Toward an environmental and natural resources management strategy for ANE countries in the 1990s

The report contains five chapters. Chapter I provides an analytic framework that links natural resources, their extent, quality, and management with economic growth in the region. Chapter II contains a more detailed description and analysis of key resource problems that are restricting economic growth and have a severe negative impact on standard of living and quality of life. The most serious of these are soil and water degradation; destruction of natural forests, wetlands, and coastal zones; inefficient energy use and industrial pollution; and lack of environmental services. Chapters III and IV describe 20 specific opportunities for working toward sustainable economic growth through protection and enhancement of the natural resource base. Opportunities for action were chosen on the basis of the urgency and importance of the problems, the availability of examples and approaches that have proven successful within the region, and the expectation that government, the private sector, NGO"s, and donors working together can make a measurable difference. Chapter V recommends a set of principles and criteria to be used in establishing priorities for action in individual countries and in the region. Appendices include a set of statistical indicators for individual countries and a list of the 17 background and issues papers used in developing the draft strategy. (Author abstract, modified)