IAPA Volume 43, Issue 3 (2025)
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal

Articles in this issue:
Editorial: Moving on since IAIA 2025
Urmila Jha-Thakur
Letter to the Editor: Impact assessment in the age of artificial intelligence: reflections from IAIA25
Thiri Shwesin Aung & Thomas B. Fischer
Unique features of environmental impact assessment (EIA) in protected areas (PAs) – towards best practice principles
F. P. Retief, R. C. Alberts, D. Cilliers, C. Roos, J. Moolman & A. Bond
Pathways to pluralism in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA): the Multi-Author Team and integrated governance model
G. O. Schreiner, L. Snyman-van der Walt, A. Adams, R. Abed, P. A. Lochner & B. de Wet
Chekhov’s Gun and Occam’s Razor: improving impact assessment efficiency for renewable energy developments
Steve Bonnell
Needs and pathways for strengthening the contribution of qualitative methods toward more effective impact assessment practice
Heidi Walker, A. John Sinclair, Alan P. Diduck, Alan Bond, Jenny Pope, Angus Morrison-Saunders & Francois Retief
Developing strategic environmental assessment in contexts of non-systematic practice: contributions for offshore energy transition
Juliana Siqueira-Gay, Ana Paula Alves Dibo, Anne Caroline Malvestio, Carla Grigoletto Duarte, Alexander Turra & Luis E. Sánchez
A systematic quality evaluation of public participation in Environmental Impact Statements (EIS): Reflecting on practice in Nigeria
Ibrahim Aliyu, Andrew Clark & Michael Hardman
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