IEM forms a part of the White Paper on Environmental Management Policy in South Africa and has been written into the National Environmental Management Act (No. The difference between IEM and an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is that IEM is a whole philosophy whereas EIA is just one tool or technique used to gather and analyse environmental information that is a part of the IEM process. The Standard Abbreviation (ISO4) of Integrated environmental assessment and management is Integr. In addition, it considers the impact of assistance programmes, such as the implications of encouraging new wheat farms (programmes). IEM is used in looking at, for example, the environmental impact of converting grazing land to the growing of wheat (project) It also looks at the environmental impact of increasing the wheat price (policy), which may encourage more marginal land to be put under wheat. the application of appropriate environmental management tools to ensure the integrated environmental management of activities. from the inception of the idea right through to the decommissioning or the end of the project). Accepted Manuscript Appraising offsets as a tool for integrated environmental planning and management Sumit Lodhia, Nigel Martin, John Rice PII: S0959-6526(18)30004-0 DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.01.004 Reference: JCLP 11684 To appear in: Journal of Cleaner Production Received Date: 29 August 2017 Revised Date: 14 December 2017 Accepted Date: 2 January 2018 Please cite this article as: Lodhia S. IEM considers the environmental elements in a 'cradle to grave' concept (i.e. Political, ethical, and societal considerations are all addressed. The book includes balanced coverage and real world examples to illustrate the concepts. It provides a framework of published guidelines (available from the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism) to ensure that environmental considerations are taken into account at every stage of the life of a project, process or policy.Įxample of Integrated Environmental Management This up-to-date and comprehensive reference presents the fundamentals of environmental planning, incorporating theory, practice and case studies. Integrated environmental management (IEM) is a philosophy that is concerned with finding the right balance (sometimes called the 'golden mean') between development and the environment. Integrated Environmental Management (IEM)