INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET RESTRUCTURING STAGE Note: This ISDS will be considered effective only upon approval of the project restructuring Public Disclosure Copy Report No.: ISDSR18250 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 02-Dec-2016 Date ISDS Approved/Disclosed: 11-Dec-2016 I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. Basic Project Data Country: Russian Federation Project ID: P123923 Project Name: RUSSIA FOREST FIRE RESPONSE PROJECT (P123923) Task Team Andrew Michael Mitchell Leader(s): Estimated 12-Dec-2011 Estimated 20-Sep-2012 Appraisal Date: Board Date: Managing Unit: GEN03 Lending Specific Investment Loan Instrument: Is this project processed under OP 8.50 (Emergency Recovery) or OP 8.00 (Rapid Response to Crises and No Emergencies)? Financing (in USD Million) Total Project Cost: 121.26 Total Bank Financing: 40.00 Financing Gap: 0.00 Public Disclosure Copy Financing Source Amount Borrower 81.26 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 40.00 Total 121.26 Environmental B - Partial Assessment Category: Is this a No Repeater project? 2. Current Project Development Objectives 3. Project Description The project has three components: (1) enhancing forest fire prevention, management and control; (2) building forestry and Protected Area (PA) management capacity; and (3) project management. There are two implementing agencies for the project: the Federal Forest Agency (FFA), which covers the extensive forest area in five pilot regions, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Page 1 of 7 (MNRE), which implements the project in Protected Areas. A total of 25 Protected Areas are included in the project. Public Disclosure Copy The Project Development Objective is to improve forest fire prevention and suppression in select forest ecosystems, including targeted protected areas, and to enhance forest management in pilot regions Specifically, the Project will support the Russian Government strengthen the capacity for forest fire monitoring and response as well as enhance the capacity for forest and PA management. Furthermore, the project will contribute to raising public awareness of forest fire and fire prevention in and around Protected Areas. It is expected that project investments will lead to a decrease in the area of forest fires. Fires which do occur will be better controlled (and hence reduced in extent and severity) as they will be detected sooner, response time will be reduced due to better communications, fire-fighting capacity in terms of equipment and trained personnel will have been increased, and interagency and interregional fire- fighting coordination and cooperation will be enhanced. Component 1: Enhancing Forest Fire Prevention, Management and Control. This component aims to improve the effectiveness of forest fire prevention and management by (i) developing a forest fire management system in Protected Areas (PAs) (ii) enhancing fire prediction and early detection systems; (iii) modernizing fire-fighting systems and means; and (iv) provision of fire-fighting and communications equipment. Additionally public awareness activities and training/education activities will be implemented by MNRE in and around or for selected PAs and their staff. Component 2: Building Forestry and PA Management Capacity. This component will increase forest management capacity in the Pilot Regions through (i) improvement in forest protection monitoring (i.e. from pests and diseases as a result of forest fires, and monitoring pest outbreaks that increase the fire risk through creating areas of dry flammable material) and (ii) targeted investments to improve forest regeneration and restoration. In the Protected Areas this component will also: (i) improve the planning and institutional framework for forest fire management; (ii) draft regulations Public Disclosure Copy and guidelines on fire management in PAs; and (iii) develop an integrated forest fire management information system for PAs. Component 3: Project Management. A Project Implementation Unit (PIU) will work with FFA, and MNRE to coordinate all project activities, goods, and consultants➢❨ services for project implementation, supervise and monitor project activities, and report regularly to FFA and MNRE. Overall the project will finance: preparing guidelines documents; conducting analytical studies; hiring consultants; organizing adequate training for the staff of the selected and participating in the project Protected Areas; designing policy documents such as Forest Fire Management Strategy for federal PAs and Program for recovery of natural landscapes in federal PAs being increasingly exposed to human-induced change; preparing a Program for inventory of PAs and for conducting their monitoring; and purchasing fire prevention and combating equipment. 4. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) As mentioned above, project interventions will focus on 5 pilot regions and in particular in: Khabarovsk Kray, Komi Republic, Krasnoyarsk Kray, Moscow Oblast, and Voronez Oblast and 25 targeted Protected Areas: (Meshcherskiy National Park ➢❨ NP, Okskiy Nature Reserve ➢❨ NR, and Meshchera NP in the Central Federal Okrug; Bastak NR, Bureinskiy NR, Zeiskiy NR, Anyuiskiy Page 2 of 7 NP, Bolonskiy NR, Bolshekhekhtsirsky NR, Shantarskie Ostrova NP, and Komsomolskiy NR in Far East Federal Okrug; Stolby NR, Sayano-Shushenskiy NR, Shushenskiy Bor NP, Azas NR, Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina (Ubsunur Hollow) NR, and Alkhanay NP in the Siberian Federal Okrug; Public Disclosure Copy Kerzhensky NR, Buzulukskiy Bor NP, Bolshaya Kokshaga NR, Mari Chodra NP, Mordovskiy NR, Smolnyi NP, Samarskaya Luka NP and Zhigulevskiy NR in Volga Federal Okrug) which have been selected according to geographic, economic, and environmental criteria. As specified above no investments on the ground will be financed under the restructured project. Purchasing of fire prevention equipment and the TA activities that would involve training as well as designing Fire Prevention Action Plans will be done some of PAs, to be selected during the project implementation. The policy documents to be prepared would be at the national or regional level and would include most the valuable PAs most exposed to human impacts, also to be selected at the initial stage of the project implementation. 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Aimonchok Tashieva (GSU03) Arcadii Capcelea (GEN03) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Environmental Yes Assessment OP/BP 4.01 Natural Habitats OP/BP Yes 4.04 Forests OP/BP 4.36 Yes Pest Management OP 4.09 Yes Physical Cultural No Resources OP/BP 4.11 Indigenous Peoples OP/ Yes Public Disclosure Copy BP 4.10 Involuntary Resettlement No OP/BP 4.12 Safety of Dams OP/BP No 4.37 Projects on International No Waterways OP/BP 7.50 Projects in Disputed No Areas OP/BP 7.60 II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the Restructured project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts: As the restructured project will support only Technical Assistance and supply of equipment and as no physical works on the ground are envisaged, the potential impacts are indirect. If policy documents (e.g. forest fire prevention strategies and action plans, or the Program for recovery of natural landscapes in federal PAs) are not well designed and do not take into consideration the Page 3 of 7 biodiversity conservation issues or other relevant environmental requirements, there may be the potential for loss of biodiversity, degradation of natural resources, and environmental and health hazards as the result of pest management activities, soil degradation, water pollution, etc. when Public Disclosure Copy implemented. Taking into account these potential impacts the project triggers a series of WB OPs: OP 4.01: Environmental Assessment; OP 4.04: Natural Habitats; OP/BP 4.36: Forests; OP 4.09: Pest Management; OP 4.10: Indigenous Peoples; and World Bank policy on access to information➢❨ July 2013. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: Long term positive indirect impacts on improving forest and PAs management as well as on preventing forest fires are anticipated as the result of designing and implementing relevant policy documents specified above. 3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. N/A 4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide an assessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described. To address the potential indirect impacts of the policy documents to be prepared, the MNRE will prepare the SESAF document. The main scope of the document is to ensure that all drafts of related policy (strategies, regulations), programs, and plans (PPP) documents are prepared following the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process. The SESAF will ensure that SEA requirements are followed appropriately and consistently. Taking into account SESAF provisions the PPPs will be assessed from environmental and social points of view, and mitigation, monitoring, and supervision activities will be proposed for each supported policy document to make management of the forests and protected areas less impacted by forest fires and more Public Disclosure Copy sustainable. This also will help the client to prepare documents that are consistent with both National and World Bank safeguards policies. MNRE has staff experienced both in environmental protection issues in the forestry sector, and with the EIA process both according to Russian Federal legislation and the World Bank's policies. MNRE, FFA and the Project Implementations Unit (PIU) actively contributed to the preparation of the general Environmental Management Plan (EMP) for the initial project which was judged by the Bank team to be of satisfactory quality. As the project hasn➢❨ t implemented any activities that could trigger safeguards issues to date, it is not possible to assess its performance in this regard. The WB team and the MNRE have agreed the WB Environmental and Social Specialists will provide, when needed, training and guidance on applying the provisions of the SESAF during the SEA of the forestry policy documents. In accordance with the Bank➢❨ s OP 4.10 on Indigenous People, an early review was undertaken to screen for the presence of Indigenous Peoples in the areas of initial project implementation and to assess potential impacts of the project on those communities. Initial screening of the Indigenous People presence was held for all 13 federally protected areas where MNRE would implement project activities, and the 5 pilot regions selected by FFA. The social assessment confirmed the presence of indigenous people in forest areas in one of the five project-supported pilot regions: Khabarovski Krai. Indigenous People Process Framework was prepared to ensure the project will Page 4 of 7 maximize the benefits and mitigate potential risks to those communities. The purpose of the IPPF was to safeguard the dignity, rights, economies, and cultures of Indigenous Peoples, and ensure that the project is able to gain broad community support in areas where IP reside. The Project Public Disclosure Copy activities would have provided mainly positive impacts, but no relevant activities impacting IPs have taken place yet. 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. The draft SESAF document will be disclosed in the country on the PIU website for its virtual consultation. B. Disclosure Requirements Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Date of receipt by the Bank 16-Nov-2011 Date of submission to InfoShop 15-Dec-2011 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors "In country" Disclosure Russian Federation 00000000 Comments: Indigenous Peoples Development Plan/Framework Date of receipt by the Bank 21-Nov-2011 Date of submission to InfoShop 15-Dec-2011 "In country" Disclosure Russian Federation 00000000 Comments: Public Disclosure Copy Pest Management Plan Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? Yes Date of receipt by the Bank 16-Nov-2011 Date of submission to InfoShop 15-Dec-2011 "In country" Disclosure Russian Federation 00000000 Comments: If the project triggers the Pest Management and/or Physical Cultural Resources policies, the respective issues are to be addressed and disclosed as part of the Environmental Assessment/ Audit/or EMP. If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why: C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Does the project require a stand-alone EA (including EMP) Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] report? Page 5 of 7 If yes, then did the Regional Environment Unit or Practice Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] Manager (PM) review and approve the EA report? Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] Public Disclosure Copy in the credit/loan? OP/BP 4.04 - Natural Habitats Would the project result in any significant conversion or Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] degradation of critical natural habitats? If the project would result in significant conversion or Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] degradation of other (non-critical) natural habitats, does the project include mitigation measures acceptable to the Bank? OP 4.09 - Pest Management Does the EA adequately address the pest management issues? Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] Is a separate PMP required? Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] If yes, has the PMP been reviewed and approved by a Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] safeguards specialist or PM? Are PMP requirements included in project design?If yes, does the project team include a Pest Management Specialist? OP/BP 4.10 - Indigenous Peoples Has a separate Indigenous Peoples Plan/Planning Framework Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] (as appropriate) been prepared in consultation with affected Indigenous Peoples? If yes, then did the Regional unit responsible for safeguards or Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] Practice Manager review the plan? If the whole project is designed to benefit IP, has the design Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] been reviewed and approved by the Regional Social Development Unit or Practice Manager? Public Disclosure Copy OP/BP 4.36 - Forests Has the sector-wide analysis of policy and institutional issues Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] and constraints been carried out? Does the project design include satisfactory measures to Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] overcome these constraints? Does the project finance commercial harvesting, and if so, Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] does it include provisions for certification system? The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] World Bank's Infoshop? Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] place in a form and language that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs? All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] responsibilities been prepared for the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Page 6 of 7 Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] in the project cost? Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] Public Disclosure Copy include the monitoring of safeguard impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] with the borrower and the same been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? III. APPROVALS Task Team Leader(s): Name: Andrew Michael Mitchell Approved By Safeguards Advisor: Name: Nina Chee (SA) Date: 05-Dec-2016 Practice Manager/ Name: Valerie Hickey (PMGR) Date: 11-Dec-2016 Manager: Public Disclosure Copy Page 7 of 7