The Environment Consultant

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Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)

  • The value of nature – case of Colombia’s Sinú Basin

    This articles describes the key findings of the 2024 Natural Capital Assessment of Colombian’s Sinú River Basin, conducted by the National Planning Department in collaboration with the Natural Capital Project…


  • Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services

    Natural Capital Natural capital refers to the global reserves of natural resources, which are fundamentally linked to ecosystem services. When evaluating the natural wealth of a specific area as assets…


  • Finance for Nature

    Nature plays a crucial role in supporting humanity and its economic activities. We rely on biodiversity, which includes bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals, for essential raw materials and food production.…


  • iNaturalist & eBird: citizens tracking nature globally

    iNaturalist and eBird are smartphone apps intended to engage the regular citizen in reporting biodiversity observations. As an analogy, both apps are like Pokémon GO — yet collecting real-life creatures.…


  • ENVID Workshops

    Environmental Risk/Impact Identification (ENVID) workshops are a formal, collaborative process that systematically identifies, evaluates, and documents potential environmental impacts during the lifecycle of a project. Borrowed conceptually from safety-related techniques…