Dr. Murali G.

Ranjitkar
Visiting fellow, NASC
Environment Management
 Its an attempt to control human impact
on and interaction with the
environment in order to preserve
natural resources
 Environmental management focuses
on the improvement of human welfare
for present and future generation
 Environment Management
 Administrative functions that develop,
implement and monitor the
environmental policy of an organization
 Optimal utilization of the finite
resources between different possible uses.
 Environmental criteria and economic
considerations demand that
such an allocation be efficient. (protection
from degradation & protection for scarce
and diminishing resources)
Environment Management
 Perspectives on the Environmental
Challenge
 Examples of Environmental Aspects
& Impacts
 Three Key Environmental Issues
 Environment-related Provisions
General and Sect oral Acts
 Importance of Environmental
management
Environment Management
As such
 Protection of nature
 Pragmatic resource conservation
 Moral and aesthetic nature
preservation
 Environment and development
Integrated Environment
Management(IEM)
 Concept and principles of IEM
 Goals of IEM
 Benefits of IEM
 Participants in IEM
 Comparison TMA & IEMA
 Principles and process of IEM
Perspectives on the Environmental Challenge
Examples of Environmental
Aspects & Impacts
Three Key Environmental Issues
The world’s population continues to grow
The United Nations estimates that world
population with grow from 5.8 billion to 9.4
billion by 2050
Global demand for food, water and other
natural resources is rising
Currently, most natural systems are under
stress
The earth’s climate is changing
Evidence exists that a significant amount of
the increase in temperature since the
industrial revolution is caused by human
economic activity
 Environment-related Provisions
General and Sectoral Acts
 Environment Protection Act and Rules 1997
 Forest Act 1983
 Water Resource Act 1992
 Vehicle and Transport Management Act
1992
 Industrial Enterprises Act 1992
 Local Self Government Act 1992
 Electricity Act 1992
 Pesticides Act 1991
Importance of Environmental
management
 Improve management of environmental
impacts
 Set targets to reduce energy use, water use &
waste to landfill
 Initiate and maintain procedures to improve
efficiencies
 Define key responsibilities for achieving
targets
 Monitor and measure environmental
performance against key indicators
 Regularly assess progress towards achieving
set objectives
 Ensure due diligence and ongoing
consideration of legal and other
environmental requirements
Concept and principles of IEM
 As a philosophy, IEM prescribes a code
of practice for ensuring that
environmental consideration are fully
integrated into all stages of the
development process in order to achieve
a desirable balance between
environment concern and development
 Ecological complexity and
interdependency of human and nature
Concept and principles of IEM
 Functionally- IEM is management
oriented approach to control
environment disruption amidst the
process of sustainable development
 All action taken during project
planning , implementation, and
maintenance
 It should be insure that non of their
consequences are overlooked or
underestimated
Concept and principles of IME
 Sustainable and equitable
development is combined with sound
environment practice for healthy
environment
 Sustains people and nature
 Provide protection for our unique
resources
 Result in an enhance quality of life for
all
Goals of IEM
 Objectives of IEM is
 Ensure that development does not
compromise environmental
sustainability, health and safety and
does not endanger natural and
cultural resources
 Ensure that the environmental
consequences of the development
proposals are understood and
adequately considered in the
planning, implementation and
management of all development
programmes
Goals of IEM
 Establish a framework of cooperation
between the government organization,
the public sector, the private sector and
the public so that sustainable
development can take place
 Stimulate responsible and justifiable
decision making and action, and
creative thinking in the planning and
initial design stage
Goals of IEM
 Guide the development process by
implementing and encouraging the
collection of objective information and
reliable data with respect to environment
related aspects and ensuring that it can be
easily understood by all interested and
affected parties in the development
 Resolve or lessen any negative
environmental impact and to enhance
positive aspects of development proposals
Benefit of IME
 Improved land productivity
 Efficient water management
 Biodiversity conservation
 Conservation of natural resources
 Enhance environment protection
 Improve productivity and activities
based on sustainable development
Participation in IEM
 The community
 Non governmental institutions
 Industries
 Local government
Comparison between TMA and IEMA
Sector TNA IEMA
Goal Economic growth Sustainability and
higher productivity quality of life
and profit stakeholders welfare
shareholders wealth
Values Anthropocentric, Centered around
patriarchal values, sustainable
rationality and development
packaged knowledge concern
Egalitarian and
democratic values
Intuition and
understanding

Products Designed for Design with concern

function style and for the environment
price Environment
Wasteful packaging friendly packaging
Comparison between TMA and IEMA
Organization Top-down decision Participatory decision
making making
Centralized authority Decentralised authority
Environment Domination over Harmony with nature
nature Resource regarded as
Environment manage strictly finite
as resource Pollution and waste
Pollution and waste are elimination
external to the project management
Participation Owner, Manager, Community,
Worker Institution, Industries,
Local state and union
government bodies,
politician law maker etc
Business function Marketing aims at Marketing for
increasing consumers education
consumption Finance aims at long
Finance aims at short term sustainable
Principles and Process of IEM
Principles
 Pro-active planning
 Informed decision making
 An open and participatory approach
 A broad understanding of the term
environment
 Accountability
Process of IEM
 Development and assessment of the
proposal
 Decision on whether to accept the
development project proposal or
not
 Implementation of projects
Major principles for
implementation of IEM
 Environment and economic integration
 Maintenance of biological diversity and
conservation of natural resources
 Precaution, prevention and evaluate of
human effects on environment
 Cooperation, partnership and
participation of communities
 Educate, training and awareness
generation of people
 Thank you