Estudio de impacto ambiental para la creación de una empresa consultora en RSPO para cultivos de palma de aceite

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is a comprehensive process of anticipating, evaluating and addressing the ecological, social and other relevant consequences arising from the development of a project, prior to the implementation of crucial decisions and commitments. . It involves the measurement and evaluation of the impact of human activities or lack thereof on various aspects of the environment, carried out during the initial planning stages. The EIA process is carried out to identify, anticipate and evaluate the possible environmental consequences of a proposed project or undertaking. Its objective is to ensure that the decision-making process considers environmental impacts and that appropriate measures are implemented to alleviate or prevent these impacts. The purpose of this study delimits the environmental impact assessment for palm oil crops in the Colombian Northeast, in order to identify, through the criteria proposed by the RSPO 2018 standard, the control mechanisms and positive impacts proposed by this reference to guarantee the sustainability of this agricultural subsector in Northeast Colombia. The research is based on a qualitative, descriptive approach. The methodology used is based on Vicente Conesa’s proposal, which allows the environmental factors involved to be precisely identified and the associated impacts to be projected. The comprehensive environmental assessment presented in this correlation analysis exercise, which focuses on the RSPO 2018 criteria and its theory of change, serves as a reliable basis for informed decision-making and the implementation of sustainable practices in the cultivation of Oil palm. It offers a long-term perspective on the respectful adaptation of the crop to environmental characteristics, providing valuable information on potential results at different stages of the planting project and allowing predictive decision-making.