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Making the EIA process more Efficient
- Increase staff and prevent high staff turnover through better compensation;
- The current application format is efficient and should remain as it provided consistency and certainty in respect to the requirements of the competent authority;
- Other authorities must be forced to provide their comments and inputs within certain time periods to prevent unreasonable delays;
- Practitioners should involve authorities that will be required to provide inputs early in the EIA process;
- Other government processes, and the DFA process in particular, undermine and conflict with the EIA process and should be addressed at the appropriate level; and
- Professional registration of professionals working in the EIA field will greatly increase the quality of EIA’s.