strategy
Identifying priorities for national environmental action plans
Synonyms:
Identifying priorities for NEAPs Description:
Establishing the priorities for a National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) will vary from one country to another depending upon a wide range of factors including existing social and economic conditions (and existing priorities for development); current perceptions of environmental problems, resources available, and political willingness to address environmental problems. The setting of priorities for a NEAP should include the innovative utilization of human and other resources available within a country to produce the maximum effect from existing resources. Narrower:
Using environmental management systems in industrySetting priorities for chemicals risk reduction programmesMonitoring priority changes in national environmental action plansGiving higher priority to budgets in sustainable development education and training Facilitates:
Measuring sustainabilityRestoring environmental damageAssessing environmental impactsEstablishing national water resource priorities Facilitated by:
Using environmental indicatorsConducting environmental audits Developing appropriate methods for identifying hazardous wastesUsing multi-criteria analysis in environmental impact assessmentUsing strategic environmental assessment tools for biodiversity planning Values:
ActionInactivity Subjects:
Action → Action Environment → Environment
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
