Gulf of Kachchh Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment

Gulf of Kachchh Cumulative Environmental Impact AssessmentThe National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Ministry of Environment and Forests, India, and the Gujarat Ecology Commission (GEC), Gujarat India, released the Gulf of Kachchh Cumulative Environmental Impact Assessment (CEIA) framework, which was developed at a September 2013 workshop Gandhinagar, in Gujarat State. IAN facilitated the workshop, synthesized the results, and produced the framework for the CEIA in close consultation with workshop participants, NCSCM, and GEC. The CEIA project describes a broad framework for developing a comprehensive impact assessment that accounts for current and anticipated pressures on the ecosystem. The framework consists of five steps: 1.) Describing the key features and values, 2.) Identify and quantify major pressures on the environment and values, 3.) Examine and describe the current state of the environment, 4.) Quantify past and existing pressures and determine linkages to impacts, and 5.) Integrate the results into adaptive management.