In the context of the EA/IA, cumulative effects are the predicted net effects from the Project that overlap temporally and spatially with other past, present and reasonably foreseeable developments (RFDs) or physical activities and may interact cumulatively with the net environmental, health, social or economic effects from other projects or physical activities.

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