- negative effects on the quality and/or quantity of the chemical, physical and biological environment including
- marine waters,
- surface water,
- groundwater,
- soil,
- land,
- air,
- marine bottom sediments
- emissions, discharges or releases to the environment, including
- persistent and/or toxic chemicals,
- sediments,
- biological or microbial agents,
- nutrients,
- agricultural wastes,
- domestic or industrial liquid/semi-solid/solid wastes,
- electromagnetic field,
- noise,
- gaseous emissions, dust, odour,
- thermal energy
- threats to, loss of, or damage to flora and fauna and/or their
habitats including habitat fragmentation
- disruption of food webs
- negative effects on the health of biota including flora and
fauna
- the removal of resource materials from the environment
- reduction in productivity of operations involved in primary
or secondary production
- changes to existing landscapes
- obstruction of migration, or passage of wildlife
- negative effects on the protection of cultural heritage
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- negative effects on human health, including increases in mortality
or morbidity, and/or decreases in personal well-being
- disruptions to normal learning, sleeping, and communication
activities
- reduction of the quality or quantity of recreational opportunities,
amenities or perceived aesthetics
- loss of, or damage to commercial species or renewable or non-renewable
resources
- foreclosure of future resource use or production
- reduction in biodiversity and/or extinction of species in the
area/region concerned
- loss of or risk to human lives
- effects of deposits on materials, material corrosion and damage (including nuisance and discomfort), and reduction in visibility
- disruption to social activities
- temporary or permanent loss of recreational area
- acute and chronic toxicity effects on biota due to discharge of pollutants
- bioaccummulation and biomagnification of toxic substances in
biota especially on commercial food supplies
- long term and short term change on population size of biota
including mortality, reproduction, maturity and distribution
- temporal and spatial cumulative effect resulting from environmental
changes
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