INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND MECHANISMS FOR INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO THE ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING PROCESS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IN NEPAL

Contents

List of abbreviations

INTRODUCTION

1. Development constraints and environmental awareness
2. Earlier priorities vis-à-vis the environment
3. Environmental issues
4. Environmental considerations and the process of integration

I. NATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

1. Background
2. Policy-level institutions
   1. Parliamentary Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Protection
   2. The National Development Council
   3. The Environment Protection Council
   4. National Planning Commission
3. Ministries and Departments
   1. Ministry of Population and Environment
4. Sectoral Ministries
   1. Ministry of Agriculture
   2. Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation
   3. Ministry of Industry

II. MECHANISMS FOR INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS

1. Coordination mechanism and modalities
2. Procedural arrangements
3. Local level action
4. Interfacing with the private sector
5. Adequacy of present arrangements

III. INTEGRATION MEASURES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS

1. Legislative instruments
2. Enforcement of legislation and regulations
3. Command and control vis-à-vis economic instruments
4. Internalization of environmental costs

IV. MULTILATERAL AGREEMENTS AND DOMESTIC POLICY

1. Multilateral agreements to which Nepal is a party
2. Constraints on implementation of Conventions

V. MONITORING MECHANISMS AND ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS

1. Monitoring mechanisms
2. Strengths and weaknesses of the existing monitoring mechanisms
3. Effectiveness of the existing mechanisms

VI. INFORMATION AND TRAINING

1. Existing information dissemination measures
2. Existing training facilities
3. Effectiveness of measures for information and training

VII. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Background
2. Legal measures
3. Institutional measures
   1. Environment Protection Council
   2. National Planning Commission (NPC)
   3. Ministry of Population and Environment
   4. Line Ministries and Departments
   5. Local agencies and NGOs
4. Monitoring and evaluation

Annexes

• AGENCIES/MINISTRIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES
• ENVIRONMENTALLY-RELATED LEGISLATION IN NEPAL
• INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENT TO WHICH NEPAL IS A PARTY

REFERENCES

List of boxes

• Box 1. Positive impacts of reforms on the non-agricultural sector
• Box 2. Annapurna Conservation Project

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