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Bhutan : Country Environmental Safeguard Review

The country environmental safeguard review provides an overall assessment of Bhutan's environmental safeguard system. The study is not intended to be comprehensive or prescriptive. It is meant to provide a broad overview of some key legal, pol...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABATEMENT AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ALPINE REGIONS ARABLE LAND BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES BIODIVERSITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION BIODIVERSITY STATUS BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION BIOLOGICAL CORRIDORS BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY BIOLOGICAL HERITAGE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES BIOSPHERE BIOSPHERE RESERVE BUFFER ZONES CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZEN CITIZENS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMERCIAL FORESTRY COMMUNITY FORESTRY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES CONSERVATION AREAS CONSERVATION NEEDS CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION PROJECTS CONSERVE BIODIVERSITY CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS COST EFFECTIVENESS CULTURAL HERITAGE CULTURAL RESOURCES DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANS DISEASE CONTROL EARLY IDENTIFICATION ECOLOGICAL DEGRADATION ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOSYSTEM ECOSYSTEMS EFFECTIVE POLICIES ELIMINATION OF POVERTY EMISSION STANDARDS EMISSIONS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENACTMENT OF LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EXPLOITATION EXTERNALITIES FIRE PREVENTION FOREST FOREST AREA FOREST AREAS FOREST COVER FOREST FIRE FOREST FIRES FOREST MANAGEMENT FOREST MANAGEMENT POLICY FOREST POLICY FOREST PRODUCTS FOREST PROTECTION FOREST SECTOR FORESTRY FORESTRY SECTOR FORESTS FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM FUTURE GENERATIONS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT HEALTH RISKS HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT HOLISTIC MANNER HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HUMAN SETTLEMENT ILLEGAL ENCROACHMENTS ILLEGAL HARVESTING INCOME INDICATOR SPECIES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION LAKE LAKES LAND CLEARANCE LAND USE LEGAL MANDATE LEGAL STATUS LEGISLATION LOGGING MALARIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MINISTRY OF HEALTH NATIONAL BOUNDARIES NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL FOREST POLICY NATIONAL FORESTRY POLICY NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL PARK NATIONAL PARKS NATIONAL POLICY NATURAL ENVIRONMENT NATURAL FOREST RESOURCES NATURAL HABITATS NATURAL RESOURCE NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT NATURAL RESOURCES NATURE CONSERVATION NATURE RESERVE NOISE POLLUTION PEACE PESTICIDES PLANT PLANTATION FORESTRY POACHING POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY GUIDANCE POLLUTION POLLUTION ABATEMENT POLLUTION CONTROL POPULATION DISTRIBUTION PRIMARY FOREST PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RAW TIMBER RECIPIENT COUNTRIES RECIPIENT COUNTRY RENEWABLE RESOURCES RESERVED FORESTS RESERVES RESOURCE LIMITATIONS RESOURCES MANAGEMENT RESPECT RIPARIAN AREAS ROAD CONSTRUCTION ROAD NETWORKS ROADS RURAL POPULATION SAFETY PROCEDURES SANCTUARIES SANITATION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL ISSUES SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIOECONOMIC PROGRESS SPECIES STEWARDSHIP STREAMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT POLICY SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE USE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TIMBER TIMBER FOREST TIMBER FOREST PRODUCTS TOURISM TRANSACTION COSTS TREATIES TREES URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBANIZATION WATER RESOURCES WATERSHED WEAK ENFORCEMENT WILDLIFE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION WILDLIFE PROTECTION WILDLIFE RESERVE WILDLIFE RESOURCES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/05/9604657/bhutan-country-environmental-safeguard-review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8114

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Summary:	The country environmental safeguard review provides an overall assessment of Bhutan's environmental safeguard system. The study is not intended to be comprehensive or prescriptive. It is meant to provide a broad overview of some key legal, policy, and institutional challenges and highlight some options for possible future action. The following points identify the broad focus of the review: (i) identify critical gaps in Bhutan's policies and regulations for environmental safeguard management and specific measures to reach equivalence with international best practice (equivalence analysis); (ii) evaluate Bhutan's capacity and commitment to implement its environmental policies and regulations and assess specific actions that are necessary to strengthen institutional capacity and improve outcomes (acceptability assessment); and (iii) prioritize options for enhancement of Bhutan's environmental safeguard systems, particularly critical actions needed to keep pace with economic development and Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) commitment to decentralize decision making to the district level. This review recognizes that the differences between Bhutan's system and the corresponding Bank policies identified in the equivalence analysis could be readily addressed by revisions to the relevant code of environmental practices or by the introduction of additional codes of practices, which is within the administrative authority of the National Environmental Commission (NEC). Others can be bridged on a systemic basis through legal or regulatory measures and, in particular, through the development of new legislation for safety of dams, which will then make Bhutan's environmental safeguard policies fully equivalent with the corresponding Bank policies.