|Conducting Environmental Impact Assessment in Developing Countries (United Nations University, 1999, 375 p.)|
|2. Introduction to EIA|
|2.4 Effectiveness of EIA|
Public participation proves to be important in EIA in several ways. EIA provides objective information about an activity to the people involved. Local residents or NGOs often possess information that can be useful for EIA. In some cases public participation leads to the formulation of new alternatives.