An initial environmental and social screening identifies known constraints, potential impact pathways and questions requiring further evidence. Define the project activity and comparison area before collecting layers.

Assemble the evidence

Use a dated footprint or alignment, settlement and public-service observations, hydrology, protected-area and biodiversity records, and relevant access or terrain information. Record source date, CRS, coverage and reuse terms. Separate verified boundaries from approximate locations and inferred features.

Produce a reviewable result

1. Check the footprint and source geometry in a common CRS.
2. Identify intersections, crossings and proximity using stated methods and units.
3. Link each finding to a source feature and potential impact pathway.
4. Record confidence, missing information and the next verification action.
5. Export a labeled map, findings table and source register.

Avoid a single aggregate risk score unless its criteria and weights are defined. Missing mapped features do not establish absence. A screening distance is a review rule unless an applicable requirement establishes otherwise.

Attached checklist example

The small example below shows checklist organization. Its counts are illustrative; they are not measured impacts or a completed assessment of Temane.

References and related work

Receptor classification · Biodiversity screening · Site-visit preparation