<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The issues of protection and management of biodiversity has become one of main environmental policy tasks in Europe and elsewhere. As an application of precautionary principles the EU member states are required to assess projects and plans which alone or in combination with other plans or projects are likely to have significant negative effects on Natura 2000 sites. Several EU provisions set out the obligations for such assessment (the Birds and Habitat Directives, EIA and SEA Directives). One of the key steps in the assessment process is to carry out the EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) the final outcome of the assessment. If there is possibility of significant negative effects on Natura 2000 sites, the result of the process also has to be a part of EIS. The main goal of this study was to find out, what are the practitioners´ opinions and attitudes on the quality of EIS in Slovakia, especially in the case when the assessment process is related to Natura 2000 sites. Because it often involves practitioners from a very wide range of disciplinary and professional backgrounds, the contribution tries to show to what extent does the professional background or practitioners working positions influence their perception of EIS quality.</p></abstract>

The issues of protection and management of biodiversity has become one of main environmental policy tasks in Europe and elsewhere. As an application of precautionary principles the EU member states are required to assess projects and plans which alone or in combination with other plans or projects are likely to have significant negative effects on Natura 2000 sites. Several EU provisions set out the obligations for such assessment (the Birds and Habitat Directives, EIA and SEA Directives). One of the key steps in the assessment process is to carry out the EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) the final outcome of the assessment. If there is possibility of significant negative effects on Natura 2000 sites, the result of the process also has to be a part of EIS. The main goal of this study was to find out, what are the practitioners´ opinions and attitudes on the quality of EIS in Slovakia, especially in the case when the assessment process is related to Natura 2000 sites. Because it often involves practitioners from a very wide range of disciplinary and professional backgrounds, the contribution tries to show to what extent does the professional background or practitioners working positions influence their perception of EIS quality.

The Determination of Main Obstacles for the Developing of Highquality Documentation during EIA Process on Natura 2000 Sites

Department of Landscape Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Mlynska dolina, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia

Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Ludovíta Štúra 2, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

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The issues of protection and management of biodiversity has become one of main environmental policy tasks in Europe and elsewhere. As an application of...

The Determination of Main Obstacles for the Developing of Highquality Documentation during EIA Process on Natura 2000 Sites

Published Online: Jun 26, 2014

Page range: 1 - 8

Received: Nov 15, 2012

Accepted: Jan 07, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2014-0001

Keywords
EIA, Natura 2000, quality of EIS, questionnaire

© 2014 Zuzana Michalcová and Peter Baus

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Determination of Main Obstacles for the Developing of Highquality Documentation during EIA Process on Natura 2000 Sites

Published Online: Jun 26, 2014

Page range: 1 - 8

Received: Nov 15, 2012

Accepted: Jan 07, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2014-0001

KeywordsEIA, Natura 2000, quality of EIS, questionnaire

© 2014 Zuzana Michalcová and Peter Baus

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
EIA, Natura 2000, quality of EIS, questionnaire