Uruguay - National Environmental Study - Executive Summary












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REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES

EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT

Washington D.C., 1992

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Background

Introduction
Country description
Problems to be overcome

Environmental management

Policy objectives
Institutions
The strategy and its instruments

Environmental action plan

Program 1: Strengthening national environmental management capability
Program 2: Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and genetic reserves
Program 3: Coastal zone management and reclamation.
Program 4: Management of critical watersheds
Program 5: Environmental sanitation
Program 6: Reclamation and sustainable use of natural resources and ecosystems
Program 7: Energy for sustainable development
Program 8: Environmental education
Program 9: Support of economic policy and environmental management
Implementation