Activity 4: Regulatory frameworks, including Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
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Below are the global and regional obligations in this activity:
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General obligations
Directly relevant obligations and commitments
- Apply the guidelines for incorporating biodiversity-related issues into environmental impact assessment legislation, CBD Decision VI/7, A2 (part 1)- SEE COMMENTARY 1
- Consider biodiversity concerns when drafting environmental impact assessment-related legislative and regulatory frameworks, CBD Decision V/18, 1c : - SEE COMMENTARY 2
- Make use of the CBD Guidelines for incorporating biodiversity-related issues into environmental impact assessment legislation, Ramsar Resolution VIII.9, 10 - SEE COMMENTARY 3 and SEE COMMENTARY 4
- Introduce arrangements to ensure that the environmental consequences of programmes and policies that are likely to have adverse impacts on biodiversity are taken into account, CBD Article 14b
Component 1: for vulnerable or protected areas
Directly relevant obligations and commitments
- Ensure that any projects, plans, programmes and policies with potentially altering the ecological character of Ramsar sites or other wetlands are subjected to rigorous impact assessment procedures, Ramsar Resolution VII. 16, 10 : - SEE COMMENTARY 5
- Ensure that impact assessment processes relating to wetlands are undertaken in a transparent and participatory manner, Ramsar Resolution VII. 16, 12
- Ensure that all foreign investment activities relating to wetlands are subject to impact assessments, Ramsar Resolution VII. 19, 10vi
- When reviewing approaches to restoration, address legislation, incentives for wetland conservation, impact assessment and transboundary action, Ramsar Resolution VII/17, 13
Indirectly relevant obligations and commitments
- Include special provisions for migratory species in national EIA regulations and procedures, CMS Resolution 8.2, Annex - SEE COMMENTARY 6
- Require Impact assessments for all development likely to impact migratory species, CMS Resolution 8.2, Annex - SEE COMMENTARY 7
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