TITLE:
Comparative Study of Environmental Institutional Framework and Setup in the GCC States
AUTHORS:
Said Al-Saqri, Hameed Sulaiman
KEYWORDS:
Environmental Institutional Framework, Gulf Cooperation Council, Authority
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Environmental Protection,
Vol.5 No.9,
June
19,
2014
ABSTRACT: Establishing
environmental institutions will aid in providing effective responses on any
changes in the status of environment by improving the current policies by
having solid management strategies to combat environmental degradation. All the
six member countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have established
similar environmental institutional bodies that serve with the mandate of
conserving and protecting the environment. Degrees of implementation, wealth,
state of environment reporting and strategic planning are varying and closer
inspection has to be done. Institutionalization in GCC states has to be
promoted to cover major framework of sustainable development strategies. This
will guarantee the use-effectiveness of those polices and other environmental
management tools to ensure sustainable development of the natural resources.
This paper attempts to list and examine the current status of all GCC country’s
environment institutional framework and setup through comparison of the
available information, highlighting the achievement of some and providing some
guidance for others on how it could be enhanced.