PROJECT INFORMATION DOCUMENT (PID)
APPRAISAL STAGE
Project Name
Region
Sector
Project ID
Borrower(s)
Implementing Agency
Report No.: AB1851
Changjiang/Pearl River Watershed Rehabilitation Project
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC
General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector (35%);Crops
(25%);Forestry (25%);Flood protection (15%)
P081255
GOVERNMENT OF CHINA
People's Republic of China
Ministry of Finance
International Department
China
Environment Category
Date PID Prepared
Date of Appraisal
Authorization
Date of Board Approval
Ministry of Water Resources
No. 2, Baiguanglu Ertiao
China
100053
Tel: +86-10-63202701
Fax: +86-10-63202738
lige@mwr.gov.cn
[ ] A [X] B [ ] C [ ] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined)
September 27, 2005
October 24, 2005
March 15, 2006
1. Country and Sector Background
Key Development Issues.
Despite China’s enormous economic success, the country still faces considerable social and
environmental challenges. In many cases, these challenges are closely interconnected. Erosion is
one of China’s key environmental problems, with consequences beyond the country’s
boundaries. This problem is both, caused by and threatening the livelihood of millions of mainly
poor people in China. The proposed project aims at tackling these interrelated problems of
environmental degradation and poverty in an area where they are most severe, in the upper
watersheds of the Changjiang and Pearl River.
According to estimates by the Ministry of Water Resources, about 38.2% of the national territory
is eroded of low degree or above1, almost half of which (1.79 million square km) is hydraulic
erosion. The most serious areas of hydraulic erosion are located in the middle reaches of the
Yellow River, and the upper reaches of the Changjiang and Pearl River. The Changjiang River
Basin alone covers a total eroded area of 562,000 square km (36% of the total eroded area in
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These estimates vary widely. For example, a study by the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications (IRSA)
of the Chinese Academy of Sciences undertaken in 1999 estimates that about 50% of China’s total land area is
affected by some degree of land degradation.
China) and the induced soil loss amounts to about 2.4 billion tons annually, most of which (about
1.56 billion tons) in the upper reaches. Many forms of the most severe forms of land degradation
such as landslides, mud rock flow, and ‘stonization’ can be found in the upper reaches of the
Changjiang and Pearl River.
The impacts of this eco-environmental degradation are very severe. They range from a loss of
vegetation, biomass and biodiversity, and a reduction in water storage capacity of the soils, to a
complete and irreversible destruction of farmland, increasingly damaging floods downstream,
and climate changes of a regional scale. While the environmental impact of the degradation is of
national and global significance, the greatest social costs of the environmental degradation occur
in the upper reaches of the Changjiang and Pearl River themselves. The rural areas of these parts
of the river basins include some of the poorest areas of China.
The exploitation of forest resources, especially over the past few decades, and the growth in
agricultural production has improved incomes and living conditions of the population, but it has
also led to great socio-economic vulnerability and environmental fragility. The increasing
pressure on the use of land resources driven by the need to generate income and escape poverty
in turn leads to erosion of farm land and limits the ability for agricultural and, hence, livelihood
development in these areas. Where this development is not redirected on a sustainable path, it
leads to increased poverty and forces people to leave their villages – with severe social
consequences.
National Government Policies and Strategies
The concept of sustainability has become a fundamental principle of China’s development policy
and the Government of China is addressing the challenges described above in many ways. This
strategy is reflected in a wide range of national Government policies that contribute to an
environmentally and socially more sustainable rural development. The legal basis for soil and
water conservation is provided by the Water Law and the Law on Soil and Water Conservation.
The need to improve water and soil conservation in the Changjiang River was reemphasized in
the recent Document No.1 issued in January 2005.
Policies in the area of watershed management, poverty alleviation, forestry, agriculture,
grassland, land, anti-desertification, and others are highly relevant for the project. They are being
implemented with the help of national programs and projects. Of greatest significance for the
proposed project are the domestic Changjiang and Zhujiang Water and Soil Conservation
Projects, and similar interventions. Moreover, a number of domestic poverty alleviation and
other projects are being implemented. The policies provide an overall favorable policy
environment for the proposed project, but the project will also be able to enforce or shape these
policies through demonstrating a model of sustainable and integrated watershed rehabilitation
and management.
2.
Rationale for Bank involvement
The Government’s policies and interventions in watershed management are clearly contributing
to an improvement of the socio-economic or environmental situation. However, an integrated
approach to watershed management is still largely lacking in the Changjiang and Pearl River
Basins. Consequently, effectiveness and sustainability of the various interventions and policies in
these areas are often limited.
The World Bank can assist in the transfer of experiences in implementing models of integrated
watershed management, for example from the projects it supported in the Yellow River Basin.
The Bank’s involvement – and its partnership with the EU – would substantially contribute to the
strengthening of various policies. Most importantly, this would be reflected in the strengthening
of laws (including the Law for Water and Soil Conservation), policies and programs for the
wider Changjiang and Pearl River basins.
The Bank’s involvement would also promote a cross-sectoral approach to ensure the
implementation of policies that are central to watershed management but not under the core
mandate of the River Commissions and Water Resources Bureaus. This includes, first, that the
proposed project will support the further development and implementation of grazing policies
including closure of areas while compensating farmers with income generating activities in other
parts of the watershed. Second, it will also support the land policy requiring that any investment
in land improvement such as terraces, economic trees, or forest plantations be made on the basis
of 30-50 year land contracts to individual farmers. Third, it will also support a sustainable
forestry policy and promote agricultural policies including through training and market
information, so that poor farmers with little market experience can make the necessary
adjustments.
The Bank has a wide range of experience in watershed management concepts, design, and
implementation from China as well as other countries. In particular, the Red Soils Area
Development Projects and the Loess Watershed Rehabilitation Projects have provided the Bank
with rich experience to contribute to the project objectives. The major lessons of these projects
include: a) successful watershed development needs be built on an integrated package of
measures, which combine income generation for local communities with sustainable resources
use practices, b) opting for strong ownership through a high level of participation and
stakeholder interaction, c) implementing effective project management with rigorous monitoring
and evaluation for successful project implementation, d) identifying social and environmental
externalities and understanding these “public goods” elements in the project and defining
financial obligations for different stakeholders accordingly, and e) importance of adequate
technical standards, TA and training.
The proposed project builds on these and other experiences to provide an innovative design
suitable for the specific conditions in the project areas. These conditions – and the fact that they
are widely differing – pose a challenge to effective watershed management interventions in the
Changjiang and Pearl River. The area has an advantage of relatively high rainfall, but great
social diversity including a significant share of minorities; a large diversity in terms of agroclimatic conditions including soil types; thin soil layers; a difficult infrastructural situation; etc.
The complexity and diversity of the issues require design and implementation of a high quality
project, which the Bank would have comparative advantage to help with.
3.
Project Development Objectives
The two highly interlinked development objectives of the Project are to protect the environment
and improve people’s livelihoods in poor and highly degraded watersheds of the Changjiang and
Pearl River Basins by promoting an integrated and replicable model of sustainable rural
development. The components of efficient and sustainable use of land and water resources would
reverse the trend of unsustainable resources management practices that have led to widespread
poverty and serious environmental destruction. The project would increase farmers’ livelihood
and thereby give them the incentive to protect their environment. The benefits of the proposed
project will accrue to different levels, including to farmers and the local communities in the subwatersheds, the wider community and local government, to downstream areas and provinces, to
the nation as a whole, and to the global community.
Impact/Outcome Indicators. The benefits are of a socio-economic and ecological dimension and
would be measured by various impact/outcome indicators in the following categories: (i) erosion
reduction by the reduced amount of silt inflow in the downstream river system, (ii) total amount
of carbon sequestrated through increases in the amount of biomass; (iii) farmers income (per
capita income increase, yield increase, variability of income ); (iv) outreach/equity (number of
beneficiary households, gender and ethnic minority disaggregated), (v) replicability and
sustainability, which would be assessed through a qualitative indicator assessed by an expert
panel looking into such factors as number of projects/programs using the same models, policy
impact, linkage of public goods activities with private goods activities at household and village
level.
4.
Description
The project includes a wide menu of activities that would ensure flexibility to respond to greatly
varying agro-climatic and socio-economic conditions in the individual sub-watersheds. Through
a participatory design process these activities would be packaged into an integrated set of
interventions for each individual sub-watershed.2 The total investment of the project is estimated
to be about US$200 million, with financing from IBRD (US$100), EU (about US$12 million),
and the Government of China, including beneficiaries (about US$88 million). The various
activities are categorized into three components.
Component 1. Soil and Water Conservation, which would include pre-dominantly physical
investments (works and goods) for soil and water conservation which generate primarily ‘public
goods’.
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The design process would involve farmers, community leaders, PMOs, technical experts in the areas of
watershed management, forestry, agriculture, animal husbandry, possibly farmer association representatives, private
agro-processing representatives, and specialist that would ensure that vulnerable groups are well represented in the
process such as those from the All China Women’s Federation or social experts, and would ensure that the various
quality aspects are reflected in the final design, including farmers’ priority, water balances and technical design
standards, etc. The details of this process are being reflected in a Participatory Watershed Design and Management
Manual.
a. Minimum capital farmland, i.e. the construction of relatively expensive “stone-faced” terraces
in areas with thin layers of soil with and without irrigation facilities. This is an essential
component in very poor and mountainous villages, where subsistence food production is of great
importance for the local population and a minimum amount of farmland the pre-condition for
farmers to stop non-sustainable land use practices. While private individuals will benefits from
these investments, there are considerable public benefits.
b. Sediment Retention Structures, which would intercept the sediment at its source, to check the
water discharge and to slow the flow of flood water in the tributary gullies of the major rivers.
Different types of sediment control dams would be constructed such as check dams or barrier for
the debris.
c. Afforestation and Vegetative Cover, which would include the planting of arbor trees including
pines, firs, poplar, cypress etc. and shrubs, and the closing and protection of areas for natural revegetation with primary purpose of soil and water conservation with limited scope for
commercial use.
d. Village Infrastructure, which would include the construction of drinking water supply systems,
small reservoirs, improvement of access roads, tractor roads and field tracks, where they are
important to achieve benefits from other project activities and crucial for project sustainability.
Component 2. Livelihood Improvement, which would include pre-dominantly physical
investments (works and goods) that are primarily designed to improve the income of farmers, but
also give the incentives for changes from unsustainable land use practices.
a. Terracing of slope land, which would include the cost-effective construction of “earth-faced”
terraces and rehabilitation of existing terraces on slope land of 5-15% gradient with incremental
crop production expected to generate significant income increases. It is further proposed to
include the rehabilitation of existing terraces as a cost-effective way to improve productivity and
reduce soil erosion.
b. Horticulture and Fruit and Nut Trees, which would include the development of a broad range
of high value fruit and nut tree orchards, and other perennial crops such as oranges, tangerines,
chestnuts, tea or innovate crops such as Chinese Olive and honeysuckle.
c. Grasslands, which would include the establishment of perennial grassland and lucerne and
thereby lead to improved fodder production and soil erosion.
d. Livestock Development, which include livestock activities that will significantly increase
incomes and are fully integrated with soil and water conservation. They are targeted to individual
and poorer households that are willing to give up grazing or return slope-land to grass land and
forest plantation.
d. Irrigation and Drainage, which would include irrigation facilities based on small-scale tanks
and cisterns filled by runoff with a holding capacity of some 30-200 m³ to provide emergency
water supply in cases of severe drought or for the initial establishment of tree seedlings in
plantations or orchards.
e. Renewable Energy Supply, which would support small-scale bio-gas production facilities
based on manure from livestock to contribute to a reduction of forest resources destruction and
replaces household expenditure for fuel.
f. Grant Activity for the Absolute Poor, which would finance any of the other Livelihood
Improvement Activities, but would be given on a small, but full-grant basis to those households
in the sub-watershed that are absolutely poor and do not have the capacity to repay any parts of
the costs, but whose involvement in the project in order to achieve the its objective is crucial.
Most of these are expected to be minority or women-headed households.
Component 3. Project Management and Support Services, which would ensure the
participatory design process with inclusion of vulnerable groups, the quality management and
implementation of activities under Components 1 and 2, the right institutional setting for
sustainable operation and maintenance of project activities, the mitigation of environmental and
social risks, and strong project management including M&E.
a) Beneficiary/Farmer Training, which would include training and knowledge transfers to
farmers, and range from topics such as group formation and participatory watershed design,
management, and monitoring to technical training including pesticide management, livestock
production, contour planting, forage development, water supply, etc. Different demonstration,
farmer field school, and other training approaches would be used. Emphasis would be given to
the targeting of women and ethnic minorities.
b) Other Training, which would include training for PMO staff as well as for staff of agencies
engaged in certain aspects of project management such as, for example, the Water and Soil
Monitoring Centers and Stations for performance M&E, PMO and FB staff for strengthening
financial management and recollection of funds, or other individuals or consultancies for the
implementation of safeguard-related mitigation and monitoring measures.
c) Monitoring and Evaluation, which would include M&E of project impact/outcome,
financial/input/output monitoring and process/safeguard monitoring.
d) Project Management, which would include all expenses related to project management, in
particular watershed survey and design, general operation and management, as well as vehicles
and office and other equipment.
The project is proposed to be implemented in 37 counties of 8 prefectures/cities in the four
municipality/ provinces Chongqing, Guizhou, Hubei, and Yunnan. Of these counties, 33 are
located in upper and middle reaches of the Changjiang and 4 in upper reaches of the Pearl River.
The project areas are characterized by high diversity in terms of natural environment and socioeconomic conditions, but also have common features such as a high level of poverty and a poor
resource endowment of the local farming population.
Within these 37 counties the project would be implemented in sub-watersheds that are defined by
hydrological and administrative boundaries. About 270 sub-watersheds (project areas) of one to
a few administrative villages in size have been pre-selected, comprising a total area of about
6,300 square km. About 1.9 million people live in these sub-watersheds, a substantial part of
them are national minorities3. The average net income is around RMB1,500 per person. This
corresponds to only about three quarter of the counties’ average net rural income or only about
two thirds of the average for China. Despite the relative remoteness of many of these subwatersheds, they are densely populated (about 300 persons / square km) and forests make up less
than a quarter of the land area. More than half of the land area is classified as eroded.
The project would be implemented in a phased approach. During preparation one sub-watershed
in each of the project counties is being prepared in great detail and would be implemented during
the first 3 to 4 implementation years. The other sub-watersheds, which have been preliminarily
identified and surveyed, would be prepared during the first 2 to 3 years of the project and
implemented subsequently.
5.
Financing
Source:
BORROWER
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND
DEVELOPMENT
EC: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
($m.)
88
100
Total
12
200
6.
Implementation
Institutional and implementation arrangements
The proposed Project management structure includes Project Leading Groups (PLGs), a Central
Project Coordination Office (CPCO), a Central Project Implementation Office (CPIO), Project
Management Offices (PMOs), and Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs).
PLGs at the central, provincial, prefecture/city, and county levels would be headed by a high
level leader at each level (e.g. Vice-Minister at National, and Vice Governor at Provincial level)
and include members from various line agencies including planning, finance, agricultural and
animal husbandry, forestry, poverty alleviation office, environmental protection, and possibly
others. The main responsibilities of PLGs are to give overall policy support and guidance to the
project, ensure project counterpart funds and strong PMOs, support a rational distribution the
World Bank loan, coordinate and enlist the support of all relevant agencies, and disseminate the
experiences gained under the project.
The CPCO, composed of representatives from five departments and offices of MWR, is the key
liaison and coordination office between the Central PLG, CPIO, MOF, NDRC the World Bank
and the EU. It’s responsibilities include the supervising and overseeing of the project
implementation, organizing and implementing certain TA activities and overseas training and
study tours; and the arrangements for ICB for relevant equipment and consulting services.
The CPIO is located in the Changjiang Water Resources Conservancy Commission and is
composed of members from both, the Changjiang and the Pearl River Basin Commissions.
PMOs, located in the Water Conservation Bureaus/Departments and working in close cooperation with the Finance Bureaus/Departments, are being established at provincial, prefecture,
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The share over the total project area is 16 percent, but can reach close to 100% in individual subwatersheds.
and county level. The integration of broad expertise including social development, agriculture,
and forestry would be ensured within the PMOs, especially at the county level. Moreover, close
institutional linkages between the PMO in the Water Resources Bureau and the line agencies
such as agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, etc. are being established. County PMOs will be
supported in their work by township-level workstations.
The PMOs are in charge of all day-to-day project implementation aspects including preparation
of annual project implementation plans (including plans for construction, fund use, procurement,
training and study tours, etc); preparation of annual progress reports, quality report for physical
works, annual financial management reports; preparation of project completion report, etc;
monitoring and evaluation; and actual implementation including coordinating the participatory
sub-watershed design, procurement, disbursement, the organization of training, workshops and
study tours, etc..
The PMOs would also be responsible for screening and selection of project beneficiaries. The
FB/finance stations, assisted by technical experts and PMO staff, would review the design
proposals to ensure that the project funds generate the expected returns at the beneficiary level.
The exact procedures would be established in the PIP that includes a financial manual and a
manual for participatory watershed management. The county-level FBs and township finance
stations would be responsible for the disbursement arrangements to the beneficiaries.
TAGs are being established at the provincial level. They are composed of experts from relevant
line agencies, research and extension institutions, and the private sector. In addition, the project
will rely on a number of existing institutions in its implementation – and will strengthen these
institutions in this process and through training and TA. This includes the village Government
which will play a key role in ensuring the participatory approach at the community level. Other
examples are existing survey institutions such as the water and soil conservation monitoring
centers and stations or the local statistical bureaus for the M&E of the project.
The proposed project will be implemented in line with the National Plan on Ecological
Development and National Plan on Soil and Water Conservation, and together with the main
national projects, the Changjiang Soil and Water Conservation Project and Pearl River Soil and
Water Conservation Project. Close linkages with these projects is ensured through co-financing
arrangements and close institutional linkages at the project management level.
Flow of IBRD funds would follow the traditional route. Funds would be transfers from the
World Bank to Special Accounts (SAs) set up in each of the four project provinces. Provinces
would bear the foreign exchange risk and pass on the funds at costs to the municipal and then
county FBs. From there the funds would be transferred to the final beneficiary directly or handed
to the township (finance station) that would transfer the money to the final beneficiary.
Part of the investment costs will be recovered by the Government. This is justified given the
substantial private returns of some activities. Repayment will be collected by the township work
station or county PMO or FBs and passed on to the municipal FB and on to the provincial FBs.
To ensure recollection of funds, responsibilities within the local government for administering
this task would be clearly defined. The local PMO or Finance Bureau would make contracts with
the individual households before the implementation of activities. These contracts would specify
the households’ responsibility to repay parts of the funds according to a specific repayment
schedule. The administration of these contracts and the recollection would be facilitated through
a computerized MIS. Training activity would strengthen the capacity for recollection and
administration of funds.
7.
Sustainability
Key elements to achieve project sustainability would be financial and economic viability, social
inclusiveness and sustainability in natural resources use. The proposed project would be built on
a strong level of stakeholder participation and ownership with clearly understood long-term
financial profitability (to farmers) and economic viability (to the society as a whole). This will
create strong incentives for all stakeholders involved. For farmers the project’s broad menu of
diversified income-generating opportunities, including the development of a range of crops,
livestock and other income supporting activities such as alternative energy supply will provide
stability in income and increase resilience against natural, economic, financial or market risks.
The project would promote sustainable resources use practices and reverse the soil deterioration
that is taking place, and thus improve the potential for higher and diversified incomes, and
reduced risks of landslides as well as floods downstream.
8.
Lessons Learned from Past Operations in the Country/Sector
The project concept and design draws from China’s own experiences, in particular from Loess
Plateau Watershed Rehabilitation Projects and from experiences in other countries. Major
lessons for successful watershed development included in the design are the need for: a) an
integrated package of measures, which combine income generation for local beneficiaries and
communities with sustainable resources use practices, b) strong ownership through a high level
of participation and stakeholder interaction, c) effective project management with rigorous
monitoring and evaluation for successful project implementation, and d) a strong understanding
of the “public goods” elements in the project and defining financial obligations for different
stakeholders accordingly.
Many of the elements of the design of the Loess Plateau Watershed Rehabilitation Projects
would be adopted in the proposed project. This includes, in particular, a menu of public- and
private-good activities that would be combined to packages specific to the sub-watershed that are
economically attractive enough to induce the change from the currently non-sustainable land use
practices to sustainable livelihoods activities for the local population. The proposed project
would further strengthen participatory approaches to watershed management by a more
programmatic approach to watershed design and implementation4 and through an even stronger
inclusion of local communities and households, a process that would be guided through a
‘Participatory Watershed Management Manual’. Successful models of output monitoring that
lead to strong accountability in implementation would be extended and a comprehensive M&E
system would include strong input and output monitoring (including a computerized MIS) as
well as strong M&E of outcomes.
During the preparation phase only one of the – between 3 and 12 already pre-selected and initially surveyed
– sub-watersheds in any particular county is prepared in detail through a participatory process. The implementation
of the design plan would be carried out over a period of about 3 to 4 years while other sub-watersheds would be
designed in implementation years 1 to 3 and implemented subsequently.
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9.
Safeguard policies
Safeguard Policies Triggered by the Project
Environmental Assessment (OP/BP/GP 4.01)
Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04)
Pest Management (OP 4.09)
Cultural Property (OPN 11.03, being revised as OP 4.11)
Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12)
Indigenous Peoples (OD 4.20, being revised as OP 4.10)
Forests (OP/BP 4.36)
Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37)
Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP/GP 7.60)*
Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP/GP 7.50)
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This project is categorized as an Environmental Risk Category B project. The safeguard
screening category of the project is S2. Both the social and environment safeguard aspects are
unlikely to have major negative impacts. Applicable safeguard policies for the project are: a)
Environmental Assessment, b) Pest Management, c) Involuntary Resettlement, d) Indigenous
Peoples, f) Forests and g) Safety of Dams. The draft safeguard documents will be published
through the Infoshop and have been made accessible to the public locally.
Environmental Assessment. A draft EA has been prepared in accordance with China’s
environmental policy and regulations, and the Bank’s safeguard policy. Local stakeholders,
NGOs, and project-affected groups of over 600 people have been involved in the public
consultation. The disclosure of information is already done by the PMO. The Bank’s safeguard
team is reviewing the draft EA. The domestic EA review is being arranged by the Ministry of
Water Resources.
Pest Management. To assess pest management in the project areas, to support integrated pest
management (IPM) and safe use of agricultural pesticides, and to mitigate potential
environmental impact, a draft PMP has been prepared in addition to the EA. The proposed
project will mitigate any negative effects from pesticide use by promoting an IPM strategy that
involves: non-chemical approaches to pest control, monitoring and evaluation procedures,
guidelines for use of appropriate chemicals (including both pesticide and fertilizer), and a plan
for capacity building.
Involuntary Resettlement. The selection of project areas ensures that they have no link to
resettlement from national projects. Moreover, no involuntary population relocation is envisaged
under the project itself. However, some potential loss of land or assets by individuals in a
community might occur due to small, village-level infrastructure construction which will be
identified through a community-based planning process. A Policy Framework for Resettlement
and Land Acquisition has been prepared by the SA team in accordance with the Bank safeguard
policy OP4.12 Involuntary Resettlement. It establishes the principles and procedures to be
followed in the event that such development activities requiring land acquisition are determined
*
By supporting the proposed project, the Bank does not intend to prejudice the final determination of the parties' claims on the
disputed areas
during project implementation. The borrower is informed that this project or any activity carried
out under this project must not be used to directly or indirectly support resettlement activities of
any other past, on-going or future infrastructure or water resources projects or national programs
involving resettlement.
Indigenous Peoples. About 10 ethnic minorities with a population of some 332,000 people are
living in the project areas. They comprise some 18 percent of the total of 1.89 million people.
The project SA has assessed the situation of the minority groups. Ethnic minority profiles have
been prepared for all ethnic groups in the project areas, and their special relationships with land,
water and forest resources have been elaborated. Improved understanding of the ethnic minority
groups has ensured full integration of ethnic minority interests in the project design. Based on
intensive consultation with the ethnic groups a draft Multi-Ethnic Minority Development Plan
(EMDP) has been prepared. The EMDP highlights measures to: a) enhance their inclusion and
participation in the project process, b) ensure the delivery of culturally appropriate benefits, and
c) avoid or mitigate any potential threats or negative impacts on the ethnic minority
communities. The Borrower attests that the EMDP will continue to guide project implementation
and the provisions in the EMDP will be monitored.
Forests. Forests make up a considerable part (about a fifth) of the project sub-watersheds and
the increase of forest coverage is a key part of the proposed watershed rehabilitation project. This
would be achieved through the promotion of more sustainable forest management policies and
management practices, through closure of area so that forest can recover and through planting of
trees financed by the proposed project. Guidelines for the establishment and management of
forests have been developed and are being finalized.
Safety of Dams. The project will invest in sediment retention and check dams. Those dams will
be small, less than 10m in height. However, a number of already existing dams and reservoirs are
located in the project areas or serve the project areas as water sources for irrigation. Guidelines
for project implementation on safety of dams have been prepared for these dams by the Borrower
with assistance from the Bank; they include: Guidelines for Dam Safety Review; Small Dams
Safety Review Guidelines; Guidelines for Emergency Preparedness Plan, and Guidelines for
Operation and Management of Dams.
10.
List of Factual Technical Documents
1. Project Concept Note
2. Draft PAD
3. Draft Project Implementation Plan
4. Draft Environmental Impact Assessment, including EMP and Monitoring Plan
5. Draft Pest Management Plan
6. Draft Social Assessment Report (including Annex 4: Policy Framework)
7. Draft Multi-ethnic Minority Development Plan (MEDP)
8. Draft Guidelines on Dam Safety
9. Draft Forestry Guideline
10. Draft Participatory Watershed Design and Implementation Manual
11. Detailed Cost Tables
11.
Contact point
Contact: Achim Fock
Title: Sr Economist
Tel: 86 10 58617681
Fax: 86 10 58617800
Email: afock@worldbank.org
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