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How can Bio-diversity impacts be assessed?

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Biodiversity Impact Assessment can be defined as a decision supporting tool to help biodiversity inclusive of development, planning and implementation. Assessment can be done by:
(i) Change in land use and cover.
(ii) Fragmentation and isolation.
(iii) Extraction
(iv) External inputs such as emissions, eflluents and chemicals.
(v) Introduction of invasive, alien or genetically modified species.
(vi) Impact on endemic and threatened flora and fauna.
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