Environmental and Strategic Impact Assessment

Often time's considerable effort is spent collecting baseline information but the experience required to place that information into the context of impact prediction and the separation of natural fluctuations from the impact imposed by the planned development may not be forthcoming. In recognition of this, EcoSocio Analysts, using both local and western specialists as required, provides an internationally recognized approach to environmental impact assessment (EIA).

In this respect ESA:

• Integrates historical data and planned media sampling into the baseline assessment;
• Utilizes matrixes to check for all possible impacts and rate them in accordance to significance;
• Has the required knowledge of developed technology processes and access to updated processes that allow us to make the correct impact predictions;
• Utilizes advance impact modeling software;
• Is able to compare our efforts to similar efforts previously compiled by our associated western companies and thereby formulate supporting analogies and reduce potential questions;
• Recommends cost effective mitigation measures to ensure BATNEEC (best available techniques not entailing excessive costs);
• Develops monitoring plans that will allow verification of predicted impact and alter mitigation measures;
• Assesses environmental risk for each aspect of development and produce emergency response plans to minimize those risks.

We evaluate the likely environmental consequences of a proposed policy, plan or program for development of a particular economic sector or a geography area by performing strategic environmental assessment. EcoSocio Analysts will:

• Secure access to all information, screen out unreliable data, update old data, and, using a scaling down approach, fill in data gaps;
• Use modern methods pertaining to social data collection;
• Use remote sensing, GIS, and other software for developing infrastructure requirements to broaden alternative scenarios;
• Use impact multiplier calculation techniques to account for delayed and cumulative impacts;
• Use key indicators selected according to international sustainable development guidelines and principals to develop environmental and social management plans with one, three and five year targets.