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Environmental Monitoring and Management Plan (EMMP) Toolkit for Coastal Engineering Good Practice in the Pacific (DRAFT)


This document has been prepared for government agencies and other project stakeholders to use as a ‘toolkit’ for the development of Environmental Management and Monitoring Plans (EMMPs)[1] for coastal engineering projects in the Pacific. Project specific EMMPs are generally required as a step to attaining approval to start work. EMMPs typically follow from environmental impact assessment (EIA), with the objective of implementing and ensuring their mitigation, monitoring and management actions (but may be developed as a standalone plan where an EIA has not been undertaken). EMMPs should provide a consistent approach to managing and minimising environmental impacts throughout a project’s life.

A common criticism of EIAs relates to sub-par implementation of environmental controls once approvals have been obtained. The production of an EMMP is an effective way of ensuring that EIA and consent requirements are met, and good environmental practice is ensured and constant.

The EMMP Toolkit’s primary function is to set out the requirements for and a coherent and consistent approach to EMMP development and review. This should assist in achieving full and proper implementation of EIA commitments (enhancing the effectiveness of EIA) and best practice in environmental management during a project’s or a development programme’s lifetime.