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SFG1885 Public Disclosure Authorized Republic of South Sudan Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Cooperatives and Rural Public Disclosure Authorized Development SAFETY NET AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental and Social Management Framework Public Disclosure Authorized January, 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................ IV LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................................... IV LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................. V EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................. VII 1. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ............................................................................................. 1 1.1 PURPOSE AND NEED OF THE PROJECT ........................................................................................... 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (ESMF) ............... 2 1.3 RELEVANCE OF THE ESMF ........................................................................................................... 3 2 INSTITUTIONAL AND IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS ......................................... 5 2.1 IMPLEMENTING MINISTRIES ......................................................................................................... 5 2.2 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL FOCAL POINT AT MOAFCRD ....................................................... 5 2.3 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE AND COUNTY SECRETARIATS ................................................................................................................................... 5 3. ESMF: POLICY AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK ........................................................................ 7 3.1 SOUTH SUDAN ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ............................................................................. 7 3.1.1 THE TRANSITIONAL CONSTITUTION OF 2011 ........................................................................................ 7 3.1.2 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT BILL, 2013 .............................................. 8 3.1.3 LAND ACT, 2009 .................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1.4 FOREST POLICY, 2012............................................................................................................................. 9 3.1.5 THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE POLICY FRAMEWORK, 2007 ............................................................... 10 3.1.6 SOUTH SUDAN WILD LIFE CONSERVATION AND NATIONAL PARKS ACT, 2003 ................................. 11 3.1.7 PUBLIC HEALTH (WATER AND SANITATION) ACTS, 2008 FOR SOUTH SUDAN ................................... 12 3.2 WORLD BANK SAFEGUARD POLICIES .......................................................................................... 12 3.2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (OP 4.01) .......................................................................................... 13 3.2.2 NATURAL HABITATS (OP 4.04)............................................................................................................ 13 3.2.3 PEST MANAGEMENT (OP 4.09) ............................................................................................................ 13 3.2.4 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (OP 4.10) .......................................................................................................... 14 3.2.5 PHYSICAL CULTURAL RESOURCES (OP 4.11) ...................................................................................... 14 3.3 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND TREATIES .......................................................................... 14 3.3.1 CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (1992) ............................................................................... 15 3.3.2 UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION (1996) ............................................. 15 3.3.3 RAMSAR CONVENTION ON WETLANDS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE (1971) ............................. 15 3.3.4 IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS ..................................................................................................................... 15 3.3.5 THE NILE TREATIES ............................................................................................................................. 16 4. BASELINE INFORMATION................................................................................................... 17 4.1 SOUTH SUDAN: GENERAL OVERVIEW .......................................................................................... 17 4.2 CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................... 18 4.2.1 RAINFALL, HUMIDITY, AND TEMPERATURE ........................................................................................ 18 ii 4.2.2 SOILS .................................................................................................................................................... 18 4.2.3 HYDROLOGY ........................................................................................................................................ 18 4.3 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ............................................................................................................ 18 4.4 SOCIAL-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF SOUTH SUDAN ................................................................. 19 4.4.1 DEMOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................................... 19 4.4.2 SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS .................................................................................................................... 20 4.4.3 FOOD SECURITY AND LIVELIHOODS .................................................................................................... 20 5. GUIDANCE ON POTENTIAL IMPACTS ............................................................................... 22 5.1 OVERALL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS AND INDICATORS IN PUBLIC WORKS ............ 22 5.2 POTENTIAL POSITIVE IMPACTS ................................................................................................... 22 5.3 POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS .................................................................................................. 23 5.4 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS ................................................................................................... 30 5.5 INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................ 30 6.1 KEY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND PROPOSED ACTIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ESMF ........ 33 6.2 FLOWCHART FOR REPORTING AND ADVICE ................................................................................ 35 36 6.4 SCREENING FOR PROJECTS .......................................................................................................... 36 6.5 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MITIGATION PLAN ..................................................................... 40 6.6 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL AUDIT REPORT FORMAT................................................. 0 6.7 MONITORING AND EVALUATION ................................................................................................... 0 6.7.1 INITIAL PROPOSALS................................................................................................................................ 1 6.7.2 MONITORING INDICATORS .................................................................................................................... 1 6.8 ENVIRONMENTAL MAINSTREAMING AND SENSITIZATION .............................................................. 1 7. REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................ 3 ESMF ANNEXES .............................................................................................................................. 4 ANNEX I: SUMMARY OF KEY ISSUES AND LIST OF STAKEHOLDERS .................................. 4 ANNEX II: SUMMARY OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTED ............................................ 11 ANNEX III: LISTS OF PEOPLE CONSULTED ............................................................................. 12 ANNEX IV: ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE........................................................................ 34 ANNEX V: PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATIONS ............... 1 ANNEX VI: ARCHAEOLOGICAL CHANCE FIND PROCEDURE ................................................ 4 iii LIST OF TABLES Table 0- 1: Indicative list of Public Works Activities ....................................................................................... xi Table 0- 2: Environmental issues, impacts and indicators related to public works ...................................... xii Table 0-3: Social issues, their impacts and indicators related to public works ............................................ xiii Table 0- 5: Necessary Requirements, Actions and Institutional Responsibility for Addressing SNSDP Environmental and Social Issues ..................................................................................................................