1. STARTER: Recipe time! Write a recipe for the requirements of an EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment). When you’re done – brainstorm the advantages and disadvantages of an EIA with your neigbour.

2. Environmental Impact Assessment Learning outcomes You should all be able to: Identify the requirements of the EIA for a specific development. Most of you should be able to: Describe and evaluate the impact of the development on the environment. Describe possible ways to mitigate the effect of the development on the environment. Some of you might be able to: Evaluate the use of an EIA in your specific case study.

3. EIA task In this task, you are going to develop an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for a dam project that is being proposed in the state of Jalisco. Using your knowledge about the different stages of the process you will need to work in groups of no more than three to write-up your EIA and present the results of your findings to the rest of the class. On the large piece of paper provided create a poster of your EIA, dividing it into the following 5 sections: scoping stage, baseline study, measuring impact, evaluation of impact, mitigation stage.

4. Read the case study The construction of the Arcediano dam has been suggested for this location on the Santiago River in Jalisco. Read the details about the dam that you have been provided.