ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL

MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP)

MITIGATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
INTRODUCTION
 Consists of set of measures to be taken
during implementation and operation to
eliminate, offset or reduce adverse
environmental impacts to acceptable levels.
 No standard format for ESMP
 Format needs to fit
circumstances/project/activity/program for
which ESMP is being developed.
Cont’d
 Requires mitigation measures to ensure that
all projects in the second schedule of EMCA
1999, (Amended 2015) will be catered for.
 ESMP should identify linkages to other
relevant plans relating to the project e.g.
those plans dealing with resettlement or
indigenous peoples’ issues.
PREPARATION OF ESMP
 Things to consider:
– A set of responses to potentially adverse impacts.
– Requirements for ensuring that those responses
are made effectively and in a timely manner.
– The means of meeting those requirements.
COMPONENTS OF ESMP
 Identification and summary of all the
significant adverse environmental and
impacts anticipated.
 Description and technical details for each
mitigation measure including the type of
impact to which it relates to and the
conditions under which mitigation may be
required together with designs, equipment
descriptions and operating procedures.
Cont’d Cont’d

 Institutional arrangements – the assignment of
specific responsibilities for carrying out the
mitigation measures(e.g. responsibilities which
involve operation, supervision, enforcement,
monitoring of implementation, remedial action,
financing, reporting and training of staff )
 Integration into the activities cost estimates
and sources of funds for both the initial
investment and recurring expenses for
implementation plan.

STRENGTHENING ENVIRONMENTAL AND

Cont’d SOCIAL MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY

 Implementation schedule for measures that  Technical assistance programs

must be carried out as part of the project  Staff development
showing phasing and coordination with  Procurement of equipment and supplies
overall project implementation plans.
 Organizational changes
 Monitoring and reporting procedures
– To ensure early detection of conditions that
necessitate particular mitigation measures
– Provide information on the progress and results of
mitigation.
 Environmental/S Proposed Mitigation and Aspects of Responsibilitie Responsibility for Monitoring means Recommended Cost
ocial Impact Monitoring s, M&E during mitigation, (c) – Construction frequency of (Kshs)
Design, monitoring and/or (o) – Operation monitoring
Construction, maintenance after
& defects defects liability
Liability Period period

SPECIFIC LINKS

Funding –ensure adequate funding for

Soil erosion - Ensure proper management of Project Project Proponent (c) – Inspection No soil erosion Nil
 excavation and drilling activities
-Proper refilling of the excavated
Contractor (o) –
Maintenance
Routine is expected

proposed actions trenches

 Management and training – assist overall Air pollution -Ensure proper working conditions of Project
exhaust systems of the borehole drilling contractor
Insignificant levels of (c) – Inspection
air pollution that are (o) – Routine
(c) – Daily 10,000

management plan inputs needed to and construction plants

-Control speed and operation of the
construction vehicles
diluted naturally Maintenance

implement mitigation measures -Provide dust masks for personnel in

dust generation areas

 Monitoring – provide critical path for Noise pollution -Use of sound attenuated equipment Project No significant noise (c) – Inspection (c) – Daily 20,000

implementation to enable evaluation of the -Sensitize workers of drilling machines Contactor

-Workers and other participants in the
vicinity of high levels of noise so that
pollution (o) – Routine
Maintenance

success of mitigation and to serve as a they wear ear muffs

- Ensuring that the activity is undertaken
means for improving future projects. during the day in the shortest time
possible

SUMMARY OF IMPACTS FLEXIBILITY OF ESMPs

 The predicted adverse environmental and
social impacts for which mitigation is required
should be identified and briefly summarized
in an ESMP table
 ESMPs should be dynamic, flexible and
subject to periodic reviews.
 Extent to which ESMPs should be reviewed
and updated varies between and within
sectors.
 As a rule where the major environmental
impacts are associated with operational
rather than the construction phases, ESMPs
should be regularly revised.
PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN
DEVELOPING EMPs
 ESMP should clearly describe and justify the
proposed mitigation measures to facilitate
public consultation
MONITORING PLANS
 What is monitoring?
 Systematic observation or tracking of an
activity to determine whether it is proceeding
or functioning as expected.
 Provides adequate information to measure
environmental change and asses the
effectiveness of procedures employed to
mitigate adverse impacts.
Cont’d
 Provides feedback about actual
environmental impacts of an activity.
 Monitoring results helps judge the success of
mitigation measures in protecting the
environment.
 Involves collection of data over period of time
against baseline data.
Cont’d
 Requires prior identification of indicators
which must be simple and true reflection of
the activity or project impact.
 Monitoring at community level requires close
interaction between community members
and the environment.
WHAT SHOULD BE MONITORED? Cont’d

 A determination as to what to monitor should  A method to measure the amount of change to an

be done selectively based on the nature of environmental resource occurring over a specific
period of time, the change should be measured
the proposed activity and the results of the
quantitatively if possible.
Environmental Impact Assessment.
 A method to asses the effectiveness of mitigation
measures adopted with the action.
 Regular review and revision, when necessary to
ensure that the program objectives are being met as
cost-effectively as possible.

COMPONENTS OF GOOD
MONITORING PLAN Cont’d

 Clearly defined objectives  Standardized methodologies that are

 An environmental baseline for measuring comparable with those used elsewhere in the
change. region as well as internationally.
 Environmental criteria, if available and
applicable for a certain environmental
components such as water and air
 A method to measure the extent to which the
activity in question contributes to
environmental and social changes.
MONITORING TECHNIQUES The end

 Community mapping
 Indigenous knowledge system
 Communities records
 Environmental products and service output  Thank you for your attention!!!
such as water, trees, wild fruits among
others.

Cont’d

 Participatory transect walk and observation

 Photo-monitoring