Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) involves a set of environmental management methods and techniques, which identifies, predicts, and evaluates the effects and impacts generated by enterprises on the environment.
Environmental Impact Assessment is applied to public and private projects that may produce significant effects on the environment, with a view to concluding on their environmental viability.
This is an essential tool in Mozambican environmental management, emerging as an element for the implementation of the environmental principles of prevention and precaution, since its purpose is centered on the identification of socio-environmental damage caused by the activity or undertaking, and thus to assist in decision making regarding the best actions to be taken in order to avoid, reduce, or compensate for such damage.
After the environmental impact assessment is performed, it is submitted to the environmental authorities (MTA) in order to obtain the environmental license. Once again, Biovision takes into consideration the legislation in force together with the best international practices (Ex. World Bank).
The environmental impact assessment contributes to the promotion of sustainability by improving project design. It is an effective tool for reducing environmental impacts.
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