Service Contract No 2007 / 147-446 Strategic ... - Swaziland

7.2 Addressing Medium Priority aspectsRECOMMENDATION INVOLVED INSTITUTION /ACTORSIMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTSE. EMISSION OF POPsTo prepare a National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention whichincludes a strategy to reduce sugar cane burning. This strategy:oooooMust be discussed and agreed together with the key stakeholders, including as aminimum: sugar mill estates, cane growers and cane cuttersMust address the socio-economic aspects of increasing green cane harvesting,mainly reduced employment if mechanised, and fair standard for payment if hand-cutMust include quantified objectives and time-bound targetsMust define responsibilitiesMust include a mechanism to report implementation and achievement of targets andobjectives, on a regular basisSwaziland Environment AuthorityNB: This action needs to be addressedat a level higher than the NAS.The SEA is already in the process ofdeveloping the NIP. The NAS SC andthe EC should raise this issue with theSEA so it is adequately addressed.F. WATER POLLUTION FROM AGRICULTURAL RUN-OFF / MONITORING OF WATER QUALITYA strategy must be in place to ensure the five RBAs are fully operational (with technical andfinancial capacity), including clear and time-bound targets (see Key Aspect 1 above on wateravailability/climate change).Department of Water Affairs, RiverBasin AuthoritiesNB: This action needs to be addressedat a level higher than the NAS.The NAS SC and the EC should raisethis issue with the DWA and the RBAsto put it in their agenda.RDMU (Strategic Environmental Assessment of the National Adaptation Strategy) - Page 120