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DAR ES SALAAM Danny Rose World Cup Shirt , Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania's environmentalwatchdog said on Sunday it will now start issuing permissioncertificates to investors in three days' time, a move aimed atstimulating the east African nation's industrialization drive.


Vedasto Makota, the acting Director General of the NationalEnvironment Management Council (NEMC), said provisionalenvironmental permission certificates would allow investors tocontinue mobilizing materials needed for their investments prior tocommencement of production.


"Issuance of provisional permission certificates is designed tohelp the investor from unnecessary bureaucracy in the initialstages of investment procedures," Makota was speaking at a four-daycapacity building training program for the NEMC's environmentaltechnical personnel and other stakeholders on environmentalevaluation and implementation in real estate and mining projects inthe commercial capital Dar es Salaam.


He added: "We want investors to continue with their investmentactivities as NEMC continued with the process of the environmentimpact assessment."


Makota said that issuance of provisional permission certificatesin three days' time would initially focus on investors inmanufacturing industries that played a vital role in the industrialsector growth and development.


"The provisional permission certificates are very important toan investor because they will give an opportunity to continue withpreliminary preparations while other environmental evaluations areunderway," he said.


Initially, investors were not allowed to start preparations fortheir investments in manufacturing industries before being givenenvironmental impact assessment certificates by NEMC and uponsubmission of their environmental management plans, Makota toldXinhua by telephone.


Makota, however, emphasized that the environmental watchdog willcontinue with its role of educating the public and investors on theimportance of protecting the environment.


"Before the commencement of production, an investor will berequired to present to NEMC the environmental management plan as apart of requirements to meet environmental protection standards,"he said.


The move by the NEMC to issue provisional environmentalpermission certificates to investors in three days' time camehardly a week after the Tanzania Investment Centre (TIC) announcedthat the investment climate in Tanzania has tremendously improvedwhere foreign direct investments (FDI) have also increased.


Last week, TIC Executive Director Godfrey Mwambe said the centerhas simplified investment procedures by putting all the services inone stop center, adding that the objective was to avoid bureaucracyand corruption.