Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Kees Bastmeijer and Timo Koivurova -- Chapter 1Introduction. By Kees Bastmeijer and Timo Koivurova / Kees Bastmeijer and Timo Koivurova -- Chapter 2. The Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context / Wiecher Schrage -- Chapter 3. Environmental Impact Assessment and the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Caspian Sea / Rie Tsutsumi and Kristy Robinson -- Chapter 4. Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment: the Nordic Environmental Protection Convention / Timo Koivurova -- Chapter 5. Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment in North America: Obstacles and Opportunities / Neil Craik -- Chapter 6. Assessment of Transboundary Environmental Impacts in Developing Countries: the Case of Central America / Marianela Cedeno -- Chapter 7. Environmental Impact Assessment in the Bay of Bengal Sub Region in South Asia / Daud Hassan -- Chapter 8. Implementing Guidelines for Environmental Impact Assessment in the Arctic / Timo Koivurova -- Chapter 9. Environmental Impact Assessment in Antarctica / Kees Bastmeijer and Ricardo Roura -- Chapter 10. Environmental Impact Assessment and the International Seabed Authority / Gwénaëlle Le Gurun -- Chapter 11. Environmental Impact Assessment in the Space Sector / Lotta Viikari -- Chapter 12. The World Bank and Environmental Impact Assessment / Jean-Roger Mercier -- Chapter 13. Implementing the Espoo Convention: an International Financial Institution Perspective / Elizabeth Smith -- Chapter 14. The Equator Principles: a Voluntary Approach by Bankers / Leonie Schreve -- Chapter 15. Conclusions: Globalisation of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment / Kees Bastmeijer and Timo Koivurova -- Index / Kees Bastmeijer and Timo Koivurova.

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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a well-established instrument of Environmental Law and policy that aims to ensure that potential adverse environmental effects of human activities are assessed before decisions on such activities are made. The instrument is increasingly being applied in respect of activities that may cause environmental effects across the borders of a state. In this book, thirteen systems of Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment (TEIA) are assessed that exist or are in development in different parts of the world. Although TEIA is generally associated with EIA between territorial states, this book takes a broader approach and is divided into three sub-parts: Transboundary EIA between states, EIA for activities in international and shared areas, and EIA required by international financial institutions. Knowledgeable experts (scholars and practitioners) provide an overview of the history, content, and practice of the individual systems and, based on these discussions, the state of the art concerning TEIA and possible future developments are discussed.