2.4.1 Checklists: Check listsIannotate the enviromentalIfactorsIthat need to be adressedIwhenIidentifying theIimpacts of the projects andIactivities they I can vary in complexity and I purpose. simple I checklists can be improved andIadapted to suitIany projectIlocal conditions (Jonathan Randall, 2010). 2.4.2 Types of checklists
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Simple Checklist: it is a list of activities and their impacts
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Descriptive Checklist: a simple checklist adding to it a data of the effect and level of the impact on an environmental aspect
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Scaling Checklist: it describes the level of impact within a scale from 1 to 3 (quantitatively)
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Questionnaire: a checklist that considers the opinion of experts and stakeholders.
Figure 4 example of types of EIA checklists ( source : developed by author,2020)
Benefits: Ieasy toIunderstand – simpleIrankingIand weighting I Limitation: Idoes not linkIaction and impact – do notIdistiguishIbetweenIdirect andIindirect impacts I
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