EIA Procedures in Developing Countries

Abstract

Since the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment in 1972, concern for the environment has reached almost every corner of the world. While developed countries were involved in environmental protection long before the Conference, most developing countries began to focus their attention on environmental quality after 1972. They often responded by establishing national agencies for the protection of the environment. Such agencies tended to be styled upon the format used in the U.S.. The adoption of the U.S. approach was frequently accompanied by only minor changes aimed at making the process suit their needs. EIA accompanied the creation of such agencies as it was considered to provide a tool for the protection of the environment against the possible adverse effects of development projects.