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This part of the SAIEA Calabash Website contains links to Mauritius-specific EIA and public
participation resources and information. If you do not find what you need, remember to also
look under the International, Africa or SADC categories.
If you have any additional information and resources to contribute to this part of the
Website, please contact us at the Calabash Website.
For Mauritius-specific information and resources, click on any of:
COUNTRY REPORT ON EIA
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES
EIA GUIDELINES AND APPLICABLE LAWS
RESOURCES: METHODOLOGIES, PRACTICAL EXAMPLES, CAPACITY BUILDING
CASE STUDIES
TRAINING
CONTACTS
COUNTRY REPORT ON EIA
- Country Report on EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment in Southern Africa) a Southern African Institute for Environmental Assessment (SAIEA) publication, compiled by Peter Tarr and funded by Danida.
Country Report:
Mauritius
- National Vision
- Biophysical profile
- Socio-economic profile
- Legal profile
- Institutional profile
- EIA practice
- Key challenges ahead
- Conclusion
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES
Most public participation guidelines
are not necessarily Mauritius-specific. Much of the available resources and
information were generated internationally. However, most international
resources are universally applicable or at least contain good guidelines or
principles to go by. Therefore, if you do not find what you need under this part
of the Website, remember to also look under the International, Africa
or SADC or other country categories especially for South Africa.
Also, if you have materials to
contribute, please contact us at the Calabash Website.
EIA GUIDELINES AND APPLICABLE LAWS
Environmental Impact Assessments are
conducted all over the world to identify the potential negative and positive
impacts of a proposed project, and to recommend mitigation measures to avoid or
reduce potential negative impacts and enhance positive impacts. Almost every
country has its own EIA guidelines and laws or regulations. There are also many
generic EIA guidelines available internationally so remember to look under the
International, Africa, SADC or other country categories especially for South Africa.
Also, if you have materials to
contribute here, please contact us at the Calabash Website.
- The Environmental Protection Act 1991
(Incorporating 1993 Amendments) Part 1
http://www.unep.org/padelia/publications/comp1Mauritiuspt1.pdf
- Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), lecture
notes
Prepared by Glen Paoletto
- The role of EIA
- Industrial compliance and EIA
- comparing national approaches to EIA
The level and
pace of socio-economic advancement in developing countries has important
implications for the efficacy with which legislature and institutional regimes
are developed and applied for the promotion of environmental management. In the
first instance, the imperatives of rapid social and economic development could
influence the political will to initiate, implement and enforce appropriate
environmental policies and laws. Secondly, these development imperatives often
circumscribe the limits of resources available for environmental protection.
Thirdly, implementing agencies often operate under severe resource constraints
and fourthly, the relatively low level of public awareness, particularly
environmental awareness does little to trigger a sense of urgency and resolve
for political and legislative action for environmental management for
sustainable development. In the absence of familiarity with environmental
legislation and the environmental impacts of human activities there is likely to
be no spontaneous observance of normative demands for efforts at environmental
protection and enhancement. In the last instance, the desire to satisfy basic
social needs could very well override even basic environmental considerations.
http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eia/lecture-notes.html
- Situation Assessment of Participation of Civil
Society in Environmental assessment in Southern Africa, an Assessment by the
South African Institute for Environmental Assessment (SAIEA)
- Legal Framework
- The Constitution
- The Environmental Protection Act
- The EIA Process
Draft Situation Assessment: Mauritius
RESOURCES: METHODOLOGIES, PRACTICAL EXAMPLES, CAPACITY BUILDING
There are many practical resources
for public participation and EIA available on the Internet, mostly from
international sources. Also remember to look under the International,
Africa, SADC or other country categories, especially for South
Africa, for resources.
Also, if you have materials to
contribute to this part of the site, please contact us at the Calabash
Website.
CASE STUDIES
Many guidelines, manuals, toolkits
and other public participation resources contain case studies. Here we list
those that specifically draws attention to them in their Website descriptions,
but remember to look under other sites too, and remember to look under the
Africa, SADC and specific country categories too, especially
for South Africa.
If you have materials to contribute,
please contact us at the Calabash Website.
- Country Report on EIA (Environmental Impact
Assessment in Southern Africa) a Southern African Institute for
Environmental Assessment (SAIEA) publication, compiled by Peter Tarr and funded
by Danida.
- Hotel project on Ile Des Cocos, Blue Bay
Country Report:
Mauritius
TRAINING
Training in EIA and public
participation is available from a variety of sources internationally, and also
from within Africa. Also remember to look under the International,
SADC or other country categories, especially for South Africa for
training opportunities.
If you have information on training
courses to contribute here, please contact us at the Calabash Website.
CONTACTS
The organisations in this contact
list are listed alphabetically under the following categories:
• Key government officials dealing with EIA
• Key NGOs and CBOs dealing with EIA
• Key academic Institutions dealing with EIA
• Other contacts
Key government officials dealing with EIA
- Mr. A. N. Z. Abedeen
JOOMUN Adviser
Tel: +230 210 4960 Fax: +230 211 9524
abd.env@intnet.mu
- Mr. Keshore Kumar
Division Divisional Environment Officer
HEERAMUN Environmental Assessment
eiadiv@intnet.mu
- Ministry of Environment
http://environment.gov.mu
- Santaram Mooloo
Division Env. Officer Information Education & Research
38 Mere Barthlomew Street Rabadia Building Port Louis
Department of Environment
sataramm@hotmail.com
- Murday Poinen
Department of Environment
Ken Lee Tower Barracks Street Port Louis
Ministry of Env. Human Resource Dev
Tel: +230 212 6975 Fax: +230 210 0865
- Mr Andre Pompon
Clerk of Parliament
Government House
Port Louis Mauritius
Tel: +230 201 1565 Fax: +230 212 8364
- Kandhai Ramnath
Secretary General
6 Edith Cavell Port Louis<
Council for Nature Conservation
Tel: +230 212 559 Fax: +230 212 7882
- Mr. Sateeaved
SEEBALUCK Permanent Secretary
Tel: +230 212 7181 Fax: + 230 212 8324
Key NGOs and CBOs dealing with EIA
- Association des Consommateurs de L'lle Maurice (ACIM)
Tel: +230 212 23 33 Fax: +230 208 21 93
- Bahai Community of Mauritius
Tel: +230 212 21 79 Fax: +230 211 12 12
- Grand Bay Watch
Tel: +230 269 10 72 Fax: 263 40 61
- Institution for Environmental and Legal Studies
Tel: +230 464 32 95 Fax: +230 465 43 04
Iels@servihoo.com
- Khemrai Sooknah
Mauritian Wildlife Club (MWC)
Tel: +(230) 412 7609
ksooknah@yahoo.com
- Le Centre de Documentation, de Recherché et de
Formation Indianoceanigues (CEDREFI)
Tel: +230 465 50 36 Fax: +230 464 99 37
Pynee@syfed.mu.refer.org
- Mauritius Council of Social Services (MACOSS)
http://macoss.intnet.mu/about.htm
- Mauritius Council of Social Service (MACOSS)
Tel: +230 212 02 42 Fax: +230 208 63 70
Macoss@intnet.mu
- Mauritius Scouts Association
Tel: +230 466 67 71
Mauritiuscout@servihoo.com
- Mauritius Council for Development Environmental
Studies and Conservation (MAUDESCO)
Tel: +230 425 24 17 Fax: +230 424 85 00
Maudesco@intnet.mu
- Mauritius Marine Conservation Society
Tel: +230 696 53 68
Mmcs@bigfoot.com
- Soroptimist International (IPSAE)
Tel: +230 676 36 69
- Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
Tel: +230 466 05 38 Fax: +230 466 05 38
Key academic Institutions dealing with EIA
-
University of Mauritius
Tel: +230 454 10 41 Fax: +230 465 71 44 (Eng.) +230
465 69 28 (Science)
Other contacts
- Country Report on EIA (Environmental Impact
Assessment in Southern Africa) a Southern African Institute for
Environmental Assessment (SAIEA) publication, compiled by Peter Tarr and funded
by Danida.
- Useful contacts
- References and other key publications
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