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.