Sustainable Development and Environmental Assessment

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The students must be able to:

1.1 Identify the various forms of pollution, the main pollutants, their effects on the environment, their sources and their treatment techniques;

1.2 Classify natural and energy resources into renewable and non-renewable;

1.3 List and describe examples of environmental impacts on biodiversity and habitats and transboundary impacts;

2.1 Justify the pertinence of the pillars of Sustainable Development;

2.2 Explain how the environmental management principles provided for in the Law are applied;

3.1 List and describe the phases of the Environmental Impact Assessment of projects (EIA) and identify the intervening entities;

3.2 Distinguish the different EIA methodologies;

4.1 List and describe the Environmental Assessment phases of plans and programs (AA) and identify the intervening entities;

4.2 Indicate similarities and differences between the EIA and the EA;

4.3 Justify the need to use a strategic methodology to carry out EA.

1 Environmental Problems: Concepts; Interaction between organizations and the environment; Residual waters; Waste; Gaseous effluents; Noise; Energy; Natural resources; Biodiversity and habitats; Transboundary environmental problems.

2 Sustainable Development: Concepts; Pillars of Sustainable Development; Environmental management principles; Global development issues with environmental implications.

3 Environmental Impact Assessment of projects (EIA): Legal framework; Concepts; Goals; Phases; Intervening entities and competences; EIA methodologies; Study cases.

4 Environmental Assessment of plans and programs (AA): Legal framework; Concepts; Goals; Phases; Intervening entities and competences; Similarities and differences between AA and AIA; AA with Strategic methodology.

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