Project Environment Management -- Practice of Shanxi Wanxiazhai Yellow River Diversion Project

Author: Xie Qingtao
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Publish Date: 2005-03-10
Features: "Project Environmental Management" refers to the comprehensive responsibility undertaken by the project entity throughout the entire life cycle of an engineering project for the whole-process environmental management of the project. The Wannianzhai Yellow River Diversion Project in Shanxi Province is a large-scale trans-basin water diversion project funded by the World Bank. During the preparation and implementation phases of the project, China pioneered the "Project Environmental Management" model, including the preparation of a comprehensive environmental impact assessment report and an environmental management plan, establishing a dedicated environmental management department within the project management organization, implementing environmental supervision and management, and preparing and implementing an environmental management plan for the operational phase. This project conducted a relatively comprehensive and complete exploration and practice in environmental management, achieving significant results: reducing adverse environmental impacts of the project to the lowest or acceptable level and effectively protecting the health of construction personnel and the public along the project route. This book provides a comprehensive summary of the environmental management practices of the Yellow River Diversion Project. We believe that drawing on the experience, lessons learned, research, and discussions of the Yellow River Diversion Project's environmental management to effectively implement project environmental management in domestic projects and gradually establish project environmental management in domestic projects will fill the gap in environmental management for engineering projects in China, holding great and far-reaching significance.