It incorporates air, water, land, plant and animal life including human life, the social, economic, cultural, recreational and aesthetic conditions, buildings, technologies, and the direct and indirect impacts of human activities.
Generally, the Tanzanian National Policy may be thought of as 'a coherent and agreed statement of how an organisation proposes to focus on its future mission, it sets out the nature of intended actions or inaction, and sets the boundaries.
Public sector policies will normally express the ways in which legal obligations are to be efficiently discharged, public monies disbursed and permissive powers optimised.
In 1997 Tanzania adopted the national environment policy.
The National Environment Management Council (NEMC) undertakes enforcement, compliance, review and monitoring of environmental impact assessment. It carries out environmental audits, research, surveys and investigations that will assist in the proper conservation and management of the environment.
The environmental policy also recognises the need for cooperation and coordination of sector ministries in environmental work, and also stresses the need for capacity building in the training of environmental experts, and the establishment and strengthening of institutions responsible for systematic monitoring of the state of the environment.
In the same vein, the United Nations’ (UN) international day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict is an annual event held on November 6.
It aims to educate people about the damaging effects of war and armed conflict on the environment.
Many people around the world, including government officials, scientists, journalists, educators and business people, observe the UN’s international day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict.
Those who take part in the day spend time discussing about how the effects of war are damaging to the natural environment. They also work together to find ways to limit environmental destruction caused by armed conflict and war.
Seminars, speeches, lectures, news articles, radio talks, and classroom activities in schools that focus on the topic are some of the events that take place on this day. People learn and share information about the dangers of new technologies in war such as depleted uranium ammunition, which poses unknown threats to the environment. People around the world are also made aware that all efforts must be taken to limit environmental destruction caused by conflict.
War and armed conflict has many damaging effects on the natural environment. For example, crops are destroyed, water supplies are poisoned and forests are burnt. New technology that is used for war means that the destruction and damage of the environment is more serious and the long-term consequences can be worse.
On November 5, 2001, the UN General Assembly declared November 6 of each year as the International day for preventing the exploitation of the environment in war and armed conflict. The assembly considered that any environmental damage in times of armed conflict impairs ecosystems and natural resources long after the period of conflict.
This damage can often extend beyond the limits of national territories and today’s generation. The assembly also recalled the United Nations millennium declaration, which emphasised the necessity of working to protect the environment.
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