This book aims to further build capacity in the conservation community to use drones for conservation and inspire others to adapt emerging technologies for conservation. "Increasing numbers of ecologists and conservation biologists have begun to explore the use of drone technology to obtain accurate and up-to-date data on the distribution and density of species, as well as the threats to their habitats, in their ongoing attempts to conserve and monitor...

This work has been designed as a primary teaching text in environmental impact assessment (EIA). It focuses on procedural training, with an emphasis on good principles and practice and provides a number of case studies from all over the globe.