Indigenous peoples of the Russian North, Siberia, and the Russian Far East are increasingly demanding that proponents of industrial projects carry out an etnologicheskaia ekspertiza (anthropological expert review or ethno-cultural impact assessment) of their project, in order to assess the socio-economic and cultural impacts on local and indigenous communities living close to project sites. However, there is a lack of an appropriate legislative framework in Russia, no established methodology, and a lack of understanding among stakeholders about what an etnologicheskaia ekspertiza is. The established Russian environmental impact assessment process (requiring a state ecological expert review of projects) does not include assessment of socio-economic and cultural impacts on communities. In this article the author discusses the concept of etnologicheskaia ekspertiza and the context that gave rise to it, shares her practical experience, and makes recommendations for establishing a legal framework for etnologicheskaia ekspertiza, with reference to comparable Western concepts, such as social and cultural impact assessment.
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What Makes a Megaproject?
A Review of Global Hydropower Assemblages
Grant M. Gutierrez, Sarah Kelly, Joshua J. Cousins, and Christopher Sneddon
hydropower assemblages than the problematic labels “small” or “large.” A focus on significance is not arbitrary. As a central feature of environmental impact assessments, significance is determined by the context and intensity of a proposed action
In Environment and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2019
- Article Type:
- Review Article
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- 101–121 (21 total)
Promoting participative policy coherence for sustainable development
Inclusive dialogue through the “pull-push-match” methodology
Harlan Koff, Mariana Villada Canela, Carmen Maganda, Octavio Pérez-Maqueo, Ma. Xóchitl Molina González, Jesús Arturo González Herrera, Diego Porras, Sherie Rae Simms, Oscar Sotelo, María del Rosario Morales Ramírez, María del Socorro Aguilar Cucurachi, Maria del Socorro Lara-López, Julia Ros-Cuéllar, Antony Challenger, and Rafael Aguilar Orea
and citizen participation in Mexican sustainable development strategies. Koff (2021) applied PCSD to Environmental Impact Assessment in Veracruz while Larsson (2018) examined local waste management in Chiapas. In both cases, PCSD was hindered by
In Regions and Cohesion
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- 01 Mar 2022
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 1–24 (24 total)
Natural Resources by Numbers
The Promise of “El uno por mil” in Ecuador’s Yasuní-ITT Oil Operations
Amelia Fiske
numbers are assumed to be less based in human bias, they are granted a particular authority that other forms of knowledge are not. As Fabiana Li shows in her work on the use of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for approving mining concessions in Peru
In Environment and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 125–143 (19 total)
Private Politics in the Garden of England
An Atypical Case of Anti–Wind Farm Contention
Matthew Ogilvie
the national government over what it believed to be a dubious decision by the Secretary of State relating to the development. With the submission of the application, Wind Direct had argued that an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) was not necessary
Reclaiming the lake
Citizenship and environment-as-common-property in highland Peru
Mattias Borg Rasmussen
citizenship in Andean Bolivia . Durham : Duke University Press . 10.2307/j.ctv11vc8cs Li , Fabiana . 2009 . Documenting accountability: Environmental impact assessment in a Peruvian mining project . PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review 32
Between social footprint and compliance, or “what IBAMA wants”
Equinor Brazil's social sustainability policy
Iselin Åsedotter Strønen
of a National Environmental Policy (Política Nacional do Meio Ambiente) enabling environmental impact assessments of industry and infrastructure projects ( Dias 2017: 20 ). In 1990, a resolution was passed that specified the criteria for licensing
The Ordering of Green Values
Ecological Justification in Public Fracking Controversies in Germany and Poland
Claudia Foltyn, Reiner Keller, and Matthias S. Klaes
license application process was simplified, parameters for environmental impact assessments were adjusted, and a special tax for hydrocarbon exploration was introduced ( Godzimirski, 2016 ). In that sense, Poland adopted its shale gas regulation approach
In Nature and Culture
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- 01 Mar 2023
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 88–125 (38 total)
Amit Ron
scientific processes that bear the cost of cognitive labor on behalf of the affected interests. Social, economic, and environmental impact assessments are designed to identify the full range of effects of certain proposed projects or plans. In many cases it
In Democratic Theory
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- 01 Dec 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 66–81 (16 total)
Constanza Parra and Frank Moulaert
environmental impact assessments and to abating air pollution in Santiago. CONADI gave priority to water and land claims of the Mapuche communities of the south and inspired ethnic mobilizations and demands from Atacama communities. These laws and agencies
In Nature and Culture
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2016
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 239–258 (20 total)