Warren Cresswell (BSc, PhD, CEnv, MIEEM, MIoD)


Date: 07/07/2009

Course length: 1 day

Venue:
Cresswell Associates, The Mill, Brimscombe Port, Stroud,
GL5 2QG

Course fee: £125
5% or 10% discount available if 2+ / 4+ courses are booked respectively

Outline:
This course looks at the principles of Ecological Impact Assessment (EcIA) in the context of EIA/SEA, and covers the legislative process, scoping, impact assessment methodologies, survey techniques to inform baseline conditions, impact characterisation, mitigation / compensation / enhancement, assessment of residual impacts and monitoring. These issues are explored in the context of appropriate case studies from development projects.

Further information:
Cresswell Associates
The Mill, Brimscombe Port
Stroud, GL5 2QG

T: +44 (0) 1453 731 231
F: +44 (0) 1453 888 797

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Target audience:

This course is aimed at ecological consultants who produce Ecological Impact Assessments (EcIA).

Aims:

To provide:

• a comprehensive review of the EcIA process, that follows current IEEM guidelines
• case study examples of the different stages of EcIA

Objectives:

At the end of the course you should be able to: 

• describe the different stages that are components of the EcIA process in their appropriate order
• explain the importance of the scoping stage in EcIA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• carry out valuation of ecological receptors in an appropriate geographical frame of reference
• characterise impacts and assess their significance
• distinguish between mitigation, compensation and enhancement
  

 

Course content:

Lectures

• Introduction to EcIA, legislation and policy
• Scoping and valuation
• Impact assessment methodologies
• Detailed surveys to inform baseline conditions
• Impact characterisation
• Mitigation, compensation and enhancement
• Assessment of residual impacts
• Monitoring

Case studies:

• Case studies to demonstrate EcIA in practice