Paper & Presentation Abstracts

IAIA19 Submitted Paper & Presentation Abstracts

Following is a list of IAIA19 Annual Conference paper & presentation abstracts.

Abstracts: Approved Paper & Presentation | Pending Paper & Presentation | Posters

Plant diversity and ecosystem services assessment

Abstract ID# 5

Presenting Author: Rahmatullah Qureshi
Preferred Session: Can the Ecosystem Service concept improve the outcome for Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: Karot Hydropower Project (KHPP) is inhabited by some of the native/naturalized species such as Adhatoda zeylanica, Carissa opaca, Dodonaea viscosa, Mallotus philippensis, Maytenus royleanus and Themed

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental Design Criteria for Project Design

Abstract ID# 6

Presenting Author: Simon Catchpole
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: The environmental criteria for project design are specifications based on an aspects analysis, followed by the application of defensible rules according to: regulations, guidelines, best practice.

Acceptance Status: approve
Factors for Siting a Used Nuclear Fuel Facility

Abstract ID# 7

Presenting Author: Melissa Mayhew | Coauthor(s): Matt Evans
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: Benefits and challenges of identifying a site for a used nuclear fuel facility when engineering constraints, bio-physical factors, and social considerations are integrated early in project planning.

Acceptance Status: approve
The project itself or the impact assessment proces

Abstract ID# 8

Presenting Author: Natasha Reifschneider
Preferred Session: From Cannabis to the New Space Race: Evolving and Emerging IA Challenges

Summary Statement: As IA practitioners, do we have a responsibility to assess not only the impacts of the project on communities, but the impact of the impact assessment process?

Acceptance Status: approve
Going digital - Is this Evolution or Revolution

Abstract ID# 9

Presenting Author: Paul Eijssen
Preferred Session: Going digital - is this Evolution or Revolution?

Summary Statement: What does a shift to a digital way of working mean? We will explore whatâ€™s possible today in working digitally and where we stand with digital reporting today

Acceptance Status: approve
Indigenous Knowledge Meets Western Science

Abstract ID# 10

Presenting Author: Jessica Perritt | Coauthor(s): Melissa Mayhew
Preferred Session: Early Planning in Impact Assessment in Canada and Other Countries

Summary Statement: Early planning for the long-term management of Canadaâ€™s used fuel benefits from interweaving Indigenous Knowledge with western science. We describe operationalizing NWMOâ€™s Indigenous Knowledge policy.

Acceptance Status: approve
SIA and DRA commonalities: SA regulatory compariso

Abstract ID# 11

Presenting Author: Leandri Kruger
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: Comparisons between South African EM and DRM legislation suggest potential opportunities for the integration between SIA and DRA, leading to improved SIA status and practice in South Africa.

Acceptance Status: approve
More than a classroom â€“ Training and Capacity Bu

Abstract ID# 12

Presenting Author: Liz Green
Preferred Session: Capacity building for HIA and for health in IA.

Summary Statement: This paper outline the new Training and Capacity Building Strategy for HIA in Wales and the associated Knowledge and Skills Framework which includes a breakdown of the roles played in HIA.

Acceptance Status: approve
The evolution of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in

Abstract ID# 13

Presenting Author: Liz Green
Preferred Session: Health Assessment and Needs

Summary Statement: The paper outlines the new statutory requirements for HIA in Wales and what it entails, how this has come to fruition and how Wales's learning could be transferred across sectors and the globe.

Acceptance Status: approve
Extractives: A conversation with the Turkana

Abstract ID# 14

Presenting Author: Alex Mutiso
Preferred Session: Evolving public participation to address community context, complexity, and

Summary Statement: A lesson from the Turkana on the EIA process in the oil and gas extractives industry: We should be patient enough to be taught from those we seek to impact.

Acceptance Status: approve
Socio-economic impacts of Offshore Wind Farms (OWF

Abstract ID# 15

Presenting Author: John Glasson | Coauthor(s): Bridget Durning
Preferred Session: Social and environmental impacts of marine renewable energy

Summary Statement: Research findings, drawing on the monitoring of EU North Sea projects, on the potential of Offshore Wind Projects to bring socio-economic benefits to often deprived local and regional coastal communit

Acceptance Status: approve
Choosing prevention or cure when mitigating biodiv

Abstract ID# 16

Presenting Author: Joseph Bull | Coauthor(s): E.J. Milner-Gulland
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: When mitigating the biodiversity impacts of economic development, a crucial yet overlooked issue is how much impacts can be avoided (instead of offset). We explore that here.

Acceptance Status: approve
Significance in Impact Assessment in Canada under

Abstract ID# 17

Presenting Author: Bill Ross
Preferred Session: The recent reform of Federal EA Law in Canada: evolution or revolution?

Summary Statement: The new Canadian Impact Assessment Act has virtually done away with the word "significance". This presentation will examine the change and suggest how to make the new act work in spite of the loss.

Acceptance Status: approve
Gradual or Sudden: System and Science in IA

Abstract ID# 18

Presenting Author: Myungjin Kim
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: Lessons and experiences learned from gradual or sudden development in system and science of IA are being discussed.

Acceptance Status: approve
Community involvement in EIA Process in Nigeria

Abstract ID# 19

Presenting Author: Meshach Ojile | Coauthor(s): Andrew Samuel
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: Study reports on level of participation/involvement of stakeholder communities in EIA process in oil/gas project planning in part of Niger Delta, Nigeria

Acceptance Status: approve
Consultation and cumulative impacts in Queensland

Abstract ID# 20

Presenting Author: Katie Meissner
Preferred Session: The Cumulative Dimensions of Resource Regions

Summary Statement: Donâ€™t mention the other mines: a study of participant experience and cumulative impacts in the consultation process for four proposed coal mining developments in Queenslandâ€™s Galilee Basin.

Acceptance Status: approve
Mikisew Cree vs Canada, CEAA 2012 and Bill C-69.

Abstract ID# 21

Presenting Author: Daniel Stuckless
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: In 2013 Mikisew Cree First Nation challenged Canada's dismantling of environmental laws as they pertain to Treaty Rights. This paper evaluates the outcome of the courts, the work on Bill C-69 and hav

Acceptance Status: approve
Ecosystem Services in Brazilian Hydropower Plannin

Abstract ID# 22

Presenting Author: Davi Wilkson Furtado Sozinho | Coauthor(s): Amarilis Lucia Casteli Figueiredo Gallardo
Preferred Session: Can the Ecosystem Service concept improve the outcome for Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: The Amazon hydropower planning has to recognize the ecosystem services offered by this biome by including them within the cumulative impacts assessment of a set of projects in a watershed

Acceptance Status: approve
Community Based Impact Assessment: An Indigenous S

Abstract ID# 23

Presenting Author: Anders-Erling FjÃ¤llÃ¥s
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: This presentation will describe a community- based impact assessment (CBIA) process that was undertaken by the Semisjaur Njarg SÃ¡mi reindeer herding community together with researchers.

Acceptance Status: approve
Recognition of Indigenous SÃ¡mi Rights in Sweden

Abstract ID# 24

Presenting Author: Jenny Wik
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: This presentation by the National Swedish SÃ¡mi Association, will address the urgent need to address SÃ mi rights to land and water.

Acceptance Status: approve
Life after the Social and Cultural Impacts â€“ SÃ¡

Abstract ID# 25

Presenting Author: Ragnhild Nilsson
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: This presentation discusses how impact assessment processes and negotiations with a mining company impacts SÃ¡mi reindeer herding communities' own indigenous worldview, values and internal dynamics.

Acceptance Status: approve
Reindeer husbandry land-use as a case study of pow

Abstract ID# 26

Presenting Author: Anna-Maria FjÃ¤llstrÃ¶m
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: This presentation will examine what indigenous knowledges and SÃ¡mi land-use reindeer herding strategies are used and considered legitimate in decisions about extractive industries in northern Sweden.

Acceptance Status: approve
Is there room for another generation of reindeer h

Abstract ID# 27

Presenting Author: Sanna Vannar | Coauthor(s): Janni Jannok
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: This presentation will address the concerns of SÃ¡mi youth: shrinking pasture lands for the traditional SÃ¡mi livelihood of reindeer herding, and stressful situations for the SÃ¡mi youth who want to pursue reindeer husbandry.

Acceptance Status: approve
Kallak: Mineral exploration on Indigenous SÃ¡mi la

Abstract ID# 28

Presenting Author: Jonas Vannar
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: I will discuss how we, as an indigenous reindeer herding community, have used our own GIS-programs and traditional knowledge to describe our land use to stakeholders and governmental decision makers.

Acceptance Status: approve
Including cultural values into biodiversity NNL

Abstract ID# 29

Presenting Author: Victoria Griffiths | Coauthor(s): Julia Baker , Joseph Bull , E.J. Milner-Gulland
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: Biodiversity offsets should not make people worse off. However, there is a lack of empirical research on including cultural ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy and the offsetting process.

Acceptance Status: approve
Outcome-based management for sustainability

Abstract ID# 30

Presenting Author: Bryan Jenkins
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: Outcome-based management is compared with effects-based management. Outcomes-based management is needed to achieve sustainable development rather than the current reliance on effects-based approaches.

Acceptance Status: approve
International Standards & Local Realities in ESIA

Abstract ID# 31

Presenting Author: Grace Rigby
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment and baseline studies adapted to local contexts

Summary Statement: This paper draws on fieldwork experiences for an ESIA in East Africa to analyse incongruencies between international standards and local realities, using examples of vulnerability and decision-making.

Acceptance Status: approve
USAID/GHANA ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE FIELD EVALUAT

Abstract ID# 32

Presenting Author: Henry Aryeetey
Preferred Session: Health Assessment and Needs

Summary Statement: Indoor Residual Spraying for malaria control is employed where malaria occurrence exceeds 40% parasitemia, in children under 5. The outcome of environmental compliance conducted in 2015 is discussed.

Acceptance Status: approve
How EIA has furthered the conservation of endemic

Abstract ID# 33

Presenting Author: David Stanton
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment is a blunt tool for biodiversity: yes or no?

Summary Statement: Online publication of Hong Kong's EIA reports allows for the review of distribution and status of some lesser-studied taxa, freshwater crabs, in Hong Kong. In turn, these data can help to influence co

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact Assessment: A Whale in a Cup or Nemo in Spa

Abstract ID# 34

Presenting Author: Ahmed Sanda
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: How dynamic is IAâ€™s aspirations, expectations and tools with reference to facts, fiction and tales? What has it achieved and what can it achieve in light of hearsay and politics?

Acceptance Status: approve
Beyond species richness: applying phylogenetic div

Abstract ID# 35

Presenting Author: Who-Seung Lee | Coauthor(s): Hee Sagong , Yong-Joon Joo
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment is a blunt tool for biodiversity: yes or no?

Summary Statement: Using the method of phylogenetic diversity based on a big genetic data, we showed species diversity assessed by phylogenetic diversity is better than species diversity based on arithmetic methods.

Acceptance Status: approve
Right of Way Management System in Cambodia

Abstract ID# 36

Presenting Author: Samnang Chea | Coauthor(s): Nou Vaddhanak , Takayuki Tsuchida , Akira Yamashita , Masaki Ochi & Takahiro Kumagai

Preferred Session: Improving environmental and social performance on construction projects

Summary Statement: Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Cambodia supported by JICA has developed right-of-way management system by using UAV mapping and database to identify current situation and prevent new encroachment along the national roads.

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis

Abstract ID# 38

Presenting Author: Michael Clarke | Coauthor(s): Zaglul Khandkar
Preferred Session: Contribution of IA to sustainable hydropower development

Summary Statement: The Hydropower Sustainability Environmental, Social and Governance Gap Analysis Tool (ESG) enables project proponents to identify and address gaps against international good practice by assessing projects according to environmental, social and governance criteria.

Acceptance Status: approve
From Discretion to Sound Decision Making: Learning

Abstract ID# 41

Presenting Author: Meinhard Doelle
Preferred Session: The recent reform of Federal EA Law in Canada: evolution or revolution?

Summary Statement: This paper will consider the role of discretion, decision-making criteria and the appropriate allocation of decision-making responsibilities in the implementation of the IAA's assessment process.

Acceptance Status: approve
Energy reform in Mexico and the evolution of SIA

Abstract ID# 42

Presenting Author: Armando Garcia-Chiang
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment and baseline studies adapted to local contexts

Summary Statement: An overview is presented on the evolution of social base line studies towards social impact assessments within the energy sector in Mexico.

Acceptance Status: approve
The Mexican NAP in Business and Human Rights

Abstract ID# 43

Presenting Author: Armando Garcia-Chiang
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: In 2016 the Mexican Government was going to present a National Action Plan in Business and Human Rights. This paper presents the antecedents of the NAP, and analyses the reasons for been unpublished

Acceptance Status: approve
Next generation impact assessment law: Exploring t

Abstract ID# 44

Presenting Author: Alan Bond
Preferred Session: Next generation impact assessment law Exploring twelve key components

Summary Statement: Alan Bond, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia

Acceptance Status: approve
Skewed agenda, blank canvases and red herrings: pu

Abstract ID# 46

Presenting Author: Timothy J. Peirson-Smith | Coauthor(s): Louis Kwong
Preferred Session: Evolving public participation to address community context, complexity, and

Summary Statement: A critique of a PP for land supply in Hong Kong. Was it a fair, biased or corrupted process?

Acceptance Status: approve
The Czech countryside 30 years after the political

Abstract ID# 47

Presenting Author: Milada Å Å¥astnÃ¡ | Coauthor(s): AntonÃn Vaishar
Preferred Session: Evolution or Revolution? The strategic value of SIA in regional development

Summary Statement: The paper discusses the state of the Czech countryside as in which extent it is European, globalized, market-oriented, post-productive, sub&counter-urbanized, under the impact of demographic transitio

Acceptance Status: approve
Going digital: the assessing authority perspective

Abstract ID# 49

Presenting Author: Jack Krohn
Preferred Session: Going digital - is this Evolution or Revolution?

Summary Statement: To what extent should the government encourage digitization? Should it be left to the market? What does it mean for the assessing authority?

Acceptance Status: approve
Bill C-69: Hang Out a Shingle for HIA (R)evolution

Abstract ID# 50

Presenting Author: Jennifer Ann McGetrick | Coauthor(s): Candace Nykiforuk , Matthew Lewans
Preferred Session: The recent reform of Federal EA Law in Canada: evolution or revolution?

Summary Statement: Bill C-69 is an evolution of polycentric governance for health impact assessments in theory, requiring revolution among academic, government, and private sector interests to achieve HIA in practice.

Acceptance Status: approve
IUFMP Experience in Environmental Management of Fl

Abstract ID# 51

Presenting Author: Adeolu Ojo | Coauthor(s): Evelyn Adesina
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: This paper presents an overview of collaboration between engineers and environmental/social practitioners, to achieve optimal results in flood alleviation projects in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Acceptance Status: approve
Emergency Response Planning for Flood Control Proj

Abstract ID# 52

Presenting Author: Adeolu Ojo | Coauthor(s): Moses adedigba
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: An overview of emergency response plan and activities for flood events in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Acceptance Status: approve
How law has (had) to change to effect evolution of

Abstract ID# 53

Presenting Author: Amanda Van Reenen
Preferred Session: From Cannabis to the New Space Race: Evolving and Emerging IA Challenges

Summary Statement: This discussion focusses on how South African environmental laws needed (and still needs to be) amended to ensure impact assessment keeps up with development needs and trends

Acceptance Status: approve
Energy and environmental integrated spatial analys

Abstract ID# 54

Presenting Author: Kiichiro hayashi | Coauthor(s): Ferdinando Villa
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: Spatial assessment of energy and environmental items were conducted by utilizing K.Lab system which was developed by BC3, Spain. A case study was conducted in Japan.

Acceptance Status: approve
A Nexus Frame for Solutions in the Livestock Issue

Abstract ID# 56

Presenting Author: Jong-Gwan Jung
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: For the seeking solutions on the livestock issues, nexus approach applied on environment, energy, logistics and food supply. The key factors are odor, infectious disease, manure and carcass landfill.

Acceptance Status: approve
Reforming EIA system: What should Indonesia do?

Abstract ID# 57

Presenting Author: Ali Rahmat Kurniawan | Coauthor(s): Takehiko Murayama , Shigeo Nishikizawa
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: Evolution of Indonesiaâ€™s is first described, including a historical overview and the latest regulation. This analysis resulted a set of actions for improving implementation effectiveness of EIA

Acceptance Status: approve
Reflections from an Australian perspective

Abstract ID# 58

Presenting Author: Jenny Pope
Preferred Session: Next generation impact assessment law Exploring twelve key components

Summary Statement: The twelve key components of next generation impact assessment will be considered from the perspective of impact assessment law and practice in Australia.

Acceptance Status: approve
Lessons for mitigating impacts on ecosystem servic

Abstract ID# 59

Presenting Author: Luis SÃ¡nchez
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: Design of mutually compatible biodiversity-and social impact mitigation can be enhanced by addressing ecosystem services, shows the review of a large iron mining project in Brazil.

Acceptance Status: approve
Resettlement of displaced persons: national polici

Abstract ID# 60

Presenting Author: Nogendra Sapkota
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: The paper draws on the study of the Peopleâ€™s Republic of Chinaâ€™s national policies regarding reservoir-related population displacement, including a resettlement case study from Yudongxia reservoir.

Acceptance Status: approve
Industry Sector Assessment for the Economic Zones

Abstract ID# 63

Presenting Author: Shakil Ahmed | Coauthor(s): Md. Abdul Quader Khan
Preferred Session: Economic impact assessment

Summary Statement: The impact of upcoming Economic Zone in Bangladesh to the Economy of Bangladesh and their prospects of challenges.

Acceptance Status: approve
To move or not to move: perceptions about risks am

Abstract ID# 64

Presenting Author: Han Wang
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: The stronger the degree of risk perception is, the weaker the willingness to resettle will be; The willingness of affected persons should be valued and respect.

Acceptance Status: approve
Effects of Watershed Environmental changes on Wate

Abstract ID# 65

Presenting Author: Yu Soonju | Coauthor(s): Lee Eunjung
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: Water quality impact assessment following changes in the watershed environment to understand implementation effect of water quality policies and respond to climate change in Paldang Reservoir

Acceptance Status: approve
Livelihoods assessment of involuntary resettlement

Abstract ID# 66

Presenting Author: Ruilian Zhang
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Acceptance Status: approve
Capacity development for effective SEA

Abstract ID# 67

Presenting Author: Alan Bond | Coauthor(s): Anja-Christina Beier , Mat Cashmore , Josh Fothergill , Mark King & Arend Kolhoff, Mari KÃ¥gstrÃ¶m, Daniel Slunge

Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: The continuing worldwide growth of SEA leads to significant capacity development challenges. The authors proposes a research agenda to meet these challenges, and seek input from the audience.

Acceptance Status: approve
Revolution or evolution

Abstract ID# 68

Presenting Author: Bart Barten
Preferred Session: Going digital - is this Evolution or Revolution?

Summary Statement: Should we ban paper in favour of digital or seek a gradual transition? When does the turning point come?

Acceptance Status: approve
Eco-shoreline Design for Ecological Impact Mitigat

Abstract ID# 69

Presenting Author: David Gallacher
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: This presentation describes the development of an innovative eco-shoreline design to mitigate marine ecological impacts associated with land reclamation, including a discussion of multi-disciplinary process to achieve cost-effective solutions.

Acceptance Status: approve
World Heritage examples: good practice EIA/SEA

Abstract ID# 70

Presenting Author: Mizuki Murai
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: Presenting good practice EIAs and SEAs for World Heritage in line with IUCNâ€™s World Heritage Advice Note on Environmental Assessment.

Acceptance Status: approve
IUCN's perspectives on the new IA guidance

Abstract ID# 71

Presenting Author: Mizuki Murai
Preferred Session: Establishing guidance for heritage and impact assessments

Summary Statement: Identifying the key elements of IUCNâ€™s World Heritage Advice Note and recognising current gaps will contribute to the discussion on developing a single guidance for all World Heritage.

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmetal Systemic vision on swine production

Abstract ID# 72

Presenting Author: VerÃ³nica Giberti | Coauthor(s): VerÃ³nica Rocha
Preferred Session: Using case studies in teaching Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: The primary sector of the pig in Argentina has undergone a marked transformation in the last 15 years; an environmental evaluation was made, from a systemic view.

Acceptance Status: approve
Oil infrastructure & involuntary resettlement in U

Abstract ID# 75

Presenting Author: Tom Ogwang | Coauthor(s): Frank Vanclay , Arjan van den Assem
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: The paper examines how oil and gas infrastructure development will lead/have led to involuntary settlements in the Albertine Graben and its impacts on the livelihood of the affected people.

Acceptance Status: approve
Reliable mine rehabilitation and closure

Abstract ID# 76

Presenting Author: Corinne Unger | Coauthor(s): Carol Bond , Jo-Anne Everingham
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment of Project Closure: Meeting the New Expectations

Summary Statement: This paper identifies processes for undertaking mine closure with minimal negative impacts. Using the theory of high reliability organising it analyses documents about four mining-related cases in reg

Acceptance Status: approve
Exploring futures of Ayeyarwady basin, Myanmar

Abstract ID# 77

Presenting Author: Tira Foran | Coauthor(s): Nicky Grigg
Preferred Session: The Cumulative Dimensions of Resource Regions

Summary Statement: Critical reflection on the potential of interdisciplinary strategic assessment techniques to improve on developmental narratives for the Ayeyarwady river basin in Myanmar.

Acceptance Status: approve
Ecosystem Services and Sustain-ability by Dam

Abstract ID# 79

Presenting Author: Hanjin Lee | Coauthor(s): Hwaik Lee
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: The ecosystem services by Dam contain supply, control, culture and support services. Based on the principle of sustainability, proper measures should be taken for aquatic ecosystem,ecological network.

Acceptance Status: approve
What Makes Quality Social Impact Assessment Practi

Abstract ID# 80

Presenting Author: Chris Sunderland
Preferred Session: Developing Social Impact Assessment Practitioners: Challenges and Opportuni

Summary Statement: The perspective of an SIA practitioner explores the challenges, opportunities, insights and solutions to better develop SIA practitioners.

Acceptance Status: approve
Clara U

Abstract ID# 82

Presenting Author: Clara U
Preferred Session: Next generation impact assessment law Exploring twelve key components

Summary Statement: Chairman of Hong Kong Institute of Environmental Impact Assessment

Acceptance Status: approve
Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment of A

Abstract ID# 83

Presenting Author: Jiri Dusik
Preferred Session: Social and environmental assessment of automation technologies

Summary Statement: The panel, involving Jiri Dusik, Riki Therivel, Ivana Saric, Thomas Fischer and Barry Sadler will present scoping framework for SESA of Automation available at bit.ly/sesaauto0 and bit.ly/sesaauto1.

Acceptance Status: approve
Compensation to meet biodiversity targets in South

Abstract ID# 84

Presenting Author: Amrei von Hase
Preferred Session: Reconciling Compensation for Project Impacts with Conservation Goals

Summary Statement: South Africa provides a useful example of a mitigation and compensation approach that is directly linked to the countryâ€™s overarching biodiversity targets and desired conservation outcomes.

Acceptance Status: approve
Considering indirect and cumulative impacts on WH

Abstract ID# 86

Presenting Author: Luis SÃ¡nchez
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: Considering Outstanding Universal Value of World Heritage sites as valued components in cumulative effects assessment provides key guidance for selecting drivers and planning mitigation

Acceptance Status: approve
Proactive Indigenous community-based impact assess

Abstract ID# 89

Presenting Author: David Hinchley | Coauthor(s): Damien Parriman , Joseph Kiesecker , Frank Weisenberger , Michael Heiner
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: Shows how the impact of development on social, cultural and natural values can be simultaneously considered in community-based impact assessment that supports decision-making by Indigenous peoples

Acceptance Status: approve
Improving IA through integration of Indigenous val

Abstract ID# 90

Presenting Author: Julie Keane
Preferred Session: Institutionalising SIA Practice within Government Decision Making

Summary Statement: This paper explores the options of integrating the two processes to facilitate more effective engagement with Indigenous parties engaged in the ILUA process with the IA process.

Acceptance Status: approve
Underground closure risk assessments

Abstract ID# 91

Presenting Author: Adriaan Oosthuizen | Coauthor(s): Jacqui Hex
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: A quantitative closure risk assessment is carried out by Engineers and Environmental Practitioners to determine the risks of not achieving closure as well as the associated mitigation measures and costs.

Acceptance Status: approve
Predictive opencast mine rehabilitation

Abstract ID# 92

Presenting Author: Adriaan Oosthuizen | Coauthor(s): Jacqui Hex
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: A predictive opencast rehabilitation design is carried out by Engineers and Environmental Practitioners to determine a mineâ€™s final end state for closure costing and planning purposes.

Acceptance Status: approve
Ecosystem mapping to inform spatial planning & app

Abstract ID# 94

Presenting Author: Kendall Jones | Coauthor(s): Hugo Costa , Hedley Grantham , Naseeba Sidat , Amrei von Hase & Fabien Quetier

Preferred Session: Avoiding cumulative impacts before they occur: roles and responsibilities

Summary Statement: Using ecosystem maps and red-listing analysis to inform application of the mitigation hierarchy in Mozambique.

Acceptance Status: approve
Offsets as a means to achieve No Net Loss of Biodi

Abstract ID# 95

Presenting Author: Hugo Miguel Costa | Coauthor(s): Hugo Rainey , Amrei von Hase , Fabien QuÃ©tier , Denise Nicolau & Victorino Xavier

Preferred Session: Reconciling Compensation for Project Impacts with Conservation Goals

Summary Statement: The biodiversity offset mechanism being developed for Mozambique seeks to align the national Environmental Impact Assessment framework with international best practice and the countryâ€™s targets and co

Acceptance Status: approve
Continuous Improvement in IA at Parks Canada

Abstract ID# 96

Presenting Author: Katherine Cumming
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: Parks Canadaâ€™s continuous improvement program uses 3 methods annually to evaluate our progress and facilitate learning. The program is designed for a national organization using limited resources.

Acceptance Status: approve
Developing a toolkit for IAs for heritage

Abstract ID# 97

Presenting Author: Sarah Court
Preferred Session: Establishing guidance for heritage and impact assessments

Summary Statement: ICCROM and IUCNâ€™s World Heritage Leadership Programme includes a module on impact assessments. Discussion will focus on tools needed by practitioners to improve IAs related to heritage.

Acceptance Status: approve
Regional CEA â€“ who is there to listen?

Abstract ID# 98

Presenting Author: Bram Noble
Preferred Session: International progress in regional-scale impact assessment

Summary Statement: Regional CEA initiatives are gaining momentum, but often decoupled from regulatory processes and decision making. Innovation in regional CEA requires evolution in regulatory frameworks to be effective.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evaluation of three geothermal project SIA reports

Abstract ID# 100

Presenting Author: Nadine Suliman Abdelrahman
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: Framework for comparative evaluation of social impact assessments (SIA) applied to geothermal power plant project ESIA reports from three countries to investigate the effectiveness of the SIA process

Acceptance Status: approve
Incorporation of Environmental Justice in the Kore

Abstract ID# 101

Presenting Author: Sangyun Lee
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: Since environmental justice is one of the important components in EIA, this presentation diagnoses whether environmental justice can be incorporated in the Korean EIA system.

Acceptance Status: approve
Workshop design for this session

Abstract ID# 102

Presenting Author: Simon Catchpole | Coauthor(s): Pablo Baranao
Preferred Session: Transition from EIA to EMS

Summary Statement: Participants will investigate the process to generate from the ESIA an optimal ESMS for the operating project.

Acceptance Status: approve
Ivana Saric

Abstract ID# 103

Presenting Author: Ivana Saric
Preferred Session: Social and environmental assessment of automation technologies

Summary Statement: Vita Projekt Ltd., Croatia. Involved in strategic environmental assessments, environmental impact assessments and appropriate assessments for Natura 2000 sites

Acceptance Status: approve
Jiri Dusik

Abstract ID# 104

Presenting Author: Jiri Dusik
Preferred Session: Social and environmental assessment of automation technologies

Summary Statement: Jiri Dusik, Czech Republic, corresponding author of a scoping working paper for Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment of Automation

Acceptance Status: approve
Can EIA contribute to marine biodiversity conserva

Abstract ID# 105

Presenting Author: Cristiano Vilardo
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment is a blunt tool for biodiversity: yes or no?

Summary Statement: Marine biodiversity faces increasing conservation challenges worldwide. EIA of offshore oil and gas can be of great value to marine biodiversity conservation, but data management needs to be improved.

Acceptance Status: approve
Challenges in Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment

Abstract ID# 106

Presenting Author: Richard Mackay
Preferred Session: Establishing guidance for heritage and impact assessments

Summary Statement: This paper will consider challenges and potential approaches for effective evaluation of cultural heritage impact of on the attributes which contribute to the Outstanding Universal Value of World Her

Acceptance Status: approve
Institutional hurdles to reproducing ourselves

Abstract ID# 107

Presenting Author: Will Rifkin
Preferred Session: Developing Social Impact Assessment Practitioners: Challenges and Opportuni

Summary Statement: Institutional and practical hurdles to growing the SIA workforce â€“ and how to overcome them - will be discussed, with a focus on particular challenges of a multi-disciplinary field.

Acceptance Status: approve
Incorporating Climate Change Adaptation Strategies

Abstract ID# 108

Presenting Author: Mona Agha Seyed Jafar Kashfi
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: Dr Kashfiâ€™s presentation puts forward a way to incorporate climate change adaptation strategies in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of industrial projects.

Acceptance Status: approve
Global TA and RRI - how do they help with impact a

Abstract ID# 109

Presenting Author: Peta Ashworth | Coauthor(s): Miltos Ladikas
Preferred Session: Social and environmental assessment of automation technologies

Summary Statement: We explore the role for a Global Technology Assessment (TA) group to help address the global challenges of the world and how does this complement the Responsible Research and Innovation agenda.

Acceptance Status: approve
All I Ask is a Tall Ship & a Star to Steer Her By

Abstract ID# 110

Presenting Author: Peter Burnett
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: Good environmental decision-making is essential to achieving environmental goals. To play its part, EIA must be guided by plans or decision-rules and supported by comprehensive information systems.

Acceptance Status: approve
Integration of Climate Change Adaptation to Framew

Abstract ID# 111

Presenting Author: Youngsoo LEE | Coauthor(s): Minho LEE
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: Integration of climate change adapation to korea's framework plan for transportation will give direction and guidance to executive plans for infrastructure for transportation.

Acceptance Status: approve
Community acceptance of small scale wind power

Abstract ID# 112

Presenting Author: Shigeo Nishikizawa | Coauthor(s): Shunsuke Umezawa , Takehiko Murayama
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: While environmental conflicts in the development process of small scale facilities have not yet been found so far, local governments' concerns and local residents' complaints have been increasing.

Acceptance Status: approve
How do different compensation approaches contribut

Abstract ID# 113

Presenting Author: Laura Sonter
Preferred Session: Reconciling Compensation for Project Impacts with Conservation Goals

Summary Statement: I will present a typology of compensation approaches and, using a suite of case studies, illustrate their varying impact on biodiversity, ecosystem services and project costs.

Acceptance Status: approve
Implementation of digital EIA in oil & gas sector

Abstract ID# 114

Presenting Author: Petrina Raitt | Coauthor(s): Rachel Hooke , Stacey Fidgeon
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: We've made digital EIA a reality by developing and implementing a cloud-based EIA tool to manage the digital assets associated with environmental approvals; undertake detailed IA and produce reports.

Acceptance Status: approve
Effectiveness of EIA as a tool in addressing impac

Abstract ID# 115

Presenting Author: Justine Namara
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: EIA is a useful tool in decision making for projects especially in sensitive areas like wildlife protected areas. However sometimes it may not yield results as expected as shared in this paper.

Acceptance Status: approve
Diversify or Die

Abstract ID# 116

Presenting Author: Ana Maria Esteves | Coauthor(s): Erin Johnston , Caroline Rossignol
Preferred Session: Social Closure & Decommissioning lessons from experience and future trends

Summary Statement: This case study of Neves Corvo (Lundin Mining) will reflect on efforts to reduce post-closure impacts through economic diversification initiatives and will highlight implications for closure planning

Acceptance Status: approve
CAN ESIA ENFORCE PAYMENT FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES?

Abstract ID# 117

Presenting Author: Edgar Buhanga
Preferred Session: Can the Ecosystem Service concept improve the outcome for Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: This paper therefore shares UWA's Experiences in implementing payment for ecosystem services but also seeks experiences from elsewhere on whether the ESIA can be used to enforce PES

Acceptance Status: approve
Tracking stewardship of resources using â€œBig Da

Abstract ID# 118

Presenting Author: Dr.Nigel H Wright
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: Cutting edge applications of big data analytics to track corporate and government resource stewardship and new CSR dimensions

Acceptance Status: approve
Developing Indicators for Environmental Permitting

Abstract ID# 121

Presenting Author: Tomas de Oliveira Bredariol
Preferred Session: Country experiences with evolution in the energy sector and IA requirements

Summary Statement: The work presents environmental indicators, based on the pressure-state-response (PSR) model, for the environmental permitting activity of offshore oil and gas production in Brazil.

Acceptance Status: approve
Federal jurisdiction over next-gen EA in Canada

Abstract ID# 122

Presenting Author: Anna Johnston
Preferred Session: Filling the Evolving IA Governance Gap: Regional vs Federal Authority

Summary Statement: Canadaâ€™s proposed Impact Assessment Act introduces reforms with jurisdictional implications. What is federal jurisdiction to assess broader sustainability factors, and to do so on a regional basis?

Acceptance Status: approve
Implementing sustainability in Canadaâ€™s new IA A

Abstract ID# 123

Presenting Author: Anna Johnston
Preferred Session: The recent reform of Federal EA Law in Canada: evolution or revolution?

Summary Statement: Canadaâ€™s new Impact Assessment Act introduces a sustainability model to federal assessment. How does the Act stack up to leading thinking, and what further regulatory and policy reforms are needed?

Acceptance Status: approve
Prequel to Impact Assessment: Northern Quebec Mine

Abstract ID# 124

Presenting Author: Pernilla Talec | Coauthor(s): Aurora Hernandez , Pamela MacLeod , Martin Boucher
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: In the particular case of the Cree First Nation in Northern Quebec, the two parties decided to work collaboratively towards sustainable development. They worked together during IBA negotiations in pre

Acceptance Status: approve
The role of tiering in delivering effective EAs

Abstract ID# 125

Presenting Author: Heikki Kalle | Coauthor(s): Charlotta Faith-Ell , Jos Arts
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: For effectiveness careful linking of different planning levels (from strategic to operational tiers) is vital. This paper discusses the role of EA-tiering in delivering substantive effectiveness.

Acceptance Status: approve
Community-Based Human Rights Impact Assessment and

Abstract ID# 127

Presenting Author: Sarah Zoen
Preferred Session: Access to Remedy and Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: Are community-based human rights impact assessments a pathway to remedy for communities? Taking a look at lessons and challenges from the field.

Acceptance Status: approve
Cultural Heritage, IA, and Project Implementation

Abstract ID# 128

Presenting Author: Christopher Polglase
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: This paper will present case studies that highlight the range of cultural heritage results that can take place during the implementation phase of large, complex projects.

Acceptance Status: approve
Health Capacity in EA: reflections on a case study

Abstract ID# 129

Presenting Author: Jade Yehia | Coauthor(s): Janis Shandro , Michael Hayes
Preferred Session: Capacity building for HIA and for health in IA.

Summary Statement: My findings show that the social determinants of health were not factored into the EA as per HIA guidance. I provide suggestions for improving capacity in the health sector and beyond...

Acceptance Status: approve
The ESIA That Went Wrong: Seven Habits of Highly E

Abstract ID# 131

Presenting Author: Miles Scott-Brown | Coauthor(s): Pablo Baranao
Preferred Session: ESIA Leadership: The Role of an ESIA Co-ordinator

Summary Statement: Come listen to the two inspirational EIA speakers present the Seven Habits of Highly Effective ESIA Coordinators and how you can avoid the ESIA that went wrong!

Acceptance Status: approve
A comparision of SEA practice in New Zealand and A

Abstract ID# 132

Presenting Author: SM Zobaidul Kabir
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: A comparison of SEA in Australia and New Zealand is the key focus of the paper. Similarities and dissimilarities of practice under two systems were identified in addition to shortcomings.

Acceptance Status: approve
SEA for biodiversity: The Australian experience

Abstract ID# 133

Presenting Author: Marco Gutierrez
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: We examine how biodiversity and ecosystem services have been considered in SEAs in Australia and present a preliminary framework for evaluating SEA practice in relation to conservation.

Acceptance Status: approve
To Infinity and Beyond Where No IA Has Gone Before

Abstract ID# 134

Presenting Author: Miles Scott-Brown | Coauthor(s): Ana Maria Quintero
Preferred Session: From Cannabis to the New Space Race: Evolving and Emerging IA Challenges

Summary Statement: Come join us where no IA has gone before! We examine four emerging areas of IA practice and how you can get ready for them before it is too late!

Acceptance Status: approve
Exploring the Endogeneity of Risk Perception and R

Abstract ID# 135

Presenting Author: Jaeweon Yeom | Coauthor(s): Hyungjun Park , Dongoh Ha , Dalbyul Lee , Juchul Jung
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: The purpose of this study is to identify impacts on resilience strategies of risk perception considering endogeneity between two factors.

Acceptance Status: approve
Spatial Analysis in ESIA and World Heritage

Abstract ID# 137

Presenting Author: Arlene Fleming
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: Challenges involved in an integrated landscape approach to cultural analysis in impact assessment and world heritage

Acceptance Status: approve
Post EIA follow-up and EM&A for projects in Hong K

Abstract ID# 138

Presenting Author: Mohamed Hasan Isa | Coauthor(s): David Yeung
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: Effectiveness of environmental monitoring and audit programme for mega scale Government infrastructure project against private sector residential development.

Acceptance Status: approve
Stakeholder identification and consultation

Abstract ID# 139

Presenting Author: Arlene Fleming
Preferred Session: Establishing guidance for heritage and impact assessments

Summary Statement: The importance of stakeholder identification, consultation, collaboration and training in creating and promoting guidance

Acceptance Status: approve
Applied research on social licence: the importance

Abstract ID# 140

Presenting Author: Tom Measham
Preferred Session: Rethinking social licence where to from here?

Summary Statement: Considering the key focal questions of the session, this I provide support for â€˜social licenceâ€™ remaining as a valid term.

Acceptance Status: approve
Relationships and dialogue as key elements of soci

Abstract ID# 141

Presenting Author: Katherine Witt
Preferred Session: Rethinking social licence where to from here?

Summary Statement: Panellist discussion

Acceptance Status: approve
Rethinking social licence panel discussion

Abstract ID# 142

Presenting Author: Leeora Black
Preferred Session: Rethinking social licence where to from here?

Summary Statement: Panel discussant

Acceptance Status: approve
Opening a can of worms: SIA as a dialogic process

Abstract ID# 143

Presenting Author: Richard Parsons
Preferred Session: SIA: How Early is Too Early?

Summary Statement: Conceptualised as a process of dialogue, SIA cannot start too early, since it promotes context-specific co-design of projects, meaningful community participation, and community wellbeing.

Acceptance Status: approve
ICT for Involuntary Resettlement Impact Assessment

Abstract ID# 144

Presenting Author: Tulsi Bisht | Coauthor(s): Irina Novikova
Preferred Session: Digital technologies for social impact assessment and resettlement planning

Summary Statement: This paper presents the pilot study outcomes of using ICT in SIA for IR planning and argues that ICT use can improve the effectiveness of safeguards implementation and enhance efficiency.

Acceptance Status: approve
Review of biodiversity mitigation measures

Abstract ID# 145

Presenting Author: Tetsuya Kamijo
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: The study explains the review results of biodiversity mitigation measures and proposes to activate alternatives by application of no net loss policy and a wise use of ecosystem services.

Acceptance Status: approve
Determinants of the EIA report quality

Abstract ID# 146

Presenting Author: Tetsuya Kamijo
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: Alternatives and public involvement could be the determinants of the EIA report quality and their linkage could increase the report quality.

Acceptance Status: approve
Assessing the Impacts of Customer-centric Utility

Abstract ID# 148

Presenting Author: Jayanath Ananda | Coauthor(s): Nicholas Pawsey
Preferred Session: Economic impact assessment

Summary Statement: This paper evaluates a new customer-centric regulatory approach and its impact on Victorian urban water utilities, their customers, and on the overall urban water industry.

Acceptance Status: approve
The missing link: Can we Follow-up without ESIA?

Abstract ID# 150

Presenting Author: Lara Mottee
Preferred Session: Why Follow-up? Managing the Social Impacts of Transport in Urban Cities

Summary Statement: Does applying good practice Follow-up require an ESIA? This paper discusses lessons learned about the management of social impacts during the development of the North-South Metro Line in Amsterdam.

Acceptance Status: approve
Consideration of Social Impacts in the NT Approval

Abstract ID# 151

Presenting Author: Paul Vogel
Preferred Session: Institutionalising SIA Practice within Government Decision Making

Summary Statement: The development and application and consideration of social and economic impact assessment in the NT government project development context.

Acceptance Status: approve
Occluded waters: cumulative effects of hydropower

Abstract ID# 152

Presenting Author: Jonas Vannar | Coauthor(s): Rasmus KlÃ¸cker Larsen , Kaisa Raitio , Rebecca Lawrence , Jenny Wik Karlsson
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: Insights from two retrospective impact assessments of the cumulative effects of hydropower on Sami reindeer herding communities that identified ways to improve landscape functionality.

Acceptance Status: approve
â€œHave we got a job for you?â€

Abstract ID# 153

Presenting Author: Sheridan Coakes
Preferred Session: Developing Social Impact Assessment Practitioners: Challenges and Opportuni

Summary Statement: This paper explores the trials, tribulations and triumphs involved in developing, mentoring and managing a diverse team of social scientists in undertaking best practice SIA, and in contributing to mo

Acceptance Status: approve
Experience of doing IA by the local communities fo

Abstract ID# 154

Presenting Author: Behzad Raissiyan
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: A local community have been trained and coached to use IA for their tourism initiative, to test how effectively IA can be used by the community itself where there is no resources to hire a consultant.

Acceptance Status: approve
Comparative study on the reform of EIA systems

Abstract ID# 155

Presenting Author: Jing WU
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: This study selects three countries, Canada, the Netherlands and China, to carry out comparative research on the reform process of their EIA systems, in an attempt to find the driving force and reform

Acceptance Status: approve
Role of an Advisory Council in the EIA Process of

Abstract ID# 156

Presenting Author: Lam Kin Che
Preferred Session: Mechanisms for independency in IA â€“ How to be truly independent?

Summary Statement: ACE in Hong Kong, if skillfully leveraged, can be an important independent party in quality assurance and public consultation. There are nonetheless constraints and opportunities.

Acceptance Status: approve
The role of the independent NCEA in Dutch IA

Abstract ID# 157

Presenting Author: Rob Verheem
Preferred Session: Mechanisms for independency in IA â€“ How to be truly independent?

Summary Statement: The NCEA was established in 1987 by Dutch government, but deliberately made independent from it, to enable credible quality reviews of impact assessments. How succesful is this approach?

Acceptance Status: approve
Protocol for Environmental Assessments for small-s

Abstract ID# 158

Presenting Author: Kelly Stroebel
Preferred Session: Securing Socio Economic Development through Unorthodox Impact Assessment:

Summary Statement: Using the knowledge gained from the SNSDP, a protocol will be developed for aiding disadvantaged communities with obtaining environmental authorisation for their projects that can be used globally.

Acceptance Status: approve
SIA of Vulnerable Project Affected People

Abstract ID# 160

Presenting Author: Afandi Arifin | Coauthor(s): Aldi Muhammad Alizar
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: Sustainable Livelihood Framework is useful in obtaining a comprehensive understanding on the vulnerable PAPs livelihood condition and beneficial for identification the mitigation measure.

Acceptance Status: approve
Social impact assessment for 21st Century economie

Abstract ID# 161

Presenting Author: Laura Harkins-Small
Preferred Session: Evolution or Revolution? The strategic value of SIA in regional development

Summary Statement: It is only when enterprises large and small can incorporate SIA as a part of their day-to-day strategy and operations will the practice be able to deliver transformational regional development.

Acceptance Status: approve
Involving stakeholders in monitoring and inspectio

Abstract ID# 162

Presenting Author: Ana Maria Esteves
Preferred Session: Institutionalising SIA Practice within Government Decision Making

Summary Statement: Considering the absence of conducive legislation and institutional capacity, this presentation will highlight mechanisms for monitoring and inspection of SIMP implementation; and that involve local co

Acceptance Status: approve
Managing heritage impacts associated with urban de

Abstract ID# 163

Presenting Author: Ping Kong | Coauthor(s): Ramona Dornbusch
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: To ensure an effective transmission of heritage values in urban development, heritage values and associated attributes shall be assessed at a strategic level and integrated with development objectives

Acceptance Status: approve
SEA of Chinaâ€™s investment on â€œthe Belt and Roa

Abstract ID# 164

Presenting Author: He Xu
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: A scientific and systematic environmental assessment framework of B&R is established, which enriches and develops the theory and methodology for environmental assessment of investment strategy.

Acceptance Status: approve
Audit of HIAs undertaken on health sector proposal

Abstract ID# 165

Presenting Author: Ben Harris-Roxas
Preferred Session: Capacity building for HIA and for health in IA.

Summary Statement: Despite being promoted intersectorally, HIAâ€™s use in the health sector remains limited. This audit describes HIAs conducted, and suggests ways to enhance reporting and capacity building.

Acceptance Status: approve
A path, not a destination

Abstract ID# 168

Presenting Author: Lucas Del Vecchio | Coauthor(s): Aurora Hernandez
Preferred Session: Evolving public participation to address community context, complexity, and

Summary Statement: In 2011, Goldcorp signed an agreement with the Grand Council of the Crees/Cree Nation Government and the Cree Nation of Wemindji which included entire chapters dedicated to environment and social resp

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolution or revolution for IA in Thai context?

Abstract ID# 169

Presenting Author: Chaunjit Chanchitpricha | Coauthor(s): Alan Bond
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: The IA system in Thailand is evolving and it requires attention to make it work. This paper discusses what kind of changes are still required.

Acceptance Status: approve
IMPACTS OF LARGE PROJECT ON COMMUNITY LIVELIHOOD;

Abstract ID# 170

Presenting Author: Nana Yaa Appiah | Coauthor(s): Ebenezer Appah-Sampong , Lawrence Kotoe , Peace Gbeckor Gbeckor-Kove
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: Ghana National Gas company is now operational therefore a subsequent study to compare its impact

Acceptance Status: approve
Jennifer Dupont

Abstract ID# 171

Presenting Author: Jennifer Dupont
Preferred Session: Meeting the marine biodiversity challenge

Summary Statement: Jennifer Dupont is an Environment & Regulatory Superviosr at ExxonMobil. She has a PhD in Marine Science from the University of South Florida.

Acceptance Status: approve
A new type of impact assessor is needed to create

Abstract ID# 172

Presenting Author: peter croal
Preferred Session: Is the oil & gas industry able to adapt to the renewable energy revolution?

Summary Statement: To avoid predicted catastrophic global changes due to climate change, the impact assessment practitioner must develop new assessment methods that move the energy industry to a more sustainable path.

Acceptance Status: approve
From Assessments to Execution: A Case of Implement

Abstract ID# 173

Presenting Author: Monicah Elizabeth Seruma
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: The Uganda Roads Authority invests millions of dollars in conducting impact assessments and preparing world class resettlement action plans. The divide between plans and practice is still wide.

Acceptance Status: approve
Compliance Assistance Vs Enforcement: Experience f

Abstract ID# 174

Presenting Author: Monicah Elizabeth Seruma
Preferred Session: Improving environmental and social performance on construction projects

Summary Statement: In the short run forced Compliance may bear results, but the experience from the Road Authority in Uganda demonstrates the need for continuous improvement rather than a radical revolutionary approach

Acceptance Status: approve
A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO SOCIAL AND INTERCULTUR

Abstract ID# 175

Presenting Author: Diane Thibault
Preferred Session: Indigenous and rural peoples' rights in cumulative effects assessment

Summary Statement: Illustrating the opportunities and challenges of stated-owned hydroelectric projects on Indigenous Cree traditional land.An example of how social and intercultural integration can be a viable outcome.

Acceptance Status: approve
Towards an ESHIA Digital Expert Platform

Abstract ID# 176

Presenting Author: Andrew Jamieson
Preferred Session: So much data so little leveraging: How best to collect visualize, and share

Summary Statement: Laying the building blocks for internal ESHIA process enhancements using innovative digital technology. How an International Oil Company is looking at new ways to collect, consume and leverage data

Acceptance Status: approve
Social Impacts associated with the Transmission Li

Abstract ID# 177

Presenting Author: Annah Kawadza
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: The study assessed the social impacts of the transmission line in the Kwazulu Natal Province of South Africa. Social impacts associated with the relocation of the affected households were assessed.

Acceptance Status: approve
USING CLIMATE SCENARIOS FOR IMPACT ASSESSMENTS

Abstract ID# 180

Presenting Author: Rene Roy | Coauthor(s): Isabelle Charron
Preferred Session: Climate Change

Summary Statement: We are addressing some of the challenge practitioners of IA and adaptation to climate change often face in using climate information, helping to guide their use into IA practices.

Acceptance Status: approve
Intelligent Repository for ESHIA Practitioners

Abstract ID# 181

Presenting Author: Travis Klein | Coauthor(s): Andrew Jamieson
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: Improve ESHIA process and quality through the development of a digital ESHIA repository with natural language search functionality, free-flowing questions, and machine learning.

Acceptance Status: approve
The Challenges and opportunities of a centralized

Abstract ID# 182

Presenting Author: George Edema Taako | Coauthor(s): Kiemo Karatu , Edward Andama
Preferred Session: Filling the Evolving IA Governance Gap: Regional vs Federal Authority

Summary Statement: Implementing a centralized IA system in a decentralized governance system without local governments capacity building posses a great challenge to the effectiveness of IA. Doing so provides dividend for IA..

Acceptance Status: approve
Engaging stakeholders in post-mining transition

Abstract ID# 184

Presenting Author: Jo-Anne Everingham | Coauthor(s): John Rolfe , Susan Kinnear , Delwar Akbar , Alexander Lechner & Fleur Morrish

Preferred Session: Impact Assessment of Project Closure: Meeting the New Expectations

Summary Statement: Mining contributes to many regional economies, yet has major impacts on land use. This paper outlines five models for incorporating stakeholder expectations in planning post-mining land uses.

Acceptance Status: approve
The impact of transport infrastructure on Indigeno

Abstract ID# 185

Presenting Author: Michael Hromek
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: How projects can better engage with local Indigenous knowledge through the whole life of the projects through case studies

Acceptance Status: approve
Mainstreaming Biodiversity Impacts into Chinaâ€™s

Abstract ID# 186

Presenting Author: WEI LI
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: A riskâ€“based approach is raised on integrating biodiversity considerations into the SEA system in China.

Acceptance Status: approve
The Path of Least Resistance

Abstract ID# 187

Presenting Author: David Carberry | Coauthor(s): David Lenel , Malinda Facey
Preferred Session: Filling the Evolving IA Governance Gap: Regional vs Federal Authority

Summary Statement: Environmental approvals processes vary significantly across Australia. Proponents are increasingly seeking advice on the approvals "path of least resistance". Australia needs an approvals framework.

Acceptance Status: approve
From biodiversity offsets to target-based compensa

Abstract ID# 188

Presenting Author: Jeremy Simmonds
Preferred Session: Reconciling Compensation for Project Impacts with Conservation Goals

Summary Statement: I will provide an overview of a framework that links compensation for project-level impacts to biodiversity, with the achievement of broader conservation goals.

Acceptance Status: approve
Economic Analysis of Corporate Sustainability in B

Abstract ID# 191

Presenting Author: Alla Sushko
Preferred Session: Economic impact assessment

Summary Statement: It explores current conditions existing in Belarus for businesses to adopt Corporate Sustainability and reviews its economic benefits.

Acceptance Status: approve
Development of integrated model (â€œModel Of inTeg

Abstract ID# 193

Presenting Author: Young-Il Song | Coauthor(s): Okjin Jung , Hyeokgyun Yoo
Preferred Session: Climate Change

Summary Statement: Development of integrated impact assessment models for climate change risks including agriculture will be presented

Acceptance Status: approve
Project Sea Dragon: case study of a large-scale pr

Abstract ID# 196

Presenting Author: Kate McBean
Preferred Session: Using case studies in teaching Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: This presentation explores the assessment approach adopted to overcome a number of challenges and gain both Territory and Commonwealth approval within less than two years of commencement.

Acceptance Status: approve
The Past, Present and Future of Environmental Offs

Abstract ID# 197

Presenting Author: Kate McBean
Preferred Session: Seeing the forest for the trees - are offsets the panaceia?

Summary Statement: Do we, as experts in technical matters associated with offsets, hold a view that the present framework is an improvement on the past? Do we see any opportunities for further reform?

Acceptance Status: approve
Peter Tarr

Abstract ID# 198

Presenting Author: Peter Tarr
Preferred Session: Mechanisms for independency in IA â€“ How to be truly independent?

Summary Statement: This short presentation is expected to stimulate discussion on what is best practice in terms of ensuring independence in EIA

Acceptance Status: approve
Ecological theory meets impact assessment

Abstract ID# 199

Presenting Author: Vojtech Novotny
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: Academic ecological research and impact assessment practice have some shared goals, methods and practices but could benefit from more open exchange of ideas, method protocols and data.

Acceptance Status: approve
Rainforest regeneration: lessons from PNG LNG

Abstract ID# 201

Presenting Author: Francesca Dem
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: Spontaneous rainforest regeneration after small-scale disturbance in forested landscape progresses, albeit at a slower pace, along the succession trajectories broadly similar to the natural rainforest

Acceptance Status: approve
Social Impacts of Land Acquisition in Punjab(India

Abstract ID# 202

Presenting Author: SUKHWANT SIDHU
Preferred Session: Access to Remedy and Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: This paper focuses on the unintended Social impacts of agricultural land acquisition in India. Compensatory justice should be holistic, should include all stakeholders and SIA should be an integral pa

Acceptance Status: approve
HIA case studies and transboundary health issues

Abstract ID# 204

Presenting Author: Filipe Silva | Coauthor(s): Susann Roth , Gene Peralta , Janis Shandro
Preferred Session: Without Health there is Nothing: Health Impact Achievements in Asia

Summary Statement: HIAs were undertaken on pilot projects from key infrastructure sectors to inform the institutional evidence base. Challenges, priorities and key issues are presented.

Acceptance Status: approve
Indigenous Knowledge of Ecosystem Services Builds

Abstract ID# 205

Presenting Author: Beth Toki
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment and baseline studies adapted to local contexts

Summary Statement: Participatory inclusion of indigenous knowledge provides robust assessment of climate change impacts to critical ecosystem services and fosters local custodianship of nature-based mitigation.

Acceptance Status: approve
The Challenges of Promoting SEA in Small Island St

Abstract ID# 206

Presenting Author: Barry Dalal-Clayton | Coauthor(s): Vanessa Fread , Rosalinda Yatilman
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: The first ever SEA undertaken in the Federated States of Micronesia aims to inform integrated land and sea planning and management. Its design addresses the challenges faced by remote Pacific islands.

Acceptance Status: approve
How impact assesors can and must be catalysts for

Abstract ID# 207

Presenting Author: peter croal
Preferred Session: Country experiences with evolution in the energy sector and IA requirements

Summary Statement: This presentation will show how and why impact assessment and its practitioners can and must play more of a change agent role in the energy sector, especially in emerging economies.

Acceptance Status: approve
Integrating Ecological Spatial Governance into Str

Abstract ID# 208

Presenting Author: Zhou Siyang | Coauthor(s): Li Wei
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: In order to integrate ecological spatial governance into SEA in China, the study probed a combination of ecosystem services value assessment and space simulation method to handle a need of enhancing e

Acceptance Status: approve
The hidden influence of governance in SEA: Organis

Abstract ID# 209

Presenting Author: Margarida Monteiro | Coauthor(s): Maria PartidÃ¡rio
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: This paper explores the importance of understanding the internal function of organisations, as their commitments towards SEA that may function as blockers or enablers of its use.

Acceptance Status: approve
Defining IA: Unfinished Conversations & Honouring

Abstract ID# 210

Presenting Author: Florence Paynter | Coauthor(s): Joelle Pastora Sala , Patricia Fitzpatrick
Preferred Session: Operating in emerging countries with high biological and cultural diversity

Summary Statement: A respected Elder, a lawyer and an academic, from different worldviews, discuss expectations of IA, including purpose, process and substance, to build a more respectful, meaningful assessment.

Acceptance Status: approve
Overcoming SEA challenges at Wood Buffalo National

Abstract ID# 211

Presenting Author: Katherine Cumming | Coauthor(s): Lisa White
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: Scoping and level of detail challenges for the Wood Buffalo National Park WHS SEA in, Canada included stakeholder input timing, multi-faceted OUV, and a large geographical region.

Acceptance Status: approve
Defining scope of SEAs: particularities in EU coop

Abstract ID# 212

Presenting Author: Juan Palerm | Coauthor(s): Bernard Crabbe
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: Examining the diverse factors and objectives that intervene in defining the scope of an SEA in the context of EU development cooperation.

Acceptance Status: approve
SDGs and IA in Japan -From talks in Kuching 2018-

Abstract ID# 213

Presenting Author: Sachihiko Harashina
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: UN-SDGs are goals towards sustainable society and EIA should be the tool for this. The challenges of EIA systems in Japan will be discussed towards creating a sustainable society.

Acceptance Status: approve
Move over Habermas: how deliberative can the law m

Abstract ID# 215

Presenting Author: John Sinclair
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: Provisions for public participation under the new IAA in Canada are considered to establish the extent to which these provide an appropriate foundation for the evolution of meaningful participation.

Acceptance Status: approve
Can SEA have a word in sustainability transitions?

Abstract ID# 217

Presenting Author: Maria Partidario | Coauthor(s): Margarida Monteiro
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: This paper suggests that strategic thinking SEA can be instrumental in creating enabling conditions for transition initiatives to drive transformative change.

Acceptance Status: approve
Challenges of moving to target-based mitigation

Abstract ID# 218

Presenting Author: Fabien QuÃ©tier
Preferred Session: Reconciling Compensation for Project Impacts with Conservation Goals

Summary Statement: Using examples from Africa, Europe and elsewhere, we discuss the challenge of embedding the mitigation hierarchy into conservation: protected areas, species action plans, etc.

Acceptance Status: approve
The endgame is on: options for oil producing count

Abstract ID# 220

Presenting Author: Svein Grotli Skogen
Preferred Session: Is the oil & gas industry able to adapt to the renewable energy revolution?

Summary Statement: Questions about an endgame for oil & gas is no more about if. Now it's all about when and how. We look at governmental options for those still having ambitions as producers.

Acceptance Status: approve
Good practices for the landscape integration in pr

Abstract ID# 221

Presenting Author: Manuel RamÃ³n GarcÃa SÃ¡nchez-Colomer
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: We have developed a handbook to support landscape assessment in impact evaluation and project design. Therefore we have grouped more than 600 recommendations for landscape integration in projects.

Acceptance Status: approve
Applying SIA in assessing contribution of cultural

Abstract ID# 223

Presenting Author: Eirini Gallou
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: Application of SIA methodology for assessing social impacts of heritage conservation projects -the potential to achieve truly people-centered approach to conservation

Acceptance Status: approve
Maturity Model for Enterprise-Scale Stakeholder En

Abstract ID# 224

Presenting Author: Louis Lieutenant
Preferred Session: Digital technologies for social impact assessment and resettlement planning

Summary Statement: Gain a deep understanding of their current maturity level of data management for stakeholder engagement and IA programs.

Acceptance Status: approve
How combining remote sensing with community valida

Abstract ID# 225

Presenting Author: Kylie Ashenbrenner | Coauthor(s): Karin Nunan , Doug Park
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment and baseline studies adapted to local contexts

Summary Statement: Guyanaâ€™s Coastal Baseline: A case study on how data collection using imagery-based analysis coupled with validation through community participation is revolutionizing the ESIA process

Acceptance Status: approve
Piloting SEA in Timor-Leste for rural development

Abstract ID# 226

Presenting Author: Paolo Toselli | Coauthor(s): Manuel Mendez , Augusto Pinto , Juan Palerm
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: First SEA in Timor-Leste, prepared for the rural development sector under EU cooperation. It informs the EU's future support strategy and provides policy-making elements to the Government.

Acceptance Status: approve
The role of environmental assessment (EA) in Irani

Abstract ID# 227

Presenting Author: Fatemeh Khosravi
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: In this paper, we reflect on the effectiveness of environmental assessment (EA for e.g. projects, policies, plans, and programmes) in Iranian water management.

Acceptance Status: approve
Where Indigenous Stewardship & Assessment Collide

Abstract ID# 228

Presenting Author: Kim Dertien-Loubert
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: Examining the collision of Indigenous stewardship, rights and Impact Assessment in the Alberta Oilsands of Canada through conflicting traditional plant harvesting protocols and reclamation approaches.

Acceptance Status: approve
Reducing the Environmental Footprint for PNG LNG

Abstract ID# 229

Presenting Author: Julie McDowell
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: Learn how the PNG LNG Project ensured effective collaboration between engineers, environmental and socio-economic practitioners and systematically applied the ESHIA principles at all levels of works.

Acceptance Status: approve
Research capacity and knowledge in IA

Abstract ID# 230

Presenting Author: Samantha Darling | Coauthor(s): Aynslie Ogden , Gordon Hickey
Preferred Session: Filling the Evolving IA Governance Gap: Regional vs Federal Authority

Summary Statement: Using primary research data, we show that the interactions between research, community, and governance capacities are central to realizing societal objectives related to incorporating knowledges into IA.

Acceptance Status: approve
â€¢ Social media: digital friend or foe?

Abstract ID# 231

Presenting Author: Tim Peirson-Smith
Preferred Session: Going digital - is this Evolution or Revolution?

Summary Statement: Tim will discuss the pros and cons of social media and whether it will assist in more or less meaningful public participation and engagement in decision making.

Acceptance Status: approve
Risk Assessment in EIS: better decision-making?

Abstract ID# 232

Presenting Author: Marilia Massote Caldeira Pereira | Coauthor(s): Assed Naked Haddad , Alvaro Souza Junior
Preferred Session: Country experiences with evolution in the energy sector and IA requirements

Summary Statement: Is the environmental risk assessment important during the EIA of the oil and gas industry? We compared some countries regulations looking for answers and a better framework to help decision-making.

Acceptance Status: approve
D ACCESS GOOD PRACTICE ON THE ONSHORE PIPELINE CON

Abstract ID# 233

Presenting Author: Jeremiah Liliura
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment and baseline studies adapted to local contexts

Summary Statement: A systematic joint approach to land access using Pre-construction Survey data and the mitigation hierarchy in project planning and schedule. A good practice on the PNG LNG Onshore Pipeline project.

Acceptance Status: approve
From an SIA to a resilience lens: implications for

Abstract ID# 235

Presenting Author: Helen Ross
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: Communities are proactive. SIA can learn from understandings of and practice in community resilience, but it is important not to assume community resilience can and should compensate for impacts.

Acceptance Status: approve
Does coal mining benefit local communities in the

Abstract ID# 236

Presenting Author: Jeremy De Valck
Preferred Session: Economic impact assessment

Summary Statement: Economic analysis, using a cost benefit framework, reveals the historical contribution of coal mining industry to regional Queensland (Australia) with the focus on the environmental disturbance.

Acceptance Status: approve
Social Context and accidental changes in EIA

Abstract ID# 237

Presenting Author: Shiu Fung Hung | Coauthor(s): Thomas Fischer
Preferred Session: Evolving public participation to address community context, complexity, and

Summary Statement: This paper uses Hong Kong as an example to argue that there are often unexpected changes in EIA practices that are driven by the dynamics of civil society.

Acceptance Status: approve
Exploring the need to shakeup biodiversity offset

Abstract ID# 238

Presenting Author: Guy Williams
Preferred Session: Exploring the need to shakeup biodiversity offset theory and application

Summary Statement: Putting biodiversity offset theories to the test to develop more practical and sustainable solutions. (Guy M. Williams. Senior Principal Consultant. The Biodiversity Consultancy, United Kingdom.)

Acceptance Status: approve
PEIA Methods Study of Industrial Projects in China

Abstract ID# 239

Presenting Author: Hui Sun | Coauthor(s): Dongfeng Zhao , Weichao Duan , Shi Li , Zhenyu Ouyang & Qiuyang Fang

Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: Taking the modern coal chemical project with Chinese characteristics as a case, studying the technical methods of post-environmental impact assessment of industrial pollution projects.

Acceptance Status: approve
An Optimisation model for ecosystem services: A Ho

Abstract ID# 240

Presenting Author: Swee Kuik
Preferred Session: Economic impact assessment

Summary Statement: Using a multi-objective optimisation, the economic costs and benefits of coal mining in Queensland (Australia) are assessed for different development goals.

Acceptance Status: approve
Increasing Accuracy of Species Distribution Model

Abstract ID# 241

Presenting Author: Hye In Chung
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: Suggesting a new methodology for increasing accuracy of species distribution model, focusing on both presence/absence accuracy.

Acceptance Status: approve
Biodiversity data sharing: the good, the bad, and

Abstract ID# 242

Presenting Author: Guy Williams
Preferred Session: So much data so little leveraging: How best to collect visualize, and share

Summary Statement: Review of the challenges, limitations and possible solutions to making private sector biodiversity data openly available. (Guy Williams, Senior Principal Consultant, The Biodiversity Consultancy, UK

Acceptance Status: approve
Post-Construction Review â€“ Lessons Learned from

Abstract ID# 243

Presenting Author: Chris Sunderland
Preferred Session: SIA: How Early is Too Early?

Summary Statement: Lessons learned from the CSG to LNG industry highlight the value of earlier assessment and investment when examined against social impacts and missed opportunities in LNG developments globally.

Acceptance Status: approve
Exploring the need to shakeup biodiversity offset

Abstract ID# 245

Presenting Author: Lucie N'Guessan
Preferred Session: Exploring the need to shakeup biodiversity offset theory and application

Summary Statement: Exploring the need to shakeup biodiversity offset theory and application

Acceptance Status: approve
Overcoming waste management challenges in PNG

Abstract ID# 246

Presenting Author: Colman Otmar
Preferred Session: Improving environmental and social performance on construction projects

Summary Statement: Overcoming waste management challenges in a mega project in a developing country. Sharing the PNG LNG experience.

Acceptance Status: approve
Impacts from a 7.5 Magnitude Earthquake in PNG

Abstract ID# 247

Presenting Author: Kalyna Taule
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: A description of lessons learned from the safety, environmental, and community impacts of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake that hit PNG will be presented in the context the PNG LNG project.

Acceptance Status: approve
Health Impact Assessment for Indigenous People

Abstract ID# 248

Presenting Author: Janis Shandro | Coauthor(s): James Witzke
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: This presentation highlights a new guideline developed for conducting health impact assessment for Indigenous People in Canada.

Acceptance Status: approve
Strengthening Impact Assessment in Vanuatu

Abstract ID# 249

Presenting Author: Naomay Tor
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: This presentation will focus on processes of Impact Assessments in Vanuatu and the challenges that the country through the Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation is currently facing.

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental IA for Offshore Oil and Gas Projects

Abstract ID# 250

Presenting Author: Mizuki Kitagawa | Coauthor(s): Shigeru Nakajima , Masaru Nasu
Preferred Session: Country experiences with evolution in the energy sector and IA requirements

Summary Statement: The research revealed general features of EIA for offshore oil and gas projects around the world and suggested what EIA should be like in this industry.

Acceptance Status: approve
Social planning for mine closure: whose responsibi

Abstract ID# 251

Presenting Author: Pallavi Mandke | Coauthor(s): Jillian Ash , Lauren Harding
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment and the Social and Cultural Effects of Mine Closure

Summary Statement: SIA as a tool to understand and unlock roles and responsibilities of various stakeholders in managing mine closure impacts and working towards a sustainable and positive legacy.

Acceptance Status: approve
Building environmental performanceâ€”construction

Abstract ID# 252

Presenting Author: Bill Haylock
Preferred Session: Improving environmental and social performance on construction projects

Summary Statement: Environmental training needs cut-through. It needs to be impressed upon workers who are at risk of polluting the environment, or damaging heritage. This presentation uncovers tools to get cut-through.

Acceptance Status: approve
Beyond bilateral agreements in Australian IA

Abstract ID# 254

Presenting Author: Erin Pears
Preferred Session: Filling the Evolving IA Governance Gap: Regional vs Federal Authority

Summary Statement: Australia has an effective system for coordinated, multi-jurisdictional IA for most projects, but when this doesnâ€™t apply the system is fraught with duplication and complexity. There is a better way.

Acceptance Status: approve
Digital in-field social data capture and mapping i

Abstract ID# 255

Presenting Author: Chapal Choudhury | Coauthor(s): Grant Young
Preferred Session: Digital technologies for social impact assessment and resettlement planning

Summary Statement: An innovative approach and mobile GIS/GPS technology helped to rapidly and electronically collect a large volume of accurately mapped landuse, asset and socioeconomic data by locals in remote PNG.

Acceptance Status: approve
Chinaâ€™s EIA at the Crossroads â€“ What Next?

Abstract ID# 257

Presenting Author: Kin Che Lam
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: Confronted with environmental issues of new scale and nature, the Chines EIA system has to undergo paradigmatic changes in approach and orientation making use of the market and public engagement.

Acceptance Status: approve
â€œFresh Fish with F.P.I.C.â€ Scalable consultati

Abstract ID# 258

Presenting Author: Alex Blood
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: Case-study comparison of consultation for complex Port and infrastructure projecs in two Pacific nations, including similarities, challenges and technical FPIC foundations behind the approaches.

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental impacts from a solid waste manageme

Abstract ID# 259

Presenting Author: Linh H. Tran | Coauthor(s): Takehiko Murayama , Shigeo Nishikizawa
Preferred Session: Addressing health and social equity through impact assessment

Summary Statement: A survey questionnaire was conducted by face-to-face interviews with local residents living in the affected areas. This survey finds the odor issues causes negative impacts on local communities.

Acceptance Status: approve
Cultural heritage IA and mining: Rio Tinto

Abstract ID# 260

Presenting Author: Elizabeth Bradshaw
Preferred Session: Establishing guidance for heritage and impact assessments

Summary Statement: This presentation overviews Rio Tintoâ€™s community-engaged cultural heritage management standards for its mining developments and presents a range of project case studies.

Acceptance Status: approve
Ensuring successful tree planting along bituminous

Abstract ID# 261

Presenting Author: Lukwago Wilber | Coauthor(s): Monicah Seruma , Kamanda Patrick , Kasozi Arthur
Preferred Session: Improving environmental and social performance on construction projects

Summary Statement: Nurturing seedlings to attain a reasonable height and girth aids to plant relatively mature trees that can withstand environmental and socio-economic extremities along bituminous roads hence improved

Acceptance Status: approve
Net or Hookï¼š How Can IA Expand its Influence Ov

Abstract ID# 262

Presenting Author: Tianhe Jiang
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment is a blunt tool for biodiversity: yes or no?

Summary Statement: The traditional IA like a modular â€œnetâ€ develops with projects at a marked distance from policymaking. For expanding influences, a more targeted â€œhookâ€ type IA should be simultaneously.

Acceptance Status: approve
Multiple value systems applied to cultural heritag

Abstract ID# 264

Presenting Author: Julia HAGORIA
Preferred Session: Practical Realities of Implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy

Summary Statement: Cultural Heritage management can be a challenge in an area known for its cultural and linguistic diversity. Lessons learnt from PNG LNG project will be shared in this paper.

Acceptance Status: approve
A New Reality for industrial facilities in China

Abstract ID# 265

Presenting Author: Yinghua Hu
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: This paper aims to share the insights of the changes in the permit procedure and implication on private sector in relation to sustainable investment in China.

Acceptance Status: approve
IA the Western Australian way

Abstract ID# 266

Presenting Author: Megan Jones
Preferred Session: Impact assessment the Australian way(s)

Summary Statement: This presentation will provide a synopsis of the current practices of the Western Australian IA system

Acceptance Status: approve
Community engaged heritage management: Rio Tinto

Abstract ID# 267

Presenting Author: Elizabeth Bradshaw
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: The paper overviews Rio Tintoâ€™s community-engaged approach to cultural heritage management and community agreements for its mining developments and presents a range of project case studies.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolution through Revolutionary Tools & Approaches

Abstract ID# 268

Presenting Author: Claire Penny
Preferred Session: Breaking News: Evolution in the IA Practice

Summary Statement: Claire Penny Earth Active ESG Advisors London, UK

Acceptance Status: approve
Social risks of investment environment in India pr

Abstract ID# 269

Presenting Author: Wu Rong
Preferred Session: Evolution of IA in BRICS countries

Summary Statement: It is pointed out that the Chinese enterprises should follow the footsteps of "The Belt and Road" strategic , and establish the enterprise overall risk of social values and regional special social ris

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental acceptance of construction projects

Abstract ID# 270

Presenting Author: PENG ZHOU
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: analyze and summarize the challenges encountered in the situation that investigation of environmental acceptance of construction projects was charged by enterprises themselves but no longer goverment

Acceptance Status: approve
A study on long-term liability and environmental i

Abstract ID# 271

Presenting Author: Eiji Komatsu | Coauthor(s): Kenichiro Yanagi , Akihiro Nakamura
Preferred Session: Country experiences with evolution in the energy sector and IA requirements

Summary Statement: CCS is expected to become large-scale GHG reduction technology. This paper addresses appropriate long-term management and legal framework and role of EIA to realize the long-term liability for CCS.

Acceptance Status: approve
Stakeholder engagement in IA â€“ time for a revolu

Abstract ID# 272

Presenting Author: Lachlan Wilkinson
Preferred Session: Early Planning in Impact Assessment in Canada and Other Countries

Summary Statement: Engaging stakeholders during the regulatory IA process is too late â€“ it needs to happen during early project planning and focus on the environmental/social outcomes that a project should achieve.

Acceptance Status: approve
Where are the residents? How to carry out particip

Abstract ID# 274

Presenting Author: Lea Den Broeder
Preferred Session: Addressing health and social equity through impact assessment

Summary Statement: In a newly built area we experiment multi-method participation approaches, engaging proxy groups and temporary users reflecting the cityâ€™s superdiversity

Acceptance Status: approve
Improving PNGâ€™s Regulatory Requirements for LNG

Abstract ID# 275

Presenting Author: Nicole Yasi
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: PNG LNG project helping CEPA make adjustments to permit requirements that are world and industry standards.

Acceptance Status: approve
Using protocols to strengthen biodiversity special

Abstract ID# 276

Presenting Author: Abigail Bahindwa
Preferred Session: From Cannabis to the New Space Race: Evolving and Emerging IA Challenges

Summary Statement: SANBI is supporting DEA in developing biodiversity protocols which aim to ensure a consistent method is applied in assessing impacts in biodiversity sensitive areas.

Acceptance Status: approve
Cultural impact assessment in New Zealand

Abstract ID# 277

Presenting Author: Dyanna Jolly
Preferred Session: IA in New Zealand: lessons and strategies to enhance practice

Summary Statement: Dyanna Jolly (PhD Candidate, University of Otago) is a cultural impact assessment practitioner, and is interested in how the Treaty of Waitangi shapes impact assessment in New Zealand.

Acceptance Status: approve
Public participation and digital Impact Assessment

Abstract ID# 278

Presenting Author: Bart Barten
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: Advantages and dilemma's of e-participation and digital IA for roadinfrastructure projects in the Netherlands.

Acceptance Status: approve
Stakeholders' attitudes and consultation for CCS

Abstract ID# 280

Presenting Author: Takehiko Murayama | Coauthor(s): Atsushi Nagaoka , Shigeo Nishikizawa
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: Carbon Capture and Storage facilities is as one of effective devices to mitigate the impacts of carbon dioxides. This paper would cover attitudes of stakeholders and local residents in Hokkaido, as we

Acceptance Status: approve
So what is Next? - Health Mitigation Plan Implemen

Abstract ID# 281

Presenting Author: Yina Xiao | Coauthor(s): Filippo Uberti , Erasmo Macera , Raphael Mwatembo
Preferred Session: Health Assessment and Needs

Summary Statement: eni conducted an internal review to appraise health impact assessments mitigation plan implementation in diverse country & project to identify possible factors affecting the mitigation implementation.

Acceptance Status: approve
Compliance and Enforcement of EIA in Hong Kong

Abstract ID# 282

Presenting Author: Yee On Dorathy Choi | Coauthor(s): Kam Wa, Clara U , Mei Ho, Mable Chan
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: Environmental Permit contains conditions to capture commitments from EIA process. Practice of EP enforcement and continuous evaluation of project environmental performance are reviewed and discussed.

Acceptance Status: approve
Identification of Worldview Bias in the Setting of

Abstract ID# 284

Presenting Author: Dr Robyn Manuel Dr KÄ“pa Morgan
Preferred Session: Orokohanga 2019: Operationalising the Aashukan Declaration

Summary Statement: Dr Robyn Manuel (Te Rarawa, NgÄti Kahu) Mahi Maioro Ltd Identification of Worldview Bias in the Setting of Speed Limits

Acceptance Status: approve
Session Introduction and Closing Comments

Abstract ID# 285

Presenting Author: Dr KÄ“pa Morgan
Preferred Session: Orokohanga 2019: Operationalising the Aashukan Declaration

Summary Statement: NgÄti MÄkino have adopted mauri impact reporting alongside financial performance. Less than two years into this return to historic ways of knowing indigenous practitioners share their insights.

Acceptance Status: approve
Social aspects of small deposit mining in Bosnia

Abstract ID# 286

Presenting Author: Olga Sidorenko | Coauthor(s): Rauno Sairinen
Preferred Session: The Cumulative Dimensions of Resource Regions

Summary Statement: The paper explores how the cumulative impacts can be addressed in small deposit mining in Balkans.

Acceptance Status: approve
Being agile: evolving IA in a changing world

Abstract ID# 287

Presenting Author: Anthony Sutton | Coauthor(s): Angus Morrison-Saunders
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: Recent Western Australian innovations in evolving environmental impact assessment procedures and practice for increasing agility in a rapidly changing world are showcased in this paper.

Acceptance Status: approve
The Nordic Sami and the legal framework for impact

Abstract ID# 288

Presenting Author: Christina Allard
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: A comparative review of Swedish and Norwegian laws on impact assessments, focussing on the participation of affected Sami groups and Sami parliaments in natural resource exploitations

Acceptance Status: approve
THE LIFE OF PROJECT (LOP) APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTA

Abstract ID# 289

Presenting Author: Henry Aryeetey
Preferred Session: Using case studies in teaching Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: The â€˜Life of Projectâ€™ training approach focuses on environmental compliance and ESDM across the project lifecycle. USAID West Africa increased staff and IPs knowledge from 2.9 to 4.10 on a 1-5 scale.

Acceptance Status: approve
Progression of EIA guidelines in the Philippines t

Abstract ID# 290

Presenting Author: Celeste Frayna
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: New EIA guidelines were recently imposed in the Philippines which aim to incorporate best practice principles and standardize procedures of public participation in all stages of the EIA process.

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact avoidance in hydropower projects

Abstract ID# 291

Presenting Author: Leah BECHE | Coauthor(s): Fabien NATHAN
Preferred Session: Contribution of IA to sustainable hydropower development

Summary Statement: We propose innovative methods for hydropower impact avoidance in early project stages and examples of their application in design choice and modification.

Acceptance Status: approve
Turbine shutdown on demand: a key mitigation measu

Abstract ID# 293

Presenting Author: Ricardo TomÃ© | Coauthor(s): Alexandre LeitÃ£o , Nadine Pires , Nuno Vieira , Filipe CanÃ¡rio
Preferred Session: Solutions for conflicts between wind energy technologies and birds

Summary Statement: Radar Assisted Shutdown on Demand of turbines has been applied very successfully in wind farms in migratory flyways for soaring birds rendering very low mortality and negligible production losses.

Acceptance Status: approve
Integration of conservation planning and the mitig

Abstract ID# 295

Presenting Author: Hedley Grantham
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: Importance of biodiversity assessment and planning process for designing mitigation systems

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact assessment in a diverse and protected area

Abstract ID# 297

Presenting Author: Jan-Albert Wessels | Coauthor(s): Anneli Anneli
Preferred Session: Operating in emerging countries with high biological and cultural diversity

Summary Statement: Vital learning about conducting meaningful impact assessments in a diverse and protected area can be made by administering unique EIA follow-up methods.

Acceptance Status: approve
Beyond the mine: possibilities of a ten year plan

Abstract ID# 298

Presenting Author: Christine Crispin | Coauthor(s): Richard Boele , Edwina Loxton , Shellee Murphy-Oates
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment and the Social and Cultural Effects of Mine Closure

Summary Statement: A reflection on the collaborative development of the The Granites-Kurra Ten Year Plan for the Newmont Tanami gold mine and how we can improve social outcomes from mine closure.

Acceptance Status: approve
Past, present and future social impacts at Ranger

Abstract ID# 299

Presenting Author: Christine Crispin | Coauthor(s): Richard Boele
Preferred Session: Indigenous and rural peoples' rights in cumulative effects assessment

Summary Statement: A reflection on SIA over four decades at the Ranger uranium mine and the important early work of two (revolutionary?) Australian scholars, Richard Howitt and Helen Ross.

Acceptance Status: approve
Influence of inter basin water transfer project on

Abstract ID# 300

Presenting Author: JUNZHUO XU
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: Based on a questionnaire survey and field interviews, this paper discusses the impact of land acquisition for large-scale water conservancy projects on the old-age care of affected people.

Acceptance Status: approve
Towards Ethical Commerce -the first penguin of RE1

Abstract ID# 302

Presenting Author: Sachihiko Harashina
Preferred Session: Social Indicators for Ethical Commerce and Society on SDGs

Summary Statement: The SDGs 12 is closely related to commerce and industries, and energy issue is essential. As the first penguin, RE100 University is appearing towards sustainable energy society Japan.

Acceptance Status: approve
Applications for Impact Assessment and Inclusion

Abstract ID# 303

Presenting Author: SASWATI GHOSH BELLIAPPA
Preferred Session: Digital technologies for social impact assessment and resettlement planning

Summary Statement: ICT approaches in customer database creation and impact assessment in an ADB assisted project in 64 towns in Madhya Pradesh, India: benefits, hurdles and lessons

Acceptance Status: approve
Social Indicators on USR Activities for Achieving

Abstract ID# 306

Presenting Author: Takako Hashimoto | Coauthor(s): Noriko Saito
Preferred Session: Social Indicators for Ethical Commerce and Society on SDGs

Summary Statement: To identify KPI (Key Performance Indicators) on SDGs, we are trying to develop social indicators. In this presentation, we introduce the research progress as unique indicators to assess and improve USR.

Acceptance Status: approve
Sami strategies: to collaborate or to protest?

Abstract ID# 307

Presenting Author: Kaisa Raitio | Coauthor(s): Rebecca Lawrence
Preferred Session: Evolving public participation to address community context, complexity, and

Summary Statement: Analysis of the diverse ways indigenous SÃ¡mi communities have engaged in collaboration and/or protest to respond to increasing exploitation pressure on their traditional lands.

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental assessment for long-term infrastruct

Abstract ID# 310

Presenting Author: Gosewien van Eck
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: Ageing infrastructure is a challenge from an engineering perspective but also as a driver for sustainable re-development. How is environmental assessment included in this approach?

Acceptance Status: approve
Corporate Policy and Initiatives on SDGs

Abstract ID# 312

Presenting Author: Koichi Ito | Coauthor(s): Shigeo Uchida
Preferred Session: Social Indicators for Ethical Commerce and Society on SDGs

Summary Statement: In this presentation, corporate policies and initiatives on SDGs will be shown to discuss how ethical commerce in industries should be achieved.

Acceptance Status: approve
Laws addressing cumulative effects: a broader view

Abstract ID# 313

Presenting Author: Rebecca Nelson
Preferred Session: The Cumulative Dimensions of Resource Regions

Summary Statement: Legal responses to cumulative environmental effects (CEEs) are often thought inadequate. Analysing both EIA and natural resources laws builds a framework of broader legal approaches to addressing CEEs

Acceptance Status: approve
Shaking Up Biodiversity Offsets

Abstract ID# 316

Presenting Author: Virginia (Ginny) King
Preferred Session: Exploring the need to shakeup biodiversity offset theory and application

Summary Statement: Beginning by looking at the natural capital and the ecosystem services that support the biodiversity is the beginning to considering appropriate offsets.

Acceptance Status: approve
Repeated surveys to measure health equality and eq

Abstract ID# 317

Presenting Author: Astrid Knoblauch
Preferred Session: Addressing health and social equity through impact assessment

Summary Statement: Repeated health surveys help to reveal inequalities and inequities between host and migrant communities and provide a platform to promote equality and equity.

Acceptance Status: approve
EA Follow-up in Sweden â€“ a contradicting practic

Abstract ID# 318

Presenting Author: Charlotta Faith-Ell
Preferred Session: Why Follow-up? Managing the Social Impacts of Transport in Urban Cities

Summary Statement: Monitoring and evaluation of the impacts of a project or plan are kore elements of Environmental Assessment. The Swedish case shows a very contradictory practice when it comes to EA follow-up.

Acceptance Status: approve
Teaching SIA for future practitioners on social an

Abstract ID# 319

Presenting Author: EIRINI GALLOU
Preferred Session: Using case studies in teaching Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: Challenges in co-developing a methodology for Social impact assessment (SIA) between university and community organizations in Londonâ€™s urban planning scene

Acceptance Status: approve
Public Participation in Hong Kong's EIA: 20 years

Abstract ID# 320

Presenting Author: Cho Nam Ng
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: This paper reports an overview of the public participation process in the EIA system in Hong Kong and discusses its effectiveness, deficiencies and major challenges for improving it.

Acceptance Status: approve
PNG Terrestrial biodiversity data informs the EIA

Abstract ID# 321

Presenting Author: Kyle Armstrong | Coauthor(s): Stephen Richards , Iain Woxvold , Enock Kale , Ken Aplin
Preferred Session: So much data so little leveraging: How best to collect visualize, and share

Summary Statement: In PNG, new electronics-based and genetic terrestrial biodiversity survey tools, and semi-automated analysis, is leading to more refined knowledge in environmental impact assessment and monitoring.

Acceptance Status: approve
Enhancing capacity and particiation for effective

Abstract ID# 322

Presenting Author: Nora Gotzmann
Preferred Session: Access to Remedy and Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: The contribution to the panel will focus on practical steps and practices for enhancing capacity and participation of companies and communities for effectve integration of human rights into ERM.

Acceptance Status: approve
Towards the establishment of the HIA Network Asia

Abstract ID# 323

Presenting Author: Helen Brown | Coauthor(s): Gene Peralta , Susann Roth
Preferred Session: Without Health there is Nothing: Health Impact Achievements in Asia

Summary Statement: The HIA Network Asia Pacific aims to enhance health and equity outcomes from development in Asia and the Pacific and is an integral part of HIA capacity building

Acceptance Status: approve
The Potential of Peace & Conflict Impact Assessmen

Abstract ID# 324

Presenting Author: Catherine Searle
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: Development projects in regions affected by conflict have an extra layer of risk. The emerging field of Peace & Conflict Impact Assessment offers new tools and opportunities for peacebuilding.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolving the Utility and Potential of Social Media

Abstract ID# 325

Presenting Author: Yetta Gurtner
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: Exploring lessons from other disciplinary areas to appreciate how social media may be better utilised to facilitate open communication and public participation in the Social Impact Assessment process.

Acceptance Status: approve
Challenges of teaching SIA in a University Setting

Abstract ID# 326

Presenting Author: Jeffrey Jacquet
Preferred Session: Developing Social Impact Assessment Practitioners: Challenges and Opportuni

Summary Statement: This presentation outlines the mis-match between the university and teachign SIA skills, as well as recommendations to design effective SIA curriculum offerings at the university level.

Acceptance Status: approve
A procedural revolution

Abstract ID# 327

Presenting Author: Claire Gronow
Preferred Session: Charles or Che? Choose your champion for the future of impact assessment!

Summary Statement: For EIA to reduce the environmental impacts of development proposals, proponents need to be held accountable for their planning and design decisions. Current procedure fails to do this and a revolution is needed.

Acceptance Status: approve
Now survivors of nuclear power plant accidents in

Abstract ID# 328

Presenting Author: Fuminori Tamba
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: There are still many victims by TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in 2011. Many affected people are unstable in their living, employment, health, and community life. Report on the c

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact Assessment, Biodiversity and the Tragedy of

Abstract ID# 330

Presenting Author: Sally Johnson
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment is a blunt tool for biodiversity: yes or no?

Summary Statement: How useful is ESIA for ensuring no net loss of biodiversity? This paper argues it is ill-suited to addressing adverse impacts on common property resources like biodiversity and suggests alternatives

Acceptance Status: approve
Enhance the efficiency of EIA by guideline revisio

Abstract ID# 332

Presenting Author: QIAN ZHANG
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: The revision of current guideline is an important channel to enhance the efficiency of EIA. Establishing scientific and efficient assessment methods and indicators is the most challenging part.

Acceptance Status: approve
IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR VERNACULAR ARCHITECTURE

Abstract ID# 333

Presenting Author: Obafemi A.P Olukoya
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: This paper suggest a conceptual framework for the assessment of climate change impact on built vernacular heritage

Acceptance Status: approve
Rick Gillan

Abstract ID# 334

Presenting Author: Rick Gillan
Preferred Session: Breaking News: Evolution in the IA Practice

Summary Statement: Name: Rick Gillan Organization: Joule Tree LLC Country: USA Position Statement: Maintain our quality of life: harvest non-renewable natural capital resources while enhancing renewable natural capital

Acceptance Status: approve
Biodiversity Vulnerability under Climate Change

Abstract ID# 336

Presenting Author: Changwan Seo | Coauthor(s): Ja young Jeon , Manseok Shin , Pradeep Adhikari , Hyun Woo Kim
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: Climate change vulnerability assessment on biodiversity provides essential information for conserving ecosystems such as existing protected areas and future ones as refugia under climate change.

Acceptance Status: approve
Serving multiple regimes â€“ refection on the gaps

Abstract ID# 337

Presenting Author: Andrew Sembel | Coauthor(s): Lucy Mitchell
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: This presentation will discuss and share experiences in Indonesia on the gaps and synergies between impact assessments for national regulations and international lender requirements.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolution: Consultation, Collaboration and Consent

Abstract ID# 338

Presenting Author: Fern Stockman | Coauthor(s): Scott Bailey
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: The building of a new EA process that implements UNDRIP and supports free, prior and informed consent. How EAs in BC have evolved to embrace this opportunity.

Acceptance Status: approve
Outreach and investigation under the ESF

Abstract ID# 339

Presenting Author: Warren Mayes
Preferred Session: Access to Remedy and Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: Explores case practice engagement with affected stakeholders, third-parties and implementing agencies in screening, scoping and defining the viability of World Bank-financed public-sector operations.

Acceptance Status: approve
EIA a Sustainable Development Tool in the Pacific

Abstract ID# 341

Presenting Author: Jope Davetanivalu | Coauthor(s): Gregory Barbara
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: This presentation will discuss the use of the EIA process in the Pacific, drawing upon case studies and best practice across the region.

Acceptance Status: approve
The role of SPREP in supporting EIA in the Pacific

Abstract ID# 342

Presenting Author: Gregory Barbara | Coauthor(s): Easter Galuvao , Jope Davetanivalu
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: SPREP continues to provide EIA support in the Pacific so why are some of the same issues identified in the late 1980s still occurring? Itâ€™s because things keep changing.

Acceptance Status: approve
Integrating the net gain goal in the EIA process

Abstract ID# 343

Presenting Author: Mihai Coroi | Coauthor(s): Alan Kirby
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: This paper discusses why and how no net loss and net gain goals should be integrated early in the EIA process. Example of biodiversity net gain approach on large infrastructure project in the UK.

Acceptance Status: approve
Heritage impact assessments: Learnings from buria

Abstract ID# 344

Presenting Author: Desiree Sehlapelo Ibouanga
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: Burial sites considerations when heritage impact assessment are conducted.

Acceptance Status: approve
Strengthening EIA in the Pacific

Abstract ID# 347

Presenting Author: Easter Galuvao | Coauthor(s): Gregory Barbara , Jope Davetanivalu
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: SPREP has recently revised the guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment in the Pacific, these guidelines reflect the needs of Pacific Islands as well as providing practical tools for better EIAs

Acceptance Status: approve
One Territory, Four Scenarios, 10 lessons learned

Abstract ID# 348

Presenting Author: Brian Craik | Coauthor(s): Aurora Hernandez
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment and the Social and Cultural Effects of Mine Closure

Summary Statement: The experience of the Cree Nation in mine closure can be summarized in a variety of ways. The scenarios will be described and evaluated. They will include the evolution of Cree participation in mini

Acceptance Status: approve
The importance of EIA and Oceans Management

Abstract ID# 349

Presenting Author: Kosi Latu | Coauthor(s): Jope Davetanivalu , Easter Galuvao
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: Pacific Islanders depend on the health of Island and Ocean Ecosystems for their sustenance and livelihoods, therefore sustainable development through EIA is essential in the Pacific.

Acceptance Status: approve
Using collaborative problem solving as an impact a

Abstract ID# 350

Presenting Author: Gina Barbieri
Preferred Session: Access to Remedy and Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: Joint Fact Finding is a practical tool that impact assessors can use to proactively avoid conflicts about project impacts. It also helps to place communities at the center of the development agenda

Acceptance Status: approve
HIA capacity building initiative in Brazil

Abstract ID# 351

Presenting Author: Mirko Winkler
Preferred Session: Capacity building for HIA and for health in IA.

Summary Statement: To support the promotion of HIA of large capital projects in Brazil, a 3-year HIA capacity building initiative was implemented, involving many institutions and sectors from all over the country.

Acceptance Status: approve
Beyond Zero: Social Cost of Carbon in Impact Asses

Abstract ID# 352

Presenting Author: David V. Wright
Preferred Session: Economic impact assessment

Summary Statement: This paper/presentation explores potential roles of the Social Cost of Carbon in impact assessment, offering insights into key constraints, considerations and potential next steps.

Acceptance Status: approve
Biodiversity offsets in practice

Abstract ID# 353

Presenting Author: Alan Key
Preferred Session: Seeing the forest for the trees - are offsets the panaceia?

Summary Statement: A discussion of biodiversity offsets in practice: identifying, securing, managing, measuring and acquitting offsets on the ground; how to ensure a successful offset project meets the expectations of i

Acceptance Status: approve
Key influences shaping Asia-Pacific ESIA practice

Abstract ID# 355

Presenting Author: Emma Waterhouse
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: Regulatory frameworks and ESIA practice have evolved differently in Asia-Pacific developing countries, often linked to rapid expansion of extractive industries and international investment.

Acceptance Status: approve
An EsIA revolution is needed to address compliance

Abstract ID# 356

Presenting Author: Cheryl Wasserman
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: A Revolution is needed in EsIA roles and responsibilities, administrative and legal authorities and procedures to achieve results through compliance and enforcement of requirements and commitments.

Acceptance Status: approve
A method that can revolutionise impact assessment

Abstract ID# 357

Presenting Author: Barton Napier
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: Tools and guidelines on impact assessment methods are often improperly applied resulting in inadequate assessment and undesirable outcomes. An alternative method overcomes this challenge.

Acceptance Status: approve
Differentiating social risk and impact in mining

Abstract ID# 358

Presenting Author: Sandy Worden
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: Many project teams are challenged by the social dimensions of mining. To improve the way social risk is assessed by these teams, its relationship with SIA must be clearly understood .

Acceptance Status: approve
HIA for Economic Zones in the Greater Mekong Subre

Abstract ID# 359

Presenting Author: Janis Shandro | Coauthor(s): Gene Peralta , Susann Roth
Preferred Session: Without Health there is Nothing: Health Impact Achievements in Asia

Summary Statement: There are over 500 industrial zones across the Greater Mekong Subregion. This HIA framework has been developed to identify, mitigate, and manage health risks and impacts associated with unprecedented

Acceptance Status: approve
Chairperson's introduction

Abstract ID# 361

Presenting Author: Jo Treweek
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment is a blunt tool for biodiversity: yes or no?

Summary Statement: Biodiversity is now a core topic in impact assessment, but have outcomes for biodiversity actually changed? We will debate the motion that impact assessment is a blunt tool.

Acceptance Status: approve
How would indigenous knowledge change IA?

Abstract ID# 362

Presenting Author: Angeles Mendoza Sammet
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: The way in which people from different indigenous groups define poverty, development and rights questions how impact assessment can integrate western and indigenous views and needs.

Acceptance Status: approve
Indigenous-Led Impact Assessment: Canadaâ€™s New R

Abstract ID# 363

Presenting Author: David Wright
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: This paper examines the new, significantly expanded authority for integrating Indigenous rights and knowledge into impact assessments in Canada, including through assessments led by Indigenous groups.

Acceptance Status: approve
Seeing it through national content, good practice

Abstract ID# 364

Presenting Author: Anita Mosby
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: Sharing good practices based on experiences from the construction and operation of the PNG LNG in a country with a challenging terrain and more than 800 languages and cultures.

Acceptance Status: approve
Social Procurement: ticking the box

Abstract ID# 365

Presenting Author: Esther Diffey | Coauthor(s): Ellen Buswell
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: To advance good practice in social procurement do we need to redefine what success looks like and how we measure social value outcomes?

Acceptance Status: approve
The steady evolution of ESIA for extractive projec

Abstract ID# 366

Presenting Author: Daniel Moriarty | Coauthor(s): Gunther Joku , Lemas Pangum
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: PNG has taken a pragmatic approach to ESIA that focuses on â€˜realâ€™ environmental and social issues. It is important to maintain this focus and avoid distraction by â€˜second orderâ€™ issues.

Acceptance Status: approve
EIA under pressure â€“ deregulation efforts in Aus

Abstract ID# 367

Presenting Author: Gernot Stoeglehner
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: EIA in Austria is under pressure of deregulation. This article discusses strategies to increase EIA quality and raise its legitimation from perspectives of planning theory and different stakeholders.

Acceptance Status: approve
Exploring the need to shakeup biodiversity offset

Abstract ID# 368

Presenting Author: Jane Mogina
Preferred Session: Exploring the need to shakeup biodiversity offset theory and application

Summary Statement: Exploring the need to shakeup biodiversity offset theory and application

Acceptance Status: approve
Future Proofing Transport: The Collaborative Appro

Abstract ID# 370

Presenting Author: Vicki Brady
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: A collaborative approach to sustainable design for linear infrastructure is critical to effective environmental outcomes. This paper will explore how relationships lead the way to project success.

Acceptance Status: approve
Foreign direct investment law and the protection o

Abstract ID# 371

Presenting Author: Valeriane Thool
Preferred Session: Economic impact assessment

Summary Statement: Foreign direct investment law and the protection of marine biodiversity : how to use impact assessment methodology?

Acceptance Status: approve
Resettlement and livelihood restoration for PNGLNG

Abstract ID# 374

Presenting Author: Sharryl Ivahupa
Preferred Session: Practical Realities of Implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy

Summary Statement: Lessons learned during resettlement for the PNG LNG project and changes made to improve the process will be shared.

Acceptance Status: approve
Asian Development Bank - the Business Case for HIA

Abstract ID# 375

Presenting Author: Emma Marsden | Coauthor(s): Susann Roth , Bruce Dunn , Michiko Suga
Preferred Session: Without Health there is Nothing: Health Impact Achievements in Asia

Summary Statement: ADB strengthened health impact assessment (HIA) over the last 3 years, developing capacity in members countries, supporting policy and guideline development and undertaking HIA demonstration projects

Acceptance Status: approve
Safeguard Performance in the Pacific Islands

Abstract ID# 377

Presenting Author: Peter Leonard | Coauthor(s): Juan Quintero , Aradhna Mathur
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: This presentation discusses the challenges for implementing safeguards in the Pacific island countries.

Acceptance Status: approve
HEART-WEAR FOR RE100 UNIV. AND SUSTAINABLE ACTION

Abstract ID# 378

Presenting Author: Takuya Sugimoto | Coauthor(s): Junji Ebato
Preferred Session: Social Indicators for Ethical Commerce and Society on SDGs

Summary Statement: This presentation would be clarified recipes for developing heart-wear and sustainable actions sprinkled with Chiba University of Commerce and SONE (Student Organization for Natural Energy) actions.

Acceptance Status: approve
Back to the future: Avoiding social impacts before

Abstract ID# 379

Presenting Author: Sefton Darby | Coauthor(s): Edwina Loxton , Richard Boele
Preferred Session: SIA: How Early is Too Early?

Summary Statement: Australian mining case studies highlight SIA as a dynamic, iterative process, with early assessments embracing uncertainty, removing harmful options, and encouraging multidisciplinary conversations.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolution, revolution or reinventing the wheel? Pu

Abstract ID# 382

Presenting Author: Jane Munday
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: Evolution, revolution or reinventing the wheel? A 50-year audit of impact assessment in Northern Australia tracks cycles of power, economies and reform and whatâ€™s been lost on the way.

Acceptance Status: approve
Daily Water Quality Forecasting System Linking Wea

Abstract ID# 383

Presenting Author: Sang Chul Hwang | Coauthor(s): Sang Chul Hwang , Ji Won Kim Kim , Jung Kyu Choi
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: We have developed integrated systems and centralized simulation machines which runs all models, links all in- and output together and visualizes results every day.

Acceptance Status: approve
Just how â€˜strategicâ€™ are Strategic Environment

Abstract ID# 385

Presenting Author: Mitchell Ross | Coauthor(s): Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: Development of a criteria to assess strategic thinking in SEAs. An assessment of Australian Strategic Assessments under the EPBC Act (1999).

Acceptance Status: approve
An Introduction of Disaster Impact Assessment in K

Abstract ID# 386

Presenting Author: Changjae Kwak
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: This paper introduces Korea's disaster impact assessment and presents development plans.

Acceptance Status: approve
Undertaking SIA at an island level

Abstract ID# 387

Presenting Author: Katherine Russell | Coauthor(s): Nick Taylor , James Russell , Jovana Balanovic , Joanne Aley & Michael Harbrow

Preferred Session: Social impact assessment and baseline studies adapted to local contexts

Summary Statement: Designing engagement for small island communities requires a full social profile to ensure appropriate engagement and participation in SIA; as seen in the Predator Free Rakiura strategic SIA.

Acceptance Status: approve
Mine Closure and the Aboriginal Estate

Abstract ID# 388

Presenting Author: Rebecca Lawrence | Coauthor(s): Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment and the Social and Cultural Effects of Mine Closure

Summary Statement: Mine closure has enourmous environmental, social and cultural impacts for indigenous peoples, yet Australian laws and negotiated Aboriginal-Industry agreements ususally fail to address these issues.

Acceptance Status: approve
Simon Nish - Panelist (bio only)

Abstract ID# 389

Presenting Author: Simon Nish
Preferred Session: Rethinking social licence where to from here?

Summary Statement: Simon Nish is Shell Australiaâ€™s National Social Performance Manager. He has international experience negotiating and implementing community agreements. He is a seasoned social performance practitioner

Acceptance Status: approve
International Development & IA â€“ Bridging the Ga

Abstract ID# 390

Presenting Author: Jeanne Ellis
Preferred Session: Securing Socio Economic Development through Unorthodox Impact Assessment:

Summary Statement: Examines the intersection between impact assessment and international development programs and how these programs are tailoring IA practices to achieve sustainable development goals.

Acceptance Status: approve
Synergies of confusion: when political risk and en

Abstract ID# 391

Presenting Author: Garry Middle
Preferred Session: Using case studies in teaching Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: This case study explores how both political risk and environmental risk played out inane EIA of a proposed coal mine in a prime tourist area in Western Australia.

Acceptance Status: approve
Strengthen the EIA system in Samoa by strengthenin

Abstract ID# 392

Presenting Author: Fetoloai Yandall-Alama
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: Improve Samoaâ€™s EIA system by strengthening the capacity of private sector stakeholders to properly inform the preparation and development of EIA reports.

Acceptance Status: approve
Panel overview

Abstract ID# 393

Presenting Author: Richard Morgan
Preferred Session: IA in New Zealand: lessons and strategies to enhance practice

Summary Statement: Richard Morgan (Univ. Otago, NZ): the wider picture of IA practice in NZ, from project to policy levels, old habits and new opportunities.

Acceptance Status: approve
Algal Bloom Monitoring using Unmanned Aerial Vehic

Abstract ID# 394

Presenting Author: Sang Chul Hwang | Coauthor(s): Ji Won Kim , Chang Young Byun , Seung Jae Lee
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: We tried to wide-range algal bloom monitoring technology using UAV. It is possible to effective monitoring compare with manual sampling method.

Acceptance Status: approve
Reinvigorating IA through complexity theory

Abstract ID# 395

Presenting Author: Chris Murphy
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: The narrow legal framework of analysis of IA has resulted in calls for a revolution. However administering IA as a complex non-linear system unlocks significant opportunities for IA to evolve.

Acceptance Status: approve
Ecological Impact Assessment in New Zealand

Abstract ID# 397

Presenting Author: Ian Boothroyd
Preferred Session: IA in New Zealand: lessons and strategies to enhance practice

Summary Statement: Dr Ian Boothroyd (Boffa Miskell Ltd., NZ): a hearings commissioner and consultant, with an interest in the evolving approach to ecological impact assessment and ecological mitigation in NZ.

Acceptance Status: approve
The myths and opportunities of offsetting

Abstract ID# 398

Presenting Author: Chris Murphy
Preferred Session: Seeing the forest for the trees - are offsets the panaceia?

Summary Statement: Offsetting is a plastic concept which can be shaped to meet any requirements. So the potential for offsetting is only constrained by the imagination for innovation.

Acceptance Status: approve
Insights from implementing SEAs under national law

Abstract ID# 399

Presenting Author: Dean Knudson
Preferred Session: Lessons learned from SEAs in Australia

Summary Statement: Offsets within strategic approvals can provide greater outcomes for managing threats to impacted matters at a landscape scale as opposed to the more traditional method of land based offsetting.

Acceptance Status: approve
Can SEA using Landscape as a driving concept be th

Abstract ID# 400

Presenting Author: Garry Middle
Preferred Session: Lessons learned from SEAs in Australia

Summary Statement: This paper presents the outcomes of research into the notion of 'landscape' and SEA. Landscape could offer a way to develop an Australian IA reflecting links between nature and culture.

Acceptance Status: approve
Equity-focused HIA: case of a place-based approach

Abstract ID# 401

Presenting Author: Jinhee Kim | Coauthor(s): Ben Harris-Roxas , Melinda Leves , Libby Powell , Myna Hua & Mark Dâ€™Astoli, Julie Dixon

Preferred Session: Addressing health and social equity through impact assessment

Summary Statement: A rapid Equity-focused HIA of a multi-agency, place-based initiative in South Eastern Sydney, Australia, and its benefits, challenges and implications for future efforts.

Acceptance Status: approve
Diversifying the economy: Lessons from Thompson

Abstract ID# 403

Presenting Author: Graeme Burt | Coauthor(s): David Snashall
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment of Project Closure: Meeting the New Expectations

Summary Statement: Economic diversification is commonly suggested to mitigate the impacts of project closure in remote locations. This paper reviews recent experience and the successes achieved at Thompson, Manitoba.

Acceptance Status: approve
Summary of Mining EIA in South Australia

Abstract ID# 404

Presenting Author: Nathan Zeman | Coauthor(s): Greg Marshall , Andrew Querzoli
Preferred Session: Impact assessment the Australian way(s)

Summary Statement: This paper and presentation will provide a brief overview and summary of Mining Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in South Australia.

Acceptance Status: approve
Integrating Indigenous Perspectives: Evolution is

Abstract ID# 405

Presenting Author: Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: Only a radically different approach based on Indigenous-controlled assessment of Indigenous impacts can ensure integration of Indigenous knowledges and interests into IA.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolving SIA to address construction fatigue

Abstract ID# 406

Presenting Author: Bonnie Cavanough
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: Construction fatigue may occur in communities during prolonged infrastructure growth. SIA, consultation and management practices increasingly need to adapt to identify and adequately manage this issue

Acceptance Status: approve
What difference does SEA make anyway? The case for

Abstract ID# 407

Presenting Author: Tanya Burdett
Preferred Session: Lessons learned from SEAs in Australia

Summary Statement: Has Australia missed the boat on SEA? What difference does SEA make anyway? The case for transparency, inclusion, early optioneering and scrutiny at the strategic decision-making level in Australia

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolution of the EISâ€“ what does the reader think

Abstract ID# 408

Presenting Author: Lee Evans
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: The Digital EIS should enhance our ability to engage with the community and stakeholders. We analyse the data to find out if interactive is more effective than a traditional format.

Acceptance Status: approve
Legislation to create Strong and Sustainable Resou

Abstract ID# 409

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Preferred Session: Institutionalising SIA Practice within Government Decision Making

Summary Statement: The Queensland Government is the first government in Australia to legislate the requirement for social impact assessment and the management of fly in, fly-out workforce arrangements.

Acceptance Status: approve
Our Future World: Ready or Not?

Abstract ID# 410

Presenting Author: Naomi Cavanagh | Coauthor(s): Ceit Wilson , David Symons
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: This paper addresses how social impact assessments should include future trends, to ensure we undertake the right projects and complete them in a way that benefits future generations.

Acceptance Status: approve
Quebec Environmental Public Inquiry & Consultation

Abstract ID# 411

Presenting Author: JULIE FORGET
Preferred Session: Mechanisms for independency in IA â€“ How to be truly independent?

Summary Statement: The Quebec Environmental Public Inquiry and Consultation Office is an independent organization providing impartial inquiry and consultation services, as a mandatory step in the EA legal process.

Acceptance Status: approve
Action learning in HIA: social enterprise

Abstract ID# 412

Presenting Author: Roksolana Suchowerska | Coauthor(s): Jo Barraket
Preferred Session: Addressing health and social equity through impact assessment

Summary Statement: This paper examines how an action learning in Social Impact Assessment provides resource-poor organisations with opportunities for reflexive thought and discussion, and thus new awareness of the norms that infiltrate intuitive practice.

Acceptance Status: approve
Balancing community expectations for noise impacts

Abstract ID# 413

Presenting Author: Lee Evans | Coauthor(s): Myriam Vinot
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: Can we better manage the expectations of digitally connected communities? We look at how noise impacts are described and where lessons from other industries could help evolve to meet demands.

Acceptance Status: approve
Keeping up with digital innovation or aligning wit

Abstract ID# 414

Presenting Author: Roksolana Suchowerska | Coauthor(s): Anthony McCosker
Preferred Session: Revolutionizing IA: Collaborative Planning in the Information Age

Summary Statement: While innovative approaches to SIA that capitalise on digital innovation are important, this paper argues that the most appropriate methods should be determined by the ICT abilities of stakeholders.

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact Assessment in the Australia Way(s): The vie

Abstract ID# 415

Presenting Author: Jane Munday
Preferred Session: Impact assessment the Australian way(s)

Summary Statement: The view form the top: regulatory reform and fracking challenges in the Northern Territory.

Acceptance Status: approve
Considering the future urban forest in EIA

Abstract ID# 416

Presenting Author: Cameron Miller
Preferred Session: Seeing the forest for the trees - are offsets the panaceia?

Summary Statement: This presentation explores national and international trends in addressing urban forest expectations within impact assessments. What lessons can be learned from the past?

Acceptance Status: approve
Integrated Assessment â€“ evolving Sustainability

Abstract ID# 417

Presenting Author: Stephen Timms | Coauthor(s): Martin Ward
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: This presentation will explain the lessons learned post-earthquake in Christchurch, and the role of Integrated Assessment in making better informed decisions for disaster risk reduction, community res

Acceptance Status: approve
Setting the scene in EIA

Abstract ID# 420

Presenting Author: Ari Stypel
Preferred Session: So much data so little leveraging: How best to collect visualize, and share

Summary Statement: Scoping is an integral step in Environmental Impact Assessment. A review of scope across various projects will be conducted to see if scoping has influenced the size of impact assessments.

Acceptance Status: approve
Maturing to Tangible IA on Construction Projects

Abstract ID# 421

Presenting Author: Bharat Gordhan
Preferred Session: Improving environmental and social performance on construction projects

Summary Statement: IA evolution can be achieved on a construction project as a tangible result, once the efficacy of the management of environmental harm is determined (e.g. adaptive management of on-site water).

Acceptance Status: approve
Impacts of education and training interventions

Abstract ID# 422

Presenting Author: Simon Maurice | Coauthor(s): Erin Johnston , Nathan Monash
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: This case study of Lundin Foundationâ€™s community education intervention and skills training program will reflect on the social, economic and political impacts for community and examine business value.

Acceptance Status: approve
Models for integrating approvals and procurement

Abstract ID# 423

Presenting Author: David Hyett
Preferred Session: International progress in regional-scale impact assessment

Summary Statement: A key strategic decision for transport infrastructure proponents is how to coordinate their approvals and procurement processes. The pros and cons of two competing models are explored.

Acceptance Status: approve
Can the discipline of Evaluation help SIA evolve?

Abstract ID# 425

Presenting Author: Anthony Kung | Coauthor(s): Amy Gildea , Catriona Flavel
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: Evaluation and SIA are separate disciplines with distinct principles and tools. There is much overlap too: both aim to untangle complex cause-and-effect in social systems. What lessons can they share?

Acceptance Status: approve
Holistic Approach to Universityâ€™s Ethical Decisi

Abstract ID# 426

Presenting Author: Susumu Teshima | Coauthor(s): Shinichiro Tanaka
Preferred Session: Social Indicators for Ethical Commerce and Society on SDGs

Summary Statement: Chiba University of Commerceâ€™s RE100 project exemplify how the ethically better decision is made thorough assessing the whole project holistically, rather than assessing each solution separately.

Acceptance Status: approve
Introducing the Hits of the 1990s

Abstract ID# 427

Presenting Author: Jos Arts | Coauthor(s): Francois Retief
Preferred Session: Hits of the 1990s: from revolution to evolution?

Summary Statement: In this paper we discuss critical lessons from when IA was perhaps going from revolution to evolution. What were the main debates, trends, concepts, cases, professionals and publications? What are les

Acceptance Status: approve
Multiple pressures on reindeer husbandry in SÃ¡pmi

Abstract ID# 428

Presenting Author: Ninis Gunhild Rosqvist | Coauthor(s): Niila Inga , Carl Ã–sterlin , Christian Fohringer
Preferred Session: The Cumulative Dimensions of Resource Regions

Summary Statement: We combine traditional knowledge and science data to show the effects of multiple pressures from climate and land use change on reindeer husbandry in northern Sweden.

Acceptance Status: approve
Using SÃ¡mi knowledge to improve impact assessment

Abstract ID# 429

Presenting Author: Niila Inga | Coauthor(s): Ninis Gunhild Rosqvist , Pia Eriksson
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: The cumulative effect of mining, infrastructure projects and tourism together with changes in weather/climate now severely impedes sustainable reindeer herding in Swedish SÃ¡pmi. A combination of tradi

Acceptance Status: approve
Using structured decision making in SEA â€“ a West

Abstract ID# 431

Presenting Author: Peter Hemphill
Preferred Session: Lessons learned from SEAs in Australia

Summary Statement: A case study of the application of structured decision making to SEA in Western Sydney is presented. It covers the key steps, concepts and high level findings of the work.

Acceptance Status: approve
Is SEA research "impacting"? A reflection

Abstract ID# 432

Presenting Author: Lone KÃ¸rnÃ¸v
Preferred Session: Evolution or Revolution? The strategic value of SIA in regional development

Summary Statement: Interfaces and gaps between SEA practice, research, and policy makingâ€”and the exploration of transformative potentials.

Acceptance Status: approve
Considering impacts of major infrastructure projec

Abstract ID# 433

Presenting Author: rob sherry
Preferred Session: Why Follow-up? Managing the Social Impacts of Transport in Urban Cities

Summary Statement: How can project proponents, and relevant regulators, bring local communities along on the journey in a positive manner during the of construction of linear infrastructure projects.

Acceptance Status: approve
Biodiversity offsets using a whole of landscape ma

Abstract ID# 434

Presenting Author: Sarah Flynn | Coauthor(s): Ian Boothroyd
Preferred Session: Seeing the forest for the trees - are offsets the panaceia?

Summary Statement: Delivering offsets that achieve biodiversity conservation in the right places, through whole of landscape management.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolution of Environmental Impact Assessment in In

Abstract ID# 435

Presenting Author: g v reddy | Coauthor(s): Jyothirmai jhanjanam , manchala srinivasa reddy , ravikiran thummeda
Preferred Session: Evolution of IA in BRICS countries

Summary Statement: The evolution of EIA in India from 1976 and the role of various stakeholders in shaping the current regulation is presented in this paper.

Acceptance Status: approve
Social Indicators in Corporate Activities consider

Abstract ID# 436

Presenting Author: TBD TBD
Preferred Session: Social Indicators for Ethical Commerce and Society on SDGs

Summary Statement: The presentation introduces the Corporate Ranking System for SDGs, and shows how they evaluate activities on SDGs precisely.

Acceptance Status: approve
The Role of the Regulator in Early Engagement

Abstract ID# 437

Presenting Author: Paul Craven
Preferred Session: Early Planning in Impact Assessment in Canada and Other Countries

Summary Statement: Early planning phases as part formal EA process are increasingly being demanded by the public in Canada. The presentation will discuss their objective and the role the regulator should play.

Acceptance Status: approve
From Deduction to Prediction! Examining the Impact

Abstract ID# 438

Presenting Author: Rohit Jigyasu
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction agenda should be mainstreamed into heritage conservation and management practices.

Acceptance Status: approve
Impacts of coal resource development on water

Abstract ID# 439

Presenting Author: Becky Schmidt | Coauthor(s): Brent Henderson , David Post , Steven Lewis
Preferred Session: International progress in regional-scale impact assessment

Summary Statement: The Bioregional Assessment Programme provided transparent scientific information to better understand the potential impacts of coal resource developments on water and the environment.

Acceptance Status: approve
Ecosystem Service-based Reduction Strategy of Fine

Abstract ID# 440

Presenting Author: Chul-Hee Lim | Coauthor(s): Jieun Ryu
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: Ecosystem service-based approach to reducing ambient fine particulate matter using spatial trend-correlation analysis with the valuation of ecosystem function and service.

Acceptance Status: approve
Review of EIA in NSW Australia

Abstract ID# 441

Presenting Author: Erica van den Honert
Preferred Session: Impact assessment the Australian way(s)

Summary Statement: The NSW Department of Planning and Environment is undertaking a project to review and improve EIA

Acceptance Status: approve
The role of GIS in Environmental Planning - the ca

Abstract ID# 442

Presenting Author: Keagan Allan
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: Environmental Planning often requires the use of large complicated spatial datasets. This paper discusses how GIS was implemented in the Msunduzi Municipality's Environmental Planning.

Acceptance Status: approve
Hazelwood - Leading the way in the Latrobe Valley

Abstract ID# 443

Presenting Author: Alicia Burnett | Coauthor(s): Paul Fridell , Adam Moran , Antonia Scrase
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment of Project Closure: Meeting the New Expectations

Summary Statement: Hazelwood Power Station and Coal Mine was the first of three large coal fired power stations in Latrobe Valley to close. This paper highlights how we are facing IA challenges head on.

Acceptance Status: approve
Learnings on regulatory transparency for the South

Abstract ID# 445

Presenting Author: Erik Lock | Coauthor(s): Andrew Querzoli , Greg Marshall , Nathan Zeman
Preferred Session: Evolving public participation to address community context, complexity, and

Summary Statement: An overview of the evolution of regulatory transparency in SAâ€™s mining sector, and the challenges and opportunities presented by increased transparency.

Acceptance Status: approve
Rainfall interception effect by different foliage

Abstract ID# 446

Presenting Author: Byungsun Yang | Coauthor(s): Han Kyul Heo , Dong Kun Lee
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: By using terrestrial laser scanner and measured data, the effect of tree canopy character including leaf area density and other morphology on rainfall interception has been analyzed.

Acceptance Status: approve
LAND ACCESS GOOD PRACTICE ON THE ONSHORE PIPELINE

Abstract ID# 447

Presenting Author: Jeremiah Liliura
Preferred Session: Improving environmental and social performance on construction projects

Summary Statement: Systematic approach to land access using Pre-construction Survey data and the mitigation hierarchy in Project planning and schedule. A good practice on the PNG LNG Onshore Pipeline Project.

Acceptance Status: approve
Lessons from the closure of the Leigh Creek Coalfi

Abstract ID# 448

Presenting Author: Nathan Zeman | Coauthor(s): Andrew Querzoli , Greg Marshall , Brad Williams
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment of Project Closure: Meeting the New Expectations

Summary Statement: An overview of the sudden closure of the Leigh Creek coalfields in northern South Australia

Acceptance Status: approve
Improved compliance through effective interface b

Abstract ID# 449

Presenting Author: Nick Houldsworth
Preferred Session: Delivering ESIA requirements: the role of procurement

Summary Statement: Rambollâ€™s team has compiled a library of lessons-learned and recommendations to improve the environmental management performance of projects during construction and operation.

Acceptance Status: approve
Comparison between Climate impact and preferred ad

Abstract ID# 450

Presenting Author: Chae Yeon Park | Coauthor(s): Dong Kun Lee , Jiyeon Kim
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: For supporting local government climate change adaptation plan, we made priorities of adaptation measures and compared that with climate impact.

Acceptance Status: approve
Gearing impact assessments to financing mechanisms

Abstract ID# 451

Presenting Author: Kirsty Haymon
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: Investors often require ESIAs with a broader scope than what is needed for regulatory approvals. Drawing on examples in Southeast Asia, recommendations for improvements to scoping will be provided.

Acceptance Status: approve
Securing people beliefs to ensure operation sustai

Abstract ID# 452

Presenting Author: Bhakti Yudhantara
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: By consultation in 1999, Tangguh received concerns from indigenous people related to sacred stones, tree and creeks. Tangguh provided program that preserve the heritage and local values.

Acceptance Status: approve
Having clear vision in the digitalisation of EIA

Abstract ID# 454

Presenting Author: Jonathan Chen
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: To realise the full potential of digitalisation in EIA, we must envision the future of online digital communication and establish smart architecture and data collection frameworks.

Acceptance Status: approve
Aligning stakeholders on relinquishment criteria

Abstract ID# 455

Presenting Author: Kylie Ashenbrenner
Preferred Session: Social Closure & Decommissioning lessons from experience and future trends

Summary Statement: Relinquishment, following closure, success requires not only sound science and engineering, but a focused effort on stakeholder engagement.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolution and revolution in ESIA leadership

Abstract ID# 456

Presenting Author: KIeran Whelan | Coauthor(s): Nick Houldsworth
Preferred Session: ESIA Leadership: The Role of an ESIA Co-ordinator

Summary Statement: ESIA coordinators are in a unique position to drive the evolution and revolution of ESIA practices, however development of soft â€˜influencingâ€™ skills is critical for leaders in the community.

Acceptance Status: approve
How to meaningfully assess labor rights impacts in

Abstract ID# 457

Presenting Author: Tulika Bansal
Preferred Session: Human/Labor Rights

Summary Statement: Through stories from the field, key labor rights impacts in Myanmar's palm oil sector will be shared. How are men, women, children affected and how can these impacts be best assessed and addressed?

Acceptance Status: approve
Early Lessons from the UN Environmentâ€™s initiati

Abstract ID# 458

Presenting Author: Yunae Yi
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: The presentation will demonstrate cases of linking impact assessment to the achievements of the SDGs. While in early stages, there are efforts to lay the ground towards the SDGs.

Acceptance Status: approve
Zoning approach to control wind farms: Japan case

Abstract ID# 459

Presenting Author: Takehiko Murayama
Preferred Session: Social and environmental impacts of marine renewable energy

Summary Statement: This paper cover the discussion process of a guideline on zoning system to control wind farm construction projects and some local governments' efforts and challenges to implement this system.

Acceptance Status: approve
Reifying rights:Sami approach to impact assessment

Abstract ID# 460

Presenting Author: Kaisa Raitio | Coauthor(s): Pauliina Feodoroff, Stina Roos , Jan Saijets , Osmo SeurujÃ¤rvi , Esko Aikio & Jarmo PyykkÃ¶

Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: Insights from an on-going project led by indigenous Sami community to develop a methodology for cumulative impact assessment regarding Sami culture, livelihoods and rights.

Acceptance Status: approve
NA - invited speaker (industry)

Abstract ID# 461

Presenting Author: Vicki Brady
Preferred Session: Improving feedback mechanisms from monitoring and reporting for improved IA

Summary Statement: NA - invited speaker (industry)

Acceptance Status: approve
Siting process for a UK geological disposal facili

Abstract ID# 462

Presenting Author: Mark Gough
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: Consent-based siting for the geological disposal of higher level radioactive waste: how environmental and socio-economic assessments can facilitate community engagement and social acceptance.

Acceptance Status: approve
How far have we come? CIA in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Abstract ID# 463

Presenting Author: Dyanna Jolly
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: To what extent does cultural impact assessment (CIA) deliver effective influence and appropriate priority to Indigenous interests in Aotearoa New Zealand?

Acceptance Status: approve
The lessons from Dingleton

Abstract ID# 465

Presenting Author: Gwendolyn Wellmann
Preferred Session: Access to Remedy and Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: The Dingleton resettlement offers us lessons: how consultation processes fail and why internal grievance mechanisms fail to the extent that legal action is the last resort for both sides.

Acceptance Status: approve
Use of IT for land appraisal and valuation in invo

Abstract ID# 466

Presenting Author: Laxmi Prasad Subedi
Preferred Session: Digital technologies for social impact assessment and resettlement planning

Summary Statement: Appraising land attributes & valuation in project to single plot is exhausting in paper-based system. Presentation shares IT system developed in Nepal to systematize land valuation & compensation.

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact Assessments: Capturing womenâ€™s concerns

Abstract ID# 467

Presenting Author: Andrea Repetto
Preferred Session: Human/Labor Rights

Summary Statement: Two principles could be utilized by IA practitioners to prevent conflict: womenâ€™s inclusion and access to information. Their voices are critical in delivering better development project.

Acceptance Status: approve
A Practical Hydropower Project Social Impact Asses

Abstract ID# 468

Presenting Author: John Hamilton
Preferred Session: Contribution of IA to sustainable hydropower development

Summary Statement: A practical example is provided for undertaking a social impact assessment for the Naoro Brown Hydropower Project in Papua New Guinea in 2017-18 according to IFC and World Bank requirements.

Acceptance Status: approve
Dot to Dot Isn't Just For Kids Silly Wabbit

Abstract ID# 469

Presenting Author: Ginny King
Preferred Session: Breaking News: Evolution in the IA Practice

Summary Statement: The integration of natural capital considerations and tools provides an evolutionary approach to generating a balance between economic generation and environmental protection, and quality of life

Acceptance Status: approve
Revolution: towards more inclusive and independent

Abstract ID# 471

Presenting Author: Andrea Repetto
Preferred Session: Charles or Che? Choose your champion for the future of impact assessment!

Summary Statement: Revolutionizing the IA field for more inclusion, independence, dispute prevention and to achieve better development impact. Sharing tools and lessons from the dispute resolution field.

Acceptance Status: approve
Poison or Panacea? The role of infrastructure prov

Abstract ID# 473

Presenting Author: Gareth Rees
Preferred Session: Seeing the forest for the trees - are offsets the panaceia?

Summary Statement: A review of the efficacy of offset policy within QLD and Australia and the potential for a collaborative effort to pursue enhanced outcomes from the view of an infrastructure developer and operator.

Acceptance Status: approve
Needs of Pedestrians in old streets of Seoul

Abstract ID# 474

Presenting Author: Eun Jin Choi | Coauthor(s): Nan Hee Yee , Jeeny Kim
Preferred Session: Health Assessment and Needs

Summary Statement: A health impact assessment research on a city street renovation project acquired officers actively involved in the process of HIA and brought input on health protection and promotion actions.

Acceptance Status: approve
A study on Environmental Impact Assessment busines

Abstract ID# 475

Presenting Author: Hyung Namgung
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: Discussed about Environmental Impact Assessment business in Korea Suggest improvements regarding second kind for the substantiality of Environmental Impact Assessment

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental compliance in extractive industries

Abstract ID# 476

Presenting Author: Senivasa Waqairamasi | Coauthor(s): Zsuzsa Banhalmi-Zakar
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: Fiji operates old mine monitored against new environment legislation.This pose a challenge for environmental compliance in extractive industries. The study aims to present on environmental compliance

Acceptance Status: approve
Enabling collaboration using BIM and GIS Tools

Abstract ID# 478

Presenting Author: Fran Storey | Coauthor(s): Luke Strickland , Adam Kilsby , Ben Skinner , Laura Mair & James Montgomery

Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: This paper explores opportunities to use BIM and GIS to ensure better information exchange between environmental and engineering teams, achieving better outcomes.

Acceptance Status: approve
Engineers and Environmentalists â€“ closer than we

Abstract ID# 479

Presenting Author: Luke Strickland | Coauthor(s): Fran Storey
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: This paper challenges the perspective that engineers are an obstacle in environmental assessment and proposes that engineers and environmental practitioners have much in common.

Acceptance Status: approve
Enabling proportionate EIA through digital process

Abstract ID# 480

Presenting Author: Fran Storey | Coauthor(s): Ben Skinner , Adam Kilsby , Luke Strickland , Laura Mair & James Montgomery

Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: This paper explores how a digital paradigm can enable more accessible, integrated and proportionate outcomes in EIA, ending the era of epic and unreadable Environmental Statements.

Acceptance Status: approve
Are offsets in Australia fit enough to survive?

Abstract ID# 481

Presenting Author: David Francis | Coauthor(s): Tracey Hooper
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: We address the evolution of Australian offset frameworks; their effectiveness in addressing environmental harm; and the future evolution of meaningful metrics for genuine ecological outcomes.

Acceptance Status: approve
A revolution in ESIA Scoping

Abstract ID# 482

Presenting Author: Luke Strickland | Coauthor(s): Laura Mair , Adam Kilsby , James Montgomery , Mihai Corai & Ben Skinner

Preferred Session: Evolution or Revolution? The strategic value of SIA in regional development

Summary Statement: This paper will consider how a focus on UN Sustainable Development Goals could provide a better framework to scope ESIA against than simply defining significance of effects, improving outcomes.

Acceptance Status: approve
A co-design and outcomes-based impact assessment m

Abstract ID# 483

Presenting Author: Anne Dansey Dansey
Preferred Session: Country experiences with evolution in the energy sector and IA requirements

Summary Statement: There has been significant and rapid change within energy policy in Australia. The Agriculture Energy Investment Plan provided a strategic response for farmers

Acceptance Status: approve
CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND NEGOTIATION STYLE MATRIX IN

Abstract ID# 484

Presenting Author: ADANA MOHAMMED YUSUF
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: The conflict indicators and the negotiation styles employed in the study was based on positions and interests in terms of bargaining space to achieving industrial ecology.

Acceptance Status: approve
Modelling to evaluate biodiversity offset policies

Abstract ID# 485

Presenting Author: Ascelin Gordon | Coauthor(s): Issac Peterson
Preferred Session: Seeing the forest for the trees - are offsets the panaceia?

Summary Statement: We present a new approach to evaluate whether biodiversity offsets are achieving no net loss using a newly developed modelling software. This is illustrated using simulated and real data.

Acceptance Status: approve
HIA on outdoor nonsmoking area

Abstract ID# 486

Presenting Author: Eun Jin Choi
Preferred Session: Health Assessment and Needs

Summary Statement: Enforcement of health protection from ourdoor secondhand smoke may result in economical hardship for retailers. This may be solved in a long term, sustaiable plan for health of vulnerable population.

Acceptance Status: approve
Hazardous Material Management in Thilawa SEZ, Myan

Abstract ID# 487

Presenting Author: Gene Peralta | Coauthor(s): Cho Cho Wynn , Min Than Nyunt , Pyi Pyi Pho , Janis Shandro & Susann Roth

Preferred Session: Without Health there is Nothing: Health Impact Achievements in Asia

Summary Statement: The Thilawa Special Economic Zone is the 1st operational SEZ in Myanmar and one of the largest industrial development. It has adopted aspects of health impact assessment as a risk management tool.

Acceptance Status: approve
Greening of a mining town in Guyana: risks and opp

Abstract ID# 488

Presenting Author: Miguel Coutinho
Preferred Session: Why Follow-up? Managing the Social Impacts of Transport in Urban Cities

Summary Statement: This paper identifies recommendations to reduce the energy consumption of transport in Bartica, Guyana. Recommendations are ranked resulting in an implementation plan that is followed by the assessmen

Acceptance Status: approve
Advancing Health Impact Assessment in Lao PDR

Abstract ID# 489

Presenting Author: Tayphasavanh Fengthong | Coauthor(s): Oulavanh Sinsamphanh , Filipe Silva , Janis Shandro
Preferred Session: Without Health there is Nothing: Health Impact Achievements in Asia

Summary Statement: Lao PDR has been an early and successful adopter of HIA. Recent HIA policy and practice achievements under ADB stewardship and priorities for further improvement will be presented.

Acceptance Status: approve
Ecological Risk-Based Management for wind energy

Abstract ID# 490

Presenting Author: Miguel Repas | Coauthor(s): Andrea Copping , Elise DeGeorge , Alicia Gorton
Preferred Session: Solutions for conflicts between wind energy technologies and birds

Summary Statement: A risk-based management framework directed at the responsible development of the wind energy industry to support and facilitate regulatory processes while supporting the production of renewable energy

Acceptance Status: approve
Thai Experiences on HIA from policy to practice

Abstract ID# 491

Presenting Author: Jittima Rodsawad | Coauthor(s): Panita Charoensuk
Preferred Session: Without Health there is Nothing: Health Impact Achievements in Asia

Summary Statement: This paper describes Thailandâ€™s comprehensive HIA system that evolved in the last 10 years. Thailand has a unique situation on HIA since it is specified in their Constitution.

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact assessment on coastal area of South Korea i

Abstract ID# 492

Presenting Author: Hyeyun Ku | Coauthor(s): Jun Ho Maeng , Kwangwoo Cho
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: This impact assessment of sea-level rise is performed to obtain fundamental data and key insight on coastal disaster reduction against typhoon-induced surges.

Acceptance Status: approve
The digital edge-transforming responsible developm

Abstract ID# 495

Presenting Author: DR NIGEL H WRIGHT
Preferred Session: Is the oil & gas industry able to adapt to the renewable energy revolution?

Summary Statement: The oil and gas industry is reinventing itself through digital data to deliver renewable energy, better performance and safeguarding the environment

Acceptance Status: approve
An Innovative Approach to Environmental Data for E

Abstract ID# 496

Presenting Author: Omar Albraki | Coauthor(s): Faisal Alhammadi , Omar Albraiki , Megan Tulloch , Omran Almazrouei & Saif Dulaimi, Hani Abdalla

Preferred Session: So much data so little leveraging: How best to collect visualize, and share

Summary Statement: The use of sophisticated systems for data collection and management not only enhances the quality of environmental assessment but also reduces the associated costs.

Acceptance Status: approve
EIA public participation within the oil sector: co

Abstract ID# 497

Presenting Author: Julia Longinova | Coauthor(s): Maulud Tafida-Isa
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: This paper explores the challenges of local community engagement in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process applied within the oil sector in Nigeria and Russia.

Acceptance Status: approve
Integrated offsets approach

Abstract ID# 498

Presenting Author: Nikki O'Donnell | Coauthor(s): Angela Lowe
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: Case study examining the necessity of incorporating ecosystem services into biodiversity offsets programmes

Acceptance Status: approve
Reinventing EIA by urban agglomeration case study

Abstract ID# 500

Presenting Author: Sanjay Sharma | Coauthor(s): Charul Sharma , Sunil Gupta , Randeep Singh Saini
Preferred Session: Evolution of IA in BRICS countries

Summary Statement: EIA has legislative and operative deficiencies. The paper makes an attempt to revamp EIA process for construction projects by reviewing environmental clearances granted to 78 such projects in India.

Acceptance Status: approve
Phase 2 Strategic Environmental Assessment for the

Abstract ID# 502

Presenting Author: Abulele Adams
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: Strategic Environmental Assessment for the effective rollout of wind and solar PV renewable energy in South Africa

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact Assessment the Victorian way

Abstract ID# 503

Presenting Author: Geoff Ralphs
Preferred Session: Impact assessment the Australian way(s)

Summary Statement: Victorian EIA is a paradox. Underpinned by seemingly out-of-date legislation with limited statutory parameters, yet the system implemented is modern and adaptable, but with room for improvement.

Acceptance Status: approve
Global and local perspectives on social impact

Abstract ID# 504

Presenting Author: Jillian Ash
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: This paper explores global and local perspectives on social impacts of mining projects in Solomon Islands to broaden understanding on the disparity in SIA policy and practice.

Acceptance Status: approve
A Biodiversity Net Gain case study in Nevada from

Abstract ID# 505

Presenting Author: Stephen Edwards | Coauthor(s): Rachel Asante-Owusu , Chris Jasmine , Briana Gunn , Stuart Anstee
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: This presentation will share key learnings from an external review of the application of the mitigation hierarchy to biodiversity and ecosystem services management for Newmont Miningâ€™s operations in N

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolution of biodiversity solutions through ecosys

Abstract ID# 506

Presenting Author: Patricia Rodrigues
Preferred Session: Breaking News: Evolution in the IA Practice

Summary Statement: Biodiversity exists through natural capital provision and ecosystem service underpinning. Evolution in decision making through ecosystem service integration contributes to revolutionary strategies.

Acceptance Status: approve
Comparison of SDGs and IA

Abstract ID# 507

Presenting Author: Bryan Jenkins
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development Goals

Summary Statement: Coverage and concepts of IA and SDGs are compared. IA coverage is increasing but SDGs are broader and involve proactive achievement of outcomes rather than reactive assessment of effects as in IA.

Acceptance Status: approve
THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT FRAM

Abstract ID# 508

Presenting Author: Dee Fischer
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: Improved efficiency in IA in South Africa, led to the development of a programme of SEAs, additional IEM tools and a revision of legislation, however is evolution sufficient or do we need revolution

Acceptance Status: approve
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Offshore Oil and Gas

Abstract ID# 510

Presenting Author: Sarah Watson
Preferred Session: The Cumulative Dimensions of Resource Regions

Summary Statement: Current governance gaps regulating greenhouse gas emissions from offshore oil and gas activities could potentially be addressed by improving EIA processes within Regional Seas Programmes' frameworks.

Acceptance Status: approve
Are we adding value? Perceived benefits of environ

Abstract ID# 511

Presenting Author: Claudine Roos
Preferred Session: Evolution of IA in BRICS countries

Summary Statement: This paper investigates the perceptions of South African government officials (directly and indirectly involved in the EIA process) regarding the benefits of impact assessment for society.

Acceptance Status: approve
PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL COST ACCOUNTING FOR OLKA

Abstract ID# 512

Presenting Author: Elizabeth Mwangi-Gachau
Preferred Session: Country experiences with evolution in the energy sector and IA requirements

Summary Statement: Decision-making in the areas of energy and environment, calls for an evolution, to better evaluation of the possible impacts of any envisaged policy and measure.

Acceptance Status: approve
We need to talk about Albania; Achieving net gains

Abstract ID# 513

Presenting Author: Tim O'Donnell
Preferred Session: Operating in emerging countries with high biological and cultural diversity

Summary Statement: This paper shares some experiences in establishing biodiversity offsets in post-communist Albania to compensate for residual impacts under IFC PS 6 and the EBRD Performance Requirement 6.

Acceptance Status: approve
Cumulative Impacts of Mega Infrastructure Projects

Abstract ID# 515

Presenting Author: Divya Narain
Preferred Session: The Cumulative Dimensions of Resource Regions

Summary Statement: We examine the role of investor standards in mitigation of cumulative biodiversity impacts of Chinaâ€™s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a trans-boundary multi-jurisdictional infrastructure mega-project.

Acceptance Status: approve
Cumulative impacts of oil production (Brazil)

Abstract ID# 516

Presenting Author: Pedro Bettencourt
Preferred Session: International progress in regional-scale impact assessment

Summary Statement: The paper presents preliminary findings from a Cumulative Impact Assessment Project of large-scale offshore oil and gas production in Brazil.

Acceptance Status: approve
Impacts of the FundÃ£o Dam failure: A pathway to s

Abstract ID# 517

Presenting Author: Stephen Edwards | Coauthor(s): Luis Sanchez
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: This presentation shares recommendations of the Rio Doce Panel outlining key steps to restoring health to this deeply damaged watershed in Brazil, significantly impacted from a tailings dam collapse.

Acceptance Status: approve
Global-scale analysis of climate change impact on

Abstract ID# 518

Presenting Author: Munkhnasan Lamchin | Coauthor(s): Woo Kyun Lee
Preferred Session: Climate Change

Summary Statement: Regarding temperature, during the last 33 years, hot-spot areas and the largest temperature increases were found in the Amazon, Central America, southern Greenland, east Africa, southeast Asia

Acceptance Status: approve
ESIA on solid waste management policies

Abstract ID# 519

Presenting Author: Qiannan Zhuo | Coauthor(s): Wanglin Yan
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: Assessing waste management policies in Minamata city Japan from social aspect. How the socio-economic factors effect on household recycling activities?

Acceptance Status: approve
Using opportunistic marine data to contribute biod

Abstract ID# 521

Presenting Author: Bethan Parnum
Preferred Session: So much data so little leveraging: How best to collect visualize, and share

Summary Statement: Opportunistic data collected for management and mitigation of offshore oil and gas activities have potential to contribute valuable biodiversity knowledge in remote areas or countries where there is l

Acceptance Status: approve
No Net Loss Case Study from Gamsberg, South Africa

Abstract ID# 522

Presenting Author: Rachel Asante-Owusu | Coauthor(s): Steve Edwards
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: This presentation will share learnings from the application of the mitigation hierarchy towards a biodiversity No Net Loss target at Black Mountain Miningâ€™s Gamsberg operation in South Africa

Acceptance Status: approve
Mainstreaming the mitigation hierarchy to leverage

Abstract ID# 524

Presenting Author: Anna Gray
Preferred Session: Practical Realities of Implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy

Summary Statement: Use of the mitigation hierarchy is good practice for managing impacts to biodiversity and ecosystem services. Effectiveness of IAs can be improved by aligning mitigation actions with impacts.

Acceptance Status: approve
Addressing E&S challenges of PPP in EAP

Abstract ID# 525

Presenting Author: Peter Leonard | Coauthor(s): Mark Kunzer , Mark Giblett
Preferred Session: Public Private Partnerships and the Asian Infrastructure Gap

Summary Statement: The focus will be on ongoing work at World Bank and ADB to improve how environmental and social considerations are taken into account in PPs in the East Asia and Pacific Region.

Acceptance Status: approve
Forest & soil degradation in South Eastern Africa

Abstract ID# 526

Presenting Author: Pedro Bettencourt
Preferred Session: DRR DLDD impacts and the SDGs

Summary Statement: The paper presents an overview of the more significant contributions of SEA and EIA to better land planning management in South Eastern Africa, based on the authorsÂ´ regional experience.

Acceptance Status: approve
A framework for evaluating multiple dimensions of

Abstract ID# 527

Presenting Author: Carli Steenkamp | Coauthor(s): Francois Retief , Angus Morrison-Saunders
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: This paper proposes a framework for the evaluation of multiple dimensions of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) effectiveness.

Acceptance Status: approve
The Socio-economic and Environmental Consequences

Abstract ID# 528

Presenting Author: Md Younus | Coauthor(s): Syed Rahman
Preferred Session: Economic impact assessment

Summary Statement: The main significance of the study is to understand the changes of excavation consequences and opportunities, and some solutions would be recommended.

Acceptance Status: approve
How Green is Green?

Abstract ID# 530

Presenting Author: Bryony Walmsley
Preferred Session: Is the oil & gas industry able to adapt to the renewable energy revolution?

Summary Statement: There is an urgent need to conduct full, objective life cycle assessments of our energy projects to determine how green they really are throughout the whole supply chain.

Acceptance Status: approve
What SIA can learn from Australian Rules Football

Abstract ID# 531

Presenting Author: Daniel Marsh
Preferred Session: SIA: How Early is Too Early?

Summary Statement: The paper works with an analogy of Australian Rules Football and its Indigenous origins to explore the opportunities presented in the two cases for being more precise about strategy and tactics in dev

Acceptance Status: approve
Addressing Food Security in Regional Impact Asses

Abstract ID# 532

Presenting Author: Jill Blakley
Preferred Session: International progress in regional-scale impact assessment

Summary Statement: This paper explores ways to address food security within regional strategic environmental assessment.

Acceptance Status: approve
Social impacts of a stop-start university campus

Abstract ID# 534

Presenting Author: Chen Chen
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment and baseline studies adapted to local contexts

Summary Statement: A university campus, like a factory, may influence the community deeply, positively and negatively, which should be taken into serious consideration.

Acceptance Status: approve
The institutional change of EIA in China with pers

Abstract ID# 535

Presenting Author: Cunkuan Bao | Coauthor(s): Yijia Xu , Jia He
Preferred Session: Chinaâ€™s EIA Process â€“ reshape, challenges and opportunities

Summary Statement: The paper will demonstrate the brief development history, identify the existing problems and discovering the political and policy factors that will cause the change of EIA in China.

Acceptance Status: approve
Integration of cumulative effects, regional and st

Abstract ID# 536

Presenting Author: Jill Blakley
Preferred Session: The recent reform of Federal EA Law in Canada: evolution or revolution?

Summary Statement: Observations are offered on the incorporation of cumulative effects, regional and strategic assessment into the reformed Canadian federal IA process.

Acceptance Status: approve
Professional Ethics, Impact Assessment and Blind S

Abstract ID# 537

Presenting Author: Alan Chenoweth | Coauthor(s): Donna McAuliffe , Darryl Low Choy
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: IA practitioners and community trust in IA would benefit from specific ethical guidelines, including bias reduction principles similar to expert witness or 'blind' science trials

Acceptance Status: approve
Evaluating the impacts of an Environmental Offsets

Abstract ID# 538

Presenting Author: Sabelo B Nkosi
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: Furthermore, how environmental offsets can be considered and managed within spatial planning processes and if that leads to the evolution or revolution of the impact assessment process. In conclusion,

Acceptance Status: approve
Expropriation or Negotiated Settlements? Choosing

Abstract ID# 539

Presenting Author: Susanna Price
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: Expropriation or Negotiated Settlements? Choosing the least disruptive option means reframing the public interest, addressing livelihoods and all losses and distributing benefits equitably among land

Acceptance Status: approve
Neighbourhood perception of areas affected by fine

Abstract ID# 542

Presenting Author: Adian Khoironi | Coauthor(s): Poerna Sri Oetari
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: In viewing the existence of Tanjung Jati power plant, the neighborhood of study areas have a diverse thoughts because lack of knowledge about the impact of pm 2,5 for their health risk.

Acceptance Status: approve
EMODnet : Your gateway to marine data in Europe

Abstract ID# 543

Presenting Author: Jan-Bart Calewaert
Preferred Session: So much data so little leveraging: How best to collect visualize, and share

Summary Statement: This presentation will highlight the challenges in accessing high-quality marine data & will expose the best practices EMODnet is putting in place to make these more accessible for users.

Acceptance Status: approve
EIA Licenses Enforcement and Sanction Models

Abstract ID# 544

Presenting Author: Kay Bergamini
Preferred Session: Why Follow-up? Managing the Social Impacts of Transport in Urban Cities

Summary Statement: Analysis of the models of enforcement, sanction and control of EIA licenses in six countries, as well as their organization at national, regional and local levels and main characteristics.

Acceptance Status: approve
EIA coordination in a rapidly developing environme

Abstract ID# 545

Presenting Author: Zied Bousserouel | Coauthor(s): Nesma Amr Othman , Khaled Al ameri , ibrahim Al ali
Preferred Session: ESIA Leadership: The Role of an ESIA Co-ordinator

Summary Statement: Environmental agency and impact assessment process presentation: different intervenes and coordination loop

Acceptance Status: approve
Combining EIA and HIA: An Austrian Case Study

Abstract ID# 546

Presenting Author: Ralf Aschemann | Coauthor(s): Bianca Fuchs-Neuhold , Kathrin Hofer , Frank Amort , Lisa Bauer
Preferred Session: Capacity building for HIA and for health in IA.

Summary Statement: This case study deals with the combination of an EIA and an HIA for the transport sector in Austria and shows, how these tools can support and supplement each other.

Acceptance Status: approve
Conservation of coastal biodiversity as maintenanc

Abstract ID# 547

Presenting Author: ALEXANDRE DAVIGNON | Coauthor(s): Alexandre Souza
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: Conservation of coastal biodiversity as maintenance of marine environmental services. How the Environmental licensing of oil production and exploration activities becomes a mechanism of PES.

Acceptance Status: approve
Opportunities and Challenges of the World Bank's n

Abstract ID# 548

Presenting Author: Charles Di Leva
Preferred Session: Early Planning in Impact Assessment in Canada and Other Countries

Summary Statement: The World Bank ESF became effective October 1, 2018. The presentation will discuss how the ESF should enhance project outcomes and the challenges in doing so.

Acceptance Status: approve
Biodiversity in IA : Different shades of grey

Abstract ID# 550

Presenting Author: Asha Rajvanshi | Coauthor(s): Vinod B. Mathur
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment is a blunt tool for biodiversity: yes or no?

Summary Statement: This debate must acknowledge that there are shades of grey between the bold black and white when it comes to recognising the imprint of IA on biodiversity.

Acceptance Status: approve
Consultation and Communication on Indigenous IA st

Abstract ID# 551

Presenting Author: CÃ¡ssio Ingles de Sousa
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: The presentation discuss strategies to reinforce principles of participation, consultation and communication with Indigenous communities at IA studies, such as methodological design and use of vÃdeo

Acceptance Status: approve
Incorporating Climate Related Uncertainties into E

Abstract ID# 552

Presenting Author: Nadja Kunz | Coauthor(s): Alice Guimaraes
Preferred Session: Country experiences with evolution in the energy sector and IA requirements

Summary Statement: The study evaluates how climate-related uncertainties have been currently incorporated into Brazilian EA process and how the Canadian strategic assessment on climate change could serve as a model for Brazilian EAs

Acceptance Status: approve
Pluralism and deliberation in offsetting: lessons

Abstract ID# 553

Presenting Author: Fabien QuÃ©tier
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: Through Archipel, multiple interests and values are embedded into offset design and implementation through deliberative governance structures put in place to regulate rural land markets.

Acceptance Status: approve
Indigenous Participation in Cumulative IA

Abstract ID# 554

Presenting Author: Gillian Gregory | Coauthor(s): Rachel Olson , Knut Kitching
Preferred Session: Indigenous and rural peoples' rights in cumulative effects assessment

Summary Statement: Indigenous knowledges are critical in cumulative impacts assessment. Drawing on Canadian case studies, we demonstrate that greater participation by indigenous groups in CIA is key to improving impact assessment governance.

Acceptance Status: approve
Strength and weakness of Japanese EIA law

Abstract ID# 555

Presenting Author: Yoko Masuzawa | Coauthor(s): Mari Koyano , Haruka Kubo , Akiko Toi
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: Comparing to international and foreign laws concerning EIA, features of Japanese EIA law which may enhance or diminish its effectiveness or potentials will be discussed

Acceptance Status: approve
Interrelationships of Environmental Assessment and

Abstract ID# 556

Presenting Author: Ralf Aschemann
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: This paper identifies potential synergies between two key tools from different fields - Environmental Impact Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment - in order to explore the benefits of this approach.

Acceptance Status: approve
Addressing the SDGs - One Farmer at a Time

Abstract ID# 557

Presenting Author: Bryony Walmsley | Coauthor(s): Charles Musonda , Antonia Gronvall
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment and Sustainable Development Goals

Summary Statement: You donâ€™t need huge amounts of money, institutional capacity or complex legislation to contribute to the SDGs. See how one small organisation is helping Zambian farmer achieve the SDGs.

Acceptance Status: approve
Integrating climate change mitigation into EIA: R

Abstract ID# 558

Presenting Author: Barry Wiesner
Preferred Session: Climate Change

Summary Statement: How to integrate climate change mitigation measures, as opposed to adaptation measures, into project specific EIA, specifically, the use of carbon footprint assessment in the EIA process.

Acceptance Status: approve
CONSERVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IN ECUADOR

Abstract ID# 559

Presenting Author: Melanie Aleman | Coauthor(s): Miguel Angel Aleman , Pablo Salvador
Preferred Session: Operating in emerging countries with high biological and cultural diversity

Summary Statement: In balancing the need to develop and conserve, several long-term and ongoing biodiversity conservation strategies are being implemented for a large-scale project in Ecuadorâ€™s southern Amazon region.

Acceptance Status: approve
Technocratic SIA: proponents to win and community

Abstract ID# 560

Presenting Author: Tselmegsaikhan Lkhagva | Coauthor(s): Tamir Chultemsuren
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: The paper explores how technocratic oriented SIA practice, which primarily fulfils the international financial institutionâ€™s minimal standards, define who is a clear winner and loser in mining project

Acceptance Status: approve
IA of solar power plants Â¿allways the same?

Abstract ID# 563

Presenting Author: IÃ±igo Sobrini | Coauthor(s): Diana Marcela Zapata
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: Solar power plants are having a great develpment worldwide thanks to its technological revolution. This paper compares IA of this projects is Colombia vs Spain

Acceptance Status: approve
Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment of t

Abstract ID# 565

Presenting Author: Sergio Sefane
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: The present paper presents the Strategic Environmental and Social Assessment prepared for the Mining and Gas Sectors in Mozambique. The Ministry of Mineral resources and Energy is coordinating the imp

Acceptance Status: approve
Bureaucratic distortion of impact assessment of hy

Abstract ID# 568

Presenting Author: John Pilgrim
Preferred Session: Contribution of IA to sustainable hydropower development

Summary Statement: Impact assessment may be the mechanism for poor governance and misplaced development of livelihoods restoration.John Pi

Acceptance Status: approve
Science vs. Practice: lessons from Europe

Abstract ID# 569

Presenting Author: Sandra Clermont Adeline Bas
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: We cross European practices on integrating ES into the mitigation hierarchy with international standard and scientific recommendations and draws practical lessons for the current EIA framework.

Acceptance Status: approve
Improving alternative using optimization algorithm

Abstract ID# 570

Presenting Author: Jongook Lee | Coauthor(s): Dong Kun Lee , Eun Joo Yoon
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: Alternatives choice is an important task during impact assessment process to minimize possible impacts to environment. Use of an optimization algorithm can help to improve the propose of alternatives

Acceptance Status: approve
Involuntary Resettlement in Nepal: A Review

Abstract ID# 571

Presenting Author: Lars Soeftestad | Coauthor(s): Binod Pokharel
Preferred Session: Contribution of IA to sustainable hydropower development

Summary Statement: The paper presents a portfolio review of involuntary resettlement in Nepal. The goals are to assess the role of impact assessment, and give guidance to future cases of involuntary resettlement.

Acceptance Status: approve
Shannon Keller O'Loughlin

Abstract ID# 572

Presenting Author: Shannon Keller O'Loughlin
Preferred Session: Establishing guidance for heritage and impact assessments

Summary Statement: American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes are highly active in protecting their Cultural Heritage, including Cultural Heritage Sites.

Acceptance Status: approve
HSEIA to address health and social equity issues

Abstract ID# 573

Presenting Author: Jongook Lee | Coauthor(s): Dong Kun Lee
Preferred Session: Addressing health and social equity through impact assessment

Summary Statement: Integrated HSEIA can be a methodology of impact assessment to address health and social equity issues. The benefits of HSEIA will be presented with a case study and template.

Acceptance Status: approve
Changing frameworks, changing practice? RMA instit

Abstract ID# 574

Presenting Author: Hamish Rennie
Preferred Session: IA in New Zealand: lessons and strategies to enhance practice

Summary Statement: Assoc Prof Hamish Rennie (Lincoln Univ, NZ): a hearings commissioner and academic, with a particular interest in the regulatory frameworks that shape EIA practice in New Zealandâ€™s planning processes.

Acceptance Status: approve
Culture and Rights Based Collaborative Methodology

Abstract ID# 575

Presenting Author: Melody Lepine | Coauthor(s): Candace Anderson
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: Methodology for Assessing Potential Impacts on the exercise of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights in the context of the Proposed Frontier Oil Sands Mine Project.

Acceptance Status: approve
Securing Strategic Water Source Areas using a broa

Abstract ID# 576

Presenting Author: Mthobisi Nzimande
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: The South African National Biodiversity Institute is exploring the broad range of legislative tools available to secure strategic water source areas.

Acceptance Status: approve
Redefining Health with a First Nation Community

Abstract ID# 578

Presenting Author: Diana Lewis
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: Methodology matters and a new approach to environmental health risk assessment is warranted when assessing impacts of industrial development on the health and well-being of Indigenous communities.

Acceptance Status: approve
Dutch Best Practice of Heritage Impact Assessment

Abstract ID# 579

Presenting Author: Patrick Patiwael
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: This paper discusses the aspects that made the Dutch Heritage Impact Assessments to be considered as best practice.

Acceptance Status: approve
Las Bambas efforts to protect highland wetlands

Abstract ID# 580

Presenting Author: Claudia Valencia | Coauthor(s): Noema Cano
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: Las Bambas has made numerous efforts to protect its local biodiversity, including a mitigation and compensation program for highland wetlands - fragile ecosystems that offer many ecosystem services.

Acceptance Status: approve
Drones used to achieve more accurate IA results

Abstract ID# 582

Presenting Author: Claudia Valencia | Coauthor(s): Lucia Ibarguren
Preferred Session: So much data so little leveraging: How best to collect visualize, and share

Summary Statement: Three case studies show how digital tools such as drones and cameras are used to obtain accurate information of sensitive ecosystems and species at different steps of the mitigation hierarchy.

Acceptance Status: approve
Is SIA cosmetic in Indian road development schemes

Abstract ID# 583

Presenting Author: Tanya Chandra
Preferred Session: Evolution or Revolution? The strategic value of SIA in regional development

Summary Statement: Evaluating the role of SIA in road infrastructure development in India through policy and anthropological research

Acceptance Status: approve
Situational factors analysis to improve biodiversi

Abstract ID# 584

Presenting Author: Catherine Kerr-Smith
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment is a blunt tool for biodiversity: yes or no?

Summary Statement: A Crime Science Theoretical Framework offers a new route to isolating which situational factors are most relevant to EIA biodiversity compliance and other alternative assessment and management tools.

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact assessment of nature-based solutions in cit

Abstract ID# 585

Presenting Author: Davide Geneletti
Preferred Session: Can the Ecosystem Service concept improve the outcome for Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: Impact assessment processes that support urban planning can help to promote the proposal and implementation of nature-based solutions, as well to compare the expected effectiveness of these solutions

Acceptance Status: approve
Catastrophe, Risk, & Oil-by-Rail: Insights for IA

Abstract ID# 586

Presenting Author: Anne Junod | Coauthor(s): Jeffrey Jacquet
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: Social, economic, and infrastructure conditions associated with oil train disaster risks are discussed in the context of four rail communities to better inform energy development and disaster IA.

Acceptance Status: approve
Measuring Impacts on Labor Rights and Working Cond

Abstract ID# 587

Presenting Author: Burcu Bolak | Coauthor(s): Richa Mittal , Michiko Shima
Preferred Session: Human/Labor Rights

Summary Statement: The Fair Labor Association will share its current thinking and applications of impact assessments in labor rights and working conditions â€“ impact evaluation of corrective and remediation activities.

Acceptance Status: approve
The role of SIA in post-disaster recontruction

Abstract ID# 588

Presenting Author: Angelo Jonas Imperiale
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: We present the role SIA can have in post-disaster reconstruction to enhance DRR and community resilience. The paper focusses on an ongoing reconstruction process in Lâ€™Aquila post-disaster context (IT)

Acceptance Status: approve
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF EIAs IN PERU

Abstract ID# 589

Presenting Author: Orestes Orrego | Coauthor(s): Miguel Espichan , Alex Leon
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: After three years of implementation, all the environmental studies received by Senace will be assessed online, putting Peru at the forefront of the digital transformation of EIAs in Latin America.

Acceptance Status: approve
Cumulative impact of seismic information acquisiti

Abstract ID# 591

Presenting Author: ALEXANDRE DAVIGNON | Coauthor(s): Alexandre Souza
Preferred Session: The Cumulative Dimensions of Resource Regions

Summary Statement: Cumulative impact of seismic information acquisition activities in the Santos Basin.a A model of management of these impacts will be proposed, in a licensing demands and their respective synergies.

Acceptance Status: approve
The strategic role of SIA in EU regional developme

Abstract ID# 594

Presenting Author: Angelo Jonas Imperiale
Preferred Session: Evolution or Revolution? The strategic value of SIA in regional development

Summary Statement: Drawing from the intended social outcomes in EU regional development policy, we reflect on SIA's potential role in regional development planning for enhancing social outcomes in vulnerable regions.

Acceptance Status: approve
The National Environmental screening tool live in

Abstract ID# 596

Presenting Author: Sargonum Marlanie Moodley
Preferred Session: Revolutionizing IA: Collaborative Planning in the Information Age

Summary Statement: Pre-screening is a process by which the anticipated environmental consequences of a proposed development are considered, prior to the proposal being authorized or rejected, to determine what the envir

Acceptance Status: approve
Potash Amazonas Project â€“ ESIA contributions tow

Abstract ID# 597

Presenting Author: LÃšCIO BEDE
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: The implementation of Potash Project involves territorial and environmental governance challenges. A territorial development strategy was based on ecosystem services and social participatory approach.

Acceptance Status: approve
A collaborative process for creating report cards

Abstract ID# 600

Presenting Author: Anthony Kung | Coauthor(s): Brian S. McIntosh , Poh-Ling Tan , Paul Lant
Preferred Session: Revolutionizing IA: Collaborative Planning in the Information Age

Summary Statement: Report cards are widely used to communicate environmental & social performance. This paper directs attention to the process of creating report cards. A collaborative process is presented and unpacked.

Acceptance Status: approve
Proposed IA Process: From Revolution to Reality

Abstract ID# 601

Presenting Author: Christine Loth-Bown
Preferred Session: The recent reform of Federal EA Law in Canada: evolution or revolution?

Summary Statement: This presentation will highlight key implementation measures that would be needed should the proposed Impact Assessment Act be passed into law.

Acceptance Status: approve
The pros and cons of standardizing EIA methods

Abstract ID# 602

Presenting Author: Alberto Fonseca | Coauthor(s): Ludmila Brito , Karine Cunha , Luisa Tavares
Preferred Session: Transition from EIA to EMS

Summary Statement: What are the pros and cons of standardizing the methods of identification, evaluation and prediction of environmental impacts? This study, based on content analysis and online survey, explores this qu

Acceptance Status: approve
What Now? Looking to the Future of Environment Imp

Abstract ID# 603

Presenting Author: Charles Kelly
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: The presentation reviews current environment-and-humanitarian efforts and considers what should now happen to ensure further progress to ensure negative environmental impacts associated with humanitar

Acceptance Status: approve
Delivering Australiaâ€™s Inland Rail

Abstract ID# 604

Presenting Author: Sarah Connelly
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: Assessing and managing the social, environmental and economic aspects of a 1700km freight railway Project in Australia: challenges and opportunities of delivering the Inland Rail Project.

Acceptance Status: approve
Assessing regional and cumulative impacts of mine

Abstract ID# 606

Presenting Author: Kelli Roemer | Coauthor(s): Julia Haggerty
Preferred Session: International progress in regional-scale impact assessment

Summary Statement: This paper uses the cumulative impact assessment framework to illuminate the combined impacts of plant and mine retirements in the PRB region and opportunities for multi-scalar policy intervention.

Acceptance Status: approve
Social License to Exit: A Flawed Concept

Abstract ID# 607

Presenting Author: Julia Haggerty
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment of Project Closure: Meeting the New Expectations

Summary Statement: Social License to Exit? A Flawed, but Productive Concept

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact Assessment in a Post-disaster Context: less

Abstract ID# 608

Presenting Author: Hamish Rennie
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: IA practice and frameworks in post-disaster Kaikoura (NZ) and their implications for IA and itâ€™s role in building future rural resilience in a developed country are evaluated.

Acceptance Status: approve
From Impact Assessment to Beyond Compliance

Abstract ID# 609

Presenting Author: Rachel Brazier | Coauthor(s): Marissa Powell
Preferred Session: Improving environmental and social performance on construction projects

Summary Statement: How can we harness the impact assessment process to support a shift in focus from compliance to beyond compliance outcomes in transport construction projects in Australia?

Acceptance Status: approve
SEA for windpower and biodiversity in Kenya

Abstract ID# 610

Presenting Author: Tami Putri | Coauthor(s): Leon Bennun , David Wilson , Robin Mitchell , Guy Williams
Preferred Session: Avoiding cumulative impacts before they occur: roles and responsibilities

Summary Statement: A Strategic Environmental Assessment for windpower in Kenya is identifying overlaps of sensitive species and wind potential, to inform impact avoidance by site selection, and also assessing potential

Acceptance Status: approve
IA in a volatile environment: Kandadji dam case st

Abstract ID# 611

Presenting Author: Aimee BELLA-CORBIN | Coauthor(s): Dr. Aimee BELLA-CORBIN , Dr. Mbianyor BAKIA
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: How can we ensure a better way to use IA to guaranty an effective decision-making process in an explosive and high security risk region for a complex large scale project implementation?

Acceptance Status: approve
Federal EIA Vs Regional Challenges: Nigerian Case

Abstract ID# 612

Presenting Author: Abbas Suleiman | Coauthor(s): Adamu Ogah
Preferred Session: Filling the Evolving IA Governance Gap: Regional vs Federal Authority

Summary Statement: To make EIA investor friendly in Nigeria, there is the need for a harmonization of the EIA process by competing federal authorities and state (regional) governments

Acceptance Status: approve
Mitigation Measures for Wildlife in Chile: Example

Abstract ID# 614

Presenting Author: Cristian Perez
Preferred Session: Integrating biodiversity & ecosystem services into the mitigation hierarchy

Summary Statement: This research analyzes mitigation measures implemented for biodiversity in Chile that have been sanctioned by the enforcement agency as a way to understand their relationship with the EIA process.

Acceptance Status: approve
Scotlandâ€™s Marine Planning Framework

Abstract ID# 616

Presenting Author: Amanda Chisholm
Preferred Session: International progress in regional-scale impact assessment

Summary Statement: Impact assessment has been a key tool in the preparation of national and regional- level marine plans in Scotland. This paper explores lessons learned, including assessment and plan effectiveness.

Acceptance Status: approve
IA training: Challenges of follow up and use

Abstract ID# 617

Presenting Author: Glenn Brown
Preferred Session: Using case studies in teaching Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: I review principles and tools that help students retain and use knowledge and skills after training, using examples from workshops about using Organized Reasoning in IA practice.

Acceptance Status: approve
The role of multilateral development banks includi

Abstract ID# 620

Presenting Author: Ross Butler
Preferred Session: Strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement: This session analyses the current and potential future roles of multilateral development banks including the World Bank and Asian Development Bank in strengthening impact assessment in the Pacific.

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental Planning Challenges in Private Secto

Abstract ID# 623

Presenting Author: Beatrice Gomez | Coauthor(s): Abhishek Singh
Preferred Session: Public Private Partnerships and the Asian Infrastructure Gap

Summary Statement: An examination of the constraints and opportunities in environmental planning, including undertaking robust IAs, for private sector led projects funded by development finance institutions.

Acceptance Status: approve
Early experience as an EIA Co-ordinator

Abstract ID# 624

Presenting Author: Amanda Chisholm
Preferred Session: ESIA Leadership: The Role of an ESIA Co-ordinator

Summary Statement: Experience as an EIA Co-ordinator in the late 1990s was challenging but rewarding. Did it assist EIA effectiveness?

Acceptance Status: approve
How human activity supports species migration unde

Abstract ID# 625

Presenting Author: Yuyoung Choi | Coauthor(s): Chul-Hee Lim , Jieun Ryu , Hyun Chan Sung , Seong Woo Jeon
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: This study assessed the adaptability of species in Northeast Asia under climate change through spatially explicit prediction of bioclimatic change and quantify bioclimate connectivity.

Acceptance Status: approve
Implementing strategies for socialization of emerg

Abstract ID# 627

Presenting Author: Marcio Labruna
Preferred Session: Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Resilience

Summary Statement: Strategies for Socialization of emergency plans for tailings dam including communities downstream, emergency agency, regulators and government.

Acceptance Status: approve
Communication process of offshore wind development

Abstract ID# 629

Presenting Author: Ayano Takeuchi
Preferred Session: Social and environmental impacts of marine renewable energy

Summary Statement: This study focuses on the communication process between fisher and developer for offshore wind energy in Goto city, Nagasaki Prefecture.

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental conflicts in Chile and EIA absence

Abstract ID# 630

Presenting Author: Gino Araya | Coauthor(s): Juan Eduardo Johson
Preferred Session: The Cumulative Dimensions of Resource Regions

Summary Statement: Analysis of the distribution of the main socio-environmental conflicts occurred in 2018 in Chile and their relation with the facilities of projects without environmental licenses.

Acceptance Status: approve
25 years of environmental impact assessment in Chi

Abstract ID# 631

Presenting Author: Rodrigo NuÃ±ez | Coauthor(s): Marta Salazar , Claudio Molina , Felipe Vera , Julio Lira
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: A review of 25 years of environmental impact assessment in Chile and the future challenges for an effective social legitimacy in the evaluation and authorization process.

Acceptance Status: approve
A new approach to determining impacts to GDEs

Abstract ID# 633

Presenting Author: Ben Roberts
Preferred Session: Asian S3EA: Strategic, Spatial and Sustainable EA

Summary Statement: This interactive presentation reviews how remote sensing technology can be used to assist identify GDEs and their ongoing condition monitoring.

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental Impact Statements in Queensland: a s

Abstract ID# 634

Presenting Author: Philip Rowland | Coauthor(s): Kathleen Ahern
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: Challenges faced in EIS assessment of large resource projects in Queensland, Australia to develop the innovative changes required to keep the EIS process relevant and effective for all stakeholders.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolution of ESIA Practice in the Lao Peopleâ€™s D

Abstract ID# 635

Presenting Author: Ernesto Sanchez-Triana
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: The paper discusses the evolution of the ESIA system in Lao PDR, including the current drafting of new ESIA regulations as a key element of the green growth agenda.

Acceptance Status: approve
Critical factors for SEA effectiveness: lessons fr

Abstract ID# 636

Presenting Author: Santiago Enriquez
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: This paper extracts lessons from seven SEAs conducted in Latin America and Asia during 1997-2017 to mainstream environmental considerations into regional and national development plans.

Acceptance Status: approve
Solving conflicts from livestock farms

Abstract ID# 637

Presenting Author: Sang-il Hwang | Coauthor(s): Eunji Cha
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: This presentation shows how a local consultant find out a way to solve conflicts between livestock farmers and nearby residents in a small community.

Acceptance Status: approve
The Philippine Learning Center for Environment and

Abstract ID# 638

Presenting Author: Helen Sy | Coauthor(s): Aura C. Matias , Arlene de Ocampo
Preferred Session: Evolution of ESIA practice in Asia-Pacific developing economies

Summary Statement: The challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned in the development of the Philippine Learning Center for Environment and Social Sustainability, University of the Philippines are described.

Acceptance Status: approve
Financial resourses coming of licencing of project

Abstract ID# 640

Presenting Author: AntÃ´nio Borges
Preferred Session: Economic impact assessment

Summary Statement: Considering the timeframe July 2011 to June 2018, will be evaluated the decisions of 78 meetings of the Federal Environmental Compensation Committee (CCAF), responsible for deciding the distribution o

Acceptance Status: approve
EIC, Community Engagement, and Sustainability

Abstract ID# 641

Presenting Author: Paulette Bynoe | Coauthor(s): Denise Simmons
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: This study examines the role of local community engagement in the EIA process and its contributions to sustainability. The study also highlights the challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned.

Acceptance Status: approve
Guyanaâ€™s EIA Process in the Context of an Emergi

Abstract ID# 642

Presenting Author: Denise Simmons | Coauthor(s): Paulette Bynoe
Preferred Session: Operating in emerging countries with high biological and cultural diversity

Summary Statement: This paper examines the extent to which the oil and gas sector in Guyana has presented challenges for the countryâ€™s EIA system; and how were the challenges addressed/are being addressed.

Acceptance Status: approve
The power in SIA and the power of SIA

Abstract ID# 643

Presenting Author: Kiros Hiruy
Preferred Session: Putting the 'social' back into science: quality social impact assessment

Summary Statement: This paper argues the need for power analysis in SIA recognising the hiatus between the intention and practice of SIA regarding the empowerment of vulnerable groups in the community.

Acceptance Status: approve
Studying Indigenous Impacts of a â€œRenewable Reso

Abstract ID# 644

Presenting Author: Michael Edelstein
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: The paper reviews a Psycho-Social Impact and Community Well Being Study underway to examine the past and potential future impacts for Native Hawaiians associated with geothermal development.

Acceptance Status: approve
In the War Room: Soto Norte Mining Project Experie

Abstract ID# 645

Presenting Author: Andres Amaya | Coauthor(s): Alfonso Palacio , MÃ³nica Romero , Yaddy Ruiz
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: Project design or IA, which is first? The art of collaboration, balance and feasible outcome in the Soto Norte Mining project. Applying single-team common-view model within a war room.

Acceptance Status: approve
Beyond Impact Assessment Results, Soto Norte aims

Abstract ID# 646

Presenting Author: Andres Amaya | Coauthor(s): Yaddy Ruiz , MÃ³nica Romero
Preferred Session: Can the Ecosystem Service concept improve the outcome for Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: Incorporating ecosystem service assessment results in a positive outcome IA at Soto Norte. In-depth understanding of relationships between social and environmental aspects result in a robust managemen

Acceptance Status: approve
Enhancing IA professionalism in Australia and New

Abstract ID# 647

Presenting Author: Jess John | Coauthor(s): Alan Chenoweth
Preferred Session: Access to Remedy and Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: Providing an update and critical insight into CEnvP, Australia and New Zealand's leading certification scheme for environmental practitioners

Acceptance Status: approve
Steps Towards La Baja Creek Restauration: Social C

Abstract ID# 648

Presenting Author: Alfonso Palacio | Coauthor(s): Monica Romero , Andres amaya
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment and the Social and Cultural Effects of Mine Closure

Summary Statement: Soto Norte mining project undertakes closing small scale abandoned mines along La Baja Creek and proposes a coexistence mining program to manage social and cultural effects on surrounding communities

Acceptance Status: approve
EIA and Indigenous Rights in Guyana: The Role of F

Abstract ID# 650

Presenting Author: Paulette Bynoe
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: This study adopts a Case Study approach to examine critically the role of Free Prior Informed Consent, as a core principle for engaging indigenous people in the EIA decision making process in Guyana

Acceptance Status: approve
Beyond Impact Management: Promoting and Participat

Abstract ID# 651

Presenting Author: Monica Romero | Coauthor(s): AndrÃ©s Amaya , Yaddy Ruiz
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: Recognizing itself as a key stakeholder, the Soto Norte project proposes the implementation of a model that surpasses projectÂ´s impact management and focuses on regional development and sustainability

Acceptance Status: approve
Mine Closure and Sustainability in Latin America

Abstract ID# 652

Presenting Author: Gillian Gregory
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment and the Social and Cultural Effects of Mine Closure

Summary Statement: This paper systematically reviews mine closure frameworks in Latin America, demonstrating the need to better integrate the socioeconomic dimensions of mine closure into regional assessment and sustain

Acceptance Status: approve
Health impacts of Mercury use in artisanal mining

Abstract ID# 653

Presenting Author: Caroline Aguti
Preferred Session: Health Assessment and Needs

Summary Statement: Mercury use in artisanal gold mining is a health risk and health impact assessment and implementation is key to ensuring safe use and development of alternative technologies.

Acceptance Status: approve
Qualifying and quantifying impacts on heritage and

Abstract ID# 654

Presenting Author: Robert de Jong
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: Heritage Impact Assessment as a discipline could be improved by refining the qualitative approach regarding affected heritage values/components and establishing a complementary quantitative approach s

Acceptance Status: approve
Perception of Indigenous Filipino Youth

Abstract ID# 656

Presenting Author: Eden Terol
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: This study explored the perception of 10 indigenous youth (ages 14-21) on the influx of migrant workers in their ancestral domain and its implications in their community life.

Acceptance Status: approve
Community Concerns from Songkhla Special Economic

Abstract ID# 657

Presenting Author: Suvapak Benjatanawat
Preferred Session: Evolution or Revolution? The strategic value of SIA in regional development

Summary Statement: Special Economic Zone causes community concerns on negative impacts.

Acceptance Status: approve
Use of Digital Technologies during Resettlement Pl

Abstract ID# 658

Presenting Author: Zaruhi Hayrapetyan
Preferred Session: Digital technologies for social impact assessment and resettlement planning

Summary Statement: Application of drones, Google earth, Microsoft Access and MSQL databases, their advantages, limitations are demonstrated per project preparation and implementation stages, including grievance redress.

Acceptance Status: approve
Mikisew Cree Culture, Rights, and Oil Sand Mines

Abstract ID# 659

Presenting Author: Craig Candler
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: Revolutions need strategy. We look at key lessons learned from an indigenous-led culture and rights assessment of a new oil sand mine in northern Alberta, and how the community put it to use.

Acceptance Status: approve
From Attendance, to Participation to Consultation:

Abstract ID# 660

Presenting Author: Yaddy Ruiz | Coauthor(s): Monica Romero , AndrÃ©s Amaya , Alfonso Palacio
Preferred Session: Consulting Communities to Assess Impacts, Promote Awareness, Participation

Summary Statement: Soto Norte case study. Successful community engagement process results in an enriched IA process: from audience attendance, to participation to consultation.

Acceptance Status: approve
Integrating groundwater into land use decision-mak

Abstract ID# 661

Presenting Author: David R. Decelis
Preferred Session: DRR DLDD impacts and the SDGs

Summary Statement: Through the scoping of SEA for land use plans, groundwater (GW) was integrated as a VE. Technical, legal and institutional shortcomings of GW-energy-food security nexus management were addressed

Acceptance Status: approve
DFI's Social Safeguards and Economic Displacement

Abstract ID# 662

Presenting Author: Santiago Olmos
Preferred Session: Social impact assessment of the displacement of vulnerable people

Summary Statement: DFIs have experienced challenges in addressing issues of displacement of populations in the context of development projects which they finance. Particularly challenging has been the issue of economic displacement of vulnerable populations involved in the informal economy.

Acceptance Status: approve
Teaching IA Case Studies: A Revolutionary Approach

Abstract ID# 663

Presenting Author: Tom Baxter
Preferred Session: Using case studies in teaching Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: This paper presents a case study of Gunns Limitedâ€™s pulp mill proposal and its use in university teaching to demonstrate IA law and practice. It exemplifies the best and worst of Australian IA.

Acceptance Status: approve
Protecting heritage in Africa through IA

Abstract ID# 664

Presenting Author: Ishanlosen Odiaua
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: An examination of the situation in some African countries, with respect to the association between cultural/natural heritage protection, EA legislation and development projects.

Acceptance Status: approve
Re-evolutionizing Soto Norte Region: Planning a Go

Abstract ID# 665

Presenting Author: Yaddy Ruiz | Coauthor(s): Monica Romero , Andres Amaya
Preferred Session: Evolution or Revolution? The strategic value of SIA in regional development

Summary Statement: The evolution of SIA results in a proposal to re-evolutionize the Soto Norte region. SIA process assists communities in envisioning the future and becomes a key tool in strategic regional planning

Acceptance Status: approve
Guidance for heritage and IA - a collaboration

Abstract ID# 666

Presenting Author: Ishanlosen Odiaua | Coauthor(s): John Alonge , Bolanle Ajai
Preferred Session: Practising heritage conservation with impact assessments

Summary Statement: This contribution will examine how effective collaboration between IA and heritage professionals can contribute to successfully responding to the needs in the field.

Acceptance Status: approve
Soto Norte Mining Project: case study of an â€œAll

Abstract ID# 667

Presenting Author: Monica Romero | Coauthor(s): yaddy Ruiz , Andres Amaya
Preferred Session: Environmental sustainability in large mining projects in developing regions

Summary Statement: Soto Norte gold mining project implements a comprehensive IA aiming to establish a unique pilot management program aligned with SGDs in order to leverage local and regional development.

Acceptance Status: approve
Effective Impact Assessment Scoping and Efficient

Abstract ID# 668

Presenting Author: Belinda Sinclair
Preferred Session: ESIA Leadership: The Role of an ESIA Co-ordinator

Summary Statement: A presentation on achieving efficient, proportionate and meaningful impact assessment through effective scoping without losing the integrity of the process.

Acceptance Status: approve
Guarantee quality in EIA

Abstract ID# 669

Presenting Author: Dick van Straaten
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: Guaranteeing quality has always been a big issue in EIA, on all levels. The role and involvement of the public and stakeholder becomes more and more decisive in making 'a good EIA'

Acceptance Status: approve
Tina Hydro: power through partnership

Abstract ID# 670

Presenting Author: Mark France
Preferred Session: Rethinking social licence where to from here?

Summary Statement: Mark France. Project manager for Tina Hydro in Solomon Islands 2011-2017.

Acceptance Status: approve
Tina Hydro: power through partnership - legal pers

Abstract ID# 671

Presenting Author: Jen Radford
Preferred Session: Power through (indigenous) partnership: The Tina River Hydro Case (65 chara

Summary Statement: Jen Radford, Legal specialist and Safeguards Advisor, Tina Hydro Project, Solomon Islands.

Acceptance Status: approve
Tina Hydro: Mainstreaming National Perspectives in

Abstract ID# 672

Presenting Author: Fred Conning
Preferred Session: Power through (indigenous) partnership: The Tina River Hydro Case (65 chara

Summary Statement: Fred Conning, Senior Advisor, Tina Hydro Project Office, Solomon Islands.

Acceptance Status: approve
Assessing GI differences in the UK and Mexico

Abstract ID# 673

Presenting Author: JUAN CARLOS TEJEDA | Coauthor(s): Thomas Fischer , Samuel Hayes
Preferred Session: International progress in regional-scale impact assessment

Summary Statement: Strategic environmental assessment of the green infrastructure planning framework in Mexico based on UK's expertise.

Acceptance Status: approve
Environmental flows and hydropower in Bhutan

Abstract ID# 674

Presenting Author: Angeles Mendoza Sammet | Coauthor(s): Tandin Tshering
Preferred Session: Contribution of IA to sustainable hydropower development

Summary Statement: This presentation discusses the integration of environmental flow is hydropower guidelines in Bhutan

Acceptance Status: approve
Learnings from a regional water plan SEA in Mexico

Abstract ID# 675

Presenting Author: JUAN CARLOS TEJEDA
Preferred Session: Scope and level of detail for SEA at national and regional scale

Summary Statement: Lessons from the performance of an Strategic Environmental Assessment of a regional water plan in the 'Altiplano Potosino' region in Mexico

Acceptance Status: approve
What's new? Rights and legislative change

Abstract ID# 677

Presenting Author: Trefor Smith
Preferred Session: Integrating indigenous rights and knowledges into impact assessment

Summary Statement: A critical examination of the promise of new environmental assessment legislative regimes in Canada and British Columbia to fully integrate Indigenous rights assessment into major project EA.

Acceptance Status: approve
Assessing sustainable impacts amidst institutional

Abstract ID# 678

Presenting Author: Jean-Pierre Imbrogiano | Coauthor(s): Eric Stemn , Carol J. Bond
Preferred Session: Impact assessment is only good when it is effective

Summary Statement: We elucidate theoretically and empirically why and how societal institutions impede sustainable changes in business practices and discuss implications for impact assessments.

Acceptance Status: approve
Learning lessons the hard way: embeding SIA into p

Abstract ID# 679

Presenting Author: Melanie Fisher
Preferred Session: Institutionalising SIA Practice within Government Decision Making

Summary Statement: SIA has been successfully embedded into policy processes in the past although its full value wasnâ€™t realised. Governments are readying for massive change and SIA could provide a valuable resource.

Acceptance Status: approve
IA of a hydroelectric, waste rock and tailing stor

Abstract ID# 680

Presenting Author: Marissa Haywood | Coauthor(s): Kristen Hall , Michael Hawkins , Daniel Moriarty
Preferred Session: Collaboration between Engineers and Environmental Practitioners

Summary Statement: The Frieda River Copper-Gold Project proposes an innovative engineering solution - an integrated storage facility for waste rock and tailings storage and generation of hydroelectric power

Acceptance Status: approve
IA for a combined resource and regional developmen

Abstract ID# 681

Presenting Author: Kristen Hall | Coauthor(s): Daniel Moriarty , Michael Hawkins
Preferred Session: International progress in regional-scale impact assessment

Summary Statement: The proposed development of one of the largest known undeveloped copper resources in the world, has provided the opportunity to support a regional development project - the Sepik Development Project.

Acceptance Status: approve
Challenges facing best-practice EIA in the solar i

Abstract ID# 682

Presenting Author: Bronte Nixon
Preferred Session: Country experiences with evolution in the energy sector and IA requirements

Summary Statement: EIA for solar farms is a relatively new concept for Australia. This paper considers the lack of consistency across EIA's and considers the poorly understood issue of the potential heat-island effect.

Acceptance Status: approve
Better environmental performance during constructi

Abstract ID# 683

Presenting Author: Patrick Francis
Preferred Session: Improving environmental and social performance on construction projects

Summary Statement: The true value of environmental and social management measures lies in their implementation. This session explores strategies to improve their performance in construction projects. Measures may include user-friendly plans, handheld and cloud-based tools to update and access field data in real time and contractual incentives for good performance.

Acceptance Status: approve
Certification of SIA: The right next step?

Abstract ID# 684

Presenting Author: Sara Bice
Preferred Session: Developing Social Impact Assessment Practitioners: Challenges and Opportuni

Summary Statement: This interactive presentation asks: Is certification or the professionalization of SIA (or impact assessment, more broadly) the right next step for the practice? Do these initiatives symbolize steps towards legitimacy or are we just buying in to the system (when we should be stickin' it to the man)? Participants will be prevented with recent evidence on professionalization and certification related to SIA practice, and be invited to enter the fray of this debate to consider key challenges and opportunities.

Acceptance Status: approve
Abstract ID# 685

Presenting Author:
Preferred Session: Fossil energy versus renewable energy - a role play of of impact scenarios

Summary Statement:

Acceptance Status: approve
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Abstract ID# 691

Presenting Author: null null | Coauthor(s): null null , null null , null null , null null & null null

Preferred Session: Access to Remedy and Impact Assessment

Summary Statement: null

Acceptance Status: approve
Abstract ID# 694

Presenting Author:
Preferred Session: Roundtable: IAIAâ€™s Climate Change and Impact Assessment Next Steps

Summary Statement:

Acceptance Status: approve
Abstract ID# 696

Presenting Author:
Preferred Session: Use of country safeguard systems in international projectsâ€“are we ready?

Summary Statement:

Acceptance Status: approve
Abstract ID# 698

Presenting Author:
Preferred Session: Actions to advance impact assessment practice in the Pacific Islands

Summary Statement:

Acceptance Status: approve
Implementing the SIA guideline in New South Wales

Abstract ID# 701

Presenting Author: Richard Parsons
Preferred Session: Institutionalising SIA Practice within Government Decision Making

Summary Statement: Developing the SIA guideline in New South Wales highlighted tensions between SIA and planning frameworks. Implementing it, meanwhile, has illuminated the countervailing forces that influence uptake.

Acceptance Status: approve
Maturity Model for Enterprise-Scale Stakeholder En

Abstract ID# 702

Presenting Author: Louis Lieutenant
Preferred Session: Digital Impact Assessment â€“ the latest developments

Summary Statement: This paper will help practitioners gain deep understanding of their current maturity level of data management for stakeholder engagement and outline a process to achieve enterprise-scale digital maturity that easily proves the rigor of their IA program. We will compare the issues, risks and benefits linked to each maturity level.

Acceptance Status: approve
A Case Study on Offshore Wind Farm in South Korea

Abstract ID# 703

Presenting Author: Taeyun Kim | Coauthor(s): Junho Maeng , Jinsung Seo
Preferred Session: Social and environmental impacts of marine renewable energy

Summary Statement: The study aims to identify the social and environmental impacts that may arise from offshore wind farms in close to the coast and suggest ways to minimize or mitigate the impacts.

Acceptance Status: approve
Evolutionary and revolutionary approaches to early

Abstract ID# 705

Presenting Author: Claire Gronow
Preferred Session: Early Planning in Impact Assessment in Canada and Other Countries

Summary Statement: EIA procedure neither prompts nor rewards proponents to incorporate environmental considerations into early decisions. Suggestions are made for evolutionary and revolutionary changes to address this.

Acceptance Status: approve
Robin Carter

Abstract ID# 706

Presenting Author: Robin Carter
Preferred Session: Meeting the marine biodiversity challenge

Summary Statement: Lwandle Technologies (Pty) Ltd., South Africa

Acceptance Status: approve
The decarbonisation vulnerability index

Abstract ID# 707

Presenting Author: David A. Fleming
Preferred Session: Social License and Impact Assessment of Energy Transitions

Summary Statement: Decarbonisation is necessary to mitigate climate change, but it will generate socioeconomic impacts on communities dependent on GHG-intense industries. This paper presents a decarbonisation vulnerability index to reflect this implication across regions.

Acceptance Status: approve
Economic and land use implications of utility scal

Abstract ID# 708

Presenting Author: Lavinia Poruschi | Coauthor(s): Tom Measham
Preferred Session: Social License and Impact Assessment of Energy Transitions

Summary Statement: Utility scale renewable energy projects are rapidly becoming a reality, but what does this mean in terms of employment, land use or other local impacts and benefits?

Acceptance Status: approve
The decarbonisation vulnerability index

Abstract ID# 709

Presenting Author: David Fleming
Preferred Session: Social License and Impact Assessment of Energy Transitions

Summary Statement: Decarbonisation is necessary to mitigate climate change, but it will generate socioeconomic impacts on communities dependent on GHG-intense industries. This paper presents a decarbonisation vulnerability index to reflect this implication across regions.

Acceptance Status: approve
Social licence across three different industry pha

Abstract ID# 710

Presenting Author: Andrea Walton | Coauthor(s): Rod McCrea
Preferred Session: Social License and Impact Assessment of Energy Transitions

Summary Statement: The paper presents survey data on social licence from three different host communities each in a different phase of unconventional gas development: pre-approval; early-operations; 20-year history of gas.

Acceptance Status: approve
Beyond a regulatory license to operate

Abstract ID# 712

Presenting Author: Kym Calderwood
Preferred Session: Social License and Impact Assessment of Energy Transitions

Summary Statement: This paper explores the challenges faced by public policy managers and proposes provisional solutions to managing the diversity of stakeholder perspectives associated with extractive resource project development.

Acceptance Status: approve
regional and cumulative impacts of mine and coal-f

Abstract ID# 713

Presenting Author: Kelli Roemer
Preferred Session: Social License and Impact Assessment of Energy Transitions

Summary Statement: This paper uses the cumulative impact assessment framework to illuminate the combined impacts of plant and mine retirements in the Powder River Basin (USA) region and opportunities for multi-scalar policy intervention.

Acceptance Status: approve
Assessing social impacts of mine closure

Abstract ID# 714

Presenting Author: Jo-Anne Everingham | Coauthor(s): Sarah Mackenzie
Preferred Session: Social License and Impact Assessment of Energy Transitions

Summary Statement: Uranium mining towns like Arlit (Niger) and Jabiru (Northern Territory, Australia), plus towns in Central Queenslandâ€™s coal basin must each assess potential socio-economic and governance impacts of impending mine closure.

Acceptance Status: approve
The publicâ€™s response to a hydrogen energy syste

Abstract ID# 715

Presenting Author: Simone Carr-Cornish | Coauthor(s): Krystina Lamb , Michelle Rodriguez
Preferred Session: Social License and Impact Assessment of Energy Transitions

Summary Statement: With Australiaâ€™s emerging hydrogen energy technologies industry as a case, an approach is shared for understanding the publicâ€™s response and identifying social impacts that are likely to have an influence.

Acceptance Status: approve
IA evolution or revolution? It depends on whom you

Abstract ID# 716

Presenting Author: Megan Jones
Preferred Session: Letâ€™s talk about this â€“ Evolution or revolution for IA

Summary Statement: This presentation considers how an understanding of stakeholder expectations has the potential to assist in determining whether evolution or revolution is the best way forward for future IA practice.

Acceptance Status: approve
David Marsh, Independent consultant (Australia)

Abstract ID# 717

Presenting Author: David Marsh
Preferred Session: Meeting the marine biodiversity challenge

Summary Statement: David Marsh, Independent consultant (Australia)

Acceptance Status: approve
Impact assessment is adept for managing biodiversi

Abstract ID# 718

Presenting Author: Robin Mitchell
Preferred Session: Impact Assessment is a blunt tool for biodiversity: yes or no?

Summary Statement: IA is a sharp tool able to efficiently characterise biodiversity values, predict impact consequence, and focus management efforts toward desired net outcomes.

Acceptance Status: approve
Claire Fletcher, The Biodiversity Consultancy

Abstract ID# 719

Presenting Author: Claire Fletcher
Preferred Session: Meeting the marine biodiversity challenge

Summary Statement: Claire Fletcher, The Biodiversity Consultancy

Acceptance Status: approve
Marine biodiversity offsets: Building conservatio

Abstract ID# 720

Presenting Author: Ray Victurine
Preferred Session: Meeting the marine biodiversity challenge

Summary Statement: Ray is the Director of WCSâ€™s Business and Conservation Program, which engages with industry, governments and other stakeholders to promote policy and best practice in support of mitigation of industry and infrastructure impacts around the world, including the design of offset programs that deliver long-term conservation outcomes.

Acceptance Status: approve
Nicky Shumway

Abstract ID# 721

Presenting Author: Nicki Shumway
Preferred Session: Meeting the marine biodiversity challenge

Summary Statement: Nicki Shumway is completing her PhD at the University of Queensland, Australia. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of marine biodiversity offsetting and the achievement of "no net loss."

Acceptance Status: approve
Abstract ID# 722

Presenting Author:
Preferred Session: Teaching Impact Assessment: Best Practice Principles and Pedagogy

Summary Statement:

Acceptance Status: approve

IAIA19 Submitted Paper & Presentation Abstracts

Abstracts: Approved Paper & Presentation | Pending Paper & Presentation | Posters

Plant diversity and ecosystem services assessment

Abstract ID# 5

Acceptance Status: approve

Environmental Design Criteria for Project Design

Abstract ID# 6

Acceptance Status: approve

Factors for Siting a Used Nuclear Fuel Facility

Abstract ID# 7

Acceptance Status: approve

The project itself or the impact assessment proces

Abstract ID# 8

Acceptance Status: approve

Going digital - Is this Evolution or Revolution

Abstract ID# 9

Acceptance Status: approve

Indigenous Knowledge Meets Western Science

Abstract ID# 10

Acceptance Status: approve

SIA and DRA commonalities: SA regulatory compariso

Abstract ID# 11

Acceptance Status: approve

More than a classroom â€“ Training and Capacity Bu

Abstract ID# 12

Acceptance Status: approve

The evolution of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in

Abstract ID# 13

Acceptance Status: approve

Extractives: A conversation with the Turkana

Abstract ID# 14

Acceptance Status: approve

Socio-economic impacts of Offshore Wind Farms (OWF

Abstract ID# 15

Acceptance Status: approve

Choosing prevention or cure when mitigating biodiv

Abstract ID# 16

Acceptance Status: approve

Significance in Impact Assessment in Canada under

Abstract ID# 17

Acceptance Status: approve

Gradual or Sudden: System and Science in IA

Abstract ID# 18

Acceptance Status: approve

Community involvement in EIA Process in Nigeria

Abstract ID# 19

Acceptance Status: approve

Consultation and cumulative impacts in Queensland

Abstract ID# 20

Acceptance Status: approve

Mikisew Cree vs Canada, CEAA 2012 and Bill C-69.

Abstract ID# 21

Acceptance Status: approve

Ecosystem Services in Brazilian Hydropower Plannin

Abstract ID# 22

Acceptance Status: approve

Community Based Impact Assessment: An Indigenous S

Abstract ID# 23

Acceptance Status: approve

Recognition of Indigenous SÃ¡mi Rights in Sweden

Abstract ID# 24

Acceptance Status: approve

Life after the Social and Cultural Impacts â€“ SÃ¡

Abstract ID# 25

Acceptance Status: approve

Reindeer husbandry land-use as a case study of pow

Abstract ID# 26

Acceptance Status: approve

Is there room for another generation of reindeer h

Abstract ID# 27

Acceptance Status: approve

Kallak: Mineral exploration on Indigenous SÃ¡mi la

Abstract ID# 28

Acceptance Status: approve

Including cultural values into biodiversity NNL

Abstract ID# 29

Acceptance Status: approve

Outcome-based management for sustainability

Abstract ID# 30

Acceptance Status: approve