Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Kazakhstan | Environment, Natural Resources & the Blue Economy Global Practice | Global Environment Project | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 4 | ARCHIVED on 28-Jun-2023 | ISR56769 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Ecology, Geology, and Natural Resources, Forestry and Wildlife Committee, Ministry of Ecology, Geology, and Natural Resources, Forestry and Wildlife Committee, Project Implem Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 14-Jun-2021 Effectiveness Date: 01-Jul-2021 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 20-Oct-2023 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Sep-2025 Revised Closing Date: 30-Sep-2025 pdoTable Project Development Objective (PDO) Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To pilot agroforestry practices using a community-centered approach and to build government capacity for landscape management and restoration. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Piloting community – centered approach on dryland agroforestry and landscape restoration:(Cost $2.46 M) Capacity building of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee (FWC) for integrated landscape management:(Cost $1.38 M) Project coordination and monitoring:(Cost $0.50 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate Implementation Status and Key Decisions The World Bank approved the Project on June 14, 2021 and signed the Grant Agreement on June 23, 2021. The Grant Agreement was countersigned by the Recipient on July 1, 2021. Progress toward achievement of the project objectives is satisfactory as project activities are being implemented in accordance with schedule. Project activities like procurement of equipment for forestry organizations have been completed and others started implementation on the ground (demonstration plots for agroforestry practices). Disbursement of project funds reached 52 percent. 6/28/2023 Page 1 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Moderate Low Low Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Other Substantial Low Low Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To pilot agroforestry practices using a community-centered approach IN01308986 ►Identification of the most effective agroforestry practices using a community-centered approach (based on a cost-benefit analysis of the pilots) (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2025 Comments: This indicator shows identification of the most effective agroforestry practices. IN01308988 ►Dryland Area Restored Using Community Centered Approach (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 2,950.00 3,135.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 30-Dec-2025 This indicator measures, in hectares, the dryland area restored using community-centered approach Comments: (saxaul plantations around Kyzylorda) To build government capacity for landscape management and restoration IN01308987 ►Land area under sustainable landscape management practices (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) 6/28/2023 Page 2 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 2,950.00 10,815.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2025 The indicator measures, in hectares, the land area for which new and/or improved sustainable landscape management practices have been introduced. Land is the terrestrial biologically productive system comprising soil, vegetation, and the associated ecological and hydrological processes; Adoption refers to change of practice or change in the use of a technology promoted or introduced by the project; Comments: Sustainable landscape management (SLM) practices refers to a combination of at least two technologies and approaches to increase land quality and restore degraded lands for example, agronomic, vegetative, structural, and management measures that, applied as a combination, increase the connectivity between protected areas, forest land, rangeland, and agriculture land. IN01308989 ►Capacity built for landscape restoration through mapping of degraded landscapes in Dry Aral Seabed and inventory of unrecorded forests (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2025 Comments: This indicator measures completion of capacity building activities Overall Comments PDO Planting of 3,000 ha has been almost completed. Progress toward achievement of other indicators will be carefully assessed during MTR mission. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Piloting community – centered approach on dryland agroforestry and landscape restoration IN01308991 ►Forestry Nursery to supply planting materials to farmers and local communities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 30-Dec-2025 Comments: This indicator will review construction of a nursery in the project area IN01308993 ►Establishment of saxaul and other drought-resistant plantations around Kyzylorda (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 2,950.00 3,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 30-Dec-2025 This indicator will measure progress toward establishment of saxaul and drought-resistant plantations Comments: around Kyzylorda IN01308995 ►3 Demo plots to demonstrate innovative techniques of agroforestry in Kyzylorda oblast (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/28/2023 Page 3 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 30-Dec-2025 This indicator will measure progress toward establishment of agroforestry demonstration plots in Comments: Kyzylorda region IN01308997 ►6 Model Farms for agroforestry pilot sub-projects in Zhambyl Oblast (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 7,800.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 30-Dec-2025 This indicator will monitor progress toward establishment of agroforestry model farms, each farm is Comments: expected to put 1,300 ha in sustainable land management practice IN01308999 ►Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 204,800.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2025 Comments: The indicator will measure the reduction of GHG as result of project activities. IN01309000 ►Community participation in forestry activities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 519.00 1,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2025 This indicator will measure a number of people from communities participating in project forestry activities. Comments: For GEF purposes the project will report on the broader set of beneficiaries, which includes local residents benefitting from afforested areas and improved land productivity. IN01309001 Of which female participants (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 177.00 400.00 Capacity building of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee (FWC) for integrated landscape management IN01308990 ►Mapping of the forest fund areas on the Dried Aral Sea bed (DAS) (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 300,000.00 300,000.00 300,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 30-Dec-2025 Comments: This indicator will measure area of DAS covered by updated maps IN01308992 ►Preparatory survey and design works for saxaul plantations on DAS (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 50,000.00 6/28/2023 Page 4 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 30-Dec-2025 Comments: This indicator will measure area of DAS with plantation plans prepared IN01308994 ►Inventory of the unrecorded forests (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 140,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 30-Dec-2025 Comments: This indicator will measure area covered by forest inventory IN01308996 ►Depository of forest species' seeds (gene bank) in Kazakh Scientific Research Institiute in Schuchinsk (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 1.00 1.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 30-Dec-2025 Comments: This indicator will monitor establishment of a gene bank in KSRFI in Schuchinsk IN01308998 ►Forest area brought under management plans (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 100,000.00 Date 31-Mar-2021 07-Dec-2022 23-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2025 Overall Comments IR Activities on the ground has started and some indicators have been achieved. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P171577 TF-B6007 Effective USD 4.34 4.34 0.00 2.24 2.10 52% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P171577 TF-B6007 Effective 23-Jun-2021 01-Jul-2021 01-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2025 30-Sep-2025 6/28/2023 Page 5 of 6 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 6/28/2023 Page 6 of 6