INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS INTO ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES: MINERALS SECTOR IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Contents

List of abbreviations

Introduction

I. National institutional arrangements for integrating environmental concerns into policy decision-making processes

A. Introduction

B. Existing regulatory systems

1. Mining and petroleum acts

2. Environmental planning act

3. Water resources act

4. Environmental contaminants act

5. Dumping of wastes at sea act

6. Conservation areas act

7. Fauna protection and control act (and amendments)

8. National parks act

C. Institutional framework

1. Provincial/local governments

2. Non-governmental organizations

3. Role of government and non-governmental agencies in the policy decision-making process

D. Assessment of adequacy of institutional arrangements

II. Mechanisms for integrating environmental considerations into sector policies and for monitoring enforcement

A. Introduction

B. Experience to date

C. Mechanisms to reflect the impact of trade problems on environmental policy

D. Institutional arrangements for coordination with trading partners/neighbouring countries

1. South pacific regional environment programme (sprep)

2. Torres strait treaty

3. Torres strait baseline monitoring study

III. Analysis of the types of measures being used at the sector level integrate environmental considerations into the decision-making processes

A. Introduction

B. Types of measures

C. Evaluation of effectiveness of each measure

1. Environmental planning act

2. Environmental contaminants act

3. Water resources act

4. Dumping of wastes at sea act

5. Mining and petroleum acts

6. Summary

D. Proposed environmental regulation framework and underlying principles

1. Seven major principles

2. Proposed framework

3. Elements of the regulatory framework

4. Role of social impact assessment

5. Role of provincial government and other agencies

E. Brief assessment of the department of environment and conservation proposal

IV. Consideration of multilateral trade and environment agreements in domestic policy formulation

A. Introduction

B. Relationship between trade and the environment

C. Relevant multilateral and environmental agreements

D. Mechanisms for incorporating agreements

E. Constraints

V. Assessment of training and information needs

A. Introduction

B. Information needs

1. Information acquisition

2. Information dissemination

C. Training needs

VI. Conclusions and recommendations

Annex

Environmental management at ok tedi: a case study

Introduction

A. Natural environment

B. Mining and the environment

C. Environmental impact

D. Policy directions and implementation

E. Conclusion

List of tables

1. Papua New Guinea: economic activity by sector

2. Papua New Guinea: value of exports by sector
3. World gold production, 1991-1993
4. Environmental and related legislation currently in force in Papua New Guinea
5. Relevant ministries, departments, agencies and non-governmental organizations with some environmental responsibilities in Papua New Guinea
6. Proposed decision-making structures
7. International and regional Conventions and treaties on trade and the environment to which Papua New Guinea is a party

List of annex tables

1. Current and future mineral production estimates

2. Current and future petroleum production estimates

List of figures
1. Papua New Guinea: real GDP per capita, 1989-1996 (1983 constant prices)
2. Environmental assessment and decision-making process in the Environmental Planning Act
3. Proposed environmental regulationframework

List of boxes
1. General guidelines for environmental plans

2. Ok Tedi compensation claim

References

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