Translating mitigation measures proposed in environmental impact statements into planning conditions: Promises and practices by multinational platinum mining firms along the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Environmental Health, National University of Lesotho, Lesotho;2. Exxaro Chair in Business and Climate Change, Institute for Corporate Citizenship, University of South Africa, South Africa;1. Université Grenoble Alpes, Irstea, UR LEGR, 2 rue de la Papeterie-BP 76, F-38402 St-Martin-d’Hères, France;2. EDF R&D, Laboratoire National d’Hydraulique et Environnement, 6 Quai Watier, F-78400 Chatou, France;3. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Centre d’Ecologie et de Sciences de la Conservation, UMR7204 MNHN-UPMC-CNRS, 55 Rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France;4. Station de biologie marine, place de la croix, F-29900 Concarneau, France;1. Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa;2. Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is identified as an important instrument for facilitating environmental protection and sustainable development. However, since its emergence there has been a growing interest in examining its translation from theory into practice. This paper reviews the translation of mitigation measures proposed in environmental impact statements (EISs) into planning conditions at two platinum mining and processing projects along the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe. By comparing mitigation measures proposed in EISs and those included in environmental management plans (EMPs), examining views of environmental managers and local residents, as well as field observations the mitigation implementation status is verified and evaluated. Results show that 52% of mitigation measures proposed in EISs and mostly procedural are translated into planning conditions. Residents near the platinum processing plant were not satisfied with the mitigation of sulphur dioxide, dust and noise impacts on their health. The need to incorporate and enforce substantive mitigation measures in EISs and planning conditions is recommended for the future. |
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| Keywords: | Environmental impact statement Environmental management plan Planning conditions Mitigation measures Great Dyke Zimbabwe |
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