Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887) Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887) EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA | Congo, Democratic Republic of | Environment, Natural Resources & the Blue Economy Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 18 | ARCHIVED on 31-Aug-2023 | ISR56455 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Ministry of Finance Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 24-Jun-2014 Effectiveness Date: 29-Apr-2015 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 15-Feb-2018 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 03-Feb-2018 Original Closing Date: 31-Dec-2022 Revised Closing Date: 31-May-2024 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) The project development objective is to test new approaches to improve community livelihoods and forested landscape management, andto reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in selected areas in the Recipient's territory. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Integrated REDD+ Projects in the Mai Ndombe Province:(Cost $46.13 M) Facilitation of Private Sector Activities to Reduce Fuel Wood emissions:(Cost $8.00 M) Promote small-scale agroforestry systems to reduce land-use emissions:(Cost $10.50 M) Knowledge management and program Coordination:(Cost $5.73 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating High High Implementation Status and Key Decisions  The parent project (FIP grant) closed on 30 June 2020 as planned (100% disbursement). The PIU (UC-PIF) closed operations across all project components, including inventories and transfer of assets, closure of contracts, and preparation of component level completion reports. The FIP Completion Report was prepared and shared with the Bank in January 2021. It will support the preparation of the overall project's Implementation Completion Report (ICR) which will be prepared by the Bank in early 2024 with project closing. 8/31/2023 Page 1 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887)  In the Mai-Ndombe Province, project implementation has progressed despite delay cause by COVID restrictions over 2020-2021 and recurring constraints in the field to ensure payment and cash availability: 1/ In the Plateaux District, where activities closed in June 2020 (FIP grant), 215 Local Development Committees (LDC) were operationalized in the four territories (Bolobo, Kwamouth, Mushie, and Yumbi), and formally registered with proper articles of association and recognized by the decentralized administration. The LDCs are supporting the management planning exercise of their territories as validated by the four Councils for Agriculture and Rural Management (CART, Conseil Agricole Rural de Territoire) at the territory level with the aim of reducing pressure on native forests by promoting alternatives to slash-and-burn in forested landscapes. 133 Natural Resource Management Plans (NRMP) were completed out of an objective of 133. The validation of 25 NRMPs in the Yumbi Territory was not made possible due to December 2018 conflicts and subsequent withdrawal of project staff. In addition, there were 4 contentious NRMPs in the Bolobo Territory which had not been validated. A joint mission including representatives from UC-PIF, WWF, and national CSOs went to Yumbi and Bolobo Territories from November 25 to December 3, 2019, and resulted in 1) the validation of the 25 NRMPs in Yumbi and 2) suspending validation for the 4 NRMPs in Bolobo recognizing this the long-lasting customary conflicts over land limits in the area which do not allow local authorities to endorse the NRMPs for the time being. 155 LDCs (7,282 households) benefited from Payments for Environmental Services (PES), with around 1.36 million USD paid in the field and reinvested in micro- projects at the community and/or household level. 252 km of roads were rehabilitated including the construction of 17 bridges. 2/ In the Mai-Ndombe District, where activities are ongoing, 480 CLDs have been created or dynamized and are functional (out of the 400 expected) with 480 NRMPs validated. 2,075 hectares of agroforestry plantations (acacia) have been implemented (out of the 990 ha planned), 1,693 ha of oil palm (out of the 2,000 ha planned), 835 hectares of perennials (out of the 6,000 ha planned), 14,835 hectares of exclosures/set- asides (out of the 20,000 expected) 4 CART and 15 CARG have been revitalized and are functional, and about 1.7 USD million in PES has been paid to communities. 74 concessioner farmers (including 2 women and 2 Indigenous Peoples), 349 communities and 14,947 farmers (including 3,308 women and 323 Indigenous Peoples) are direct beneficiaries of the project. Although in 2020-2021 progress was slowed down by COVID- related restrictions, the local implementing agency and NGO service providers remained in the field presence to engage with communities on awareness-raising and dialogue related to LCDs, nurseries, and PES. The project’s Provincial Steering Committee will be held in June 2023 in Inongo. .  22,880 hectares of agroforestry plantations are in place (65% of the overall objective). 894 ha have been lost to bushfires since Sept. 2019. The breakdown is as follows: Component 1: 9,784 ha including 4,070 ha under PIREDD Plateau (81% of the FIP objective), 4,603 ha under PIREDD Mai-Ndombe (126% of the CAFI objective), and 835 ha of perennials under PIREDD Mai-Ndombe (14% of the CAFI objective) and 276 ha under the GEF additional financing; Component 2: 5,493 ha (55% of the objective of the parent project); and Component 3: 7,603 ha (152% of the FIP objective).  In addition, 183,958 hectares of exclosures to facilitate natural regeneration by protecting land areas from bush fires are in place in savanna and forest areas. The breakdown is as follows: Component 1: 174,090 ha including 149,989 ha under PIREDD Plateau (13,944 incl. 9,669 ha supported by PSE (accounting loss), and 136,045 of primary forest identified by communities for conservation) and 19,711 ha under PIREDD Mai-Ndombe and 4390 ha under GEF grant in the Territories of Inongo and Kutu; and Component 3: 9,868 ha.  Under Component 3, the project facilitated the dissemination of 86,625 cookstoves (115% of the objective) and the avoidance of 0.34 million tons of CO2 (tCO2eq.).  Overall emission reductions generated by project activities are estimated at 6.40 million tCO2eq (EXACT tool).  Regarding connectivity among territories, 252 kilometers of roads were restored in Plateaux District including the construction of 17 bridges. In the Mai Ndombe District (PIREDD Mai-Ndombe), 125 kilometers of road have been restored through the HIMO approach (Mushi-Mbali axis), 3 metal bridge rehabilitated (46 meters in Ngapoko) and 27 bridges and 4 road culverts completed. In addition, the project has started with the construction of 3 additional bridges, 2 road culverts and the reloading of 310 linear meters of dikes and the rehabilitation of 65 km of road. The construction of the Lediba ferry and its quays have started aiming for completion by the end of 2023.  Promote family planning. Nearly 9,500 households (66,500 people) were sensitized on issues of family planning, HIV, Ebola. The project also facilitated the operationalization of the Provincial Multisectoral Family Planning Committee (CPTM-PF) and the training of peer educators within the LDCs.  The project website (www.pifrdc.org) has been up and running since November 15, 2017. Its objective is to promote: (i) the dissemination of lessons learned; and (ii) the use of the Feedback and Grievance Redress Mechanism. Grievances can be submitted online or by contacting: (i) plaintes.recours.pif@gmail.com; (ii) the Forest Investment Program Coordination Unit (UC-PIF); (iii) the Local Implementing agencies (Agences Locales d'Exécution); and (iv) the CLDs or the CARTs.  Socioeconomic studies focusing on the monetary and non-monetary benefits of the project were conducted. Under FIP activities, using a sampling of 1,650 households spread all over the project boundary, shows that 15,700 households or 110,000 inhabitants, including 58,400 women (92 percent of the end target of the parent project) have benefited from the project. Populations saw an 18% increase (+ US$448 per annum) in their incomes. A similar study was completed in 2022 for the Mai Ndombe District (PIREDD MD) and shows an increase in benefits of +63% between 2020 (baseline year) and 2022 for 76,744 people including 25.624 women and 1,616 IPs. 8/31/2023 Page 2 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance -- High High Macroeconomic -- High High Sector Strategies and Policies -- High High Technical Design of Project or Program -- Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and -- Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate Environment and Social -- Moderate Moderate Stakeholders -- Substantial Substantial Other -- -- -- Overall -- High High Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To test new approaches to improve community livelihoods IN01299789 ►People in forest & adjacent community with monetary/non-monetary benefits from forest (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 186,744.00 186,744.00 240,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 A study led by the firm MULTINA MDK was done for FIP-related activities (parent project). Using a sampling size of 1,650 households spread throughout the project boundary, the study shows that 15,700 households or 110,000 inhabitants (92 percent of the end target of the FIP-funded parent project) have already benefited from the project. Populations saw an 18% increase (+ US$448 per annum) in their incomes. Non-monetary benefits remain preponderant (76%). They have been valued by using average prices for plant and livestock production, non-timber products, and other resources self-consumed by rural Comments: populations. Women (58,400) benefiting from the project already represent 146 percent of the end target (40,000) of the FIP-funded parent project. A similar exercise was done in 2022 for the CAFI financing (PIREDD MD) and shows an increase in benefits of +63% between 2020 (baseline year) and 2022 for 76,744 people including 25.624 women and 1,616 IPs. A final study will start shortly to capture impact at closing. IN01299791 8/31/2023 Page 3 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887) People in forest and adjacent community with benefits from forest-female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 84,024.00 84,024.00 115,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 IN01299792 People in forest&adj. commy with benefit from forest-Ethnic minority/indigenous (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,616.00 1,616.00 15,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 To test new approaches to improve forested landscape management IN01299788 ►Designing and implementing new approaches (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 28.00 28.00 8.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2019 Designing a new approach: (i) Payment for Environmental Services (PES) rewarding efforts in agroforestry (1 point) and in the fight against bush fires (1 point) based on exclosures; (ii) Support the private sector by subsidizing agroforestry investments in the field (1 point); and (iii) promoting the production of non timber forest products out of the agroforestry models (1 point). Implementing a new approach (2 points per year): 8 points as the four new approaches described above Comments: have been implemented for two years. Satisfactory implementation (2 points per year): 8 points as the four new approaches described above have been satisfactorily implemented for two years. IN01299790 ►Land area where sustainable land mgt. practices were adopted as a result of proj (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 193,478.00 206,838.00 368,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 The methodology to monitor this indicator has been reviewed with the PIU in order to align with the initial approach at the project design phase. Indeed, the PIU had decided over the course of the project to account for the total area covered under the Natural Resources Management Plans developed by communities. However, the current Task Team understands that at project design the targets were related to areas covered by actual outputs in terms of tree plantations and exclosures. This is in turn more consistent with the end target of 350,000 ha while the PIU’s new approach reported results 10 times larger. Based on the approach revised in June 2021, the actual Land area where sustainable land mgt. Comments: practices were adopted as a result of the project is 193,239 ha (55% of the objective) broken down as follows: -22,880 hectares of agroforestry plantations. Component 1: 9,784 ha including 4,070 ha under PIREDD Plateau (81% of the FIP objective), 4,603 ha under PIREDD Mai-Ndombe (126% of the CAFI objective), and 835 ha of perennials under PIREDD Mai-Ndombe (14% of the CAFI objective) and 276 ha under the GEF additional financing; Component 2: 5,493 ha (55% of the objective of the parent project); and Component 3: 7,603 ha (152% of the FIP objective). 8/31/2023 Page 4 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887) -183,958 hectares of exclosures. Component 1: 174,090 including 149,989 ha under PIREDD Plateau (13,944 incl. 9,669 ha supported by PSE (accounting loss), and 136,045 of primary forest identified by communities for conservation without PSE), 19,711 ha under PIREDD Mai-Ndombe and 4390 ha under GEF additional funding; and Component 3: 9,868 ha. To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation IN01299787 ►GHG emission reductions (and removals) generated under the project (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 6,400,000.00 6,400,000.00 11,500,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 As of today, only the following have been estimated (i) emission reductions derived from indirect investments aimed at improving the energy efficiency of cookstoves in the greater Kinshasa (Component 2b) measured according to the CDM Small-scale Methodology (AMS-II.G.) "Energy efficiency measures in thermal applications of non-renewable biomass"; and (ii) removals generated under afforestation / reforestation schemes in the Kinshasa basin supply (Components 1, 2a and 3) and measured using proxies (carbon sequestration for each type of sylvicultural model). Emission reductions as derived from the production of cookstoves and calculated in March 2020: 337,497tCO2eq. Removals as derived from the tree plantations, and calculated in June 2021, 2021: 1.26 million Comments: tCO2eq. The task team is working to update the emission reductions (and removals) generated for the next ISR. Finally, if we consider that the project will reduce over a five year period (2016 - 2020) emissions from deforestation and forest degradation by 3% against the baseline, as defined in the Emission Reductions Programme Document for the Mai Ndombe Province duly approved by the Carbon Fund participants of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) in November 2016, project activities might have already reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation by 4,322,051 tCO2eq. Total with avoided deforestation and/or reduced forest degradation: 5,919,548 tCO2eq. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Integrated REDD+ Projects in the Mai Ndombe Province IN01299793 ►Chiefdom (Chefferie) with Performance-Based Incentives and Investments mechanisms in place (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 78.00 78.00 93.00 Date 01-Jul-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 Out of the 215 Local Development Committees (LDCs) identified in the former Plateaux District of the Mai- Ndombe Province (PIREDD Plateau), 155 signed contractual arrangements with the project based on performance-based incentives. Adding the former Mai-Ndombe District (PIREDD Mai-Ndombe), this is Comments: 480 (out of 600 expected cumulatively with the second tranche of CAFI) as of June 2023. The total is 635 out of 815 or 78%. IN01299796 ►Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) score for Tumba Lediima Natural Reserve (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 8/31/2023 Page 5 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887) Value 30.00 30.00 30.00 55.00 Date 15-May-2019 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2022 Indicator related to the new GEF AF which has started implementation in 2021. Data collection on the management effectiveness has been conducted and the indicator will be updated in the next ISR period Comments: working with ICCN and the PIU. IN01299799 ►Community sub-projects registered as REDD+ sub-projects (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00 Date 15-May-2019 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-Dec-2022 Indicator related to the new GEF AF which has started implementation in 2021. Sub-projects have been prepared, their approval and registration procedure on the way.The first is on “Support for agroforestry Comments: and forest conservation for the community of the Mpenge” and the second “Support for reforestation and savanna protection in the community of Mbantin”. The indicator will be updated in the next ISR period. Facilitation of Private Sector Activities to Reduce Fuel Wood emissions IN01299794 ►Production of improved cookstoves (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2020 31-Dec-2019 Marketing of cookstoves is undertaken by a group of entreprises: BNB, BASCONS, ERND, IP, Comments: MEDRARA, REPROFA and UMOJA. The project support ended in December 2019. IN01299797 ►ACCES-compliant cookstoves delivered to the Kinshasa market (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 80,625.00 80,625.00 70,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2020 31-Dec-2019 IN01299800 ►Improved organization of the sector (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 5.00 5.00 7.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 30-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2020 31-Dec-2019 The Alliance has a Board of Directors; affiliated members contribute fees to the Alliance in conformity with the organization's governing texts. The development of the Consumer Engagement Strategy was Comments: finalized. 8/31/2023 Page 6 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887) Promote small-scale agroforestry systems to reduce land-use emissions IN01299795 ►Biomass (energy) produced in a sustainable manner (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,037,057.00 2,539,680.00 2,100,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 The PIU reports that 2,539,680 metric tons of fresh biomass have already been produced in the field as a Comments: result of the 22,880 ha of plantations installed since 2015 and still standing. IN01299798 ►New agroforestry plantations that received technical support from the project (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 21,491.00 22,880.00 35,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 The 22,880 hectares represent the area of tree plantations (mainly acacia sp.) under various agroforestry schemes including Component 1: 9,784 ha ha including 4,070 ha under PIREDD Plateau and 4,603 ha Comments: under PIREDD Mai-Ndombe, 835 ha of perennials under PIREDD Mai-Ndombe and 276 ha under the GEF additional grant; Component 2: 5,493 ha and Component 3: 7,603 ha. IN01299801 ►Participants in consultation activities during project implementation (number) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 256,236.00 286,781.00 90,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 The target of 70,000 consists of 30,000 for the parent project and 40,000 for CAF AF. 67,998 were consulted and participated in awareness activities under the parent project. As of June 2023, this is 192,099 for PIREDD Mai-Ndombe and 26,684 for the GEF additional funding. The cumulative number Comments: participants in consultation activities is 286,781. IN01299802 Participants in consultation activities during project implementation - female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 51,052.00 64,235.00 30,000.00 Date 01-Jul-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 IN01299803 ►Farmers from the targeted villages who have adopted an improved agro-forestry technology promoted by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 26,083.00 26,083.00 36,875.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 8/31/2023 Page 7 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887) Target is 20,000 under the parent project and 13,500 under CAFI AF. The final result for the parent project is 16,490. As of June 2023, this is 9,593 for PIREDD Mai-Ndombe. With the ongoing investment, it is Comments: expected that the adoption assessment will reveal an increase and progress toward the end target. IN01299804 Farmers from the targeted villages who adopted an improved agro-forestry. technology promoted by project ? female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 7,081.00 7,081.00 12,000.00 Date 30-Jun-2014 31-Jan-2023 30-Jun-2023 31-May-2024 Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P128887 TF-16869 Closed USD 36.90 36.87 0.03 36.87 0.00 100% P128887 TF-A5081 Effective USD 27.25 27.25 0.00 22.93 4.32 84% P160182 TF-A9933 Effective USD 6.21 6.21 0.00 5.96 0.25 96% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P128887 TF-16869 Closed 08-Oct-2014 08-Oct-2014 29-Apr-2015 30-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2020 P128887 TF-A5081 Effective 28-Jun-2017 18-Jul-2017 18-May-2018 31-Dec-2022 31-May-2024 P160182 TF-A9933 Effective 31-May-2019 20-Jun-2019 16-Mar-2020 31-Dec-2022 31-May-2024 Cumulative Disbursements 8/31/2023 Page 8 of 9 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) (P128887) Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 15-Dec-2020 ,Level 2 Approved on 08-Aug-2022 Related Project(s) P128887-Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) ,P160182-Improved Forested Landscape Management Project (GEF AF) ,P162837-Mai-Ndombe REDD+ Integrated Project under CAFI 8/31/2023 Page 9 of 9