E1392 v 1 Certificate of State Environmental Protection Administration Project Serial No. 0502 No. 2902, Grade A Public Disclosure Authorized Guangxi Integrated Forestry Development and Conservation Project Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Impact Assessment Report Public Disclosure Authorized Environmental Protection Research Institute Public Disclosure Authorized of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region November, 2005 Consigning Unit: Project Management Office of Guangxi Forestry Bureau Assessment Unit: Environmental Protection Research Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Name of Project: Environmental Impact Assessment on Guangxi Integrated Forestry Development and Conservation Project Legal Representative: Li Min (Director) Examined and Approved by: Zhong Shanjin (Senior Engineer, with a Certificate of Personal Responsibility for Environmental Assessment (CPREA) No. A29020020 ) Verified by: Zeng Guangqing (Senior Engineer, with a CPREA No. A29020015 ) Person in Charge of the Project: Fan Zhenhui (Senior Engineer, with a CPREA No. A29020004 ) Division of Work Table for Report Compilers Name Professiona Number of Educational Period l Title CPREA Contents of Compilation Background of Work and Degree Fan Senior A29020004 Background of the project, Bachelor of 5 months Zhenhui Engineer policies, laws, rules and Environmenta regulations, environmental l Science impact analysis and measures of alleviation, conclusion and suggestions Luo Senior A29020006 General development situation Bachelor of 5 months Yaxue Engineer of natural environment and Atmospheric social economy, environmental Environment management and monitoring plan Yu Wanli Senior A29020014 Alternative analysis Bachelor of 1 month Engineer Atmospheric Environment Wen Professor Ecological Ecological impact, alternative Master of 1.5 Yuanguang Expert analysis Ecology months Huang Senior Forestry Project description Bachelor of 1 month yong Engineer Expert Forestry Zhao Senior Forest Comprehensive forest Bachelor of Tingkun Engineer diseases and disease and pest control entomology pests control expert Liang Assistant Public participation Bachelor of Jing Engineer informatics Introduction Guangxi Integrated Forestry Development and Conservation Project is a project combined the functions of commercial timber forests and forestry ecological protection that is planned to be constructed with the funds of the World Bank. Construction contents consist four components: first, developing commercial timber forests; second, forestry ecological protection and management, including establishment of multiple-use protection forests and the management of degradation forests (by closure hills for forest natural regeneration), pilot trial of BioCarbon sequestration; third, strengthening protection and management of biodiversity in natural reserves in Karst areas; fourth, strengthening capability construction and project monitoring and evaluation. The implementation area of the project covers 48 counties, cities and districts. There are 38 counties (cities), 13 state-owned forest farms will participate in the component of commercial timber plantation establishment; 25 counties will participate in the component of forestry ecological protection and management, 4 forest farms will participate in the planting material development; 5 natural reserves will participate in the component of protection of biodiversity in Karst areas. The implementation period of the project will be 6 years. Total cost of the project construction is 1,574.25 million yuan, including ① World Bank loan of US$100 million (converted to RMB 809 million yuan), 51.39% of the total investment, which will be used for establishment of commercial timber plantation; ② GEF grant of US$5,208,600 (converted to RMB 42,137,700 yuan), 2.68% of the total investment, which will be used for protection of biodiversity in Karst areas; ③ domestic counterpart fund will be 723.1157 million yuan, 45.93% of the total investment. According to Environmental Impact Assessment Law of P.R.China and related laws, as well as related environmental assessment requirements of the World Bank, the environmental assessment of the project will be carried out in light of Category B. Both People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the World Bank pay close attention to the environmental assessment of the project, even at the preparatory stage of the project, the work of environmental assessment has begun. In January of 2005, an expert seminar for preparatory work of “Guangxi Integrated Forestry Development and Conservation Project” was held jointly by the project manager of the World Bank Office, Beijing and Guangxi Forestry Bureau in Nanning, six experts of environmental assessment come from home and overseas were invited to carry out environmental assessment of the project. At the same time, as an environmental impact assessment unit for “Guangxi Integrated Forestry Development and Conservation Project”, Environmental Protection Research Institute of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was entrusted by Project Management Office of Guangxi Forestry Bureau in February of 2005 to compile a project environmental impact assessment report. After accepting the task, Guangxi Environmental Protection Research Institute began to work out their work plan and carry out on-the-spot investigation according to the requirements of environmental assessment of the project. Project environmental assessment experts jointly drew up work outline for environmental assessment and environmental management, they also made investigation in some project cities, counties and districts, such as Cenxi City, Huangjiang County and Xingbin District. After soliciting the opinions from the public participation, investigating in environmental situation in project areas and collecting sufficient data, the experts made analysis and assessment, then a draft of environmental impact assessment report on “Guangxi Integrated Forestry Development and Conservation Project” has been completed in June of 2005. When going through procedures of soliciting the opinions of the environmental protection bureaus and forestry bureaus of project cities, counties and districts, as well as having been assessed, examined and discussed by the experts organized by Environmental Protection Bureau of Guangxi, the report has been revised, at last, the official Environmental Impact Assessment Report has finished. 2 Content Environmental Impact Assessment Report .......................................1 Division of Work Table for Report Compilers..............................................................１ 1 Introduction and Project Background .........................................................................................1 1.1 Project Origin ..............................................................................................................1 1.2 Purpose of Making EA Report.................................................................................3 1.3 Brief Introduction to the EA Report .......................................................................3 1.4 Bases of Assessment ..................................................................................................4 1.5 Relation to Feasibility Study ....................................................................................6 1.6 EA Team .......................................................................................................................6 1.7 Assessment Scope and Period Covered .................................................................7 1.8 Assessment Factors ....................................................................................................8 1.9 Assessment Categorization.....................................................................................11 1.10 Assessment Criteria ...............................................................................................11 1.11 Assessment Focus...................................................................................................11 1.12 Assessment Procedure...........................................................................................12 2 Policy, Legislation & Administration Framework ....................................................................14 2.1 Organizations and Administrative Framework...................................................14 2.2 Relevant National Policies and Strategies for Environmental Protection.....15 2.3 WB Requirements.....................................................................................................18 3 Project Description..................................................................................................................20 3.1 The Main Goals of the Project...............................................................................20 3.2 Project Objective.......................................................................................................20 3.3 Project Components .................................................................................................20 3.4 Project Distribution ..................................................................................................22 3.5 Technical design of commercial plantation and ecological forest management .........................................................................................................................23 3.6 Project Investment ....................................................................................................25