Serbia and Montenegro : A Country Environmental Analysis
The specific objectives of this Country Environmental Analysis (CEA) are to: 1) Review the existing situation in the sector, identify priority areas for policy changes or investments, and consider the role of the government, the private sector, and...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/490501468777607431/Main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33920 |
| Summary: | The specific objectives of this Country
Environmental Analysis (CEA) are to: 1) Review the existing
situation in the sector, identify priority areas for policy
changes or investments, and consider the role of the
government, the private sector, and donors in implementing
this agenda 2) Assess macroeconomic-environmental linkages
and measures that affect long-term sustainability and
financial viability within the priority areas 3) Provide a
basis for defining the Bank's future involvement in the
sector. The following environmental issues have been
identified as critical, based on the negative impact of the
current environmental conditions on human health, the
economy, and natural ecosystems: Deteriorating trends in
water, sanitation, and waste management; threat of coastal
zone deterioration; air pollution hot spots; energy
inefficiency; excessive industrial pollution; weak
environmental management system, institutionally and
legally; economic instruments that are more geared to
revenue generation than to providing incentives for
environmentally responsible behavior; quality and quantity
of water resources; transboundary water and global
environmental issues; and lack of sustainable forest
management. The report recommends improving waste
management, particularly hazardous waste; increasing
provision of basic water and sanitation services to urban
and rural poor; addressing environmental hot spots;
strengthening institutional capacity for environmental
management; preparing a coastal zone strategy; including in
the environmental assessment potential liabilities in the
advent of privatization; introducing measures to enhance
energy efficiency and use renewable energy sources;
instituting measures to reduce nutrient run-off to the
Danube; preparing a biodiversity strategy, identifying
threatened species, and preparing an action plan; and
preparing a management plan for Lake Skadar and introducing
environmentally friendly natural resource use practices. |
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