Inclusion of biodiversity in environmental impact assessments (EIA): a case study of selected EIA reports in India

References

• Atkinson , S. F. , Bhatia , F. , Schoolmaster , S. and Waller , W. T. 2000 . Treatment of biodiversity impacts in a sample of US Environmental Impact Statements . Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal , 18 ( 4 ) : 271 – 282 .
   Google Scholar
• Atkinson , S. F. , Canter , W. L. and Ravan , M. D. 2006 . The influence of incomplete or unavailable information on environmental impact assessment in the USA . Environmental Impact Assessment Review , 26 : 448 – 467 .
   Google Scholar
• Blumer , M. , Kylakorpi , L. and Rydgren , B. 1999 . Quantitative biodiversity impact assessment: introducing Biotope method IAIA Annual Meeting, Glasgow 15–19 June 1999
   Google Scholar
• CBD, Convention on Biological Diversity . 2005 . ‘Biodiversity-inclusive impact assessment’. Information document in support of the CBD Guidelines on Biodiversity in EIA and SEA . Biodiversity in Impact Assessment: Information Document; , version 5 July 2005
   Google Scholar
• GOI, Government of India . 1994 . Notification S.O. 60E dated 27 January 1994. Ministry of Environment and Forests
   Google Scholar
• GOI, Government of India . 2001 . A Manual: Environmental Impact Assessment. , Impact Assessment Division, Ministry of Environment and Forests . Available at http://envfor.nic.in/divisions/iass/eia/Cover.htm last accessed 27 February 2009
   Google Scholar
• GOI, Government of India . 2006 . Notification S.O. 1533 dated 14 September 2006 , Ministry of Environment and Forests . Available at http://envfor.nic.in/legis/legis.html last accessed 1 March 2009
   Google Scholar
• Gontier , M. , Balfors , B. and Mortberg , U. 2006 . Biodiversity in environment assessment — current practices and tools for prediction . Environmental Impact Assessment Review , 26 : 268 – 286 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• IAIA, International Association for Impact Assessment . 2005 . Biodiversity in Impact Assessment. , USA : IAIA. .
   Google Scholar
• Khera , N. , Winkler , S. and Krolopp , A. 2008 . Conceptual framework for assessing progress towards 2010 biodiversity target TERI University Working Paper 03/08
   Google Scholar
• Le Maitre , D. C. and Gelderblom , C. M. 1998 . “ Are the potential impacts on biodiversity adequately assessed in southern African environmental impact assessments ” . In Programme and Papers: Integrated Environmental Management in Southern Africa: State of the Art and Lessons Learnt , 173 – 183 . South Africa : IAIASA′97 . September 1997
   Google Scholar
• Mandelik , Y. , Dayan , T. and Feitelson , E. 2005 . Planning for biodiversity: the role of ecological impact assessment . Conservation Biology , 19 ( 4 ) : 1254 – 1261 .
   Google Scholar
• Rajvanshi , A. and Mathur , V. 2004 . Integrating Biodiversity into Strategic Environmental Assessment. Case Studies from India. , Dehradun , , India : Wildlife Institute of India .
   Google Scholar
• Rajvanshi , A. , Mathur , V. B. and Iftikhar , U. A. 2007 . Best Practice Guidance for Biodiversity Inclusive Impact Assessment: A Manual for Practitioners and Reviewers in South Asia. , North Dakota , , USA : IAIA. . CBBIA-IAIA Guidance Series. Capacity Building in Biodiversity and Impact Assessment (CBBIA) Project
   Google Scholar
• Slootweg , R. , Kolhoff , A. , Verheem , R. and Hoft , R. 2006 . Biodiversity in EIA and SEA. Background document to CBD Decision VIII/28 , The Netherlands : Commission for Environmental Assessment .
   Google Scholar
• Soderman , T. 2005 . Treatment of biodiversity issues in Finnish environment impact assessment . Impact Assessment and P roject Appraisal , 22 ( 2 ) : 87 – 99 .
   Google Scholar
• Soderman , T. 2006 . Treatment of biodiversity issues in impact assessment of electricity power transmission lines: a Finnish case review . Environmental Impact Assessment Review , 26 : 319 – 338 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Thompson , S. , Treweek , J. R. and Thurling , D. J. 1997 . The ecological component of environmental impact assessment: a critical review of British environmental statements . Journal of Environmental Planning and Management , 40 ( 2 ) : 157 – 171 .
   Google Scholar
• Treweek , J. 2001 . Integrating Biodiversity with National Environmental Assessment Processes. , Biodiversity Planning Support Programme, UNEP-UNDP .
   Google Scholar
• UNEP, United Nations Environment Programme . 2005 . Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Synthesis. , Washington , DC : Island Press. .
   Google Scholar
• Warken , J. and Buckley , R. 1998 . Scientific quality of tourism environmental impact assessment . Journal of Applied Ecology , 35 : 1 – 8 .
   Google Scholar
• Wegner , A. , Moore , S. A. and Bailey , J. 2005 . Consideration of biodiversity in environmental impact assessment in Western Australia: practitioner perceptions . Environmental Impact Assessment , 25 : 143 – 162 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar