Implementation will follow the following closely linking with activity planning, design and implementation steps. Step 1: Preliminary Environmental Information and Analysis Step 2: Environmental and Social Screening and Assessment Step 3: Environmental and Social Recommendation and Preparation of Project DPR Step 4: Environmental Clearance and social clearances Step 5: Social Management Plan Step 5: Site-Environmental Management Plan Step 6: Compliance and Final Monitoring The program steps and environmental and social steps are linked as described in the table below. Table 5: Project/grant program steps and environmental and social processing steps Project/grant program Environmental Step Social Step Remarks step Pre-feasibility and/or Collection of preliminary Community involvement Pre-feasibility and/or feasibility study (after environmental information while developing the Feasibility Report Dzongkhag/Park together with sub project project(s). contains Management selects the pre-feasibility or environmental section Collection of household concept for further feasibility field in which information, number of consideration) investigation. (by DEC) environmental families and land holding situation of project Collect religious (Park Managers) site/ immediate monuments and structure Land ownership certification surroundings, potential information (Park (Dzongkhag Land Record) risks to the project, Managers) Identify households without and probable Obtain relevant NoCs. ownership certificate issued mitigations will be Preliminary analysis of by RGOB described. Report project's environmental contains NoCs also. risks and identification of probable mitigation / recommendations. Selection of sub project Review the environmental Stakeholders includes Initial Environmental pre-feasibility or information provided in Dzongkhag and RNR screening will check: feasibility report for the pre-feasibility or officials, communities and i) if the project is preparing Project Report feasibility report, and gewog official, meeting and eligible, ii) if the or detailed project report carry out Initial consultative meeting to be project is exempted by (DPR) Environmental Screening. conducted by Gup and Park Bhutan environmental Managers laws from further Prepare environmental environmental checklist based on the Review of land holdings, investigation, and iii) preliminary information census, property, livestock who is the Competent and make the decision on information in consultation Authority for the need for a detailed with the Gewog reviewing and issuing Environmental Administrative Officer, Gup, environmental Assessment Tshogpa and National Park clearance. management unit. Checklists format will Prepare social checklist based be prepared by on the preliminary BTFEC and filled out information and make the
Implementation will follow the following closely linking with activity planning, design and implementation steps. Step 1: Preliminary Environmental Information and Analysis Step 2: Environmental and Social Screening and Assessment Step 3: Environmental and Social Recommendation and Preparation of Project DPR Step 4: Environmental Clearance and social clearances Step 5: Social Management Plan Step 5: Site-Environmental Management Plan Step 6: Compliance and Final Monitoring The program steps and environmental and social steps are linked as described in the table below. Table 5: Project/grant program steps and environmental and social processing steps Project/grant program step Environmental Step Social Step Remarks Pre-feasibility and/or feasibility study (after Dzongkhag/Park Management selects the concept for further consideration) Collection of preliminary environmental information together with sub project pre-feasibility or feasibility field investigation. (by DEC) Collect religious monuments and structure information (Park Managers) Obtain relevant NoCs. Preliminary analysis of project's environmental risks and identification of probable mitigation / recommendations. Community involvement while developing the project(s). Collection of household information, number of families and land holding (Park Managers) Land ownership certification (Dzongkhag Land Record) Identify households without ownership certificate issued by RGOB Pre-feasibility and/or Feasibility Report contains environmental section in which environmental situation of project site/ immediate surroundings, potential risks to the project, and probable mitigations will be described. Report contains NoCs also. Selection of sub project pre-feasibility or feasibility report for preparing Project Report or detailed project report (DPR) Review the environmental information provided in the pre-feasibility or feasibility report, and carry out Initial Environmental Screening. Prepare environmental checklist based on the preliminary information and make the decision on the need for a detailed Environmental Assessment Stakeholders includes Dzongkhag and RNR officials, communities and gewog official, meeting and consultative meeting to be conducted by Gup and Park Managers Review of land holdings, census, property, livestock information in consultation with the Gewog Administrative Officer, Gup, Tshogpa and National Park management unit. Prepare social checklist based on the preliminary information and make the Initial Environmental screening will check: i) if the project is eligible, ii) if the project is exempted by Bhutan environmental laws from further environmental investigation, and iii) who is the Competent Authority for reviewing and issuing environmental clearance. Checklists format will be prepared by BTFEC and filled out
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