WORKING GROUP ON ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT Meeting on Environmental Assessments Geneva, 16-17April 2013 Items 3 - 8 of the provisional agenda
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Meeting on Environmental Assessments Geneva, 16-17April 2013
Items 3 - 8 of the provisional agenda
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I. Legal and regulatory basis for publication of
state-of-the-environment reports Armenia No specific legislation.
Azerbaijan No specific legislation Belarus Law On the Protection of
the Environment-1992 and government resolutions (#247 1993, #734
2008 ).
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I. Legal and regulatory basis for publication of
state-of-the-environment reports Georgia law on Environmental
Protection- 1996, Decree of President #389, 1999. Kazakhstan
Environment Code -2007 Kyrgyzstan Framework Law on Environmental
protection -1999. Government Decree #553, 2012.
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I. Legal and regulatory basis for publication of
state-of-the-environment reports Moldova -Law On Environment
Protection - 1993. Russia-Law On Environment Protection - 2002 and
government decree (#966 2012). Tajikistan Special Order of the
Chairman of Committee on Environmental Protection
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I. Legal and regulatory basis for publication of
state-of-the-environment reports Ukraine Law on Environmental
Protection-1991 and Government Decree - 1992. Uzbekistan Law on
Nature Protection. Government Orders.
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II. Institutional mechanisms for the production of
state-of-the-environment reports Armenia Ministry of Nature
Protection. Information through the members of interagency working
group or by official request. Azerbaijan No specific legislation.
Belarus Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection.
Academy of Science and other scientific institutions are
involved.
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II. Institutional mechanisms for the production of
state-of-the-environment reports Georgia - Ministry of
Environmental Protection. Data from State agencies and members of
expert group. Kazakhstan Ministry of Environmental Protection. Data
from State Fund of Ecological Information. Kyrgyzstan State Agency
of Environment and Forestry. Data from State agencies and members
of expert group.
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II. Institutional mechanisms for the production of
state-of-the-environment reports Moldova Ministry of Environment.
Institute of Geography and Ecology. Russia Ministry of Natural
Resources and Ecology using data from State Information Fund.
Tajikistan Committee on Environmental protection. Special working
group.
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II. Institutional mechanisms for the production of
state-of-the-environment reports Ukraine - Ministry of Ecology and
Natural Resources of Ukraine. 15 Government agencies. Uzbekistan
State Committee on Nature Protection. State agencies.
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III. Structure and content of state-of-the-environment reports
A. Consistency of the state-of-the environment reports with the
UNECE Guidelines for the Preparation of Indicator-based Environment
Assessment Reports Armenia No SOE since 2002. Sector oriented
assessment reports. Azerbaijan Partial consistency. Additional:
Measures taken Belarus Last SOE is based on UNECE Guidelines. 9
chapters in accordance with key indicator groups. Specific
indicators on radiation pollution.
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A. Consistency of the state-of-the environment reports with the
UNECE Guidelines for the Preparation of Indicator-based Environment
Assessment Reports Georgia -Partial consistency. Additional
:ionizing radiation; natural disasters. Kazakhstan Partial
consistency. Additional: industry, radiation. Kyrgyzstan According
to the Guidelines. Additional chapter on Health and
Environment.
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A. Consistency of the state-of-the environment reports with the
UNECE Guidelines for the Preparation of Indicator-based Environment
Assessment Reports Moldova Partial consistency. Future SOE will
follow guidelines. Russia- Partial consistency.SOE-2012 will be
structured following to the constituent territories of the Russian
Federation and country in whole by economic activities and
environment components. Tajikistan Partial consistency. Additional
according to the NEAP priorities.
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A. Consistency of the state-of-the environment reports with the
UNECE Guidelines for the Preparation of Indicator-based Environment
Assessment Reports Ukraine - Partial consistency. Additional on
consumption and production patterns. Uzbekistan - Partial
consistency. Two reports: National SOE and Monitoring and
assessment of SOE.
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B. Use of environmental indicators in the state-of-the
environment reports Armenia Some key indicators. No cross- country
comparisons. Azerbaijan Some key indicators. No cross-country
comparisons. Belarus All key indicators, except of some on energy.
No cross-country comparisons.
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B. Use of environmental indicators in the state-of-the
environment reports Georgia Few indicators. Some comparison with EU
standards. Kazakhstan Most of indicators. No cross- country
comparisons. Kyrgyzstan Actually all indicators, with some
additions for country priority areas (e.g. pastures). No
cross-country comparisons.
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B. Use of environmental indicators in the state-of-the
environment reports Moldova Some key indicators. Others in energy.
No cross-country comparisons. Russia- Currently 7 group of
Indicators from the Guidelines and several others. No cross-country
comparisons. Tajikistan Not clear.
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B. Use of environmental indicators in the state-of-the
environment reports Ukraine - The majority of environmental
indicators. Additional indicators on radiation. No cross- country
comparisons. Uzbekistan - Some key indicators. No cross- country
comparisons.
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C. Data assurance and control systems Armenia Data control by
divisions of the Ministry. Azerbaijan Only the official data
provided by the relevant institutions, data from projects and
investigations. Belarus Mathematical & logical data
control.
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C. Data assurance and control systems Georgia -Official data.
No additional control. Kazakhstan Official data. No additional
control. Kyrgyzstan Official data. Approval of draft SOE from State
Agencies before endorsement.
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C. Data assurance and control systems Moldova Data control by
Environmental State Inspectorate. Russia- Official data. Draft SOE
is open for expert and public discussions. Tajikistan -Official
data. Interagency meeting.
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C. Data assurance and control systems Ukraine Official data
controlled by State agencies. Uzbekistan Special working group for
SOE.
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D. Use of modern technologies for data presentation Armenia D
iagrams, maps, tables, charts. Azerbaijan Diagrams, maps, photos
and other. Belarus D iagrams, maps and other visual formats.
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D. Use of modern technologies for data presentation Georgia - G
raphs, tables, figures, maps. Kazakhstan D iagrams, tables, charts.
Kyrgyzstan Graphs, maps, tables.
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D. Use of modern technologies for data presentation Moldova All
visual materials. Russia- D iagrams, maps, tables, charts.
Interactive visualization for future SOE. Tajikistan Cartographic
materials.
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D. Use of modern technologies for data presentation Ukraine - D
iagrams, maps, tables, charts. Uzbekistan Different visual
materials.
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IV. Publication and dissemination of state-of-the-environment
reports Armenia Last SOE from 2002, in Armenian and Russian.
Azerbaijan Only one SoE report for 2008-2013. Other assessment
reports on a regular basis. Belarus 4 years period SOE report is
available in hard copies and on the website of the Ministry in
Russian and English languages.
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IV. Publication and dissemination of state-of-the-environment
reports Georgia -Once in three years. Hard copies and web-pages in
Georgian and English. Kazakhstan Annual SOE. Hard copies and web-
pages in Russian. Kyrgyzstan Once in three years. Hard copies and
web-pages in Kyrgyz, Russian. English in future.
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IV. Publication and dissemination of state-of-the-environment
reports Moldova Annual according to law. For all stakeholders in
electronic format. Russia- Annual SOE is available in hard copy and
on web-page of the Ministry in Russian. Tajikistan Annual SOE.
Government agencies and other stakeholders in hard and electronic
format. Summary in Committee newspaper.
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IV. Publication and dissemination of state-of-the-environment
reports Ukraine Annual SOE is printed publication and is uploaded
on the website of the Ministry. Resume in English. Uzbekistan 3-4
years period SOE in hard copy (1000) and at Committee web-page in
Uzbek and Russian.
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V. Links with other assessment reports Armenia Reports required
by EMAs. Azerbaijan Reports required by EMAs. Belarus Annual
analytical reviews of the state of the environment. Environmental
information to the consumers at various levels
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V. Links with other assessment report Georgia Annual State of
Human Health report. Reports required by EMAs. Kazakhstan - Reports
required by EMAs. Kyrgyzstan - Reports required by EMAs.
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V. Links with other assessment report Moldova Children health
and environment 2010. Reports required By MEAs. Russia- Several
assessment reports for different environmental components.
Tajikistan Different environmental assessment reports and
NEAP.
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V. Links with other assessment report Ukraine - Sectoral
assessment reports. Uzbekistan Sectoral assessment reports.
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VI. Use and evaluation of state-of-the environment reports
Armenia For policy documents, including NEAP. No evaluation.
Azerbaijan For state authorities, scientific and public
organizations, general public. No evaluation procedures. Belarus
For environmental decision making. Socio-economic planning. No
evaluation procedures.
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VI. Use and evaluation of state-of-the environment reports
Georgia W ide range of stakeholders, international organizations.
No evaluation procedures. Kazakhstan For policy documents and
scientific publications. No evaluation procedures. Kyrgyzstan For
State Agencies, general public and other stakeholders. No
evaluation procedures.
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VI. Use and evaluation of state-of-the environment reports
Moldova For different stakeholders. No evaluation procedures.
Russia- For decision-makers and different stakeholders. No
evaluation procedures. Tajikistan For environmental priorities.
International organizations. Academy of science.
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VI. Use and evaluation of state-of-the environment reports
Ukraine -For decision makers and other stakeholders. No evaluation
procedures. Uzbekistan For decision makers and other stakeholders.
No evaluation procedures.