1.3 Harmonising Standards

The exercise of harmonising the methodology for developing environmental standards is one of the major tasks of the East Africa Sub-regional Project on Environmental Law and Institutions. Other tasks under the same project include hazardous wastes, environmental impact assessment, forestry, and wildlife legislation. and soil should be given priority.

By prioritising crucial issues in the tasks, common critical environmental issues will be identified and; standards and
guidelines for harmonising the management of the issues will also be identified.