SEA profile
Updated to: 16 June 2014
Download as PDFEstablishing context
Implementing SEA
Informing decision making
Follow-up
SEA practice
Annual no. of SEAs
Although SEA is not yet legally required in Zanzibar, some SEAs have been conducted - but all by the World Bank. These SEAs concerned coastal development, and agricultural and livestock development.
Background information
Legal framework
Enabling law
The Zanzibar Environmental Policy (2013) states that:
The Government will ensure incorporation of environmental assessment into procedures for designing and implementing development programs, plans, policies and projects.
Implementation strategies under this statement specifically mention both EIA and SEA as tools to apply to investment and development projects. The implementation strategies include the promotion of their use, strengthening public awareness on their application.
National detailed regulation
There is no national detailed regulation on SEA. The Environmental Management Act of 1996 is however being updated, and in conformity with the statements in the Environmental Policy of 2013 it will include SEA regulations.