of environmental impact assessment capacity development and linkage building in Africa.
		SAIEA is a non-profit Environmental Trust, whose mission is to support sustainable development in Southern Africa through promoting the effective and efficient use of Environmental Assessment as a planning tool.
		The Eastern Africa Association for Impact Assessment (EAAIA) is establishing a database of environmental impact assessment (EIA) expertise and related issues in the Eastern Africa Region.
	www.encapafrica.org /links.htm (303 words)

	Environmental assessment of products and processes - Industry - Danish Technological Institute
		This is in response to an increasing demand for goods that can be documented to have been manufactured with due consideration to the environmental impact of an industrial production.
		Within the Danish textile and clothing industries, there is an interest in and need for tools to be used by the companies wanting to produce more environmentally friendly goods and wanting to be able to document that in every link of the chain, the correct considerations and demands had been made upon the subcontractors.
		Moreover, on behalf of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, the section has undertaken a life cycle screening ("cradle-to-grave" analysis) of textiles containing the fibres cotton, wool, viscose, polyester or acrylic.
	www.danishtechnology.dk /industry/9549 (264 words)

	UNESCO \| Education - New initiative launched by Denmark's Environmental Assessment Institute in co-operation with The ...
		Education - New initiative launched by Denmark's Environmental Assessment Institute in co-operation with The Economist.
		New initiative launched by Denmark's Environmental Assessment Institute (under Bjorn Lomborg - the so-called "Skeptical Environmentalist") in co-operation with The Economist.
		Attempting to impose a common cost-benefit framework on many such possibilities so that they can be meaningfully compared one with another is an ambitious exercise, to put it mildly.
	portal.unesco.org /education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31840&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html (261 words)

	Espoo Convention on Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment
		REC - Regional Environmental Centre for Central and Eastern Europe - Environmental Assessment (EIA and SEA activities)
		Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment Centres (Центры по оценке воздействия на окружающую среду)
		Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research Centre for Planning and EIA
	www.unece.org /env/eia/eialinks.html (561 words)

	Columbia University's MPA in Environmental Science and Policy
		The aim of the program is not to train students to become scientists, but for them to be able to manage and appreciate the work of scientists in order to parlay the implications of those findings into effective policy.
		Dvoracek enrolled in the program to gain practical management and environmental policy skills and credits the program for helping him get the position he is in now.
		She is working on aviation management with the National Parks Department on the environmental effects of transportation.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/mpaenvironment/pages/news_class2005.html (776 words)

	Aarhus Clearinghouse for Environmental Democracy \| Resource Directory
		The conference produced guidelines to better organise green events which, among other measures, recommend establishing environmental management and monitoring systems during the preparatory phase and involving the local and regional population and NGOs in the planning of major events.
		Under Australia's Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBA), actions that are likely to have a significant impact on a matter of national environmental significance are subject to a referral, assessment, and approval process.
		These web pages highlight all public consultations that are currently in progress under CEPA 1999 and provide the public with information on where to direct their comments.
	aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org /resources.cfm?c=1000012,1000006 (846 words)

	Aarhus Clearinghouse for Environmental Democracy \| Resource Directory
		This report on the Second Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention provides the perspective of one NGO which viewed the outcome as a victory for environmental democracy.
		Environmental and civil organisations present in Almaty had met for a preparatory meeting and adopted the "Almaty Action Statement".
		Environmental Matters (the Aarhus Convention), developed under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
	aarhusclearinghouse.unece.org /resources.cfm?c=1000010,1000012 (889 words)

	WHO \| Impact Assessment - directory of references/resources
		Davies K, Sadler B. Environmental assessment and human health: perspectives, approaches and future directions.
		A background report for the international study of the effectiveness of environmental assessment.
		Early warning and assessment of environment, conflict, and cooperation.
	www.who.int /heli/impacts/impactdirectory/en/index2.html (148 words)

	SD19. Environmental Assessment - (A-I)
		Anckhorn, Fergus and Copping, Nick, 1998, 'Environmental assessment and decision making', Chapter 12 in Kivell, Philip; Roberts, Peter and Walker, Gordon, (eds.), 'Environment, Planning and Land Use' (including 'Risk, environment and land use planning; an evaluation of policy and practice in the UK'), Ashgate, Aldershot, Hampshire.
		Barrass, Robert and Madhavan, Shobhana, 1996, 'Environmental assessment and economic incentives, with reference to European transport infrastructure', European Environment 6 (4), July/August.
		Burt, Neville and Rees, Andrew (eds.), 2001, 'Guidelines for the assessment and planning of estuarine barrages', based on research commissioned by (the former) DETR and the Environment Agency, Thomas Telford, London.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /sbe/planbiblios/bibs/Greenis/A/19(A-I).html (4237 words)

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