Environmental Impact Assessment System (EIA)

The Environmental Impact Assessment process is the process of assessing and evaluating the possible and potential environmental effects for a definite project, where such studies take place before the phase of the projects' implementation in order to decide the best options to minimize the environmental impacts and hazards and to handle the negative aspects that are expected to happen before proceeding with the implementation step.

Therefore, the EIA is a mechanism to help in understanding the potential environmental impact of the projects.

The EIA system is applied on projects with its different types, whether Construction, Infrastructure, Mining and/or others; and this whole system is meant to preserve and protect the environment from the risks caused by projects to the surrounding environment, whether land, water, soil or air...etc.