strategy
Producing national environmental action plans
Synonyms:
Producing NEAPs Implementation:
Around 50 National Environmental Action Plans (NEAPs) required by the World Bank have been prepared by borrower governments, with technical and/or financial assistance from the Bank, various international organizations, NGOs and other donors A NEAP is intended to be a coherent environmental strategy plan It can can cover a wide spectrum of activities and provide a framework for integrating environmental considerations into a nation's overall economic and social development programmes NEAPs also make recommendations for specific actions, outlining the environmental policies, investment strategies, legislation and institutional arrangements required The Organization of American States (OAS) is supporting the preparation of environmental action plans for Latin American countries.The UNCED's Agenda 21, which sets out how to make development socially, economically and environmentally sustainable, calls for the development of national action programmes on sustainable development. Many countries in the European Region have developed or are developing such plans as an integral part of the post-UNCED process, either based on the decisions of the Lucerne Conference and the Environmental Action Plan for Central and Eastern Europe or as part of the Fifth Programme of Work on Environment of the European Union (EU).
Broader:
Developing environmental action planDeveloping national strategies for sustainabilityUndertaking environmental monitoring and assessments Narrower:
Identifying sustainable consumption patternsProducing environmental resource inventoriesDeveloping national environmental policy studiesIdentifying national needs for water resource managementIdentifying key actors for national environmental action plansIdentifying priorities for national environmental action plansDeveloping national action plans for biodiversity conservationRanking environmental problems for national environmental action plansMonitoring enforcement measures of national environmental action plansMonitoring public participation in national environmental action plansMonitoring technical developments in national environmental action plansDeveloping investment strategies for national environmental action plansMonitoring government policymaking for national environmental action plansEstablishing institutional capacity for national environmental action plansIntegrating anti-desertification programmes into national sustainable development plans Facilitates:
Developing mineral resourcesPreparing country biodiversity strategiesImproving knowledge on ecosystem processesEstablishing environmental investment fundsImplementing national environmental action plansImplementing national environmental action plansReporting achievement towards sustainable developmentReviewing priorities for future law making on sustainable developmentIncorporating waste minimization strategies in national development plansGiving priority to primary environmental care in deprived urban and rural areasInvolving relevant interest groups in identifying priorities for capacity building strategies Facilitated by:
Developing relative-risk evaluation methodsPromoting cross-border regional biodiversity conservation Values:
ActionInactivity Organizations:
Organization of American States International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Subjects:
Action → Action Industry → Production
Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
