The report highlighted that crosscountry cooperation is crucial for curbing the illegal trade in luxury woods and the. Their full support to cambodia s participation in pisad made this national report a reality. This report was written and edited by the environmental investigation agency. The prakas goes on to outline the required content of an eia report. Be aware of the findings and conclusions of the environmental impact assessment and the conditions stated within the eia license issued by nema. Significant positive and negative project impacts have been identified. Eia in cambodia and tranboundary eia danhserey director department of environmental impact assessment ministry of environment, cambodia e. Kingdom of cambodia nation religion king ministry of public works and transport. Vietnams persistent trade in illegal timber, exposes corrupt individuals from the vietnam government and military complicit in smuggling huge quantitites of illegal timber from cambodia. Environmental impact assessment procedure 2 d project which is neither eia or iee type project means the type of project which does not need to be carried out either eia or iee.
News article summaries are extracted from their sources, as guided by fairuse principles and are ed by their respective sources. The report will cover an existing legal framework which focus on any legislative law which cambodia. Compile a regular report highlighting any noncompliance issues as well as. Environmental impact assessment procedure government of. We seek to bring the best of international practice in cambodia. Pdf an evaluation of the environmental impact assessment. Be familiar with the recommendations and mitigation measures of this emp. Infrastructure cambodia fiber optic communication network co. The lower sesan 2 dam in northeastern cambodia is arguably one of the most controversial hydropower projects being constructed on tributary of the lower mekong river basin. Environmental and social impact assessment eia eia is a tool for systematically examining and assessing the impacts and effects of a development on the environment. Environmental impact assessment regulations and strategic. The project is located near the confluence of the sesan and srepok rivers, 25.
Academician hang chuon naron, minister of moeys and to h. Energy information administration eia will provide weekly estimates of u. Open development cambodia organizations od mekong datahub. It should be noted that the current eia process in cambodia requires an. Cambodia mia report minamata convention on mercury. Sustinat green is a certified eia consulting firm, and green designer based in phnom penh, cambodia. The eia has called for a rosewood trade moratorium with vietnam and recommended that vietnam declare all timber imports from cambodia, enabling cambodia to better tackle this illegal trade.
Energy information administration eia official energy statistics from the u. Cambodias eia system, however, fails to define such an order of priority. Materials on the open development cambodia odc website and its accompanying database are compiled from publicly available documentation and provided without fee for general informational purposes only. However, massive social inequalities and the co untrys large number of people living in poverty pose a serious challenge to the sustainability of economic growth. Procedures for environmental impact assessment in cambodia prepared by. Environmental impact assessment eia is recognised by the government and international organizations as an important tool in the management of. Environmental impact assessment ieia or an environmental impact assessment eia report is required from. Articles 6 and 7 of the environment law 1996 require that an environmental impact assessment eia be conducted for projects likely to have an impact on the environment, whether they are public or privately funded. Datasets od mekong datahub open development cambodia. Eia environmental impact assessment emp environmental. Aquaculture is not expressly mentioned among the activities that are subject to the eia system.
Strengthening environmental impact assessment in the. Eia the law on environmental protection and natural resources 1996 and the subdecree on environmental impact assessment process 1999 draw the legal framework of the eia process in cambodia. The council for the development of cambodia cdc sub. Guidelines for environmental impact assessment eia in the arctic. Cheryl wasserman, united states environmental protection. This has been launched ahead of a meeting between vietnam and the eu to combat illegal logging. Pdf state of waste management in phnom penh, cambodia. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. An electricity authority of cambodia report showed that last year, it supplied power to about 14,000 villages or 81 per cent of all villages in cambodia. Criminalization and law enforcement and articles 44 50 of chapter iv.
Academician nath bunroeun, secretary of state of moeys, who relentlessly provided advice and guidance on the implementation of pisad for cambodia. The environmental impact an environmental impact assessment document should be assessment document prepared and provided to all involved parties. Jica and environmental conservation department ecd. Cambodia provincial and periurban water supply and.
Energy information administration eia independent statistics and analysis. Environmental impact assessment 51 20441718ejune 2005 environmental impact assessment p. The environmental impact assessment eia reports were shared by. Rural roads improvement project ii prepared by ministry of rural development for the royal government of cambodia and the asian development bank. Economic land concessions and plantations, environmental impact assessments, mining this spreadsheet is developed from gathering information from the various report of environmental impact assessment reports eia and show information such as company profile, a. Environmental monitoring report semestral report january june 2017 cambodia. Cambodia subdecree, 1999 a guideline for preparing a report of ieia and eia will be determined by the prakas of the moe. Eir eia report elc economic land concession emmp environmental management and monitoring plan. Impact assessment report 2009 and other legal instruments related to eia in cambodia issued by the ministry. Geia general environmental impact assessment deia detailed environmental impact assessment denr department of environment and goc government of cambodia natural resources gwd great western development dgps development guide plans hdb housing and development board ict international consultants and technocrats private ltd. Eia report to document clearly and impartially impacts of the. Environmental impact assessment in the mekong region.
Eia expresses its gratitude to the individuals who have contributed. Eia environmental impact assessment emf electric and magnetic fields. On 6 april 2018, ecd and jica project for capacity development in eia system coorganized the completion seminar of the project by inviting around 40 participants from line agencies of myanmar government which are related to eia issues in project development. In preparing an eia report in line with the globally standard eia procedure, it is necessary to define the order of priority among the avoidance.
Solar panel joint venture coming to k speu phnom penh post. Procedures for environmental impact assessment in cambodia. The cambodia office of the international republic institute iri was approached in 2009 to pilot an impact evaluation at the request of the united states agency for international development usaid to. This report confirms that there are many challenges in current waste management in phnom penh due to social, technical, economical and institutional restrains. Council for the development of cambodiacdc, cambodian investment boardcib, cambodian special economic zone boardcsezb. This initial environmental examination is a document of the borrower. Submission of the final report to the moe and presentation in front of the eia. Guidebook on environmental impact assessment in the kingdom. Sweco groner describes the purpose of its eia report as to evaluate the potential impacts in cambodia due to planned hydropower development upstream in dak lak. Environmental impact assessment comparative analysis in.
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