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diff --git a/assignment2/mitigation.tex b/assignment2/mitigation.tex index 747b309..092edce 100644 --- a/assignment2/mitigation.tex +++ b/assignment2/mitigation.tex @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ In the process of applied EIA, actions relating to the avoidance, minimisation or reduction of project impacts as well as the compensation for an impact on a particular component of the environment are referred to as mitigation measures. Keeping in mind -that EIA is a tool to weigh negative and positive impacts against each -other, mitigation may also include actions that promote or increase -the benefitial effects of a proposed +that EIA is a decision-making tool that includes weighing negative and +positive impacts against each other, mitigation may also include +actions that promote or increase the benefitial effects of a proposed development \parencite{mitigation}. As proposed activities can cause adverse effects far from the project site that would not normally be addressed in a cost benefit analysis, mitigation is also a way by @@ -19,6 +19,17 @@ effects and pay for measures to reduce or avoid them altogether, rather than externalising the costs to affected communities or the general public \parencite{rmit}. +Any mitigation measure must be matched by a monitoring measure to +ensure that an activity designed to reduce an adverse impact has the +intended effect and does not introduce any additional adverse effects +that would require mitigation themselves. While it is feasible to +monitor quantifiable quality indicators for resources in the +biophysical environment (e.g. nutrient load of a river, water +temperature, air pollution, generation of greenhouse gases), there is +no standard method to proactively measure the many potential +unintended side-effects of a mitigation +measure \parencite[compare][]{mitigation}. + \subsection{Measures to address potential impacts of the proposed project} |