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GUIDELINES FOR FAO FIELD PROJECTS
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Environmental impact assessment
GUIDELINES FOR FAO FIELD PROJECTS
Food and agriculture organization of the united nations Rome, 2011
ii E N V I R O N M E N TA L I M P A C T A S S E S S M E N T
table of CONTENTS
AcronymsiII ANNEX 2: SAMPLE FORMS
27
Environmental and Social Review Form
27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Iv
Environmental Screening for Category A & B projects
28
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Operational context 1.3 Policy context
Scoping for Category A projects
31
1
1 ANNEX 3: BASIC POLICY
2 REQUIREMENTS FOR FIELD PROJECTS
32
2
3.1 Agriculture
32
3.2 Biodiversity
33
CHAPTER 2: THE EIA PROCESS 2.1 Overview
4
3.3 Fisheries and aquaculture
33
4
3.4 Forestry
34
2.2 Environmental Categories
4
3.5 Livestock and animal husbandry
34
2.3 Steps of the EIA Process in FAO
9
3.6 Fertilizers
35
2.4 Roles and responsibilities
13
3.7 Pesticides
35
2.5 EIA in FAO's project cycle
14
3.8 Water development
36
CHAPTER 3: EIA REPORTS 3.1 Category A projects (significant impacts)
3.2 Category B projects (less significant impacts)
3.9 Socio-economic dimensions
37
17
3.10 Gender considerations
38
17
ANNEX 4: ENVIRONMENTAL
REVIEW IN THE FAO PROJECT CYCLE
39
17
3.3 Category C projects
ANNEX 5: OUTLINE
(minimal or no adverse impacts)
18 FOR THE CATEGORY A EIA REPORT
41
SOURCES AND LINKS ANNEX 1: GOVERNING PRINCIPLES
19 ANNEX 6: AN INITIAL CAPACITY
ASSESSMENT AS PART OF
21 ENVIRONMENTAL SCOPING (if required)
43
AMENDMENTS TO THE GUIDELINES
44
G U I DE LI N ES FOR FAO FI E LD PROJ ECTS iii
Acronyms
BH CD CBD EA EIA EIA-TF EMP ES ESRF FAO FAOR FBO IER IPNS IPP IPPC ITR LTO LTU M&E MDT NRC OEKC PAC PCR PPRC PTF RBM SPD TCDM WOCAT
Budget holder Capacity Development Convention on Biological Diversity Environmental Analysis Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Impact Assessment Task Force Environmental Management Plan Economic and Social Development Department Environmental and Social Review Form Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO Representative Farmer-Based Organization Initial Environmental Review Integrated Plan Nutrition System Indigenous Peoples Plan Plant Protection Convention Interdisciplinary Technical Review Lead Technical Officer Lead Technical Unit Monitoring and Evaluation Multi-disciplinary team (FAO Regional/Subregional representations) Environment, Climate Change and Bioenergy Division Knowledge and Capacity for Development Project Appraisal Committee Polymerase Chain Reaction Programme and Project Review Committee Project Task Force Results-Based Management Standard Project Document Field Programme Coordination and Results-Based Monitoring World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
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