C. Environmental impact assessment

The environmental impact was negligible.

The impact of intergovernmental committees of experts is limited

Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context.

Political exhortations to lend can have some, albeit limited, impact.

This resulted in reduced fuel consumption and less environmental impact.

Yet the impact of our interventions has, to date, been limited.

Unjustified distinctions were unacceptable, even if their financial impact was limited.

Moreover, supporters of alternative energies systematically downplay their negative environmental impact.

Environmental impact assessments are under way to ensure that all environmental and socio economic issues are managed in a sustainable manner.

Second, it is important to recognize the limited logic and impact of transition.

The illegal exploitation of Somali forests has had a tremendous negative environmental impact.

States shall integrate aquifers into their programmes of general environmental protection, including but not limited to

The environmental impact of cloth as compared to disposable diapers has been studied several times.

It reviewed documents about the environmental impact of the dam and visited the dam site.

(ii) Annex I to the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, 1991

Where the impact will be less than minor or transitory, an initial environmental evaluation is to be prepared. If the impact is likely to be more than minor or transitory, a comprehensive environmental evaluation must be carried out.

But the impact is severely limited without external devaluation, which is impossible within a monetary union.

The potential for e tourism is considerable despite the limited impact of ICT in developing countries.

According to Paul and Anne Ehrlich and a well known environmental impact equation, impact a bad thing is the product of population, affluence and technology.

The Belo Monte hydroelectric power plant has 21 suits, many of them questioning its environmental impact.

These facilities are planned to use fossil fuels that have been processed to lessen environmental impact.

UNEP emphasizes that logging has an enormous environmental impact, destroying the habitats of many endangered species.

Prevent harm as the best method of environmental protection and, when knowledge is limited, apply a precautionary approach.

So far, the sub prime crisis has had a limited direct impact on Latin America s mortgage markets.

Reforms in the judicial sector had had a limited impact or had been delayed, contributing to impunity.

Noting with serious concern the dire humanitarian situation and its long term socio economic and environmental impact,

In view of the major environmental constraints, sectoral and intersectoral policies and actions must be promoted in order to reduce the environmental impact of the natural resource sectors.

The Antarctic Environmental Officers Network, under the umbrella of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programmes, has continued to address environmental monitoring and environmental impact assessment to provide support for individual members' activities in those areas.

This option seemed untenable and of limited impact particularly if the final form were to be a convention.

Recognizing the negative impact of environmental degradation, including climate change, desertification and loss of biodiversity, on human settlements,

The environmental impact of the road is another issue sparking protests , particularly among Bolivia s urban and middle classes.

Xenon vented into the atmosphere is being returned to its original source, so no environmental impact is likely.

There are variations in the care of cloth diapers that can account for different measures of environmental impact.

In late October 2010 the San Luis Obispo Department Planning and Building released a Draft Environmental Impact report.

In accordance with the Madrid Protocol, environmental impact assessment procedures have been developed for activities undertaken in Antarctica.

The lack of appropriate resources and know how related to environmental assessment leads to sub optimal decision making based on incomplete or inconsistent information about the state of the environmental resources and the impact of environmental policy on development.

Environmental issues are of paramount importance in marginal countries because their impact on human survival is immediate and direct.

These factors can alleviate the environmental and financial impact from manufacture, sale and use of brand new reusable diapers.

(i) Article 2, paragraph 2 of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context, 1991, General provision

But mounting environmental challenges, and the limited availability of commodity substitutes, suggest that a reprieve on commodity prices is not near.

In that regard, concern was expressed on the negative impact that limited resources had in the implementation of the programme.

(f) Limited implementation of quick impact projects owing to the short time for the identification and approval of such projects

And Hong Kong s economic blueprint also focuses on accelerating large infrastructure projects whose environmental impact has not been rigorously examined.

The Contracting Parties shall agree to carry out environmental impact assessment of hazardous activities, and to implement risk reducing measures.