III. MECHANISMS FOR INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
INTO SECTOR POLICIES AND FOR MONITORING 20 F. Strengths and
weaknesses and advantages and disadvantages of monitoring
mechanisms In the case of EIAs in general (including the tea
sector) an inherent strength in the monitoring mechanism is the
necessity for PAA to forward the plan to monitor implementation
to CEA within 30 days of project approval. However, the
weaknesses appear to be centred in the capacity of PAAs to
regularly undertake field-level monitoring of the approved
projects. That constraint is evident within the Ministry of
Plantation Industries as it does not have the staff resources
nor apparently a clear understanding of the monitoring role it
is expected to play. Another complication that may arise in the
tea sector lies in producing a meaningful assessment of the
effectiveness of any mitigatory measures, as a result of the
difficulties faced in measuring major environmental impacts such
as soil erosion and soil degradation, as well a