The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA | Kazakhstan | IBRD/IDA | Investment Project Financing (IPF) | FY 2021 | Seq No: 6 | Archived on 18-Nov-2024 | ISR02385 Implementing Agencies: Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, Forestry and Wildlife Committee, Project Implem 1. OBJECTIVE 1.1 Development Objective Original Development Objective (Approved as part of Approval package on 13-Jun-2021) To pilot agroforestry practices using a community-centered approach and to build government capacity for landscape management and restoration. Has the Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No 2. COMPONENTS Name Piloting community – centered approach on dryland agroforestry and landscape restoration:(Cost 2,460,000.00) Capacity building of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee (FWC) for integrated landscape management:(Cost 1,380,000.00) Project coordination and monitoring:(Cost 500,000.00) 3. OVERALL RATINGS Name Previous Current Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Satisfactory Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Moderate Moderate 4. KEY ISSUES & STATUS 4.1 Implementation Status and Key Decisions Nov 18, 2024 Page 1 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) GEF Resilient Landscapes Restoration project continues to be implemented satisfactorily. Most activities has been successfully completed and some activities are close to completion. Disbursement reached 97.5%. Completed activities include: construction of a nursery in Kazalinsk, plantations of 3,000 ha of protective plantations around Kyzylorda city, procurement of technical equipment for Zhambyl and Kazalinsk forestry organizations, design and survey work for the selection of areas to create forest-reclamation plantations (saxaul plantings) on DAS on an area of 100,000 hectares, and creation of a Gene Bank in the Forestry Scientific Research Institution in Schuchinsk. Implementation of activities on demonstration plots in Kyzylorda and Zhambyl regions are continuing. 5. SYSTEMATIC OPERATIONS RISK-RATING TOOL Rating at Approval Last Approved Rating Risk Category Approval Package - ISR Seq. 05 - 19 Dec Proposed Rating 14 Jun 2021 2023 Political and Governance Moderate Low Low Macroeconomic Moderate Moderate Moderate Sector Strategies and Policies Moderate Low Low Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and Moderate Moderate Moderate Sustainability Fiduciary Moderate Moderate Moderate Environment and Social Moderate Moderate Moderate Stakeholders Moderate Moderate Moderate Overall Moderate Moderate Moderate Nov 18, 2024 Page 2 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) 6. RESULTS 6.1 PDO Indicators by PDO Outcomes To pilot agroforestry practices using a community-centered approach Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year Identification of the most No Mar/2021 No 08-Dec-2023 No 18-Oct-2024 Yes Dec/2025 effective agroforestry Comments on This indicator shows identification of the most effective agroforestry practices. Demonstration practices using a community- achieving targets plots have been set up and achievement of the indicator is on track. Next steps to draft centered approach (based on methodology for cost-benefit analysis were discussed. a cost-benefit analysis of the pilots) (Yes/No) 0.00 Mar/2021 2,950.00 08-Dec-2023 3,117.00 18-Oct-2024 3,135.00 Dec/2025 Dryland Area Restored Using Comments on This indicator measures, in hectares, the dryland area restored using community-centered Community Centered achieving targets approach (saxaul plantations around Kyzylorda) of which 3000 ha of saxual shelterbelts have Approach (Hectare(Ha)) been completed, 9 ha of plots in Kzylorda and 108 ha (90% completion) of plots in Zhambyl. To build government capacity for landscape management and restoration Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Mar/2021 2,950.00 08-Dec-2023 10,029.00 18-Oct-2024 10,815.00 Dec/2025 Comments on The indicator measures, in hectares, the land area for which new and/or improved sustainable Land area under sustainable achieving targets landscape management practices have been introduced. Land is the terrestrial biologically landscape management practices (Hectare(Ha)) productive system comprising soil, vegetation, and the associated ecologicalnd hydrological processes; Adoption refers to change of practice or change in the use of a technology promoted or introduced by the project; Sustainable landscape management (SLM) practices refers to a Page 3 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) combination of at least two technologies and approaches to inrease 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. This includes 3000 ha achieved in shelterbelts, 9 ha in plots of Kyzlorda and 7020 ha of improved pasturelands (90% completion) in Zhambyl Capacity built for landscape No Mar/2021 No 08-Dec-2023 Yes 18-Oct-2024 Yes Dec/2025 restoration through mapping Comments on Mapping of unrecorded forests found 333,000 ha has been completed. of degraded landscapes in Dry achieving targets Aral Seabed and inventory of unrecorded forests (Yes/No) 6.2 Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Piloting community – centered approach on dryland agroforestry and landscape restoration Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Mar/2021 0.00 08-Dec-2023 1.00 18-Oct-2024 1.00 Dec/2025 Comments on Construction is completed and commissioned in October 2024. In November 2024 they will sow Forestry Nursery to supply achieving targets the seeds of saxual to prepare planting material. 55,000 saplings to be made available annually planting materials to farmers in and around Kyzlorda city and 3 million spalings for the Aral Sea Bed contributing towards and local communities presidents 2 billion tree planting commitment by 2025. In accordance with design full (Number) commercial production stage will be achieved by 2028. Establishment of saxaul and 0.00 Mar/2021 2,950.00 08-Dec-2023 3,000.00 18-Oct-2024 3,000.00 Dec/2025 Page 4 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) other drought-resistant Comments on This indicator measures progress toward establishment of saxaul and drought-resistant plantations around Kyzylorda achieving targets plantations around Kyzylorda. A total of 4.9 million seedlings have been planted. Survival rate (Hectare(Ha)) has seen an increase from 32% in 2023 to 51% in 2024. 0.00 Mar/2021 15.00 08-Dec-2023 9.00 18-Oct-2024 15.00 Dec/2025 3 Demo plots to demonstrate innovative techniques of Comments on This indicator is achieved as agroforestry demonstration plots in Kyzylorda region has been set agroforestry in Kyzylorda achieving targets up. 3 ha in each plot have been completed while rest of the demo area is being prepared. oblast (Hectare(Ha)) 0.00 Mar/2021 120.00 08-Dec-2023 108.00 18-Oct-2024 7,800.00 Dec/2025 6 Model Farms for Comments on This indicator will monitor progress toward establishment of agroforestry model farms, each agroforestry pilot sub- achieving targets farm is expected to put 1,300 ha in sustainable land management practice. Demo plots on 120 projects in Zhambyl Oblast ha has been set up. 1,300 ha of adjacent area for each plot will be affected once project (Hectare(Ha)) activities on demo plots are completed. 90% of demo plots preparation has been completed 0.00 Mar/2021 0.00 08-Dec-2023 -98,057.13 18-Oct-2024 204,800.00 Dec/2025 Comments on The indicator will measure the reduction of GHG as result of project activities. FAO expert was achieving targets engaged to calculate emission reduction estimate. Reduction of greenhouse gas FY21: -24,514.28; FY22: -49,028.57;FY23: -73,542.85; FY24: -98,057.13 and FY25: -122,571.42 emissions (Metric ton) tCO2eq FY21 year value will be input as CO2 eq for each year for the results framework. This estimate will be further refined with detailed estimates of yield of respective crops accrued in agroforestry plots ; 0.00 Mar/2021 531.00 08-Dec-2023 751.00 18-Oct-2024 1,000.00 Dec/2025 Comments on This indicator measures a number of people from communities participating in project forestry Community participation in achieving targets activities. For GEF purposes the project will report on the broader set of beneficiaries, which forestry activities (Number) includes local residents benefitting from afforested areas and improved land productivity. Completion of forestry activities like planting of 3,000 ha in Kyzylorda contributed toward Page 5 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) progress in achievement of the target. 0.00 187.00 227.00 400.00 Of which female Comments on This indicator measures female participation in the project forestry activities participants (Number) achieving targets Capacity building of the Forestry and Wildlife Committee (FWC) for integrated landscape management Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) Closing Period Indicator Name Value Month/Year Value Date Value Date Value Month/Year 0.00 Mar/2021 300,000.00 08-Dec-2023 300,000.00 08-Dec-2023 300,000.00 Dec/2025 Mapping of the forest fund Comments on This indicator measures area of DAS covered by updated maps. It has been achieved with GIZ areas on the Dried Aral Sea achieving targets funded activities. bed (DAS) (Hectare(Ha)) 0.00 Mar/2021 100,000.00 08-Dec-2023 50,000.00 18-Oct-2024 50,000.00 Dec/2025 Preparatory survey and design works for saxaul Comments on This indicator measures area of DAS with plantation plans prepared. Due to cost saving the plantations on DAS achieving targets project financed design works for an area double in size comparing to the original plan. (Hectare(Ha)) 0.00 Mar/2021 100,000.00 08-Dec-2023 333,000.00 18-Oct-2024 140,000.00 Dec/2025 Inventory of the unrecorded Comments on This indicator measures area covered by forest inventory. 333,000 ha on unrecorded forests forests (Hectare(Ha)) achieving targets have been identified in the inventory 0.00 Mar/2021 1.00 08-Dec-2023 1.00 18-Oct-2024 1.00 Dec/2025 Depository of forest species' seeds (gene bank) in Kazakh Comments on This indicator monitors establishment of a gene bank in KSRFI in Schuchinsk. Seed bank is Scientific Research Institiute achieving targets operational. PIU will be working to legitimize the gene bank through issuance of a legal charter. in Schuchinsk (Number) Forest area brought under 0.00 Mar/2021 0.00 08-Dec-2023 76,000.00 18-Oct-2024 100,000.00 Dec/2025 Page 6 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) management plans Comments on 333,000 ha unrecorded forests have been identified in the inventory. A process to recognize (Hectare(Ha)) achieving targets and legally change the classification of unrecorded forests to forest cover (state forest land) was undertaken with the local government - Akimiyat and has been completed across 76,000 ha. This 76,000 ha will now be covered under a forest management plan as a result of the reclassification. Page 7 of 9 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) 7. DATA ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 7.1 Cumulative Disbursements 7.2 Disbursements (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed Historical Disbursed TF-B6007 Effective 4.34 4.34 0.00 4.24 0.11 97.54% 4.34 7.3 Key Dates (by loan) Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Signing Effectiveness Orig. Closing Rev. Closing TF-B6007 Effective 23-Jun-2021 01-Jul-2021 01-Jul-2021 30-Sep-2025 30-Sep-2025 8. KEY DATES Nov 18, 2024 Page 7 of 8 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Kazakhstan Resilient Landscapes Restoration Project (P171577) Key Events Planned Actual Approval 04-Jun-2021 14-Jun-2021 Effectiveness 01-Jul-2021 01-Jul-2021 Mid-Term Review No. 01 20-Oct-2023 10-Nov-2023 Operation Closing/Cancellation 30-Sep-2025 9. RESTRUCTURING HISTORY 10. ASSOCIATED OPERATION(S) There are no associated operations Nov 18, 2024 Page 8 of 8