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IPP574 v2 World Bank Loan Public Disclosure Authorized Hunan Forest Restoration and Development Project (HFRDP) Social Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Hunan Provincial Forest Foreign Fund Project Management Office Public Disclosure Authorized Social Assessment Team of HFRDP March, 2012 Social Assessment Report for Hunan Forest Restoration and Development Project Abbreviations CFB: County Forestry Bureau FC: Forest Cooperative HFRDP: Hunan Forest Restoration and Development Project HH: household HN: Hunan Province PCP: Participatory consultation and planning PFD: Provincial Forestry Department PPMO: Provincial Project Management Office PRA: Participatory Rural Appraisal SA: Social Assessment TFS: Township Forestry Station Social Assessment Report for Hunan Forest Restoration and Development Project ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................... 1 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND.................................................................................... 10 1.1 Project Background ........................................................................................ 10 1.2 Project Objectives .......................................................................................... 10 1.3 Project Components ....................................................................................... 10 2. PROCESS AND METHODS OF SA ...................................................................... 11 2.1 Process ........................................................................................................... 11 2.1.1 Team Organization .............................................................................. 11 2.1.2 Assessment Training ........................................................................... 12 2.1.3 Field Survey ........................................................................................ 13 2.1.4 Data Sources ....................................................................................... 13 2.2 Methods .......................................................................................................... 15 2.2.1 Cadres’ Workshop ............................................................................... 15 2.2.2 Village Meeting ................................................................................... 16 2.2.3 Questionnaire Survey .......................................................................... 16 2.2.4 In-depth Interviews ............................................................................. 16 2.2.5 Mapping .............................................................................................. 17 3. OVERVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY IN PROJECT AREA ............................... 18 3.1 Natural Condition ........................................................................................... 18 3.1.1 Natural Condition of Hunan Province (HN) ....................................... 18 3.1.2 Natural Condition of Project Area ...................................................... 20 3.2 Social Economic Situation in project Area .................................................... 24 3.2.1 The definition of project Area ............................................................. 25 3.2.2 Administration Institutions in Project Area ......................................... 26 3.2.3 Population, Minority Nationality and Poverty .................................... 27 3.3 Damages and After-disaster Recovering from the 2008 Ice Storm ............... 31 3.3.1 Area of damages .................................................................................. 31 3.3.2 Types of the Plants Damaged, Degrees and Types of Damage ........... 31 i Social Assessment Report for Hunan Forest Restoration and Development Project 3.3.3 Species and Rates of After-disaster Natural Regeneration ................. 32 3.3.4 After-disaster Reconstruction Projects Supported by State and Local Government .................................................................................................. 32 3.3.5 Farmers’ Spontaneous After-disaster Restoration ............................... 33 3.3.6 Lessons Learnt .................................................................................... 33 4. IDENTIFICATION OF PROJECT STAKEHOLDERS .......................................... 34 4.1 Farmers .......................................................................................................... 34 4.2 Forest Cooperatives ....................................................................................... 36 4.3 Village Organization ...................................................................................... 36 4.4 Women ........................................................................................................... 37 4.5 Minorities ....................................................................................................... 38 4.6 Hunan Provincial Forestry Department (PFD) .............................................. 39 4.7 County Governments ..................................................................................... 39 4.8 County Forestry Bureau (CFB) ...................................................................... 40 4.9 Other project-related Bureaus at County level ............................................... 40 5. POLICIES AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ............................................................. 42 5.1 Policies and Laws on Ecological Restoration ................................................ 42 5.2 Policies and Laws Relative to Mitigating Climate Changes .......................... 42 5.3 Policies and Laws Relative to Ethnic Minorities ........................................... 43 5.4 Policies and Laws Relative to Women ........................................................... 44 5.5 Ecological Public-benift Forest Policy .......................................................... 45 5.6 Forest Land Tenure Policy ............................. Error! Bookmark not defined. 5.7 Credit Policies ................................................................................................ 45 5.8 The WB Social Safeguard Policies ................................................................ 46 6. EXPECTED BENEFITS FROM HFRDP ............................................................... 47 6.1 Ecological Benefits ........................................................................................ 47 6.2 Social Benefits ............................................................................................... 48 6.3 Economic Benefits ......................................................................................... 48 7. PROJECT IMPACTS ANALYSIS.......................................................................... 49 ii Social Assessment Report for Hunan Forest Restoration and Development Project 7.1 Impacts on Ecological Environment .............................................................. 49 7.2 Impacts on Forest Quality .............................................................................. 49 7.3 Impacts on Biodiversity ................................................................................. 49 7.4 Social and Economic Impacts ........................................................................ 49 7.5 Institutional and Technological Impacts ........................................................ 50 7.6 Impacts on the Participation and benefits of Ethnic Minorities ..................... 50 7.7 Impacts on the Social Status and Participation of Women ............................ 52 8. RISK IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL ........................................................... 53 8.1 Risks and Risk Control for Beneficiaries ....................................................... 53 8.2 Management Risks and Risk Control ............................................................ 54 8.3 Natural Risks and Countermeasures .............................................................. 55 8.4 Technical Risks and Countermeasures ........................................................... 56 8.5 Policy and Institutional Risks and Countermeasures ..................................... 57 8.6 Marketing Risks and Countermeasures ......................................................... 57 8.7 Risk of Commitment and Repayment of Loan .............................................. 58 8.8 Comprehensive Stakeholder Analysis ............................................................ 58 9. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROJECT DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION .. 63 9.1 Consultation ................................................................................................... 63 9.2 Participatory Consultation and Planning (PCP) ............................................. 64 9.3 Project Monitoring ......................................................................................... 66 9.4 Recommendations for Project Implementation ............................................. 67 Appendix I ................................................................................................................... 70 Appendix II .................................................................................................................. 75 Appendix III ................................................................................................................. 82 Appendix IV ................................................................................................................