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Environmental Impact
Demystifying Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Cross-Boundary Planning Processes for Civil Society Groups
Objectives
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) aims at achieving an environmentally sound and sustainable development pattern by identifying the potential impacts of a development project in its early planning stages as well as suggesting feasible alternatives or mitigation measures. This project aims to:
- provide training for environmental NGOs (ENGOs) and community concern groups on EIA and cross-boundary planning issues
- strengthen their capacity to engage with other stakeholders in the decision-making process
Collaborator
- Friends of the Earth
Principal Investigator
- Dr Ng Cho Nam, Department of Geography
Achievements
- Provided a comprehensive training programme on EIA for local ENGOs
- Provided a training package on EIA for local ENGOs
- Provided a stakeholder dialogue forum on EIA in Hong Kong
- Provided a networking-cum-training workshop on cross-boundary issues for ENGOs based in Guangdong and Hong Kong
Impact
- Raised awareness of the importance of public participation in the early stages of the EIA process
- Partly resulted in the most detailed study brief in the history of EIA in Hong Kong for the production of EIA report for “Expansion of Hong Kong International Airport into a Three-Runway System”
- Gathered and consolidated views from various stakeholder groups on Hong Kong’s EIA process
- Built capacity through forums with government representatives, academics, professionals and ENGOs
- Provided first-hand information to local ENGOs, through field-trips, of the role of EIA in environmental management
- Facilitated a joint submission by local ENGOs, to the Government, on a review of Hong Kong’s EIA process
Event Highlights
| Oct 6, 2012 | Workshop on Introduction to EIA, International trends of EIA and HKEIA |
| Oct 27, 2012 | EIA process in Hong Kong: from Assessment to Public Participation |
| Dec 1, 2012 | One-day Field Trip – Implementation Gaps of Hong Kong EIA Projects |
| Feb 23, 2013 | Workshop on Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Feb 23, 2013 | Knowledge Exchange Forum on Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Apr 13, 2013 | Public Symposium on Environmental Impact Assessment |
| Aug 31, 2013 | Training-cum-Networking Meeting on Strengthening eNGOs’ Capacity to Address Trans-boundary and Region-wide Environmental Externalities in the Greater Pearl River Delta Region |
| Aug 31, 2013 | Half-day Field Trip – Local Field Trip on Environmental Management |
| Jan 11, 2014 | Public Forum on One River, Two Systems: Challenges and Opportunities in Planning for the Future of the Shenzhen River Basin |
ExCEL3 Coordinator: Ms Michele Wong
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