What is Environment? and Why Environmentally Sound Design and Management? (ESDM)
PDF (823 KB)
Arriving at a common understanding of "environment" and motivating ESDM as a
necessary and explicit objective for effective development.
Includes 12-min case study segment from "Env Considerations: Toward a Sustainable
Future" Video.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and ESDM PDF (183 KB)
Overview of theEIA process; why EIA is the internationally accepted standard framework
for achieving ESDM in project-based development.
USAID’S Environmental Procedures: The Big Picture PDF (125 KB)
Overview of key LOP environmental compliance requirements created by Reg. 216 and
the ADS & who has responsibility for implementing them. Collectively, these EIA-based
procedures are intended to assure that ESDM receives explicit and systematic attention
over LOP.
Intro to Reg. 216
PDF (188 KB)
Reg 216 sets out USAID’s mandatory pre-obligation EIA process. Environmental mitigation
and monitoring conditions established by this process become required elements of
activity design and implementation.
Effective IEEs: Well-considered and well-written PDF (117 KB)
The IEE is USAID's "Preliminary Assessment" and the most common type of env. review
documentation required by Reg. 216. Overview of the IEE (Structure, purpose, nature of
"determinations") + characteristics of well-written, well-considered IEEs. (These
characteristics also apply to subproject environmental review reports.)
