STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES (SOPs) FOR COORDINATION AND COMPLIANCE TO ENVIRONMNETAL LAWS

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has issued a total of 406 certificates during the October–December, 2020 Quarter. This is an increase from the 323 certificates issued during the July–September, 2020 Quarter, and the 265 issued during the January–March Quarter of the same year.

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), in accordance with the National Environment Act No. 5 of 2019, is obliged to produce the National State of the Environment Report (NSOER) every two years.

The NSOER aims to inform the public about the state of the environment in the country; the importance of the environment and natural resources in the development process and their value to society; its trends and projections; the key issues; challenges; and opportunities for improvement.

To ensure environmental, health and social considerations are taken into account, established environmental and social assessment tools at the project level need to be complemented by approaches fully adapted to policies, plans and programmes. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) meets this need. SEA provides a practical and direct means of progressing the Green Growth Development Strategy and Sustainable Development Goals. Indeed, the National Development Plan (NDP III) provides for the achievement of sustainability goals embedded in these macro-economic strategic documents.