Environmental Assessment Update of the Viet
Nam Coastal Wetlands Protection and Development Project
The objectives of the Viet Nam Coastal Wetlands
Protection and Development Project are to:
| 1. |
re-establish the coastal mangrove wetland ecosystems
and sustain their habitat and coastal protection functions in
the four Southern Mekong Delta provinces; |
| 2. |
improve the economic and stable use of lands adjacent
to the mangroves; and |
| 3. |
improve the social and livelihood status of impoverished
communities in order to reduce exploitation of mangrove ecosystems. |
ESSA reviewed the social and environmental impacts
of the Project to satisfy the requirements of a Category A Environmental
Assessment report, covering both the project as presently proposed
and the accompanying resettlement action plan. Additionally, ESSA
revised the World Bank documents associated with the Project to
ensure that they accurately reflected the findings, conclusions
and recommendations arising from the review, and prepared a Draft
Environmental Annex for the Project Implementation Document and
the Project Appraisal Document.
