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Advisory Unit

Environmental Advisory Unit - background

Within the recent past, the University of Venda has received an increasing number of requests from community leaders, NGO's and government departments for advice on environmental issues.

The School of Environmental Sciences has pledged to provide a service to address this need. This has led to the establishment of the Environmental Advisory and Assessment Unit which provides advisory and consultancy services for the entire community in Limpopo and adjacent provinces.

Structure and Objectives

Services of the Unit function through three sections i.e. Advisory Section, Assessment Section and Capacity Enhancement Section.

The primary objectives of the Unit are to utilize the expertise in the School of Environmental Sciences and, where necessary, expertise from other schools to:

• Provide advisory services on all matters relating to environmental quality and safety, and strategies for natural resource management.
• Undertake research in order to provide information and create a knowledge base for decision making on environmental issues at community level.
• Provide affordable consultancy services by undertaking environmental impact assessments of development projects.