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Foreword
1. Introduction
2. ADB Policies and Procedures
2.1 Project Administration Instructions
2.2 Project Administration Manual
2.3 Guidelines for Preparing a Design and Monitoring Framework
2.4 Procurement Guidelines
2.5 Consulting Services Guidelines
2.6 Loan Disbursement Handbook
2.7 Loan Financial Information System
2.8 Financial Management
2.9 Operations Manual
2.10 Policy on Gender and Development
>> 2.11 Environment (Safeguard Policy Statement)
2.12 Indigenous Peoples (Safeguard Policy Statement)
2.13 Involuntary Resettlement (Safeguard Policy Statement)
2.14 Handbook on Social Analysis
2.15 Anticorruption Policy
2.16 Public Communication Policy
3. Project Stages
4. Project Scheduling and Resource Planning
5. Project Implementation
6. Project Manager
7. ADB and EA/IA Interaction
8. ADB Performance Review and Monitoring
9. Tutorials and Templates
10. Reference Material
Appendixes
FAQ
e-Handbook on Project Implementation : 2. ADB Policies and Procedures

2.11 Environment (Safeguard Policy Statement)

Sound environmental management is critical to sustainable development and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific. Without committed efforts to safeguard the environment, pressure will continue to build on the region's land, forests, water systems, wetlands, marine ecosystems, and other natural resources-assets many of the poor depend upon for their livelihoods.

ADB's Safeguards Policy requires environmental considerations to be integrated into ADB-financed projects. The Policy requires borrowers to identify project impacts and assess their significance; examine alternatives; and prepare, implement, and monitor environment management plans. It also requires borrowers to consult people likely to be affected by the project and disclose relevant information in a timely manner and in a form and in languages(s) understandable to those being consulted.

Find more information on environment safeguards and activities in the Safeguard Policy Statement.

Contents
  1. Background and Introduction
  2. Changing Context
  3. Current Safeguard Policies and Experience
  4. Key Policy Issues and Considerations
  5. Safeguard Policy Statement
  6. Implementation Arrangements and Resource Implications
  7. Recommendation

Appendixes

  1. Safeguard Requirements 1: Environment
  2. Safeguard Requirements 2: Involuntary Resettlement
  3. Safeguard Requirements 3: Indigenous Peoples
  4. Safeguard Requirements 4: Special Requirements for Different Finance Modalities
  5. Special Requirements for Different Finance Modalities
  6. Strengthening and Use of Country Safeguard Systems to Address Environmental and Social Safeguard Issues.

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