Bond’s Cay, Berry Islands – Environmental Feasibility Study, Environmental Impact Assessment and Permitting Assistance
Project involved assessment of the environmental impacts from a luxury home development. The project is on a 680-acre cay. Tasks involved development of an Environmental Feasibility Study to determine potential environmental impacts and assessment of terrestrial and marine impacts to develop the EIA. The EIA also included recommendations for changes in design to minimize footprint and negative environmental impacts and for mitigation methodologies. SEV was the Project Lead and responsible for coordinating all fieldwork as well as completing some of the fieldwork, liaising with Government agencies and preparing the EIA document in compliance with Bahamian policies and legislation for submission to the Bahamas Investment Authority and the Bahamas Environment, Science and Technology (BEST) Commission.