Environmental Assessment 100 Hours Certificate Course

There are 8 lessons:

1 Types of Employment for Environmental Scientists

• Pre purchase inspections, background data
• Flora and Fauna Surveys
• Open Space Management Plans
• Detection of Pollutants
• Use of Plants
• Remediation of Polluted Sites.

2 Introduction to Environmental Assessment

• What is Environmental Assessment?
• Definitions of Environmental Assessment
• General Principles and Overview of Environmental Assessment.

​3 International Environmental Law

• Foundations of Environmental Law,
• Making International Laws (Treaties and Customary Law)
• Milestones in International Environmental Law
• Principles of International Environmental Law
• Institutions that influence Environmental Law
• Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Law.

4 Domestic Environmental Law

• Examples of Domestic Environmental Law
• Research into Domestic Environmental law.

5 Types of Environmental Assessments

• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Impact Statement
• Risk Assessment/ Risk Analysis
• Ecological Risk Assessment
• Strategic Environment Assessment
• Environmental Audit
• Regional Risk Screening
• Ecological Impact Assessment
• Social Impact Assessments and Statements
• Economic and Fiscal Impact Assessment
• Health Impact Assessment.

6 The Design and Process of Environmental Assessment

• Steps in the Environmental Assessment Process (Scoping, Screening, Alternatives to the Proposal, Collection and Analysis of Information, Public Involvement, Reporting the Findings of the Study, Post Project Analysis)
• Study design (Baseline Studies, Predicting Impacts, Mitigation Measures)
• Data Collection and Analysis.

7 Writing Environmental Reports

• The Scientific Method and Report Writing
• Generic Outline for an Environmental Statement
• Examples of Suggested Layouts for Environmental Assessments
• Effective Report Writing.

8 Research Project

• The Research Project is the student's opportunity to test out their skills as an environmental consultant. In this project, the student will carry out a small environmental assessment and write it up as a professional report.