Evaluate strengths and weaknesses of wildlife Studies in Environmental Impact Assessment reports of Iran

Lack of sufficient attention to animal and plant species that are within the scope of projects, can cause irreparable consequences. Impacts of development on the environment through impact assessment report, an important way to maintain the survival of these valuable biological resources. One of the important sectors in the procurement process and environmental assessment projects, studies of wildlife. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the quality of the studies to identify weaknesses and problem wildlife impact assessment reports have been investigated. This study selected 50 reports since 1376 until 1390 during the period of 15 years the environmental assessment process based on the method of Lee and Colley (1992) to determine the quality of life studies conducted in the evaluation reports. The criteria are set at different levels in various parts of the assessment reports and the hierarchy is evaluated. In this study for discussing wildlife 7 sections are determined and the quality of wildlife in 50 assessment reports in four levels is evaluated. According to the results, 36 % of reports in studies of wildlife have good quality, 52% average quality and 7% are poor and very poor in quality.