Common use of Environmental cooperation Clause in Contracts

Environmental cooperation. The Parties recognise that the way to improve environmental protection is to introduce appropriate environmental legislation, implement it effectively and integrate it into other policy areas. The main objective of environmental cooperation is to enhance the prospects of sustainable economic growth and social development by placing a high priority on respect for the natural environment including: (a) the drafting of an effective environment protection policy involving appropriate legislative measures and the resources needed to implement it. Proper implementation of these measures will be essential in helping put an end to illegal logging activities. Such a policy will also encompass training, capacity building and the transfer of appropriate environmental technology; (b) cooperation in the development of sustainable and nonpolluting energy sources, as well as solutions to urban and industrial pollution problems; (c) refraining from activities harmful to the environment, especially in regions with fragile ecosystems, while developing tourism as a sustainable source of revenue; (d) environmental impact assessment, which is a vital element in the preparation and implementation of any reconstruction or development project; (e) close cooperation to achieve the objectives of environmental agreements to which both Parties are signatories; (f) particular priority and initiatives for the conservation of existing primary forests and for the sustainable development of new forest resources.

Environmental cooperation. The Parties recognise that the way to improve environmental protection is to introduce appropriate environmental legislationlegisla- (1) See Annex II. tion, implement it effectively and integrate it into other policy areas. The main objective of environmental cooperation is to enhance the prospects of sustainable economic growth and social development devel- opment by placing a high priority on respect for the natural environment including: (a) the drafting of an effective environment protection policy involving appropriate legislative measures and the resources needed to implement it. Proper implementation of these measures will be essential in helping put an end to illegal logging activities. Such a policy will also encompass training, capacity building and the transfer of appropriate environmental technology; (b) cooperation in the development of sustainable and nonpolluting non- polluting energy sources, as well as solutions to urban and industrial pollution problems; (c) refraining from activities harmful to the environment, especially espe- cially in regions with fragile ecosystems, while developing tourism as a sustainable source of revenue; (d) environmental impact assessment, which is a vital element in the preparation and implementation of any reconstruction reconstruc- tion or development project; (e) close cooperation to achieve the objectives of environmental environ- mental agreements to which both Parties are signatories; (f) particular priority and initiatives for the conservation of existing primary forests and for the sustainable development develop- ment of new forest resources.