Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Environment, Natural Resources & the Blue Economy Global Practice | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing | FY 2021 | Seq No: 1 | ARCHIVED on 08-Jun-2021 | ISR46823 | Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao People's Democratic Republic Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 23-Feb-2021 Effectiveness Date: 14-May-2021 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-Jul-2024 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: Original Closing Date: 30-Sep-2027 Revised Closing Date: 30-Sep-2027 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) To promote sustainable forest management, improve protected area management, and enhance livelihoods opportunities in selected landscapes in Lao PDR. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Investing in Natural Wealth and Resilience in Forest Landscapes:(Cost $31.54 M) Livelihoods Opportunities from Sustainable Forest Landscapes:(Cost $9.24 M) Institutions, Incentives, and Information:(Cost $8.77 M) Project Management and Monitoring:(Cost $7.82 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO -- Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) -- Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating -- Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions The project only recently became effective and is still in too early a stage to report on implementation progress. 6/8/2021 Page 1 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance Substantial -- Substantial Macroeconomic High -- High Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate -- Moderate Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate -- Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Substantial -- Substantial Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial -- Substantial Environment and Social Substantial -- Substantial Stakeholders Moderate -- Moderate Other Substantial -- Substantial Overall Substantial -- Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes To promote sustainable forest management IN00996374 ►1. Landscape area with maintained or increased forest cover (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2,000,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 This indicator measures the PDO aspects of forest and protected area management at landscape level. Comments: IN00996412 1a. Conservation forest (PAs) area with maintained or increased forest cover (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,300,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996415 1b. Protection forest area with maintained or increased forest cover (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 400,000.00 6/8/2021 Page 2 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996416 1c. Production forest area with maintained or increased forest cover (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 300,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996418 1d. Village forest with maintained or increased forest cover (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 800,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 to improve protected area management IN00996375 ►2. Protected areas that score over 50 on the global PA Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 3.00 -- 0.00 8.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 The indicator measures the strength and effectiveness of the GOL’s PA authorities in managing PAs and Comments: biodiversity in targeted PAs using the globally standardized METT for PAs. to enhance livelihoods opportunities in selected landscapes in Lao PDR IN00996411 ►3. Households or Economic Interest Groups engaged in alternative and/or improved traditional livelihood activities supported by the project (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 72,050.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 This indicator measures the number of households or economic interest groups that have added new activities to their livelihood strategies and/or improved existing farm- and forest-related livelihood Comments: activities. IN00996413 3a Economic Interest Groups engaged in alternative and/or improved traditional livelihood activities supported by the project (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 Date 21-Oct-2020 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996414 6/8/2021 Page 3 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) ►Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 144,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996417 Beneficiaries of job-focused interventions - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 75,000.00 Overall Comments PDO The project was just declared effective, and implementation of activities has not yet started. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Investing in Natural Wealth and Resilience in Forest Landscapes IN00996420 ►Forest area brought under management plans (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 2,300,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996422 5a. Conservation Forest (PA) under a management plan (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,500,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996424 5b. Production Forest Area under a management plan (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 400,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996426 5c. Protection Forest Area under a management plan (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 400,000.00 6/8/2021 Page 4 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 31-Aug-2027 IN00996428 5d. Village forest under a management plan (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 800,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996430 5e. Production Forest Area certified for controlled wood or SFM (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 250,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996431 ►Land area under sustainable landscape management practices (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 1,200,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 The indicator measures, in hectares, the land area for which new and/or improved sustainable landscape management practices have been introduced. Land is the terrestrial biologically productive system comprising soil, vegetation, and the associated ecological and hydrological processes; Adoption refers to change of practice or change in the use of a technology promoted or introduced by the project; Comments: Sustainable landscape management (SLM) practices refers to a combination of at least two technologies and approaches to increase land quality and restore degraded lands for example, agronomic, vegetative, structural, and management measures that, applied as a combination, increase the connectivity between protected areas, forest land, rangeland, and agriculture land. IN00996432 ►7. Net carbon dioxide equivalent emissions (Metric ton, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 -10,000,000.00 Date 21-Oct-2020 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 This is a CRI but not available in portal's CRI list. It is also required by the CCEFCF. Project net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are reported as metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e). It is Comments: calculated as an annual average of the difference between project gross (absolute) emissions and the emissions of a baseline scenario aggregated over the same time horizon. IN00996433 ►8. Beneficiaries using extension or outreach services (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 144,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 This indicator measures the extent of individuals reached annually with extension or technical outreach Comments: services, provided through the project. 6/8/2021 Page 5 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) IN00996434 8a. Beneficiaries using extension or outreach services (females) (Percentage, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 50.00 IN00996435 ►9. Productive assets built and maintained for improved resilience (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 Resilience indicator. Climate adaptation indicator. This indicator measures the project contribution to small Comments: infrastructure and natural solutions that are part of Village (community) Action Plans. IN00996436 9a. Small irrigation or multipurpose small reservoirs plus village-to-village payments for environmental services to protect forest (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996437 9b. Tourism or park management facilities constructed / rehabilitated (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 IN00996438 9c. Roads constructed / rehabilitated (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10.00 IN00996439 ►10. Village conservation agreements approved and annually reported (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 267.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 Village Conservation Agreements (VCA) are binding between the relevant government authority and the Comments: Village Administration. IN00996440 ►11. Tourism agreements signed between tourism operators, local villages and relevant PA and other management authorities in targeted forest landscapes (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/8/2021 Page 6 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 10.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 This indicator measures the number of partnerships (tourism agreements) among Government Comments: Authorities, private entities, and villages in established as a result of the project. IN00996441 ►12. Villages entering partnership agreements with environmentally and socially sustainable tree plantation enterprises (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 30.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 This indicator measures the number of villages that enter partnership agreements that have been Comments: facilitated as a result of project support. IN00996442 ►13. Households establishing and managing tree plantations (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 200.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 The indicator measures the number of households involved in establishing and managing tree plantations Comments: with support provided by the project. Livelihoods Opportunities from Sustainable Forest Landscapes IN00996421 ►14. Households using Village Development Funds for forest-smart livelihoods activities (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 72,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 COVID 19 response indicator. This indicator measures the total number of households accessing project livelihoods support from the respective Village Development Funds to implement their chosen eligible Comments: livelihood activities. IN00996423 14a. Vulnerable households using Village Development Funds for forest-smart livelihoods activities (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 5,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Aug-2027 IN00996425 ►15. Share of women members of the Village Committees' LLL Teams (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/8/2021 Page 7 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) Value 0.00 -- 0.00 40.00 Date 27-Nov-2020 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 Gender Indicator. This indicator measures the participation of women in decision making related to project activities. This indicator measures the participation of women in decision making related to project activities. Village Committee’s LLL team members will receive dedicated technical training on the different Comments: aspects of the project, and each member will specialize, and will be the Village focal point for, one of the activities. The technical and leadership skills acquired during the project, could facilitate employment and overall empowerment beyond the project closure. IN00996427 ►16. Share of target beneficiaries with a score ‘Satisfied’ or above on project interventions (Percentage, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 Citizen engagement indicator. Comments: IN00996429 16a. Share of female target beneficiaries with a score ‘Satisfied’ or above on project interventions (Percentage, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 90.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 Institutions, Incentives, and Information IN00996419 ►17. New or revised laws, policies, and regulations drafted and submitted to relevant authority for approval (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 -- 0.00 15.00 Date 01-Mar-2021 -- 19-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 This indicator measures the support provided by the project to the GoL to enhance legislation, policy, and Comments: regulations. Overall Comments IR Activities have not yet started implementation, as the project was declared effective only on May 14, 2021. Some first results will be expected by the next ISR. Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance 6/8/2021 Page 8 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P170559 IDA-68320 Effective USD 34.00 34.00 0.00 0.00 34.10 0% P171406 TF-B4784 Effective USD 7.37 7.37 0.00 0.00 7.37 0% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P170559 IDA-68320 Effective 23-Feb-2021 19-Mar-2021 14-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 30-Sep-2027 P171406 TF-B4784 Effective 23-Feb-2021 19-Mar-2021 14-May-2021 30-Sep-2027 30-Sep-2027 Cumulative Disbursements Restructuring History There has been no restructuring to date. Related Project(s) P171406-GEF Landscapes and Livelihoods Project 6/8/2021 Page 9 of 10 Public Disclosure Copy The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Lao Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (P170559) 6/8/2021 Page 10 of 10