Cooperative evaluation of Environmental Protection Agency activities under the USAID/Brazil global climate change program

The need for environmental impact assessment (EIA) is stipulated by Brazilian environmental legislation. The purpose of the GCC/EIA Training Project was to help strengthen ineffective institutions by supporting the EIA process and related capacities of state and federal institutions, and by training individuals in key areas including federal and state governments, universities and non-governmental organizations. EPA activities focused on the delivery of training courses, on the development of guidelines for EIAs related to economic activities associated with forest clearing and mining and on technical assistance to conduct a pilot EIA.

Area of Evaluation: 

Mitigation

Thematic Cluster: 

Organizational sector evaluation

Theme of Evaluation: 

LULUCF

GEF Funding: 

No

Level of Evaluation: 

Country

Region: 

Latin America and Caribbean

Type of Evaluation: 

Final Evaluation

Institution: 

USAID

Evaluation Author: 

Donald Sawyer

Year of Evaluation: 

1997