environmental impact assessment

noun [C] ENVIRONMENT

Definition

› a study of the possible effects on the environment of a new project: Protesters want an immediate halt to the construction of the station and a thorough environmental impact assessment.

(Definition of environmental impact assessment noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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