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The Environment and Natural Resources
Management and Mainstreaming Programme
(ENRMMP) is a government initiative that aims to
improve the coordination and implementation
capacity of the environment and natural resources
sector. The programme is based on the principles,
priorities and objectives of Zambia’s Fifth National
Development Plan. The implementation of the
ENRMMP began in 2009.
The programme was formulated under the guidance
of a joint task force led by the Ministry of Tourism,
Environment and Natural Resources, statutory bodies
and co-operating partners. The main objective of the
ENRMMP is to contribute to reversing environmental
damage. It also aims to maintain essential
environmental and biological processes and achieve
sustainability in natural resource utilization for the
benefit of the Zambian people. These objectives
are pursued through the development of an
environment fund that will finance key investments
and initiatives in the environment and natural
resource sector. The programme also focuses on
building the internal capacity of the ministry to lead
policy development in the environment and natural
resource sector and to support the mainstreaming
of environment and natural resource issues in other
government bodies.
Environment and Natural Resources
Management and Mainstreaming Programme
The programme has been designed to:
• Build the capacity of the Ministry of
Tourism, Environment and Natural
Resources to coordinate national policy-
making and to provide information needed
for environmentally-conscious policy
development;
• Assist sector ministries and local governments
(district authorities) to use the information
and tools available to mainstream
environmental issues into their planning and
operations; and,
• Support the establishment of an environment
fund for investments in the environment and
natural resources sector to complement the
policy shift towards sustainability. In line with
this, an Interim Environment Fund has been
set up, and is managed by ZEMA (GRZ, 2008).