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Innovative Energy & Research | ISSN: 2576-1463 | Volume 7
Renewable Energy and Resources
Energy Materials and Fuel Cell Research
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International Conference on
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August 27-28, 2018 | Boston, USA
Towards a better EIA follow-up in Colombia
Luz Stella Guevara Ulloa
National University of Colombia, Colombia
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he Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), is a decisions making process about the execution of projects, works or activities
(POA by its initials in Spanish), is based on the prediction of possible environmental impacts that these can generate, therefore, it
is done before the projects, works or activities are executed, this situation added to the environment complexity creates uncertainties
in the predictions. The follow-up and monitoring of the EIA aim to eliminate these uncertainties through review, evaluation, and
adjustment of predictions when projects, jobs or activities are already in execution. This investigation evaluated the follow-up and
monitoring process in Colombia in aspects such as the sources of uncertainty, their influence on EIA feedback and the strengthening
opportunities for this tool, trhu a survey based on the sources of uncertainty identified at the international level for the EIA, which
was applied to 21 applications for Environmental Licenses, filed at the National Authority of Environmental Licenses of Colombia
during 2013. This review allowed to identify gaps in existing regulations, high subjectivity during follow-up, scarce resources for its
execution, methodological errors and weak processes of participation and communication of results, concluding that the weakest
aspect in the process is related to methodological aspects. From where is proposed some guidelines to improve the follow-up od the
EIA in Colombia.
luz.guevara@hotmail.esInnov Ener Res 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2576-1463-C2-006