University of South Africa
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
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GGH3705
Environmental Impact Assessment
Assignment 1 — Semester 1, 2026
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Module Code: GGH3705
Module Name: Environmental Impact Assessment
Assignment: Assignment 1
Semester: Semester 1, 2026
Due Date: 16 March 2026
Institution: University of South Africa (UNISA)
Department: Geography
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for GGH3705 — UNISA, 2026
,UNISA | GGH3705 Environmental Impact Assessment
Contents
1 Question 1: Ethical Use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Assignments 4
1.1 1.1 Ethical Actions for Which an LLM Can Be Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.1 Understanding Concepts and Generating Study Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.2 Grammar and Language Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.3 Brainstorming and Outline Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 1.2 Two Suggestions for Improving LLM Prompt Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.1 Suggestion 1: Provide Specific Context and Constraints . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.2 Suggestion 2: Ask the LLM to Acknowledge Limitations and Uncertainty 6
2 Question 2: Analysis of the Provided Text as LLM-Generated Content 7
2.1 2.1 Elements Indicating LLM Authorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.1 Formulaic Paragraph Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.2 Overly Balanced and Non-Committal Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.3 Generic Examples Lacking Specificity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.4 Absence of In-Text Citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1.5 Repetitive Transitional Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 2.2 Comparison with Module Study Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3 2.3 Critical Evaluation of Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 Question 3: Five EIA News Articles from South Africa 11
3.1 Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.1 3.1.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.2 3.1.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.3 3.1.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.1.4 3.1.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 12
3.2 Article 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2.1 3.2.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2.2 3.2.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.3 3.2.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.4 3.2.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 13
3.3 Article 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3.1 3.3.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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3.3.2 3.3.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3.3 3.3.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3.4 3.3.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 14
3.4 Article 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4.1 3.4.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4.2 3.4.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4.3 3.4.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4.4 3.4.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 15
3.5 Article 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5.1 3.5.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5.2 3.5.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5.3 3.5.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5.4 3.5.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 16
4 Question 4: Environmental Legislation for the Eco-Friendly Golf Resort EIA
(Western Cape) 18
4.1 4.1 National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) . . . . . . . . 18
4.2 4.2 National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004 (NEMBA) 19
4.3 4.3 National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act 57 of 2003 (NEM:PAA) 19
4.4 4.4 National Water Act 36 of 1998 (NWA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.5 4.5 National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 (NEM:AQA) 20
4.6 4.6 National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999 (NHRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.7 4.7 Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013 (SPLUMA) . . . 21
4.8 4.8 Western Cape Nature Conservation Ordinance and Provincial Environmental
Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reference List 23
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College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
⋄————⋄————⋄
GGH3705
Environmental Impact Assessment
Assignment 1 — Semester 1, 2026
⋄————⋄————⋄
Module Code: GGH3705
Module Name: Environmental Impact Assessment
Assignment: Assignment 1
Semester: Semester 1, 2026
Due Date: 16 March 2026
Institution: University of South Africa (UNISA)
Department: Geography
Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for GGH3705 — UNISA, 2026
,UNISA | GGH3705 Environmental Impact Assessment
Contents
1 Question 1: Ethical Use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in Assignments 4
1.1 1.1 Ethical Actions for Which an LLM Can Be Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.1 Understanding Concepts and Generating Study Notes . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.2 Grammar and Language Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.1.3 Brainstorming and Outline Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 1.2 Two Suggestions for Improving LLM Prompt Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.1 Suggestion 1: Provide Specific Context and Constraints . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2.2 Suggestion 2: Ask the LLM to Acknowledge Limitations and Uncertainty 6
2 Question 2: Analysis of the Provided Text as LLM-Generated Content 7
2.1 2.1 Elements Indicating LLM Authorship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.1 Formulaic Paragraph Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.2 Overly Balanced and Non-Committal Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.3 Generic Examples Lacking Specificity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.1.4 Absence of In-Text Citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.1.5 Repetitive Transitional Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.2 2.2 Comparison with Module Study Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.3 2.3 Critical Evaluation of Accuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3 Question 3: Five EIA News Articles from South Africa 11
3.1 Article 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.1 3.1.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.2 3.1.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3.1.3 3.1.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.1.4 3.1.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 12
3.2 Article 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2.1 3.2.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
3.2.2 3.2.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.3 3.2.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
3.2.4 3.2.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 13
3.3 Article 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3.1 3.3.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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3.3.2 3.3.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3.3 3.3.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3.3.4 3.3.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 14
3.4 Article 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4.1 3.4.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4.2 3.4.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4.3 3.4.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3.4.4 3.4.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 15
3.5 Article 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5.1 3.5.1 Title, News Agency, and Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5.2 3.5.2 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5.3 3.5.3 Author’s Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.5.4 3.5.4 Environmental Impacts on the Immediate Environment . . . . . . . 16
4 Question 4: Environmental Legislation for the Eco-Friendly Golf Resort EIA
(Western Cape) 18
4.1 4.1 National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) . . . . . . . . 18
4.2 4.2 National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act 10 of 2004 (NEMBA) 19
4.3 4.3 National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act 57 of 2003 (NEM:PAA) 19
4.4 4.4 National Water Act 36 of 1998 (NWA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.5 4.5 National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act 39 of 2004 (NEM:AQA) 20
4.6 4.6 National Heritage Resources Act 25 of 1999 (NHRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.7 4.7 Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act 16 of 2013 (SPLUMA) . . . 21
4.8 4.8 Western Cape Nature Conservation Ordinance and Provincial Environmental
Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Reference List 23
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