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Ci-Gef Project Agency CI-GEF PROJECT AGENCY GEF Project Document Reducing Deforestation from Palm Oil and Cocoa Value Chains Liberia June, 2021 PROJECT INFORMATION PROJECT TITLE: Reducing deforestation from palm oil and cocoa value chains PROJECT To promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable food systems for enhanced livelihood OBJECTIVE: opportunities in NW Liberia Landscape through land use planning, restoration of degraded lands, and strengthening governance, policies, and market incentives for nationally replicable models of deforestation-free cocoa and palm oil value chains. PROJECT 1.1: Information base available to develop a coarse national land-use plan and OUTCOMES: comprehensive NW Liberia landscape land-use plan to improve land allocation and use 1.2: Improved land allocation and use by communities (men and women), government, private sector, and civil society in NW Liberia landscape 1.3: Governance of NW Liberia Landscape strengthened 2.1: Improved sustainable production of food and commodity crops to enhance ecological resilience of NW Liberia Landscape 2.2: Strengthened policy framework for sustainable agricultural production 2.3: Resources for sustainable production secured 3.1: Degraded areas in NW Liberia landscape restored 3.2: Improved gender sensitive policies and incentives for innovation and scale up of restoration of natural habitats in NW Liberia landscape and across Liberia 3.3: Innovative finance promotes innovation, replication and scale up of restoration activities 4.1: Improved project delivery, and monitoring and evaluation 4.2: Enhanced strategic knowledge management of the project COUNTRY(IES): Liberia GEF ID: 10232 GEF AGENCY(IES): Conservation International CI CONTRACT ID: XXX OTHER EXECUTING Executing Agency: Environmental Protection Agency DURATION IN 60 PARTNERS: (EPA) MONTHS: Executing Partner: Conservation International Liberia GEF FOCAL BD-1-1 Mainstream biodiversity across sectors as well START DATE 08/2021 AREA(S): as landscapes and seascapes through biodiversity (mm/yyyy): mainstreaming in priority sectors BD 2-7 Address direct drivers to protect habitats and species and Improve financial sustainability, effective management, and ecosystem coverage of the global protected area estate LD-1-1 Maintain or improve flow of agro-ecosystem services to sustain food production and livelihoods through Sustainable Land Management (SLM) LD-2-3 Maintain or improve flows of ecosystem services, including sustaining livelihoods of forest- dependent people through Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) IP FOLUR INTEGRATED N/A END DATE 08/2026 APPROACH PILOT: (mm/yyyy): NAME OF PARENT Food Systems, Land Use and Restoration Impact PRODOC SUBMISSION 05/30/2021 PROGRAM: Program DATE: RE-SUBMISSION 06/17/2021 DATE(S): FUNDING SOURCE AMOUNT (USD) GEF PROJECT FUNDING: 7,139,450 PPG FUNDING: 200,000 TOTAL GEF GRANT: 7,339,450 CO-FINANCING 1: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) 5,000,000 CO-FINANCING 2: FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (FDA) 10,000,000 CO-FINANCING 3: LIBERIAN INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS AND GEOGRAPHICAL 5,000,000 INFORMATION SERVICES (LISGIS) CO-FINANCING 4: LIBERIA LAND AUTHORITY (LLA) 2,000,000 CO-FINANCING 5: MANO MANUFACTURING COMPANY (MANCO) 30,000,000 CO-FINANCING 6: THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS (RSPB) 270,016 CO-FINANCING 7: SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE IN LIBERIA (SCNL) 2,443,049 CO-FINANCING 8: FAUNA AND FLORA INTERNATIONAL (FFI) 2,000,000 CO-FINANCING 9: THE SUSTAINABLE TRADE INITIATIVE (IDH) 250,000 CO-FINANCING 10: CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL LIBERIA $36,000 CO-FINANCING 11: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (MOA) 10,000,000 TOTAL CO-FINANCING: 66,999,065 TOTAL PROJECT COST: 74,338,515 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLES AND FIGURES ...................................................................................................................... ii APPENDICES ................................................................................................................................... iii GLOSSARY OF TERMS ................................................................................................................... viii SECTION 1: PROJECT SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... 1 SECTION 2: PROJECT CONTEXT ........................................................................................................ 5 A. Geographic Scope ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5 B. Environmental Context and Global Significance ............................................................................. 11 C. Socio-Economic and Cultural Context ............................................................................................. 12 D. Global Environmental Problems and Root Causes ............................................................................ 13 E. Barriers to Addressing the Environmental Problems and Root Causes .......................................... 14 F. Current Baseline (Business-as-Usual Scenario) / Future Scenarios without the Project ................ 17 G. Alternatives to the Business-as-Usual Scenario .............................................................................. 21 H. Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Chosen Alternative ......................................................................... 23 SECTION 3: PROJECT STRATEGY ..................................................................................................... 25 Theory of Change .......................................................................................................................... 25 A. Objective, Components, Expected Outcomes, Targets, and Outputs ............................................. 26 B. Associated Baseline Projects ........................................................................................................... 39 C. Incremental Cost Reasoning ........................................................................................................... 41 D. Global Environmental Benefits ....................................................................................................... 43 E. Socio-Economic Benefits ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………45 F. Risk Assessment and Mitigation...................................................................................................... 46 G. Sustainability …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….53 H. Innovativeness …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..54 I. Replicability and Potential for Scaling Up ....................................................................................... 55 J. Consistency with National Priorities, Plans, Policies and Legal Frameworks .................................. 56 K. Consistency with GEF Focal Area and/or Fund(s) Strategies .......................................................... 59 L. Linkages with other GEF Projects and Relevant Initiatives ............................................................. 60 M. Consistency and Alignment with CI Institutional Priorities ............................................................. 62 N. Communications and Knowledge Management ............................................................................. 62 O. Lessons Learned During the PPG Phase and from other Relevant GEF Projects ............................ 64 SECTION 4: COMPLIANCE WITH CI-GEF PROJECT AGENCY’S ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) ........................................................................................... 65 i CI-GEF Project Agency – Project Document (ProDoc) Template and Guidelines – Version 02, May 5, 2016 FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY - PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE A. Safeguards Screening Results and Categorization .......................................................................... 65 B. Compliance with Safeguard Recommendations....................................................................... 66 SECTION 5: IMPLEMENTATION AND EXECUTION ARRANGEMENTS FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT . 70 A. Execution Arrangements and Partners ........................................................................................... 70 B. Project Execution Organizational Chart .......................................................................................... 76 SECTION 6: MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN ....................................................................... 77 A. Monitoring and Evaluation Roles and Responsibilities ................................................................... 77 B. Monitoring and Evaluation Components and Activities ................................................................. 77 SECTION 7: PROJECT BUDGET AND FINANCING ............................................................................. 81 A. Overall Project Budget ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………81 B. Overall Project Co-financing ............................................................................................................ 82 TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1: Criteria used for selection of project sites ………………………………………………………………………………….7 Table 2: Proposed Conservation Agreement Clans in the Northwest Liberia Landscape ………………………….8 Table 3: Coordinates for NW Liberia landscape project sites …………………………………………………………………..9 Table 4: Risk Assessment and Mitigation Planning ………………………………………………………………………………..43 Table 5: Consistency with National Priorities, Plans, and Policies………………………………………….……………….53 Table 6: Mapping of Project Components to GEF Focal Area and Aichi Targets……………………………………..56 Table 7: Project
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