DETAILED PROJECT REPORT ON ECOSYSTEM SERVICES BASED ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN BUNDELKHAND REGION OF UTTAR PRADESH Submitted to: Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change Government of India Submitted on behalf of Forest and Wildlife Department Government of Uttar Pradesh Prepared By NABARD Consultancy Services Ltd. Table of Contents 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Project / Programme Objectives ....................................................................................................................... 31 1.3 Details of Project/ Programme Executing Entity: ......................................................................................... 40 1.4 Projected Calendar: .......................................................................................................................................... 42 a) Component-wise details and justification of the project components............................................................ 43 (b) Details on Economic, social and environmental benefits project / programme ............................................ 48 (c) Sustainability of intervention ........................................................................................................................... 50 d) Analysis of the cost-effectiveness of the proposed project / programme: .................................................... 51 f) Alignment with the National and State Action Plans and other Policies / Programmes: ......................................................................................................................................................... 54 g) Component wise technical standards: ............................................................................................................ 55 h) Duplication Check: .......................................................................................................................................... 56 i) Details on Stake-holder consultation: ............................................................................................................ 58 j) Learning and knowledge management component to capture and disseminate lessons learned for the proposed project ............................................................................................................. 65 k) Sustainability of the project/programme outcomes has been taken into account when designing the project / programme ............................................................................................................ 65 l) Provide an overview of the environmental and social impacts and risks identified as being relevant to the project / programme. ......................................................................................................... 66 2. Implementation Arrangements ............................................................................................................................. 68 a) Describe the arrangements for project / programme implementation ......................................................... 68 b) Describe the measures for financial and project / programme risk management (also include environmental and social risk, if any). ............................................................................................. 71 c) Describe the monitoring and evaluation arrangements and provide a budgeted M&E plan. (Monitoring and evaluation cost need to be included in executing entity management cost). ............................................................................................................................................... 72 d) Include a results framework for the project proposal, including milestones, targets and indicators ........................................................................................................................................................ 74 e) Include a detailed budget with budget notes, a budget on the Implementing Entity management fee use and an explanation and a breakdown of the execution costs. ......................................... 87 f) Include a disbursement schedule with time-bound milestones at the component level ..................................................................................................................................................................... 106 Annexure ...................................................................................................................................................................... 109 Annexure 1 – Sample data collection tool for Vulnerability Assessment .......................................................... 109 Annexure 2 Unit Cost of Raising 1 ha. forestry plantation ................................................................................ 114 DPR NAFCC UP 1 Annexure 3A Integrated Nursery cum Climate Information centre ................................................................... 116 Annexure 3B Forest Nursery for Integrated Climate Centre .............................................................................. 117 Annexure 3 C Horticulture nursery ...................................................................................................................... 118 [email protected] PROJECT SUMMARY Project Title : Ecosytem services based adaptation to Climate Change in Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh, India Project Objectives : The main objectives of the proposal are : To carry out a baseline study to assess vulnerability, provideOrientation & Planning in identified villages of 4 Forest Divisions To improve forest ecosystem through community based restoration of degraded forest areas To improve ecosystem in community / grazing lands, grasslands and adjoining lands through agroforestry To create structures to arrest run-off of rain water (check dams, borewell recharge, ponds) in JFMC and other areas falling in the same catchment areas To document learnings for wider replication Project Sector : Forestry Name of Executing Entity: Forest and Wildlife Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh Beneficiaries: Farmers / members of 16 Joint Forest Committees / villages in 4 Forest divisions of Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh Project Duration: 4 years Start Date: 2017 End Date: 2020 Amount of Financing Requested: INR 20,56,76,155 Project Location: 16 villages of Banda, Hamirpur, Orai (Jalaun) & Chitrakoot forest divisions State: Uttar Pradesh District: Banda, Hamirpur, Jalaun & Chitrakoot Contact Details of Nodal Officer Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF), Projects of the Executing Entity: 17, Rana Pratap Marg Aranya Bhawan, Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh Email: [email protected] Phone: 0522-2204253 1. PROJECT BACKGROUND 1.1 Project / Programme Background and Context: a) Provide brief information on the problem the proposed project/programme is aiming solve Climate change is a global phenomenon and has varying impacts on each and every one of us. Significant climate shifts have already been observed 1 over the past century. The 1901 to 2007 period has seen a significant warming trend of 0.51ºC per 100 years in India's annual mean temperature. During the same period, India's maximum and minimum temperature increased at a rate of 0.71ºC and 0.27ºC per 100 years respectively. In rural areas of India, over 700 million are directly dependent on climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture, forests, fisheries and natural resources such 2 as water, fodder, and biodiversity for their livelihoods. Today uncertainties associated with climate variability pose great risks to the economic development all over the world. Regions in India like Bundelkhand has reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population depends upon climate-sensitive sectors like agriculture and forestry for its livelihood. Any adverse impact on water availability due to decrease in rainfall and increased flooding would threaten food security, pose risk to the natural ecosystems including species that sustain the livelihood of rural households, due to such increased extreme events. This aside, achievement of vital national development goals related to other systems such as habitats, health, energy demand and infrastructure investments would be adversely affected. The long-term nature of climate change and the significant impact it can have on forests and agricultural systems requires activities that incorporate climate change knowledge and understanding in order to adequately respond to the reality of a changing climate process referred to as climate change adaptation. This entails mainstreaming climate change adaptation in the current planning process in order to address the issues of growing vulnerabilities and livelihood security of poor and vulnerable communities. DPR NAFCC UP 1 The Bundelkhand region of the state given its fragile geophysical condition is significantly sensitive to climate change. Bundelkhand region comprising seven districts of Uttar Pradesh and six districts of Madhya Pradesh is one of the most backward regions of the country. Out of these seven districts of UP, four districts namely Hamirpur, Banda, Chitrakoot, Jalaun (Orai) are being considered for forest ecosystem based adaptation to climate change. Bundelkhand is a hard rock area with limited or inadequate ground water resources, lacks infrastructure and access to improved technologies. The region being largely rain fed is perturbed