| RURAL SMALL AND MICROENTERPRISE
PROMOTION PROJECT
THE PROJECT
Environmental Impact
Project interventions will cover
a variety of land types making it difficult to
predict, a priori, environmental impact; as a
result the project has been classified as category
B. The SMEs to be supported will be subjected
to an (simplified) environmental impact analysis
during both their feasibility study and their
establishment and ex-post evaluation. Positive
environmental impact will constitute a criterion
for SME selection. Furthermore, community mobilization,
training and technical support for the conception
and monitoring of grass-roots activities will
all take into account sustainable natural resource
management issues. Specific measures will be promoted
to prevent or redress negative environmental impact;
for example, where SMEs are concerned with charcoal
production, reforestation will be compulsory.
The project will establish contacts with the Ministry
for Lands, Resettlement and Environment for specific
environmental studies.
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