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Gabon Sustainable Management of Critical Wetlands Ecosystems Document of The World Bank FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Public Disclosure Authorized Report No: PAD607 INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT APPRAISAL DOCUMENT ON A PROPOSED GRANT Public Disclosure Authorized FROM THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY TRUST FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF US$7.521 MILLION TO THE GABONESE REPUBLIC FOR A PROJECT ON SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS Public Disclosure Authorized March 3, 2014 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 Public Disclosure Authorized performance of their official duties. Its contents may not otherwise be disclosed without World Bank authorization. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (Exchange Rate Effective February 2014) Currency Unit = Central African CFA francs (XAF) 454 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 Fran9aise de D6veloppement (French Development Agency) ANPN Agence Nationale des Parcs Nationaux (National Agency of National Parks) CCGL Comit6 Consultatif de Gestion Locale (Local Management Consultative Committee) CDC Caisse de D6p6ts et de Consignation (National Deposit Bank) CEMAC Communaut6 Economique et Mon6taire 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 Society Organization CQS Consultant Qualification Selection DCAF Direction Centrale des Affaires Financifres (Central Directorate for Financial Affairs) DGEPN Direction G6n6rale de l'Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature (Directorate for Environment and Nature Protection) EMP Environmental Management Plan ESMF Environment and Social Management Framework FEM Fonds pour l'Environnement Mondial (Global Environment Facility) FM Financial Management FMV Forest Management Verification GDP Gross Domestic Product GEF Global Environment Facility GEO Global Environment Objective GHG Greenhouse Gas GOG Government of Gabon IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ICB International Competitive Bidding IDA International Development Association IDF Institutional Development Fund IFR Interim Financial Reports IGAD Institut Gabonais d'Appui au D6veloppement/Gabonese Institute for Support and Development M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MDG Millennium Development Goals MEP Ministry of Economy and Prospective MFENR Ministry of Forests, Environment and Protection of Natural Resources METT Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool ii NCB National Competitive Bidding NGO Nongovernmental Organization NRM Natural Resource Management ODDIG l'Observatoire de promotion, de D6veloppement Durable, des produits et services de l'Industrie du Gabon/Observatory for the Promotion and Sustainable Development of Gabonese Products and Services OHADA Organisation pour l'Harmonisation des Affaires en Afrique (Organization for the Harmonization of Business in Africa) ORAF Operational Risk Assessment Framework PDO Project Development Objective PSGE Plan Strategique Gabon Emergent (Strategic Roadmap for an Emerging Gabon) QCBS Quality- and Cost-Based Selection RAS Reimbursement Advisory Services RIS Ramsar Information Sheet SBD Standard Bidding Document SFM Sustainable Forestry Management SLM Sustainable Land Management TEEB The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Water and Wetlands ToR Terms of Reference WBG World Bank Group WCS Wildlife Conservation Society Wi 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 Foll6a 111 GABON SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL WETLANDS ECOSYSTEMS CONTENTS 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 A. PDO/GEO .................................................... 7 B. Project Beneficiaries .................................... ......... 7 C. PDO-Level Results Indicators ................................ 88..... III. Project Description ...................................................................................................... 8 A. Project Components .................................................9 B. Project Financing ......................................... ..... 12 I V. Implem entation ................................................................................................................ 13 A. Institutional and Implementation Arrangements .................... ..... 13 B. Results Monitoring and Evaluation . .......................... ........ 14 C. Sustainability ................................................. 14 V. Key Risks and Mitigation Measures............................................................................ 16 VI. Appraisal Summary...................................................................................................... 16 A. Economic and Financial Analysis .............................. ..... 16 B. Technical .................................................... 19 C. Financial Management........................................... 20 D. Procurement ......................................... ......... 21 E. Social (including Safeguards) ...................................... 22 F. Environment (including Safeguards) ................................. 22 Annex 2. Detailed Project Description....................................................................................28 Annex 3. Implementation Arrangements................................................................................ 39 Annex 5. GEF Incremental Reasoning..................................................................................... 63 iv A nnex 6. Implem entation Support Plan................................................................................... 71 Annex 7. Descriptions of Selected Ramsar ProjectSites..........................................................74 A nnex 8. Team Composition .................................................................................................... 78 A nn ex 9. M ap ................................................................................................................................ 79 V PAD DATA SHEET Gabon GABON - SUSTAINABLE MANA GEMENT OF CRITICAL WETLANDS ECOSYSTEMS (P143914) PROJECT APPRAISAL DOCUMENT AFRICA AFTN1 Report No.: PAD607 Basic Information Project ID EA Category Team Leader P143914 B - Partial Assessment Salimata Diallo Foll6a Lending Instrument Fragile and/or Capacity Constraints [ ] Investment Project Financing Financial Intermediaries [ ] Series of Projects [ ] Project Implementation Start Date Project Implementation End Date 31-Mar-2014 31-Dec-2019 Expected Effectiveness Date Expected Closing Date 28-Aug-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: Direction G6n6rale de l'Environnement et de la Protection de la Nature Contact: Louis L6andre Ebobola Title: Director General TSIBAH Telephone No.: Email: 24106233110 [email protected] Project Financing Data(in USD Million) ] Loan [X] Grant [ ] Guarantee ] Credit [ ] IDA Grant [ ] Other Total Project Cost: 7.52 Total Bank Financing: 0.00 Financing Gap: 0.00 vi Financing Source Amount Borrower 0.00 Global Environment Facility (GEF) 7.52 Total 7.52 Expected Disbursements (in USD Million) Fiscal Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Annual 0.44 1.82 3.06 1.51 0.69 0.00 Cumulative 0.44 2.26 5.32 6.83 7.52 7.52 Proposed Global Environmental Objective(s) The Development Objective of the proposed operation 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: Generating Knowledge and Monitoring of 0.60 Selected Critical Wetlands Ecosystems Support for Sustainable Management of Selected Critical 3.11 Wetlands Ecosystems Strengthening Institutional Framework to support Wetlands 3.33 Management Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation 0.48 Institutional Data Sector Board Environment Sectors / Climate Change Sector (Maximum 5 and total % must equal 100) Major Sector Sector % Adaptation Mitigation Co-benefits Co-benefits % % Agriculture, fishing, and forestry General agriculture, 100 fishing and forestry sector Total 100 I certify that there is no Adaptation and Mitigation Climate Change Co-benefits information applicable to this project. Vii Themes Theme (Maximum 5 and total % must equal 100) Major theme Theme % Environment and natural
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