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Environment and Natural Resources Management and Mainstreaming Programme

The Environment and Natural Resources Management and Mainstreaming Programme (ENRMMP) is a government initiative that aims to improve the coordination and implementation capacity of the environment and natural resources sector. The programme is based on the principles, priorities and objectives of Zambia’s Fifth National Development Plan. The implementation of the ENRMMP began in 2009. The programme was formulated under the guidance of a joint task force led by the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources, statutory bodies and co-operating partners. The main objective of the ENRMMP is to contribute to reversing environmental damage. It also aims to maintain essential environmental and biological processes and achieve sustainability in natural resource utilization for the benefit of the Zambian people. These objectives are pursued through the development of an environment fund that will finance key investments and initiatives in the environment and natural resource sector. The programme also focuses on building the internal capacity of the ministry to lead policy development in the environment and natural resource sector and to support the mainstreaming of environment and natural resource issues in other government bodies.

The programme has been designed to: • Build the capacity of the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Natural

Resources to coordinate national policy- making and to provide information needed for environmentally-conscious policy development; • Assist sector ministries and local governments (district authorities) to use the information and tools available to mainstream environmental issues into their planning and operations; and, • Support the establishment of an environment fund for investments in the environment and natural resources sector to complement the policy shift towards sustainability. In line with this, an Interim Environment Fund has been set up, and is managed by ZEMA (GRZ, 2008).

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