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Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Report No: {Report No} INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT APPRAISAL DOCUMENT ON A PROPOSED GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF US$8.471 MILLION TO THE REPUBLIC OF GABON FOR A SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS PROJECT {RVP/CD CLEARANCE DATE - SAME AS ON MOP} Environment, Natural Resource Management, Water and Disaster Risk Management (AFTN1) Sustainable Development Department Africa Region This document has a restricted distribution and may be used by recipients only in the performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization. i CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective {Date}) Currency Unit = Central African CFA francs (XAF) 500 XAF = US$1 FISCAL YEAR January 1 – December 31 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ABS Access and Benefit Sharing ACD Accord Conversion de Dettes (France-Gabon Debt Relief Agreement) AFD Agence Française de Développement (French Development Agency) ANPN Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (National Agency of National Parks) CAF Contrôle de l’Aménagement Forestier (Forestry Management Verification) CCGL Comité Consultatif de Gestion Locale (Local Management Consultative Committee) CDC Caisse de Dépôts et de Consignation (National Deposit Bank) CEMAC Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l’Afrique Centrale (Central Africa Economic and Monetary Union) CENAREST Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (National Center for Scientific and Technological Research) CNPN Conseil National des Parcs Nationaux (National Council for National Parks) CPAR Country Procurement Assessment Review CPS Country Partnership Strategy CSO Civil Service Organizations CQS Consultant Qualification Selection DCAF Direction Centrale des Affiaires Financières (Central Directorate for Financial Affairs) DGEPN Direction Générale de l’Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature (Directorate for Environment and Nature Protection) ESMF Environment and Social Management Framework FEM Fonds pour l’Environnement Mondial (Global Environment Facility) FMR Financial Management Report FMV Forest Management Verification GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environment Facility GOG Government of Gabon IEEP Institute for European Environmental Policy IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development IGAD Institut Gabonais d’Appui au Développement/Gabonese Institute for Support and Development [for agriculture development and investment] MAT Mutually Agreed Terms M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEEDD Ministère de l’Economie, de l’Emploi et du Développement Durable (Ministry of Economy, Employment and Sustainable Development) METT Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool MOU Memorandum of Understanding NCB National Competitive Bidding NGO Non-Governmental Organization NRM Natural Resource Management ii NPIF Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund NTFP Non Timber Forest Products ODDIG l'Observatoire de promotion, de Développement Durable, des produits et services de l'Industrie du Gabon/Observatory for the Promotion, Sustainable Development, and Products & Services of the Gabon Industries OHADA Organisation pour l’Harmonisation des Affaires en Afrique (Organization for the Harmonization of Business in Africa) ORAF Operational Risk Assessment Framework PF Process Framework PIC Prior Informed Consent PSGE Plan Stratégique Gabon Emergent (Strategic Roadmap for an Emerging Gabon) QCBS Quality and Cost Based Selection RIS Ramsar Information Sheet SA Special Account TEEB The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands UNWTO United Nations World Trade Organization WBG World Bank Group WII Wetlands of International Importance (used interchangeably with “Ramsar wetlands”) WWF World Wide Fund for Nature Regional Vice President: Makhtar Diop Country Director: Gregor Binkert Sector Director: Jamal Saghir Sector Manager: Benoit Bosquet Task Team Leader: Salimata Diallo Folléa iii GABON SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL WETLANDS ECOSYSTEMS PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS Gabon: Sustainable Management of Critical Wetlands Ecosystems Page I. STRATEGIC CONTEXT ....................................................................................................1 A. Country Context ............................................................................................................ 1 B. Sectoral and Institutional Context ................................................................................. 2 C. Higher Level Objectives to which the Project Contributes .......................................... 5 II. PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE(S) (PDO) / GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT OBJECTIVE(S) (GEO). .................................................................................................................7 PDO/GEO ........................................................................................................................... 7 Project Beneficiaries ........................................................................................................... 7 PDO Level Results Indicators ............................................................................................. 7 III. PROJECT DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................7 A. Project Components ...................................................................................................... 8 B. Project Financing ........................................................................................................ 12 IV. IMPLEMENTATION .......................................................................................................13 A. Institutional and Implementation Arrangements ........................................................ 13 B. Results Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................ 13 C. Sustainability............................................................................................................... 14 V. KEY RISKS AND MITIGATION MEASURES ..............................................................15 VI. APPRAISAL SUMMARY .................................................................................................16 A. Economic and Financial Analysis ............................................................................... 16 B. Technical ..................................................................................................................... 17 C. Financial Management ................................................................................................ 18 D. Procurement ................................................................................................................ 19 E. Social (including Safeguards) ..................................................................................... 20 F. Environment (including Safeguards) .......................................................................... 20 Annex 1: Results Framework and Monitoring ............................................................................21 Annex 2: Detailed Project Description .........................................................................................23 iv Annex 3: Implementation Arrangements.....................................................................................34 Annex 4: Operational Risk Assessment Framework (ORAF) ....................................................53 Annex 5: GEF Incremental Reasoning .......................................................................................56 Annex 6: Implementation Support Plan ......................................................................................64 Annex 7. DESCRIPTIONS OF SELECTED RAMSAR PROJECT SITES ..................................................67 Annex 8: Team Composition ........................................................................................................71 . v PAD DATA SHEET Gabon SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL WETLANDS ECOSYSTEMS (P143914) PROJECT APPRAISAL DOCUMENT . AFRICA AFTN1 Report No.: PAD607 . Basic Information Project ID Lending Instrument EA Category Team Leader P143914 Specific Investment Loan B - Partial Assessment Salimata D. Follea Project Implementation Start Date Project Implementation End Date 29-Apr-2014 31-Dec-2019 Expected Effectiveness Date Expected Closing Date 01-Dec-2014 30-Apr-2020 Joint IFC GEF Focal Area No Biodiversity Sector Manager Sector Director Country Director Regional Vice President Benoit Bosquet Jamal Saghir Gregor Binkert Makhtar Diop . Borrower: REPUBLIC OF GABON Responsible Agency: Directorate of Environment Contact: Luc Oyoubi Title: Minister of Economy, Employment, and Sustainable Development Telephone Email: No.: . Project Financing Data (in USD Million) vi [ ] Loan [ ] Grant [x] Other [ ] Credit [ ] Guarantee Total Project Cost: 8.47 Total Bank Financing: 0.00 Financing Gap: 0.00 . Financing Source Amount BORROWER/RECIPIENT 0.00 Global Environment Facility (GEF) 8.471 Total 8.471 . Expected Disbursements (in USD Million) Fiscal Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Annual .440 1.819 3.259 1.634 1.319 Cumulative .440 2.259 5.518 7.152 8.471 . Proposed Global Environmental Objective(s) The PDO/GEO is to enhance protection of biodiversity in selected forested wetlands on the Ramsar list through knowledge creation and development of conservation measures for sustainable wetlands management. Components Component Name Cost (USD Millions) Component 1: Improvement