Public Disclosure Copy
The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report
Sustainable Forest and Landscape Management Project (P129961)
Sustainable Forest and Landscape Management Project (P129961)
EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice |
Global Environment Project | Investment Project Financing | FY 2014 | Seq No: 10 | ARCHIVED on 18-Dec-2018 | ISR35089 |
Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Finance and Treasury, FBiH Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry, RS Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Water Management
Key Dates
Key Project Dates
Bank Approval Date: 15-Jan-2014 Effectiveness Date: 09-Jun-2014
Planned Mid Term Review Date: 17-Apr-2017 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 24-Apr-2017
Original Closing Date: 31-May-2019 Revised Closing Date: 31-May-2019
pdoTable
Project Development Objectives
Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document)
A. Proposed Development Objective: To build capacity of forestry sector stakeholders and to demonstrate approaches for sustainable forest and
land management through integrated management of vulnerable forest, scrub and pasture landscapes.
Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective?
No
Components Table
Name
Enhanced Planning and Monitoring for SFLM:(Cost $1.07 M)
Demonstration and Replication of SFLM Techniques in Vulnerable Areas:(Cost $4.23 M)
Project Management:(Cost $0.28 M)
Overall Ratings
Name Previous Rating Current Rating
Progress towards achievement of PDO Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory
Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate
Implementation Status and Key Decisions
The overall progress in the project has been moderately satisfactory, and the project can still meet its Project Development Objective. Component
1: Enhanced Planning and Monitoring for SFLM Substantial work has been invested in the past years in the activities supporting capacity
building of forest sector stakeholders. These include FSC re-certification, progress on preparation of Forest Roads Master Plans, as well as
strengthening decision-making through introducing selected key information relating to climate change into information systems and developing the
systems themselves.
12/18/2018 Page 1 of 6
Public Disclosure Copy
The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report
Sustainable Forest and Landscape Management Project (P129961)
SFM Certification: The project supports efforts to increase certified area and maintain the certificate of already certified areas through re-
certification in areas where the certifications had expired. The RS SUME has maintained its FSC certification. In FBiH, certified area has
increased increasing the total area certified to 1.84 million ha. The end target is 1.85 million hectares.
Forest Roads Master Plan - The RS has contracted a team of specialists to prepare the Forest Roads Master Plan. Baseline and
background data has already been collected and the team has developed initial models for the road network. In FBiH, baseline data
collection and other preparatory activities for the Forest Roads Master Plan Preparation have been completed and data entry into FMIS is
almost completed. However, the expert team for preparing the plan has not been contracted yet. With only six months remaining of
the project, the plan will likely not be as comprehensive as was originally planned.
FMIS - In the RS, the RS Sume has an existing FMIS which is functioning, and information from the FMIS is used to make decisions on
budgets, silvicultural activities, fire and pest management etc. The data from the FMIS is also used for national reporting to the
international conventions. The FBiH FMIS has not yet fully resumed operations, while progress towards its establishment has been made.
Component 2: Demonstration and Replication of SFLM Techniques in Vulnerable Areas Significant progress has been made in both entities
during project implementation in demonstrating approaches for sustainable forest and landscape management through pilot sub-projects on
re/afforestation, thinning, conversion, rehabilitation of fire affected areas, cleaning and removal of wild dump sites, production of seedlings etc. Total
land area on which sustainable land management practices have been adopted is presently 3178 ha in both entities combined (1027 ha in RS and
2151 ha in FBiH) and the PDO indicator value exceeds its end target value (3000 ha) already at this stage.
The activities undertaken so far have already provided benefits to local communities (e.g., reforested areas will result in increased carbon stock and
biodiversity, and will mitigate the negative effects from floods; rehabilitated forest fire roads, forest thinning activities, removal of unauthorized trash
dumping sites and procurement of forest fire equipment will decrease forest fire risk). Additional benefits for the communities come from
employment opportunities provided by these activities. Local communities have also participated in capacity building activities such as training in fire
prevention, use of firefighting equipment, and other silvicultural activities.
The Central Nursery Garden Doboj in RS has state of the art seedling production facilities and is in full operation. The project supported
procurement of equipment for containerized covered root seedlings production. This modern nursery technology allows production of seedlings that
are more resilient in worsening planting conditions caused by climate change. There have also been investments in staff training, as well as
irrigation system. Another nursery for climate resilient Mediterranean species has been established in Trebinje.
In FBiH, re/afforestation and restoration works – including rehabilitation of fire affected sites – have been completed in the area of 488 ha. There
has also been an extensive effort to remove and clean illegal dumpsites in forest areas.
The total area restored or re-/afforested under the project is 862 ha – of which re-/afforested is 766 ha. The area under enhanced production on
state lands (2305 ha) already exceeds the project target. The project has completed 25 demonstration projects on sustainable forest and land
management out of the end target of 28. In total, 29 sub-projects projects were related to fire control; well above the end target of 22.
There have been savings from favorable currency rate developments and lower project costs. In RS, these savings have been used for equipment
for the nursery in Trebinje and procurement of game management equipment. The Federation of BiH there will be an additional call for proposals for
demonstration activities. The call has been delayed and is yet to be launched. The activities will need to be implemented under a tight time schedule
and there is no room for additional delays.
Risks
Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool
Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating
Political and Governance -- Moderate Moderate
Macroeconomic -- Moderate Moderate
Sector Strategies and Policies -- Moderate Moderate
Technical Design of Project or Program -- Low Low
Institutional Capacity for Implementation and
Sustainability
-- Moderate Moderate
Fiduciary -- Moderate Moderate
12/18/2018 Page 2 of 6
Public Disclosure Copy
The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report
Sustainable Forest and Landscape Management Project (P129961)
Environment and Social -- Low Low
Stakeholders -- Moderate Moderate
Other -- -- --
Overall -- Moderate Moderate
Results
PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes
PDO
IN00603135
►Land area where sustainable land mgt. practices were adopted as a result of proj (Hectare(Ha), Corporate)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 3,178.00 3,178.00 3,000.00
Date 08-Nov-2013 29-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
Intermediate Results Indicators by Components
Enhanced Planning and Monitoring for SFLM
IN00603236
►IO 1.1 Forest Area Certified (million ha) (Hectare(Ha), Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 1.65 1.76 1.84 1.85
Date 08-Nov-2013 29-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
This reflects the total area certified in the country; some work been financed by resources outside the
Comments: project.
IN00603238
►IO 1.3 Key climate change mitigation and adaptation indicators included in FMIS (carbon stock, area lost to fire, area under
insect/pest attack) (Text, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 2.00 2.00 3.00
Date 08-Nov-2013 29-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
The indicator value indicates the number of topics covered by online reporting. In FBiH, the development
of the main FMIS system is still ongoing and the climate change mitigation and adaptation indicators are
Comments: reported online in annual reports outside FMIS. In RS, FMIS development is financed by the RS Sume's
other resources and fire and pest/disease information is also provided online in Annual Reports.
IN00603239
►Govt institutions provided w/ capacity buildg to improve mgt of forest resources (Number, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 19.00 19.00 13.00
12/18/2018 Page 3 of 6
Public Disclosure Copy
The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report
Sustainable Forest and Landscape Management Project (P129961)
Date 08-Nov-2013 29-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
RS: RS Sume and MAFW; FBiH: MAWF; Federal Forest Institute and Forest Sector; Forest Faculty; 9
Comments: CFMC; 5 municipalities
IN00603237
►IO 1.2 Road Access Strategic Plan Completed (Text, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.00
Date 08-Nov-2013 29-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
Both PIUs are currently working on the Master Plans. In RS good progress is made and timely finalization
of a high-quality master plan is expected. In FBiH there have been delays and achieving the result is not
Comments:
as likely.
Demonstration and Replication of SFLM Techniques in Vulnerable Areas
IN00603241
►IO 2.2 Area under enhanced production on state lands (Hectare(Ha), Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 2,305.00 2,305.00 2,000.00
Date 08-Nov-2013 23-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
IN00603240
►Area restored or re/afforested (Hectare(Ha), Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 862.00 862.00 1,000.00
Date 08-Nov-2013 23-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
IN00603244
Area re/afforested (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 766.00 766.00 1,000.00
Date 08-Nov-2013 23-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
IN00603242
►IO 2.3 Demonstration subprojects completed relating to innovative SFLM methods (Text, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 25.00 25.00 28.00
Date 08-Nov-2013 29-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
In RS, the actual number of individual project sites is 126; this indicator value (RS: 10; FBiH 15) covers
Comments: the type of activities and generic characteristics of the sites, not individual sites.
IN00603243
►IO 2.4 Demonstration subprojects completed relating to fire control (Text, Custom)
Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target
Value 0.00 29.00 29.00 22.00
Date 08-Nov-2013 29-May-2018 30-Nov-2018 31-May-2019
12/18/2018 Page 4 of 6
Public Disclosure Copy
The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report
Sustainable Forest and Landscape Management Project (P129961)
Data on Financial Performance
Disbursements (by loan)
Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed
P129961 TF-16646 Effective USD 5.58 5.58 0.00 3.92 1.66 70%
Key Dates (by loan)
Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date
P129961 TF-16646 Effective 01-Apr-2014 01-Apr-2014 09-Jun-2014 31-May-2019 31-May-2019
Cumulative Disbursements
Restructuring History
There has been no restructuring to date.
12/18/2018 Page 5 of 6
Public Disclosure Copy
The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report
Sustainable Forest and Landscape Management Project (P129961)
Related Project(s)
There are no related projects.
12/18/2018 Page 6 of 6