Ecolex Logo
The gateway to
environmental law
Search results » Literature

Environmental impact monitoring

Author
Malone N.
Journal/Series
Environmental and Planning Law Journal | Vol. 14(3); 222 - 238; 17 p.
Date
1997
Source
IUCN (ID: ANA-060954)
Publisher | Place of publication
The Law Book Company Ltd. | North Ryde, Australia
Language
English
Country/Territory
Australia
Subject
Environment gen.
Keyword
Monitoring Environmental audit
Abstract

Environmental impact assessment, in its present form in Australia, fails to incorporate monitoring programs, in a systematic fashion, to ensure the actual outcome of a development are in line with those predicted at its conception. This article examines the need for environmental impact monitoring ( EIM), identifies a number of hurdles a monitoring program must overcome to be effective, discusses precisely what should be monitored,, when, and by whom, monitoring should be carried out, and analyses the legal and other measures which currently exist to monitor environmental conditions. A statutory model of EIM is put forward incorporating the components examined.