1. The EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) — the big projects' study: the impacts identified-predicted-evaluated; the mitigation-and-monitoring plans; the public consultation; the approval's condition (the EIA's discipline: the environment considered before the damage).
2. The IEE/IEA (Initial Environmental Examination) — the screening's first layer: the smaller projects' initial check (the significant-impact threshold; the EIA's escalation where needed).
3. The environmental audit — the after-check: the operating project's compliance verification (the mitigation's implementation; the conditions' observance; the corrective orders). TheNepal machinery: the EPA 2076's study regime (the IEE-EIA's schedules; the approval's process; the audit's duty); the honest audit (the EIA's quality — the form-over-substance critique; the monitoring's weakness).