Prakas No. 021 on the classification of environmental impact assessment for development projects. Country/Territory Cambodia Document type Regulation Date 2020 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Environment gen. Keyword EIA Data collection/reporting Ecosystem preservation Environmental audit Environmental planning Policy/planning Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Least Developed Countries, South-Eastern Asia Abstract The goal of this Prakas is the classification of environmental impact assessment for development projects which are required to have environmental protection contracts or initial environmental impact assessments or full environmental impact assessment. The Prakas is applied to all proposals of development projects including existing and on-going projects of private individuals or private companies, joint-venture companies, public companies or government ministries/agencies. It requires project is identify projects subject to initial environmental impact assessment (for a project that may cause medium impact on the environment and society) or full environmental impact assessment (project may cause serious impact on the environment and society) based on the nature and/or scale of the project. It also is about requirements for less-impacting projects. These are required to prepare an environmental protection contract. Non-compliance with these environmental requirement may bring about specified penalties and low-down of project approval. Full text Khmer Website data.opendevelopmentcambodia.net