ENVIRONMENT

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The project is designed to support the implementation of the Government's Environmental Action Plan (EAP) based on: (a) the intersectoral nature of many environmental concerns; (b) the fact that many areas of Government are to be decentralized to District Assemblies; (c) the need to ensure that communities are involved in decisions about the use of environmental resources; and (d) the fact that significant portions of the EAP are to be implemented through planned or on-going sector-specific projects supported by IDA or other external aid agencies, particularly in the forestry, urban, industrial and energy sub-sectors. The main objectives of the project will be to put in place the institutional and technical capabilities required for effective environmental monitoring, policy formulation and coordination; to support a pilot program to combat soil degradation and erosion; and to help prevent further destruction of the fragile resource base in the coastal zone, in which issues of global environmental concerns are partly involved. The project includes three components: (a) development of an environmental resource management system; (b) land resources management; and (c) coastal wetlands management.