Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Initial)

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1 THE WORLD BANK GROUP,.,.,. InfoShop Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Initial) AWorld Frcs7 ol Poverty Date Prepared/Updated: 12/19/ Section I - Basic Information December 19, 2002 A. Basic Project Data Country: PERU Project ID: P Project: Participatory Management of Protected Areas Task Team Leader: Pierre Werbrouck Authorized to Appraise Date: November 20, 2002 IBRD Amount ($m): Bank Approval: March 27, 2003 IDA Amount ($m): Managing Unit: Environmentally and Socially Sector: Other social services (45%); Forestry (40%); Sustainable Development Sector Unit Central government administration (10%); Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan (SIL) Sub-national government administration (5%) Status: Lending Theme: Civic engagement; participation and community driven development (P); Biodiversity (P); Environmental policies and institutions (P) I.A.2. Project Objectives: The project's development objective is to ensure biodiversity conservation by: (i) increasing the involvement of civil society institutions and the private sector in the planning and sustainable management of five protected areas (PAs) of the Peruvian System of Natural Protected Areas (SINANPE), and one PA, to be created during project implementation; and (ii) to obtain sustainability for the financing of recurrent costs in SINANPE. The six PAs are: Tambopata-Candamo National Reserve, Bahuaja-Sonene National Park, Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reserve, Huascaran National Park, Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary, and Abanico de Morona Pastaza. The PAs were selected using the following criteria: (i) biological diversity, (ii) socioeconomic importance, (iii) imminence of biodiversity threats, (iv) management needs, (v) degree of ongoing participatory management, and (vi) likelihood of involving civil society and the private sector. SINANPE's financial sustainability will be increased by an additional endowment of US$6 million to the PROFONANPE protected areas endowment funds which will allow and additional US$250,000 per year for recurrent cost financing. A management strategy for long-term financing of SINANPE will help to channel these resources. The project will build upon the experience gained during first GEF Grant to the Peruvian National Trust Fund for Protected Areas (PROFONANPE), supporting the Trust Fund's establishment and development of its capacity to generate and attract new financial resources for conservation. On the basis of the first GEF trust fund and other projects, PROFONANPE has ensured the regular and long-term funding of the v

2 2 basic operational costs and investments in 10 and 12 PAs, respectively. The global objective of the project is to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity of global importance. Peru, in terms of its total number of species, levels of endemism, and range of habitats, is considered to be one of the world's great centers of biological diversity. Despite a series of field inventories estimated to cover only two-thirds of the national territory, Peru has been classified as one of earth's seventeen mega-diverse countries (Mittermeir R. et al Megadiversity: Earth's Biologically Wealthiest Nations). In terms of species, Peru leads the world in numbers of butterflies, orchids, and endemic invertebrates. It also accounts for a total of 460 mammals and 1705 bird species, or 10 and 19 percent, respectively, of the world's total. As an indicator of its habitat diversity, Peru has been documented to have more life zones than any other country on earth with 84 of the world's 110 life zones identified in Holdridge's Life Zones System. In terms of its agro-biodiversity, the country is considered to be one of the five world centers of origin of cultivated plants and has an immense natural germplasm resource of useful wild species One source estimates that Peru has 4217 species of native vascular plants which have 42 different uses (e.g., food, medicinal purposes, tannin, etc.) In part, this rich endowment can be attributed to Peru's 675,000 km2 of Amazon rainforest (including the Peruvian and Bolivian Yungas), the largest continuous forest on earth representing 40 percent of all remaining tropical forests of the world. Other major eco-regions include the country's central Andean and Wet Puna, the Sechura Desert, the Tumbes Mangroves, and others. I.A.3. Project Description: The project has three main components: (i) participatory protected area management, (ii) institutional development, and (iii) PA financing, project administration, monitoring and evaluation and information dissemination. Components: 1. Participative Protected Area Management A. Preparation of Master Plans B. Master Plan Implementation C. Small-Scale Environmentally Sustainable Economic Activities 2. Institutional Development A. Training and Technical Asssitance to INRENA & PROFONANPE B. Capacity Building of local Civil Society C. Biodiversity Conservation-based Public Awareness Program D. SINANPE-based Management Information System 3. Project Administration, M&E and Info Dissemination A. Establishment and Management of Endowmnent Fund B. M&E Project Implementation C. Information Dissemination I.A.4. Project Location: (Geographic location, information about the key environmental and social characteristics of the area and population likely to be affected, and proximity to any protected areas, or sites or critical natural habitats, or any other culturally or socially sensitive areas.) PERU in six Protected Areas: Tambopata-Candamo National Reserve, Bahuaja-Sonene Nationaf Park, Salinas and Aguada Blanca National Reserve, Huascaran National Park, Manglares de Tumbes National Sanctuary, and Abanico de Morona Pastaza. The latter is now a reserved zone which may become a protected area.

3 3 B. Clheck Environmental Classification: B (Partial Assessment) Comments: An environmental assessment has been done; the EA has been publicized in the Bank's Infoshop and on the PROFONANPE Website. A summary of the environmental assessment is in Annex 12 of the PAD. C. Safeguard Policies Trigered Policy Applicability Environmental Assessment (OP/BP/GP 4.01) 0 Yes C! No Forestry (OP/GP 4.36) C} Yes * No Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04) * Yes C No Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37) 0D Yes * No Pest Management (OP 4.09) 0 Yes * No Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) * Yes G No Indigenous Peoples (OD 4.20) * Yes C No Cultural Property (OP 4.11) G Yes* No Projects in Disputed Territories (OP/BP/GP 7.60)* 0 Yes * No Projects in International Waterways (OP/BP/GP 7.50) 0 Yes 0 No *By supporting the proposed project, the Bank does not intend to prejudice the final determination of the parties' claims on the disputed areas Section II - Key Safeguard Issues and Their Management D. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues. Please fill in all relevant questions. If information is not available, describe steps to be taken to obtain necessary data. II.D.la. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts. The Protected Areas Master Plans and Resource Management Plans to be designed under the project are to be done in accordance with INRENA protected areas environmental policies. The Involuntary Resettlement Process Framework consists of the Small-Scale Sustainable Economic Activities to be compatible with the master plans within the protected areas and to undergo an environmental screening. The activities in the bufferzones are aimed at reducing stress on the protected areas and those intitiatives will have to undergo environmental screening and an environmental impact assessment where necessary. The natural habitats and forestry policy safeguards are affected mainly in the buffer zones of the protected areas. The protection policies take care of both safeguards in the protected areas. In the bufferzones all economic initiatives and resource plans will undergo environmental screening including for natural habitats and forestry polcies. The Indigenous Peoples Development Safeguard Policy has been dealt with through a policy framewok and individual indigenous peoples development plans. Il.D.1b. Describe any potential cumulative impacts due to application of more than one safeguard policy or due to multiple project component. There will be no cumulative impacts from one safeguard to another, however the issues of forestry, natural habitats and indigenous peoples are very closely related, as indigenous peoples both exploit and conserve the natural resources of the protected areas and the buffer zones.

4 4 ll.d.lc Describe any potential long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area. The long-term impacts are hoped to be very positive for the environment and other safeguards. It is the objective of the project to protect the preotected areas better and to help the people living in and around the areas to better conserve the resources. Il.D.2. In light of 1, describe the proposed treatment of alternatives (if required) The objective of the project is to identify alternatives to exploitation of natural resources in and around the protected areas. II.D.3. Describe arrangement for the borrower to address safeguard issues The grantee will implement the project that contains the way safeguards will be dealt with II.D.4. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. The project has been prepared under a participatory approach comprising a beneficiary assessment involving population in and around the PAs; this exercise helped to identify their expectations and fears towards the project. Additionally, the project team met with local NGOs and representatives of surrounding communities. Overall, more than 500 people were contacted through various consultation mechanisms such as: 261 participants in local consultation meetings; 189 persons in focal groups (for public, private and social sectors); 74 surveys on environmental management and institutional development experiences; and, 66 key informants in-depth interviews. With the results of these processes, initial draft protected areas management plans were prepared and further consulted through regional workshops. Simultaneously, alternatives to address identified main social and environmental threats were discussed and agreed with main stakeholders. This participatory process will continue during preparation of PA master and management plans involving main stakeholders as the Peruvian legal framework establishes. During implementation, participation is ensured by the PAMCs in which communities, private sector, NGOs and local and central government will participate through their representatives in decision-making and conflict resolution. Communities will also play an active role and benefit from small-scale economic activities financed under the project and from activities derived from the execution of the master and resource management plans. E. Safeguards Classification. Category is determined by the highest impact in any policy. Or on1 basis of cumulative impacts from multiple safeguards. Whenever an individual safeguard policy is triggered the provisions of that policy apply. ] SI. - Significant, cumulative and/or irreversible impacts; or significant technical and institutional risks in management of one or more safeguard areas [X] S2. - One or more safeguard policies are triggered, but effects are limited in their impact and are technically and institutionally manageable [ ] S3. - No safeguard issues ] SF. - Financial intermediary projects, social development funds, community driven development or similar projects which require a safeguard framework or programmatic approach to address safeguard issues. F. Disclosure Requirements Environmental Assessment/Analysis/Management Plan: Expected Actual

5 5 Date of receipt by the Bank 5/21/2002 Date of "in-country" disclosure 10/14/2002 Date of submission to InfoShop 10/21/2002 Date of distributing the Exec. Summary of the EA to the ED (For category A projects) Resettlement Action Plan/Framework: Expected Actual Date of receipt by the Bank 11/3/2002 Date of "in-country" disclosure 11/5/2002 Date of submission to InfoShop 11/6/2002 Indigenous Peoples Development Plan/Framework: Expected Actual Date of receipt by the Bank 6/20/2002 Date of "in-country" disclosure 11/5/2002 Date of submission to lnfoshop 10/21/2002 Pest Management Plan: Expected Actual Date of receipt by the Bank Date of "in-country" disclosure Date of submission to InfoShop Dam Safety Management Plan: Expected Actual Date of receipt by the Bank Date of "in-country" disclosure Date of submission to InfoShop If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why. Signed and submitted by Name Date Task Team Leader: Pierre Werbrouck 12/19/2002 Project Safeguards Specialists 1: Maria E. Castro Munoz 12/19/2002 Project Safeguards Specialists 2: Project Safeguards Specialists 3: AnDroved by: Name Date Regional Safeguards Coordinator: Juan D. Quintero 12/18/2002 Sector Manager/Director: John Redwood 12/19/2002 For a list of World Bank news releases on projects and reports, click here search FEED5ACK $rrem AA _O$WSASE