ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS 2
1. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND 4
2. POLICY CONTEXT 11
2.1 General 11
2.2 The WB safeguards policies that might be triggered 11
Table 2.1. World Bank’s Safeguard Policies and their relevance to the project 11
2.3 Environmental Assessment 13
2.4 Project Environmental Category 14
2.5 Azerbaijan Environmental Legislation and Procedures 15
2.5.1 International Cooperation 15
2.5.2 EIA Procedures 16
2.6 Public Involvement 17
Table 2.2: Level of Significance of Potential Impact 18
3. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 20
3.1 General 20
Table 3.1. Important Environmental and Social Components 20
Table 3.2: Project Benefits 21
Broad Category 21
Table 3.3 Socioeconomic Benefits 22
Table 3.4: Summary of Potential Major Environmental Impacts – broad project categories 24
Table 3.5. Summary of Potential Major Environmental Impacts – likely subprojects 24
3.5 Potential Cumulative Impacts 26
3.7 Mitigation 27
4. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT GUIDELINES 29
4.1 General 29
4.2 Management 29
4.3 Mitigation 29
4.3.1. Recommended Preventive Actions or Mitigation Measures for Laboratory 30
4.4 Monitoring 30
Table 4.1: Preliminary Selection of Monitoring Indicators 31
4.4.1 Monitoring plan 32
4.4.2 Environmental monitoring of long term issues 33
5. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCEDURE GUIDELINES 34
5.1 Overview 34
5.2. Environmental screening for credit applications 34
5.3 Environmental screening for grant proposals 35
5.4 Sub-project Categories 35
5.5 Secondary Screening 36
5.5. Rejection of sub-project 36
5.6. Environmental Monitoring 36
5.7. Reporting by the VCDS, PFIs and the PMU 37
ANNEX 1. ENVİRONMENTAL CATEGORİES ACCORDING TO WORLD BANK OP 4.01 38
ANNEX 2. ENVİRONMENTAL SCREENING CHECKLIST FORMS. 42
Table A-2.1 Farm Inputs Screening Checklist 43
Table A -2.2: Agricultural Enterprise Screening Checklist 43
Table A- 2.3: Environmental Mitigation Plan 44
ANNEX 3. ENVİRONMENTAL MİTİGATİON 48
Table A-3.1: Some Agricultural and Laboratory Good Practices – Towards a Protected Environment and Sustainable Agriculture 49
Table A-3.2: Some Good Practices for Rural Enterprises – Towards a Protected Environment and Sustainable Rural Development 51
ANNEX 4. ACCEPT/REJECT DECİSİON MAKİNG 52
Table A-4.1: Guideline for screening cumulative environmental impacts 53
ANNEX 5. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORIMNG 55
Table A-5.1: Environmental Monitoring Plan 55
ANNEX 6. PUBLİC CONSULTATİON FOR SUB-PROJECTS 57
ANNEX 7. IMPACTS, CONSEQUENCES AND MİTİGATİON MEASURES 58
Table A7-1. Laboratory Testing 58
Table A7-2. Veterinary services 59
Table A7-3. Seed testing 60
Table A7-4. Fertilizer 62
Table A7-5. Pest Management/Pesticides 64
Table A7-6. Plant production technologies 67
Table A7-7. Livestock production technologies 69
Table A7-8. Slaughter houses 70
Table A7-9. Primary processing 71
ANNEX 8. INTERNATİONAL BEST PRACTİCE İN SAFETY OF RESEARCH LABORATORİES 78
ANNEX 9. SUMMARY OF STAKEHOLDERS MEETING ON EMP 85
Magnesium phosphide 96