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6. ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION AND MONITORING PLAN

The following table lists those activities that do not fall under a categorical exclusion of the IEE and where a negative determination with conditions has been noted in Table 1 above. Mitigation measures and monitoring details are also provided. While CRCURI has overall responsibility for ensuring these actions are carried out, specific individuals e.g. The SFMP Environmental Compliance Officer –SFMP ECO andor sub-grantees are also listed where they are responsible for activity implementation and compliance with this EMMP and subsequent reporting. 30 Table 3: EMMP Activity Identified Environmental Impacts Mitigation Measures Monitoring Indicators Monitoring and Reporting Frequency Responsible Parties 1.1 Legislative reform Activitities focusing on the possible reforms of legistations necessary for fisheries co- management are intended to strengthen natural resource and ecosystem management in Ghana, and as such, are specifically to be environmentally beneficial. However, poorly conceived or poorly informed NRM policies or policy implementation can in their failure make things worse rather than better. This activity, by implication does not have direct environmental impacts. However, the following potential impacts should be considered: - Policy change can reduce community access to coastal and fisheries resources that their livelihoods depend upon. - It could impact the processes that provide for environmental protection -The consultation process could exclude resource users and prominent key stakeholders Section 3.6 Support to Governance and Policy6. NRM Policy: 1. TAs to support development reform, review and advocacy of fisheries policies and management, coastal land use policy and management, climate change policy and REDD+ readiness, must be cognizant of relevant NRM policies to embody and strongly advocate measures to, • Fully embody the principles of sustainable fisheries and coastal zone management. • Address adverse economic consequences on local communities, including from loss of usual and customary use of resources • Integrate significant stakeholder consultation, including customary users of resources • Fully integrate the principles of adaptive management 2. Support for implementation, monitoring and enforcement is a required complementary activity following policy development 3. Advocacy activities should be screened to assure they do not impact processes that provide for environmental protections. 4. Advocacy for changes to environmental and natural resource protections, including but not limited to resource-use permitting, or licenses and permits must be reviewed and approved through an IEE amendment prior to implementation. 5. Identify key environmental impacts of policies and legislative reforms through a screening and scoping Review and screening of all policy documents, advocacy materials, to ensure that they are environmentally sound and follow the points outlined in the mitigation measures As documents are produced SFMP Env. Comp. Officer