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Purpose of this step. Explain the purpose and preparation of the environmental status report
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Brief explanation of the Environmental Status Report
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Environmental status report (ESR) Environmental Status Report form download Word (43Kb) |
Required for all projects & activities funded by Title II/monetized food aid) as a part of annual reporting. |
The ESR
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(IV) The Environmental Status Report (ESR)1 for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance (DCHA) Food for Peace (FFP) awards describes the resource needs and progress towards achieving the results from environmental safeguards and compliance with USAID regulations for countering environmental, climate, and any geohazard vulnerabilities during the upcoming implementation year.
The ESR Template is to be completed by the FFP awardee. The ESR is to be completed for development and multi-year emergency awards. The ESR should now be submitted in advance of the PREP, ideally at least 3 months before the anticipated PREP submission by the partners.
This said, partners will need to consider the financial resource needs for successfully implementing safeguards in both the PREP budget and ESR documentation, i.e., in the 1) detailed and comprehensive budgets, and budget narrative, and 2) summarized in the ESR. The former is essential such that the budget needs of this work are reflected against the broader budget.
As with the PREP for the overall food security activity, the ESR assists FFP in understanding whether or not the food security activity is “making adequate progress towards achieving” results from environmental safeguards and compliance with USAID regulations. These safeguards are detailed in the global RFA Initial Environmental Examination (IEE), Activity IEE and Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Plan (EMMP), and relevant Pesticide Evaluation Report and Safe Use Action Plans (PERSUAPs) or Environmental Assessments (EAs) for larger infrastructure like roads, bridges, irrigation or dams. The ESR also should explain and justify any changes in environmental compliance requirements that are scheduled or expected during the upcoming implementation year.
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1. Known also as the Environmental Mitigation and Monitoring Report (EMMR) for the EMMP.
Language above adapted from FY17 RFA IEE ESR template: https://ecd.usaid.gov/egat/envcomp/document.php?doc_id=49561