Resources

Resources relevant to EIA pracitioners in Namibia:

EIA Tracker

• EIA Tracker website - shows all EIAs currently in progress, with associated information and links to relevant documents

Good practice guides and other guidelines

• Best Practice Guide - Environmental Principles for Mining in Namibia by Environmental Compliance Consultancy (ECC) 2019
• A methodology for reviewing the quality of strategic environmental assessments in development cooperation by Dalal-Clayton & Sadler 2017
• Good Practices for the Collection of Biodiversity Baseline Data by Gullison et al. 2015
• Tool for aligning timelines for project execution, biodiversity management and financing by CSBI 2013
• A cross-sector guide for implementing the mitigation hierarchy by CSBI 2015
• South African Good Practice Guidelines for Operational Monitoring for Bats at Wind Energy Facilities by SABAAP 2014
• South African Good Practice Guidelines for Surveying Bats at Wind Energy Development Facilities - Preconstruction by Sowler and Stoffberg 2014
• Birds and Solar Energy Best Practice Guidelines by BirdLife South Africa
• Good practice in archaeological assessment by John Kinahan
• Good practice in invertebrate assessment by John Irish
• Good practice in vertebrate (bird) assessment by Chris Brown
• Good practice in economic (cost-benefit) assessments by Jon Barnes
• Best practice guidelines for avian monitoring and impact mitigation at proposed wind energy development sites in southern Africa by BirdLife South Africa / Endangered Wildlife Trust. 2015
• Guidelines to minimise the impact on birds of Solar Facilities and Associated Infrastructure in South Africa by Birdlife South Africa
• South African Good Practice Guidelines for Surveying Bats in Wind Farm Developments. Adapted from L Hundt (2011) editor, The Bat Conservation Trust's Bat Surveys – Good Practice Guidelines: Surveying for onshore wind farms
• Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Wind Energy by World Bank Group

Species checklists

• Reptiles: Reptiles of Namibia checklist 2021. By F Becker. Plus associated metadata for the Checklists of Reptiles and Amphibians of Namibia
• Amphibians: Amphibians of Namibia checklist 2021. By F Becker. Plus associated metadata for the Checklists of Reptiles and Amphibians of Namibia
• Birds: Checklist and analysis of the birds of Namibia as at 31 January 2016. By CJ Brown, JM Mendelsohn, N Thomson & M Boorman

Other documents

Listed with the most recent documents first:

• Zambia tallies the costs of mining for electric batteries. Article by Oxpeckers Investigative Environmental Journalism. April 2024
• Swakop Upper Omatako basin integrated water resources management plan 2020
• A cross-sector guide for implementing the Mitigation Hierarchy. Prepared by The Biodiversity Consultancy, September 2015

• CSBI Timeline Tool: A tool for aligning timelines for project execution, biodiversity management and financing

• Draft documents for review, July 2016. Please submit your comments (using the EAPAN EMA and Regulations Amendment Tables document) to info@eapan.org. 

  • 160719 EAPAN Notification Letter (PDF)
  • March 2016 draft amended EMA 2007
  • March 2016 draft SEA Regulations
  • March 2016 draft EIA Regulations
  • March 2016 draft SEA and EIA Guidelines
  • March 2016 draft sample of the proposed ECC
  • EAPAN EMA and Regulations Amendment Tables (Word document)
• Papers on Nothobranchius capriviensis - a new species of annual killifish from the Zambezi Region of Namibia
• Outputs from the workshop 'Best practice guidelines for avian monitoring and impact mitigation at proposed wind energy development sites in Namibia'. July 2015:
  • Workshop proceedings
  • Monitoring protocols by Andrew Jenkins
  • Stakeholder engagement by H Smit-Robinson & S Ralston
  • Uptake of best practice guidelines by S Ralston
  • Wind energy in Namibia by J Kemper & A Scott

• Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System Avian & Bat Monitoring Plan. April 2015

• A Review of Avian Monitoring and Mitigation Information at Existing Utility-Scale Solar Facilities. April 2015

• Impacts of solar energy plants on birds article published in African Birdlife Jan/Feb 2015
• Heat and dust by John Kinahan. June 2013
• Archaeological Guidelines for Exploration & Mining in the Namib Desert by John Kinahan. 2012

This handbook is intended to help exploration and mining projects to minimize their impact on the archaeology of the Namib Desert, a unique environment of global importance to the understanding of the human past. A short introduction to the National Heritage Act is followed by an overview of the archaeological evidence, and a description of the most sensitive elements of the archaeological landscape. With this background and a few principles of site management, it is possible to avoid inadvertent damage to archaeological sites. Also included is an outline of the basic standards for archaeological field survey and assessment devised by the Namib Desert Archaeological Survey.

• Testing a Scandinavian Biodiversity Assessment Tool in an African Desert Environment by Antje Burke and others. 2008

Life cycle assessment-based environmental product declarations (EPDs) require the inclusion of biodiversity impacts across the entire supply chain. The objective of this study is to test the applicability of a Scandinavian biodiversity assessment tool, developed specifically for use with EPD applications, in an African desert environment, linking the industry types power generation and mining.

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