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Forest Investment Project, phase 2 (P175982)
Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary
Appraisal Stage
(ESRS Appraisal Stage)
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Date Prepared/Updated: 05/30/2022 | Report No: ESRSA02243
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BASIC INFORMATION
A. Basic Project Data
Country Region Project ID Parent Project ID (if any)
Cote d'Ivoire Western and Central Africa P175982
Project Name Forest Investment Project, phase 2
Practice Area (Lead) Financing Instrument Estimated Appraisal Date Estimated Board Date
Environment, Natural Investment Project 5/26/2022 6/30/2022
Resources & the Blue Financing
Economy
Borrower(s) Implementing Agency(ies)
Adama Coulibaly UIAP, Ministry of
Environment and
Sustainable Development
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Proposed Development Objective
The Development Objective is to conserve and increase the forest stock and improve access to sources of income
from sustainable forest management for selected communities in target zones.
Financing (in USD Million) Amount
Total Project Cost 148.00
B. Is the project being prepared in a Situation of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints, as per Bank IPF
Policy, para. 12?
No
C. Summary Description of Proposed Project [including overview of Country, Sectoral & Institutional Contexts and
Relationship to CPF]
The project is the second phase of the Forest Investment Project FIP-1 (P162789), which has been under
implementation since 2018. It is designed to support the implementation of: (i) the Strategy for the Preservation,
Rehabilitation and Extension of Forests (SPREF – 2018); and (ii) the Cocoa and Forests Initiative (CFI – 2017) for
sustainable cocoa production in the Southwest/East region (Cocoa Loop), led by the Government of Cote d’Ivoire, in
synergy with the Integrated Cocoa Value Chain Development Project (PDIC, P168499). The FIP-2 is a pilot project that
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will contribute to the scaling up of the SPREF by conserving and increasing forest stock and improving local
communities' access to sources of income stemming from the sustainable management of Gazetted Forests (GFs).
The project aims to address cocoa-related deforestation through the implementation of cocoa-based agroforestry
activities and the protection of national parks and reserves. Cocoa-related deforestation is responsible for 60 percent
of deforestation in Côte d’Ivoire and 40 percent of cocoa production is sourced from GFs and Protected Areas.
The FIP-1 started the development of 10-year Participatory Forest Management Plans (PFMPs) for: (a) the three
targeted C3 GFs in the cocoa belt (Rapides Grah, Haute-Dodo, and Scio for a total area of 548,633 hectares; and (b) six
of the 16 C4 GFs in the Center Region targeted by the FIP-2. The PFMPs of these three C-3 GFs are being developed
with support from the FIP-1 and will be completed and adopted by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire during the first
year of project implementation.
Under Component 1, the FIP-2 aims to build on the FIP-1 to continue laying the foundation for implementing the CFI
and the SPREF through two sub-components: (i) Supporting the development of C3 GF Participatory Forest
Management Plans (PFMPs) targeted in the southwest; and (ii) Supporting the development of targeted C4 GF PFMPs
in the Savanna zone.
The objective of Component 2 is to contribute to the implementation of the PFMPs in the landscapes targeted by the
project in the C3 GFs in the cocoa belt, through three sub-components: (i) support to the system of results-based
agroforestry contracts with cocoa farmers in the 3 C3 GFs (ii) capacity building of the Forest Development Corporation
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(SODEFOR) for the sustainable management of GFs; and (iii) support Income Generating Activities (IGAs) for
communities living in and around the 3 C3 GFs supported under the project.
The three FIP-2 targeted C3 forests are classified as GFs where agroforestry activities as cocoa sourcing are illegal.
However, the 2019 Forestry Code (Decree 2019-977 of 27 November 2019) establishes the possibility of classifying
the national forest estate (GF) into private forest domain of the State, i.e., an agroforest. The Forestry Code defines an
agroforest as an area delimited as such by a regulatory text, located in the State's private forest estate in which
agricultural plantations and forest trees coexist. As per these regulations, the Borrower will prepare site-specific
decrees adjusting the status of the FIP-2 three targeted GFs to agroforests, thereby legalizing cocoa produced in these
lands. This will be reflected in the Legal Agreement.
Component 3 aims to enhance the protection of National Parks and Natural Reserves that are under severe pressure
from both agricultural encroachments and illegal small-scale gold mining, another driver of deforestation.
Component 4 will support the implementation of the SPREF through the establishment of large-scale productive
forests in targeted C4 GFs in the Central Region (N’Zi, Gbékê, and Hambol) to support the country’s needs for
fuelwood and timber. The Component will address deforestation due to the intake of natural forests for cooking
needs and timber. The Central Region has a high potential for the reforestation of degraded land.
The process put in place by the project will allow farmers who currently use informally agricultural land in degraded
areas of GFs, to continue to use the land if they agree to integrate forest trees into their farms as part of an
agroforestry program. Integration into the agroforestry program for farmers outside of the High Conservation Value
(HCV) and High Carbon Stock (HCS) areas will be done through 10-year renewable contracts. The agroforestry contract
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extension beyond the 10 years will be incorporated in the PFMPs’ arrêtés (decrees), which are legally binding
instruments.
The farmers using agricultural parcels in High Conservation Value Zones (HCV) and in High Carbon Stock (HCS) areas
within the three targeted C3 GFs, an estimated of 3,850 households as per the PFMPs preliminary studies, will only be
able to sign 5-year non-renewable agroforestry contracts and would no longer be able to use that land after this
period. These farmers will be compensated according to the World Bank Environmental and Social Framework (ESF)
Environmental and Social Standard (ESS) 5 and accompanied with livelihood restoration measures.
The farmers who will not adhere to the 10-year agroforestry contracts, an estimated of 300 households as per the
UIAP, will also be considered PAPs and will be compensated according to ESS 5 and accompanied with livelihood
restoration measures.
The Government’s commitment to secure replacement land if needed will be reconfirmed as part of project
negotiations.
The Integrated Cocoa Value Chain Development Project (PDIC - P168499), being prepared in parallel with this project,
will complement the project with specific child labor prevention activities and capacity building for national and
subnational stakeholders to help address child labor problems in the cocoa-sector. The PDIC will raise awareness
among farmers and other stakeholders on child labor and hazardous child labor, children permitted to work as per the
different age-groups, under what conditions children can work, and what is non-authorized work of children. The
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project will include referral and remediation procedures in case child labor is identified. Plantations’ monitoring and
evaluation will include looking out for child labor.
Other interventions by the PDIC, as well as by FIP-2, will be extended to the rural areas. These interventions will
contribute to addressing the drivers of deforestation linked to extensive agriculture, particularly cocoa plantations.
D. Environmental and Social Overview
D.1. Detailed project location(s) and salient physical characteristics relevant to the E&S assessment [geographic,
environmental, social]
The project adopts a landscape approach and intervenes in areas in both the Southwest/East (C3 GFs and National
Parks) and in the Savanna (C4 GFs) regions of the country. In the southwest/east, the project will intervene in: (i) the
three most deforested C3 GFs (95 percent average deforestation) located in four landscapes in the Southwest region,
also referred to as the Cocoa Belt; and (ii) four National Parks (NP) and Nature Reserves (NR), including the Tai
National Park, the Mount Peko National Park, the N’zo Natural Reserve, and the Mabi Yaya Natural Reserve, which
together constitute one of the largest remaining West African protected primary tropical forests. The NPs and NRs
are located in the following regions of La Mé, Cavally, Guémon; San-Pedro, and Nawa.
The GFs and NPs are composed of areas whose environmental sustainability is subject to threats posed by activities
that are in conflict with national laws on authorized land-use, e.g., gold mining, cocoa production, and poaching.
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The project will be intervening in an area with a large migrant population living in GFs with a potentially high level of
socioeconomic vulnerability. Their children may be the second or third generation of migrants living in Cote d’Ivoire;
often they have lost their link to the “country of origin”. They face specific barriers (such as the lack or difficulty of
access to birth registration and, therefore, education) due to their status. Their families may have less opportunity to -
among others- diversify their incomes, e.g., through work in other (formal) sectors, and have access to customary or
formal land ownership , which makes them more dependent on the informal work sector, e.g., in cocoa, where there
is also a high prevalence of child labor. More than 3 million children live in cocoa growing communities in Côte
d’Ivoire In 2018/19, 38% of children living in agricultural households in Cote d’Ivoire (approximately 790.000 children)
were engaged in child labor in cocoa production. Most child labor in cocoa is hazardous with 37% of children living in
agricultural households (approx. 770.000 children) engaging in hazardous work in cocoa production. Cases of child
trafficking and forced child labor have also been identified in cocoa plantations . Involuntary resettlement because of
the project activity might add to socio-economic vulnerability, which in turn reduces social cohesion and can lead to
instability and conflict.
The primary beneficiaries of the project are approximately 776,000 individuals and their families. These beneficiaries
are farmers who are informally using land in the targeted C3 GFs, as well as neighboring communities dwelling in
zones outside the C3 and C4 GFs and protected areas, who will benefit of income-generating activities. The farmers
cultivating plots in the three C3 targeted GFs will be given the option to sign agroforestry contracts, thereby adjusting
their use of the resources. The project will also work on providing training and income-generating activities to
women’s associations.
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However, some farmers may opt out and farmers who carry out agricultural activities in HCV/HCS zones will lose the
plots they are using at the end of 5-year contracts -as opposed to the 10-year renewable contracts farmers with plots
outside HCV/HCS zones will be able to sign.
The secondary beneficiaries are the institutions responsible for GFs and National Parks’ and Reserves’ management,
namely SODEFOR for the forest inventory, and the Ivorian Parks and Reserves Office (OIPR). The project will finance
activities to enhance capacity to manage protected areas for these agencies as well as the Ministries in charge of
Forests and Water, Environment and Sustainable Development, and Agriculture.
The project will intervene in 3 GFs (Scio, Rapides Grah, and Haute Dodo). In Rapides Grah and Haute Dodo there are
so-called “enclaves”, which are legally established settlements within the GFs. The results of preliminary PFMP studies
indicate that it is mainly the populations within the enclaves or neighboring the GFs who have informal plantations or
crops in these GFs and who use forest resources. The same information indicates there are informal settlements
(villages) in the C3 Scio GF. The villages, which do not hold an enclave status, will not be removed from the GF as
agreed with the government.
As far as the other two targeted C3 GFs are concerned (Rapides Grah and Haute Doco), it appears that they have no
informal settlements. However, the assumption of no camps will be confirmed until the plot survey of the PFMPs is
carried out.
In the 3 C3 GFs, the cocoa farmers who own informal cocoa plantations or other crops that are not located in HCV or
HCS areas, who have chosen to sign agroforestry contracts, and who are able to adhere to such agroforestry
contracts, will not be displaced. They will be able to renew their contracts after the PFMP’s 10-year plans are put in
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place if they comply with the renewal conditions established in the agroforestry contracts at the end of the 10-year
period.
Finally, the project will support reforestation in 16 C4 GFs with timber plantations with species of trees like teak and
gmelina, and with fuelwood plantations with cassia siamea, a fast-growing species in use in Côte d’Ivoire.
Child labor is highly prevalent in the cocoa agricultural sector in Cote d’Ivoire, including the cocoa production area
where the project will be implemented. An unknown number of children end up exploited in the cocoa-sector
because of trafficking.
D. 2. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity
The Integrated Project Implementation Unit (UIAP) will be responsible for overall coordination of FIP-2. The UIAP
currently oversees various Bank-financed environment sector-related projects. Their present performance regarding
the monitoring of environmental and social instruments, including Environmental and Social Management Plans
(ESMPs) prepared under the FIP1 (P162789) is moderately satisfactory. The UIAP currently has one environmental and
one junior social specialist. Its capacity must be strengthened to successfully implement a project of the complexity of
FIP-2, particularly regarding issues as resettlement, risk conflict management, and child labor.
For the FIP-2, the UIAP will assign a social specialist and an environmental specialist exclusively dedicated to this
project. The IUAP will also have a gender specialist with adequate knowledge of SEA/SH and a stakeholder
engagement specialist, assigned to work solely on the FIP-2 project.
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Sufficient international and local resettlement expertise will be retained by the UIAP through project implementation.
This expertise will include:
(a) At least one full time, highly qualified international resettlement expert and up to three local resettlement
specialists to provide support to the UIAP. The international resettlement expert will participate in the preparation of
the management plans and other consultations with possible project affected persons (PAPs). The hiring of the local
resettlement specialists will be prior to the implementation of the respective Resettlement Plan (RP) and Livelihoods’
Restoration Plan (LRP). The Terms of Reference for the international resettlement expert will be reviewed and given
the non-objection by the Bank prior to contracting.
(b) Adequate resources to support this work. Resources will include equipment, travel/transportation and associated
expenses and office administrative support. These will be adequately planned, and budget assigned in the annual
work plans for the Project.
The National Forest Development Agency (SODEFOR) is responsible for managing the Permanent Forest Estate of the
State (Domaine Forestier Permanent de l’Etat), which covers 6.3 million ha (19 percent of the total country area) and
includes 234 GFs (4.2 million ha). On the other hand, eight national parks and eight natural reserves totaling 2.1
million ha are managed by the Ivorian Office of Parks and Reserves (OIPR).
Both agencies, SODEFOR and OIPR, are implementing agencies under the FIP-2 with responsibilities related to their
institutional jurisdiction. For instance, the PFMPs being prepared under the FIP-1 are designed under the supervision
of SODEFOR. Under the FIP-2, SODEFOR will sign the agroforestry contracts with the farmers who have plantations in
the GF. SODEFOR will also benefit from capacity-strengthening activities to enhance its competency to ensure
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successful implementation of cocoa-based agroforestry as well as overall sustainable GF management. The FIP-2 aims
to improve the OIPR surveillance capacity of targeted national parks and natural reserves.
SODEFOR and OIPR focal points are represented in the UIAP for the elaboration and supervision of annual work plans,
elaboration of progress reports, and supervision of SODEFOR decentralized GF management centers. The
implementing agencies do not currently have specialists within their staff in charge of environmental and social risk
management. SODEFOR and OIPR regional or local offices will be supported by the UIAP E&S risk management staff as
required.
The NGO Care International will have overall responsibility for development and implementation of livelihoods
restoration activities for PAPs and of alternative income generating activities (IGAs) for GF neighboring communities.
Care’s work will be supervised by UIAP, OIPR and SODEFOR with the oversight of a supervisory firm.
In the GF concessions that would be granted to private sector stakeholders, as Olam, the farmers will sign
agroforestry contracts with the companies. Olam agroforestry contracts will follow same format and same
requirements on renewal after 10 years as the SODEFOR contracts. Olam will commit to comply with World Bank
ESSs, including ESS 5 provisions, in the private sector concession areas. This obligation will be incorporated in the
contract.
The National Agency of Environment (Agence Nationale de l’Environnement - ANDE) oversees all projects in the
country to ensure compliance with national legislation. ANDE’s capacity is considered moderate according to the
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Environmental and Social Systems Assessment (ESSA) Côte d'Ivoire carried out as part of the preparation of the
Program for Results (PforR) for the improvement of basic services for the Ivorian population (P164302) in January
2018. The UIAP will coordinate with ANDE, which ensures that mitigation measures also comply with the National
Safeguards Information System prepared under the FCPF-Readiness Project.
II. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL (ES) RISKS AND IMPACTS
A. Environmental and Social Risk Classification (ESRC) High
Environmental Risk Rating Substantial
The FIP-2 aims to assist the government with the development and adoption of the management plans of 3 C3 GFs
(410,726 hectares) and C4 GFs (143,579 ha). To do so, the project will support technical assistance for the
development of business plans for the establishment and management of plantations, and the detailing of concession
contracts. The project is expected to finance the setting up of community nurseries to develop species of agroforestry
trees for an approximate 150,000 hectares of cocoa-based agroforestry. Likewise, it will also support the
establishment of a total of 30,000 hectares of timber plantations, including the fire breaks. In addition, the project will
fund the demarcation of HCV and HS areas for the enhanced preservation of biodiversity through the placement of
boundary markers or the planting of non-native trees. The project will involve the rehabilitation of about 200
kilometers of degraded rural access roads to the Tai National Park and its adjacent Nzo Nature Reserve, and of 15
rundown rangers’ quarters, as well as the construction of boreholes for park-dependent communities. In addition to
the above, the project aims to improve livelihoods within park-adjacent and forest-dependent communities by
supporting (a) the development and implementation of alternative income-generating activities, such as organic rice
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production and vegetable gardening, animal husbandry, fish farming, and aquaculture, and community-based
reforestation and agroforestry; and (b) the planting of agricultural crops interspersed among the forest plantations.
Project-supported investments focus on a large-scale reforestation program, conservation activities for gazetted
forests, and national parks, and the establishment of productive forests, intensive agriculture and agroforestry
activities, with some rehabilitation/construction, as well as Income Generating Activities (IGAs). The project activities
may generate environmental and social risks and impacts related to the rehabilitation of rural roads, the construction
of boreholes, the development and implementation of alternative IGAs involving animal husbandry, fish farming,
aquaculture, and crops. Some of the activities may cause a substantial environmental risk, as well as risks and impacts
related to the potential use of agrochemicals, water pollution, occupational health and safety issues, increased
poaching or further encroachment for panning gold; the possible temporary disruption of forest ecosystems and
nuisances related to air and noise emissions. It should be recognized that the increasing use of agrochemicals over
time in the cocoa sector is a major cause of the high rates of hazardous exposure of victims of child labor. These
impacts associated with the project include the possibility of cumulative adverse impacts related to other agricultural
projects in the project intervention areas. The environmental risk classification for the project is thus Substantial, as it
also impacts a large geographical area, involves low effects on high-value areas (HCV, HCS) and their biodiversity, in
addition to considering the disparate levels of Borrower’s capacity in the area of environmental impacts and risks
management under the ESF.
Social Risk Rating High
The social risk rating is considered High. It is estimated that approximately 4,150 households will be econonmically
and/or physically displaced in HCV and HCS zones of targeted GFs. However, the additional potential risks considered
significant include discrimination due to nationality or origin, the inadequate implementation of social standards by
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the private sector, the failure to prevent or to deal adequately with unauthorized and hazardous forms of child labor,
and the associated reputational risk for the project, the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the World Bank. Social
conflict is a possible risk due to competition for access to land, resistance to eventual physical displacement, conflicts
between farmers dwelling inside the GFs and also among neighbouring communities, conflicts originating in
nationality or ethnicity, unauthorized and hazardous forms of child labor, forced labor, and private sector
involvement and the degree of its commitment to World Bank social standards. Government practice regarding
forced eviction has already been negatively highlighted by international human rights organizations. In some of the
targeted GFs, there are informal land management systems in place. Not duly considering or ignoring these existing
systems can degenerate into serious social conflicts over land management. In some cases, customary chiefs or
“tutors” have granted land to migrants from neighboring countries (allogenes) or to migrants from other parts of Côte
d'Ivoire (allochthones) on what they consider to be their customary land, but is State forest land in the context of a
tutorat agreement. The tutorat is a ‘land agreement’ where a duty of recognition is acquired by the land user towards
the transferor and his community. The dimension of these transfers can be economic, social, and cultural. These
leased lands are often located on GFs established by decree between 1954 and 1973. This system needs to be taken
into account to avoid upsetting the existing, and sometimes fragile, social balance. Including the customary chiefs
(chefs de terres) as witnesses in the signature of agroforestry contracts and considering and documenting their views
in the implementation of project supported income-generating activities can contribute to acknowledge their
authority and role in the community. Livelihood enhancement support for GFs neighboring communities and
resettlement compensation and livelihood restoration targeting farmers with parcels in the GFs could either enhance
or, on the contrary, disrupt the existing social context. There is also potential risk of conflicts generated by
encroachers arriving in the GFs and the government measures that need be in place to handle them in a way that
respects the rights and integrity of informal dwellers.
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B. Environment and Social Standards (ESSs) that Apply to the Activities Being Considered
B.1. General Assessment
ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts
Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project:
The FIP-2 activities include: (i) agricultural intensification and agroforestry; (ii) the development and implementation
of participatory GF management plans; (iii) the establishment of production forests, and (iv) the strengthening of the
surveillance capacity of Natural Parks and Natural Reserves.
The FIP-2 Project will generate significant resettlement, though this impact will have been considerably reduced by
the adjustment of the project’s design and as a result of negotiations with the government. It may also generate
social conflict, particularly between farmers informally occupying plots within the GFs and the communities or
farmers neighboring these forests. The risks associated with unauthorized child labor, particularly in its most
hazardous forms, is another risk. Given the nature, characteristics, and scope of activities to be carried out, the FIP-2
has been classified as a “High risk” project.
In order to better understand the dynamics of this social conflict and identify other potential areas of social risk, a
two-phased Social Conflict Study (SCS) has been undertaken and informed project design. The preliminary version of
the SCS, which informed project design, identified different types of potential conflicts, including disagreements and
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antagonism at the community level, for instance, between farmers with plots established in the GFs and the different
categories of customary authorities, and between farmers themselves. It also identified conflicts between farmers
and SODEFOR because of earlier evictions. The SCS emphasizes the need of iteratively engaging stakeholders at the
local level, carrying out a comprehensive census and participatory plot survey, preventing the arrival of new farmers
into the GFs, and putting in place a grievance mechanism that ensures the integration of customary conflict
resolution.
The second phase of the Social Risk Study (SRS) will be undertaken after Project Effectiveness andwill outline a
framework for implementing PFMPs. This will include establishing monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to provide
ongoing documentation, learning, and the flexibility and adjustments necessary during project implementation.
On the environmental side, activities of the project could lead to increased traffic, accidents, and occupational, health
and safety issues, air pollution and noise nuisance, water pollution, and the need for waste management. The
rehabilitation of rural roads could also increase poaching and gold panning. In addition to technical measures
included in the project design to address this risk, and related to enhancing the surveillance capacity of the parks
service, OIPR (Component 3), other appropriate mitigation measures will be developed in the specific ESIAs/ESMPs to
be prepared during implementation.
The interventions of both FIP-2 and PDIC under the CIF, as well as other initiatives underway in the cocoa sector and
gazetted forest sector, could generate cumulative impacts that should be managed.
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The risks and impacts of the project are expected to be largely site specific and will be managed through in a
systematic manner throughout the project cycle with solid mitigation measures proportionate to the nature and scale
of the project. The ESS 1 instruments include: (i) an already prepared ESMF, including Chance Finds Procedures; (ii)
Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs) and Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs) that
will be prepared as required during project implementation, (iii) a Pest Management Plan (PMP) prepared prior to
Project appraisal, (iv) a Resettlement Framework (RF) with its Livelihoods’ Restoration Strategy (LRS) prepared prior
to Project appraisal, (v) the LMP preparedprior to Project appraisal, (vi) a two-phased Social Risk Study or SRS, of
which the first phase has been finalized prior to appraisal and the second one will be prepared during the first year of
Project implementation; (vii) a Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) prepared prior to Project appraisal and (viii) and
SEA/SH Action Plan , which will be adopted prior to project effectiveness.
The ESMF defines procedures for screening and mitigating the potential risks and impacts from proposed project
activities of: rural roads’ rehabilitation, afforestation, water supplies (boreholes), and any other potential activities
that could involve civil works. The ESMF includes: (a) checklists of potential environmental and social impacts and
their sources; (b) procedures for the participatory screening of proposed sites and activities, and the environmental
and social considerations; (c) procedures for assessing potential environmental and social impacts of the planned
project activities, including a section on the potential cumulative impact of FIP-2 and PDIC and SEA/SH risks; (d)
institutional arrangements for avoiding, minimizing, mitigating, and managing the impacts identified, according to the
mitigation hierarchy; (e) typical environmental and social management planning processes for addressing negative
externalities in the course of project implementation; (f) a system for monitoring the implementation of mitigation
measures; and (g) the capacity building measures recommended for environmental and social planning and the
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monitoring of project activities; (h) project grievance mechanism; and (i) a specific chapter on cultural heritage,
including a Chance Finds procedure to manage potential risks related to Cultural Heritage discovered during project
implementation.
Additionally, the ESMF makes use of the general and sector- specific Environmental, Health and Safety Guidelines
(EHSGs) for the identified subprojects in relation to occupational and community health and safety. When project
sites are identified and screening has determined it, specific ESIAs will be prepared. The private sector would be
responsible for financing all investments related to plantation work and its long-term maintenance under the
supervision of SODEFOR, in line with management plans that will lay down rules and requirements in line with the
ESF.
These safeguard instruments will be fully integrated into the project’s technical implementation manual, including
dedicated sections detailing: (i) physical and economic resettlement procedures, including livelihood restoration
schemes, and (ii) procedures for handling child labor in agroforestry settings. The necessary costs for environmental
and social sustainability, as described in the ESMF and the IPMP, are included in the project budgets.
Private sector and social risk management practices should correspond to Bank standards. For instance, the
agribusiness firm Olam has an agreement with the MINEF to sign an agroforestry concession agreement on blocks of
degraded land in Rapides Grah and Haute-Dodo GFs. If this arrangement is confirmed, the rules -including WB ESSs-
that would apply to Bank-funded activities in these three GFs would also apply to all activities to be funded in areas
under private sector management, including agroforestry contracts signed between Olam and the farmers.
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Finally, the Borrower has prepared an Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP) with the support of the
Bank. It includes the Borrower’s commitment and timeline for the preparation of subsequent ESIAs and relevant
instruments/actions and measures to comply with the relevant ESSs. The ESCP, ESMF, PMP, RF and its LRS, LMP, SCS,
and SEP will be disclosed before appraisal.
ESS10 Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure
The project aims to enhance substantive engagement to improve forest management in Cote d’Ivoire. In this context,
institutional actors remain central, however, the engagement of non-institutional stakeholders becomes of
fundamental relevance.
Project stakeholders include the institutions responsible for GFs and Protected Areas’ management, namely
SODEFOR and OIPR, who are also implementing agencies under the FIP-2, and their regional offices. Additional
institutional stakeholders include the Ministry of Forests and Water, the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable
Development, the prefecture and sub-prefectures, the regional level Ombudsman offices, and the municipalities.
Other key stakeholders are the customary chiefs who still hold a central social and cultural position in the rural
context, farmers who are informally cultivating inside the GFs, communities dwelling aroung the GFs, communities
living around the targeted NSs and NRs, NGOs working on child labor issues, NGOs and cooperatives working on
cocoa production, agroforestry, and sustainable forest management, and women’s organizations particularly at the
local level. Given the context of people’s varied ethnic, nationality, and socio-economic backgrounds in the areas of
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intervention, the stakeholder engagement will consider these dynamics and the varying levels of vulnerability of the
stakeholders, and foresee the need for specific consultations with vulnerable people. The latter include rural women,
migrant populations, and children and youth.
A vertical approach to participation in land management focused on information, communication, and education
rather than on inclusive engagement and consultation, would be inappropriate and could trigger serious social
conflict. The SEP emphasizes a participatory approach with communities involved in the development of
management plans for their areas and the subsequent conservation and livelihood activities. The project will have
local community committees to acts as an interface between villages and the project, which will enable the
stakeholder engagement to be strengthened.
The SEP includes a stakeholders’ analysis and the proposed consultations and participation strategies to be adopted
during project implementation. The SEP outlines the different forms of engagements to be undertaken with all the
various project stakeholders going forward, including rural women and other vulnerable people. Particular attention
will be given to include youth in stakeholder consultation, given both that they might have insights on child labor and
because youth have been important agents in previous social conflicts surrounding resettlement issues.
The consultations carried out until now have been led by the UIAP. Consultations were held in January 2021, and the
more recent ones were conducted in February and March 2022. The consultations reflect the different views of the
FIP-2 stakeholders and overall reveal a positive interest in the project and its early implementation. Farmers
irregularly occupying GFs expressed concern about the preservation of their crops and plantations, including
horticultural crops, the nature of the agroforestry contract and whether it will allow them to keep their agricultural
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plots within the GF, physical displacement, and water availability, including drinking water. Some government local
authorities expressed concern about granting agroforestry contracts within the GFs if the objective is to preserve the
latter. The customary chefs de terres (highest customary authority) and the tuteurs (autochtones who consider
thermselves customary landowners) indicated that they have leased land inside the GFs to migrants from neighboring
countries and to migrants from other parts of the country, and that they hope that the agroforestry contract will
bring them recognition of their role. They were concerned that it is the farmers who work in the GFs who will be
lifted out of poverty, not them, who hosted internal and foreign migrants.
The design and operationalization of an effective, transparent, and accessible grievance mechanism (GM) prior to
project effectiveness will be central to making sure that complaints are duly dealt with and to prevent the escalation
of social conflicts. The grievance mechanism make sure that complaints are systematically recorded and effectively
resolved. The FIP-2 grievance mechanism will adopt different levels, including addressing SEA/SH and resettlement
complaints. The GM pays particular attention to addressing issues related to child labor.
The SCS will include an assessment of the existing FIP-1 GM as per the high risk and potential conflicts of the FIP-2.
The FIP-2 grievance mechanism should be performant and have the necessary technical and financial resources
embedded not only in the UIAP but also in the different levels to ensure the GM has the necessary technical and
financial resources to duly perform. An emphasis will be placed on the local level during implementation. Local
stakeholders should be kept regularly informed of the handling of pre-existing or ongoing complaints. Customary
authorities and youth representation are considered in the community/local component of the GM.
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B.2. Specific Risks and Impacts
A brief description of the potential environmental and social risks and impacts relevant to the Project.
ESS2 Labor and Working Conditions
The FIP-2 will include direct workers, mainly UIAP staff; contracted workers (consultants recruited to perform core
functions of the project, including private firms and NGOs); primary supply workers (workers employed by the
project’s primary suppliers), and community workers (for activities fostering community-driven development or when
labor is provided by the community as a contribution to the project).
SODEFOR and OIPR workers working in connection with the project, either full-time or part-time, are government
civil servants. They will remain subject to the terms and conditions of their existing public sector employment
agreement or arrangement, unless there has been an effective legal transfer of their employment and to the relevant
requirements of ESS2.
The project will meet the requirements of ESS2 for terms and conditions of employment, non-discrimination and
equal opportunity, including as per gender, nationality or ethnicity, workers organizations, child labor, forced labor,
the grievance mechanism, and occupational health and safety. An LMP will be disclosed prior the appraisal to
encompass them all. Child labor is an established risk in the cocoa sector. The LMP includes clear prohibitions on the
use of child labor, involvement of any child below 14 years old. The FIP-2 LMP establishes coordination measures
with the PDIC to address child labor mitigation measures. The institutional capacity to prevent, identify, refer, and
remediate cases of child labor in the landscape sites and at national level is not at an adequate level.
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The related PDIC cocoa value chain project incorporates multiple activities related to institutional capacity building to
provide oversight and coordination of child labor at the national level, and has activities to strengthen the
prevention, identification, referral, and remediation of cases of child labor on the landscape sites. Given that both
projects will intervene in the same geographic locations, the capacity-building activities articulated in the PDIC will
complement those in FIP2 to an important extent.
The GM includes a labor grievances’ component and measures to prevent and address SEA/SH.
ESS3 Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management
Energy and Water Use Efficiency: energy use is not expected to be significant during the establishment of boreholes
but the irrigation of nurseries, community fish farms, aquacultural activities, and running of the boreholes will
require the rationalization of water use and maintaining its quality. To ensure efficient energy and water use,
rationalization measures will need to be determined and implemented throughout the project. It is important to put
in placemeasures that adequately deal with wastewater to ensure there is no contamination. This should be in
compliance with national and local standards for the discharge of effluent or, in their absence, thevalues applicable
to sanitary wastewater discharge as defined in the World Bank EHS guidelines.
Air emissions: During the project implementation phase, air emissions and increased dust are expected to be
moderate, e.g. generated by heavy vehicles and machinery related to the rehabilitation of rural roads and
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establishment of boreholes. To reduce dust and smoke, adequate measures need to be taken upstream to meet
emissions’ requirements. Among other appropriate measures, sprinkling water will be needed to minimize dust and
vehicle maintenance will be needed to minimize the exhaust from heavy vehicles and machinery around construction
sites, so as not to adversely affect neighboring communities.
Raw materials use: The rehabilitation of rural roads and rangers’ quarters could involve construction materials and
the use of other raw materials extracted from the natural environment. The project is not expected to use that many
construction materials. However, the Borrower will ensure the extraction and use of raw materials is efficient and
that appropriate measures, as specified in the EHSGs and other Good International Industry Practices (GIIPs), are
included in the ESIAs and specific ESMP for this purpose.
Noise: The nature of certain works could result in noise and nuisance for the riverside communities. These include
rural road rehabilitation and borehole construction, as well as plantation work done mechanically, if needed. Noise
disturbance could negatively affect the surrounding communities. However, the ESMF will include mitigation
measures to minimize and ensure acceptable noise levels, such as not working at night and minimizing the use of
noise-intensive machinery. These measures will be detailed in ESIAs to be prepared later, as necessary.
Waste management: Project activities, in particular the rehabilitation of rural roads and rundown rangers’ quarters,
including borehole construction and nursery activities, will require solid waste management. Waste is also expected
from the activities related to agriculture, fish farming, and aquaculture.
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Based on the nature and the small-scale of activities to be implemented on the ground, no significant quantity of
solid waste will be generated. Most of the solid waste will be composed of demolition debris, grass, woods, and
leaves, which are biodegradable. Plastic sheeting is expected to be used for nurseries. However, a system to help
collect plastic sheeting will be set up and specific measures indicated in the ESIA reports on sub-projects and the
Specific Waste Disposal and Management Plans (WDMP) to be prepared before the sub-projects are carried out.
Pest Management: The project will pilot the use in agroforests of two biopesticides (Astoun and Néco) tested by the
Obsolete Pesticides Management Project (P131778) on a cocoa farm in Azaguié (in the southeast of Côte d’Ivoire).
This biopesticide developed with local plants showed spectacular results, which were acknowledged by the various
agroforestry associations. However, crops as maize, cassava, peanut, and soya beans could necessitate agrochemicals
use. Thus, the project’s support for intensive agriculture through income-generating activities is likely to result in an
increase of the use of agrochemicals. Based on this, the project will develop, for all the category of workers that will
involved in the transport, storage, use of pesticides and management of empty containers, training modules based on
Best Agricultural Practices including the proper management of agrochemicals in the relevant croppping systems.
ESS4 Community Health and Safety
The ESMF includes measures to avoid or minimize the potential for community exposure to hazardous substances,
particularly pesticides or fertilizers, that may be released by the project, including Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)
targeting hazardous child labor and child-prohibited labor, and Good Phytosanitary Practices (GPP) taking into
account hygiene measures and the principles of safe application of agro-pharmaceutical products. Both workers and
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their families will be considered in the hazardous risks prevention measures.
The ESMF includes measures to promote integrated pest management, via Pest Management Plans, in scenarios
where plant protection products is a significant component of the project. The Plan will include procedures to limit
pesticide use, promote integrated pest management, and produce procedures that will limit pesticide risks from
purchase to disposal of empty containers. The Pest Management Plans will also establish appropriate access
measures to health services when a worker or community person is exposed to hazardous substances as a result of
project activity.
The ESMF foresees that the enrivonmental and social clauses will include measures to regulate road traffic, including
consulting communities on the selection of detour routes and access road.
The above-risks specific to each sub-project will be analyzed in the ESIA reports, and the specific measures for their
prevention and management will be defined in ESMPs and applied during the implementation of these activities
and/or sub-projects.
Though the project will mainly benefit farmers who informally occupy plots in GFs, and communities neighbouring
GFs and PAs, some level of labor influx or temporary or permanent project labor to perform the foreseen community-
level infrastructure or to work in activities as reforestation is a likely possibility. The SEA/SH Action Plan will include
measures to avoid or minimize risks related to labor influx.
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ESS5 Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement
ESS5 Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement
Particular attention was taken during the design of the project to reduce physical and economic displacement and
restrictions on land use as much as possible by allowing illegal farmers to continue to use the land in the C3 GFs on
the condition of signing agroforestry contracts which will allow them to use the land under specific conditions.
Agroforestry contracts in the HCV/HCS zones will be limited to a 5-year period. In other parts of the C-3 GFs, such
contracts will be for 10 years renewable. The project will be partly implemented in GFs, in which there are large
numbers of informal occupants who are mostly engaged in cocoa, rubber, and palm tree farming. It should be noted
that the planned resettlement currently includes mainly farmers whose crops or plantations are installed without
authorization in HCV/HCS areas of the GF, who will be required to stop using such land after 5 years. It is estimated
that approximately 4,150 households (HH) will be impacted by economic and/or physical displacement in the HCV
and HCS areas (the estimate during project preparation is of 3,850 HH, including 1,900 in Rapides Grah; 1,050 in
Haute-Dodo; and 900 in Scio, as reported by the firms in charge of developing the management plans). Moreover, as
per the UIAP estimates, around 300 HH may not be willing to adhere to the agroforestry contracts that would allow
them to stay in the GF under a lease agreement. In summary, farmers with agricultural plots in HCV/HCS areas within
the three targeted C3 GFs will lose the land they informally cultivate once the 5-year agroforestry contract is due.
This group of farmers (as well as farmers who opt out) will be compensated as per ESS 5, including accompanying
measures to address the reduction of productivity in plots in HCV/HSC areas during the five years when the contract
is in place.
Component 1, which involves the design of PFMPs, will prepare a comprehensive census to identify all the current
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uses and occupation of the GF, the identification (geo-referencing) of cocoa plots, and a detailed socio-economic
survey, in order to establish an accurate baseline of all the farmers settled in the targeted GFs. The Ministry of Water
and Forests has adopted the following principles to minimize the social impact of reducing deforestation and
increasing agroforestry in the three GFs: (i) Maintain farmers in the GFs for the 10-year duration of the management
plan, subject to the signature of an agroforestry contractual agreement with the government and full compliance
with the terms and conditions of the contract; (ii) Contracts may be renewed at the end of the management plan
period if a farmer’s parcel of land complies with contract conditions; (iii) at the end of the 5-year management
period, it is expected that HCV and HCS areas will have been restored to their full, and that farmers from these areas
will be relocated with accompanying measures in accordance with ESS 5, including resettlement plans (RPs) and
tailored livelihoods’ restoration plans (LRPs); (iv) farmers will be given a grace period of up to 18 months to decide to
enter or withdraw from the agroforestry contractual system. This period will begin upon completion of the
comprehensive stand and plot census, sensitization, training, and the establishment of demonstration fields during
the first two years of project implementation. At the end of this period, farmers not interested in signing a contract
will be required to leave the GF within 6 months of their main harvest. Such farmers will be compensated in
accordance with the RPs and their livelihoods restored accordingly with LRPs.
To ensure the permanence of the farmers on the plots of land, it is expected that these conditions will be
incorporated into regulatory provisions by the government through the decrees that would sanction the PFMPs.
The project has prepared (i) a Resettlement Framework (RF) and a Livelihood Restoration Strategy (LRS). RPs and LRPs
need to be prepared in synergy with the completion of the PFMPs’ census and plot survey, and in compliance with
the RF and the LRS. As established in the RF, the main expected impact is economic since farmers do not reside in the
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GFs but have their plantations or crops there. The farmers dwelling in informal settlements within the Scio GF will not
be evicted, as agreed with the government. The legal agreement will include a commitment not to evict these
communities.
Availability of alternative lands has yet to be confirmed. As per the Livelihoods’ Restoration Strategy, such land would
have to be identified in adjacent rural areas as it would not be available in the C3 GFs or the enclaves (legally
established settlements inside the GFs). Activities that will lead to the physical or economic displacement of farmers
using agricultural plots will be conditional on the availability of replacement lands as required in the approved LRPs
and RPs, and the commitment of the government to relocate these farmers on clearly designated lands. This
commitment, as well as the availability of such land will be clearly outlined in the LRPs and RAPs to be submitted to
the Bank for non-objection. If replacement lands were not available at the time of the census of affected persons, the
Recipient will have to make such replacement lands available, either through land purchases or other means
acceptable to the Bank. Completion of the PFMPs is essential to establish precisely how many farmers and
households are affected by the loss of informally occupied agricultural land, and whether land will be available in the
rural areas around the GFs.
Livelihoods’ restoration strategies will to be tailored to the farmers’ socioeconomic context characterized by land-
based livelihoods, low literacy levels, and in many cases foreign origin. The LRS proposes several options, including
forestry jobs (seed collection, production and distribution of seedlings, exploitation of non-timber forest products),
livestock farming, general food trade and trading activities (motorcycle spare parts, second-. hand clothes, etc.), and
handicrafts. It also recommends other options as the implementation of a sharecropping system based on the
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maintenance and exploitation of the plots by the affected farmers in exchange for a share of the harvest revenues
with the plot holders.
In all cases, the physical or economic displacement of farmers from GFs HVC/HSC areas must be contingent on the
demonstration of the availability of replacement land within or adjacent to GFs and a commitment by the
government to relocate these farmers to these clearly designated lands. If this cannot be guaranteed after surveys
and consultation with affected parties, activities leading to economic and physical resettlement should not be
allowed.
Some cocoa-planted parcels are impacted by swollen shoot disease and their number is currently unknown. The
Conseil Café Cacao (CCC) is responsible, through the PDIC project, for the uprooting of plants affected by swollen
shoot, as well as the payment of financial support per hectare lost. Farmers who lose their plantations to swollen
shoot will still be able to participate in the FIP-2 agroforestry program. However, they will be able to replant cocoa
trees after a 3-to-4-year period but will be able to immediately engage in annual or other crops, using the taungya
method, which is a cropping system already successfully implemented under FIP-1 consisting of intercropping
agricultural crops (corn, peanuts, cassava, yams, soybeans) in forest plantations. The PDIC will provide support to
farmers who have suffered a reduction in their livelihoods because of the removal of swollen shoot affected plants,
so that they can undertake alternative income-generating activities to make up for the loss incurred during the 10-
year period. These farmers will be able to renew their contracts if they have met the relevant conditions.
Resettlement-related complaints and grievances will be addressed through a dedicated GM component. The
resettlement module of the GM will be refined prior to project effectiveness. It will consist of two levels and its
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members would benefit from a strengthened capacity building program. Capacity building will be essential in the GM
resettlement component. It will target the UIAP, implementing agencies (SODEFOR and OIPR), local authorities,
customary chiefs, NGOs, and PAP representatives.
Besides the strengthening of surveillance activities, Component 3 includes support to income generating activities,
favoring communities dwelling outside the Protected Areas, with an emphasis on women-led activities. If some
communities’ access to natural resources of PAs is limited or restricted prior to or during project implementation, a
Process Framework (PF) under the provisions of ESS 5 will be prepared and implemented. In this case, the update of
the FIP-1 Process Framework will be considered.
ESS6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources
This standard is relevant since the project areas contain some forest ecosystems, as well as protected areas that have
rich biodiversity. In addition, the objectives and design of the project's activities have been defined in such a way as
to fully meet the expectations of biodiversity conservation and sustainable natural resource management.
The project is designed to address multiple drivers of deforestation and to enhance forest governance. All activities
will be supported through technical assistance so that the species and technologies adopted are appropriate to the
country context. In this way, the project will ensure that it measures and attenuates climate change-related
vulnerabilities, specifically forest fires. All measures will be designed using inclusive stakeholder participation and
selected incentives, so that the activities remain sustainable after the project period. These forest management-
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focused activities will, in the long-term, build-up the resilience of communities and reduce emissions from
deforestation and forest degradation.
The project has designed targeted activities to address the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation. A
combination of agroforestry, including the taungya method, agricultural intensification, income-generating activities,
and large-scale reforestation, is expected to increase forest cover and income generation for farmers and reduce the
likelihood of further encroachment into forests.
New plantations will be established on degraded lands to increase timber and fuelwood production to meet urban
wood and energy demands The project will support the establishment of 20,000 ha of timber and fuelwood
plantations in 16 C4 GFs degraded lands, out of which 16,500 ha of mainly teak and gmelina species of high economic
value. In addition, 3,500 ha of fuelwood plantations with Cacia siamea species will be established. Improving
management for conservation in areas that hold higher biodiversity and the sustainable extraction of forest resources
for increased income and easier consumption following a sound forestry regulation will contribute to the
maintenance of the country’s existing forests.
Regarding the cocoa-based agroforestry, the proposed tree species to be introduced in cocoa farms have been
selected based on research and international experience with implementing cocoa-based agroforestry within GFs.
These relatively slow-growing endemic species, such as Frake, Framire, Acajou, Akpi, Bete or Sipo, are valued both for
their timber quality and their high canopy, which allows the needed sunlight through to the cocoa plantations for
better productivity.
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The application of this ESS seeks to ensure that all precautions are taken in the project to protect biodiversity in rural
areas and protected areas, as some activities (namely rehabilitation work, agriculture, community fish farms and
aquaculture, husbandry, reforestation and agroforestry, planting agricultural crops) could have potential adverse
impacts on biodiversity and natural habitats (forest ecosystems).
Regarding vegetation loss, the clearing and loss of areas of flora and fauna is expected to be minimal because any
further clearing of the gazetted forests is prohibited under the project. The overall impact on vegetation isis
anticipated to be minimal to moderate. Moreover, project investments, including afforestation activities, will
contribute to improving the forest landscape and microclimate of the project intervention areas.
The design of PFMPs , as conducted by SODEFOR, include a phase of basic studies, in this case the analysis of land use
(land use map) and the analysis of flora and fauna (vegetation map). The presence of sites of ecological, socio-
cultural, religious and historical interest, and natural sites and fragile ecosystems, as well as sites of technical and
scientific interest, serves as a guide for the identification of the type of management to be carried out—in this case,
the demarcation of High Conservation Value/High Carbon Stock areas for enhanced biodiversity preservation through
the placement of boundary markers or the planting of non-native trees to differentiate HCV/HCS areas from the rest
of the Gazetted Forest surface areas.
To promote the sustainable management of natural resources, the ESMF provides guidance on applying the
mitigation hierarchy and the precautionary principles in the design and implementation of such activities. The ESIAs
to be prepared by the project will include a chapter dedicated to site-specific Biodiversity Management and should
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include (i) baseline biodiversity information for the project areas, indicating any gaps in available data; (ii) potential
impacts on biodiversity over different phases of the project; (iii) corresponding recommended mitigation measures,
(iv) outline of the principles of biodiversity management; and (v) site-specific Biodiversity Management Plans.
ESS7 Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities
This standard is not considered relevant as there are no Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically
Underserved Traditional Local Communities currently identified in the project area.
ESS8 Cultural Heritage
The Taï National Park Area Emissions Reductions Payments Project (P170309), or ERP, targets the entire Cocoa belt;
which coincides with the FIP phase 2 project areas. The ERP project identified sacred sites in Cavally, Guemon, San-
Pedro, Nawa and Gboklè regions. These include sacred forests, sacred rivers, cemeteries, sacred woods, religious
buildings, and sacred mountains located in the proposed project areas. The consultation records do not list any
specific locations but suggested that cultural heritage was present. The establishment of productive forests for
timber and fuelwood could take place in areas containing cultural heritage important to local communities
(holy/secret sites such as sacred groves, sacred forests, etc.). In the event that any cultural heritage is identified
during project implementation, a Chance Finds procedure will be followed. This procedure sets out how chance finds
associated with the project will be effectively dealt with in compliance with ESS 8 requirements. They will be included
in all contracts relating to the project’s activities. All works in and around a cultural heritage site will cease until the
case is declared resolved, possibly by an expert and in accordance with relevant authorities.
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ESS9 Financial Intermediaries
None
C. Legal Operational Policies that Apply
OP 7.50 Projects on International Waterways No
OP 7.60 Projects in Disputed Areas No
B.3. Reliance on Borrower’s policy, legal and institutional framework, relevant to the Project risks and impacts
Is this project being prepared for use of Borrower Framework? No
Areas where “Use of Borrower Framework” is being considered:
The project will not use the Borrower’s E&S Framework in the assessment, development and implementation of the
program.
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IV. CONTACT POINTS
World Bank
Contact: Salimata D. Follea Title: Senior Natural Resources Management
Specialist
Telephone No: 5390+3921 / 229-213-63921 Email: sfollea@worldbank.org
Borrower/Client/Recipient
Borrower: Adama Coulibaly
Implementing Agency(ies)
Implementing Agency: UIAP
Implementing Agency: Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development
V. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
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1818 H Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20433
Telephone: (202) 473-1000
Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects
VI. APPROVAL
Task Team Leader(s): Salimata D. Follea
Practice Manager (ENR/Social) Nicolas Perrin Cleared on 30-May-2022 at 07:08:26 GMT-04:00
Safeguards Advisor ESSA Nathalie S. Munzberg (SAESSA) Concurred on 30-May-2022 at 07:31:29 GMT-04:00
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