Description of Course
The course will include a series of lectures, practical sessions and student presentations. Lectures and practical sessions will be conducted by a group of experienced resource persons in this field. The program will be conducted at the Colombo regional centre (Nawala), OUSL, including three days of field components in a selected site
Entry Requirements
For anyone interested in learning about EIA
Course Content
- Purpose and aims of EIA
- Policies and Legislation relevant to the EIA in Sri Lanka
- EIA administration in Sri Lanka
- Assessment processes
- Scoping and preparation of terms of reference (TOR)
- Methods of EIA: Impact identification
- Prediction and Evaluation
- Ecological impact assessments
- Social impact assessments
- Physical impact assessments
- Role of public participation
- Stages that follow EIA (Monitoring)
- Understanding of the strengths and limitations of EIA