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Technological advancements are fundamentally changing the face of the mining sector. While such evolution in mining is nothing new, today’s innovations are taking hold with remarkable speed and having widespread effects on workforce demand and beyond.

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a tool that is used to assess and manage individual development projects, with an aim of maximising positive benefits and minimising negative impacts for local communities and their environment.

Promotion of environmental assessment remains an important priority for SPREP, with a target in the organisation’s Pacific Regional Environment Programme Strategic Plan 2011–2015 (Strategic Plan) to develop Pacific-related models for environmental assessment.