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Conduct a real environmental impact analysis for a specific named development, land use change, or infrastructure project using established EIA methodology: baseline environmental conditions, impact identification (direct, indirect, cumulative), significance assessment (magnitude × likelihood), and mitigation recommendations. The proof is the completed analysis document for the named project plus a written statement of methodology and limitations. The project may be a real planned development (planning applications are publicly available from local authorities), a proposed policy change, or a historical project for which outcomes can be compared to predictions. Reviewed by an environmental scientist or EIA practitioner who challenges your significance assessment — specifically, whether you have correctly classified the magnitude and likelihood of named impacts — and asks whether a specific ecological receptor was adequately considered in your assessment.