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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

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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

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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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