What's New?
A listing of projects for which public comments are currently invited can be found on the ECC Portal of the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism (http://eia.met.gov.na), as well as information on the Environmental Clearance process, EIA procedures, downloadable files etc.
All projects - including those that were previously listed on the ECC Portal but have been removed - can be accessed on the eLibrary of the EIS.
Input requested into the Review of draft amendment to the Environmental Management Act
As you may be aware, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism is currently reviewing the Environmental Management Act (Act No. 7 of 2007), the draft revised Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations and draft new Strategic Environmental Assessment regulations.
Further input is requested, by the 15th of March, particularly into the "List of activities", namely projects that may not proceed without and Environmental Clearance Certificate. Please see the letter below for full details.
- Environmental Management Act review letter » download letter
- List of Category A Project Activities that Cannot be Undertaken Without Environmental Clearance Certificate » download file
Outputs from 2016 mini conference
Presentations from the mini-conference are available to download as a compiled pdf of presentations. The pdf includes:
- A method for implementing the mitigation hierarchy, Nigel Rossouw: Shell South Africa Integrated Gas Ventures
- Present and Future Water Resources Limitations in Central Namibia, AC Mostert: NamWater
- In support of resilience … lessons from resettlement in Malawi, Liza van der Merwe: Resettlement Specialist
- The Effectiveness of Namibia’s EIA System, Mr Sheldon Husselmann: Urban Green cc
- Practical implementation and operation of renewable projects, Mr Stephan Bezuidenhout: Environmental Compliance Consultancy
Other outputs are available in this compiled PDF of AGM Minutes and other mini-conference information. It includes:
- Minutes of the 4th AGM, held on 11th November as part of the mini-conference
- Agenda
- Attendance list
- President’s Annual Report
- Treasurer Report
EAPAN 2016 Mini-Conference Invitation
The Environmental Assessment Professionals Association of Namibia (EAPAN) will be hosting its 2016 annual mini-conference. The theme for this year's mini-conference is "Resource Limitations and Best Practice Environmental Assessment".
EAPAN members, NGOs, Government officials, SOEs and members of the public are hereby invited to attened the mini-conference on Friday 11th November 2016, from 11h30 - 17h00.
Venue for mini-conference: Namibia University of Science and Technology Hotel School, c/o Beethoven and Brahms Street. The talks and presenters are as follows:
- Nigel Rossouw (keynote speaker), Environmental Planner, Shell South Africa: A method for Implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy.
- André Mostert (Pr.Sci.Nat), NamWater: Present and Future Water Resource Limitations in Central Namibia.
- Sheldon Husselmann, EA Practitioner, Urban Green: Effectiveness of Namibia's EIA System.
- Liza van der Merwe, Social Scientist: In support of resilience: lessons from resettlement in Malawi.
- Stephan Bezuidenhout, Environmental Compliance Consultancy, Environmental Practitioner and Consultant: Practical implementation and operations of solar projects.
Entrance fee per member: N$200; non-members: N$300 (includes lunch). Please RSVP by 3 November 2016 to lima@iway.na.
Draft documents for review
Under the Resources section you will find draft documents for review: draft amended EMA, draft SEA regulations, draft EIA regulations etc. Please submit your comments (using the EAPAN EMA and Regulations Amendment Tables document) to info@eapan.org before the close of business on Wednesday, 27 July 2016.
Workshop outputs now available
The outputs from the workshop "Best practice guidelines for avian monitoring and impact mitigation at proposed wind energy development sites in Namibia" held on the 15th of July are now available from the Resources page of the EAPAN website.