Monitoring And Reporting

We Know That Operations And Maintenance Determine The Level Of Environmental Impact. Projects Need To Be Efficiently Managed During Their Operating Lives. Depending On The Type Of Project, Monitoring May Require Following Proper Operational Procedures For The Equipment, Assuring Regular Maintenance And Repair, And Monitoring Of Project Activities. We Have Realized That It Is Hard To Assess The Infrastructure-environment Impact If We Lack The Most Basic Monitoring Data. Insufficient Data And Too Short A Monitoring Time- Frame Makes It Difficult To Determine (i) Whether The Safeguards Have Been Effectively Implemented, However Well The They Were Designed Into A Project; (ii) Whether Environmental Strengthening Or Mitigations Actions Have Been Carried Out; (iii) Whether The Expected Outcomes Or Benefits Have Been Realized; Or (iv) Whether There Are Significant Environmental Impacts That Need To Be Addressed.