INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET
CONCEPT STAGE
Report No.: AC308
Public Disclosure Authorized
Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: November 4, 2003
I. BASIC INFORMATION
A. Basic Project Data
Country: East Asia and Pacific
Project ID: P079610
Project Name: Livestock Waste
Task Team Leader: Achim Fock
Management in East Asia
Estimated Appraisal Date: December 2004 Loan/Credit amount ($m.): --
Estimated Board Date: May 1, 2005
Managing Unit: EASRD
Lending Instrument: GEF Grant
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Sector: Animal production (100%)
Theme: Environmental policies and institutions (P);
Rural policies and institutions (P)
Safeguard Policies Specialists in the task team: Chongwu Sun (environmental safeguards); TBD
(social safeguards)
Other financing amounts by source:
($m.)
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY
7
FOREIGN MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS (UNIDENTIFIED)
.5
B. Project Objective
The project's development objective is to demonstrate replicable and sustainable livestock waste
management approaches that will protect and improve the local and global environment while
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enhancing livelihoods, particularly in public health. The environmental benefits of the project
would be most immediate for the local environment in the demonstration watersheds of the
Livestock Waste Environmental Impact Mitigation Component. In addition, through replication
of these demonstration sites as well as through the Institutional Development Component and
Project Monitoring the project would lead to positive environmental impacts both at the local
levels and for the South China Sea. While the main environmental benefit of the project would
come from reduced pollution of surface water draining into the South China Sea, other local and
global benefits would occur in the areas of biodiversity, land degradation, and climate change.
C. Project Description
The proposed project would be implemented through separate arrangements in each of the three
Participating Countries, thus ensuring strong country ownership under very different institutional
settings and livestock-based pollution problems. In order to make full use of international and
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regional knowledge and experience, to exploit cross-country learning experiences and other
synergies such as cost-savings for the development of policy tools a fourth, regional coordination
and support part would be established. The proposed project consists of the following
components:
The outcome of the Institutional Development Component would be a conducive policy
framework for livestock waste management with strengthened and better-enforced regulations,
more effective institutions and financial incentives. The project would finance activities for the
development of policies and decision-support tools (draft regulations, planning, guidelines,
standards, use surveys and GIS techniques, etc.) as well as capacity-building, awareness-raising,
and enforcement of policies and regulations through training of central and local officials and
farmers, institutional cooperation, and a communication program.
The Livestock Waste Environmental Impact Mitigation Component would result in
demonstration watersheds with improved livestock waste management with improved nutrient-
balances. In each country it would be implemented in one or two watersheds that drain into the
South China Sea. Sub-components would include area-wide planning with GIS techniques,
surveys and registration procedures, and the actual physical demonstration sites of improved
waste management both, for large number of small producers (`non-point source pollution') and
for selected large farms (`point source pollutions').
The outcome of the Regional Support and Coordination Component would be efficient sharing
of knowledge and experiences amongst all countries. The component would develop
mechanisms for informal collaboration amongst countries and policy and decision tools. Each
participating country is at a different stage of livestock development, thus sharing of experiences
can lead to significant mitigation of livestock waste during the development process. Capacity
building at the regional level to address this problem and similar problems would be improved
by this component. This component might be implemented by FAO, which has a comparative
advantage in its technical expertise and previous work in this area in the region.
The outcome of the Project Management and Monitoring Component would be efficient project
management and information on livestock-induced environmental changes and their underlying
causes. This component includes a Project Management Sub-component with work done in the
project management units and the training and equipment needed for efficient project
management. A second sub-component includes the monitoring of the project, including
implementation progress monitoring, monitoring of water pollution and other environmental
indicators, nutrient-balances and other project aspects, e.g. rate of compliance with
environmental regulations, and the monitoring and evaluation of the specific demonstration sites.
D. Project location (if known)
Investments under Component 1, 3, and 4 of the proposed project would be in terms of staff
time, workshops, training, office and monitoring equipments, etc. at the regional, national, and
local level. Possible negative environmental effects from these activities are negligible. The one
or two demonstration watershed under Component 2 of the proposed project will be decided
early during the preparation process. The watersheds will have measurable outflow of surface
water from contiguous area draining into the South China Sea (including Gulf of Thailand); the
demonstration micro-watersheds are proposed to be part of the Pearl River Basin in China, of the
Red River and Mekong Delta in Vietnam, and of the Chao Phraya in Thailand. Further criteria
for the selection of the locations are (i) local willingness to participate and implementation
capacity; (ii) livestock density; (iii) covering point and non-point source pollution; (iv) covering
rural and peri-urban areas (preventive vs. curative); and (v) their current pollution impact.
E. Recipient's Institutional Capacity
The institutional capacity between the three participating countries differs considerably and
project preparation and design will have to reflect these differences in order to ensure efficient
project implementation, including the effective exploitation of regional synergies through an
efficient regional coordination and support part of the proposed project.
II. SAFEGUARD POLICIES THAT MIGHT APPLY
Applicable? Safeguard Policy
[x]
Environmental Assessment (OP/BP 4.01) The project is categorized as
Environmental Category B and the Bank requires environmental assessment (EA)
of projects proposed for Bank or GEF financing to help ensure that they are
environmentally sound and sustainable, and thus to improve decision making.
[TBD]
Natural Habitats (OP/BP 4.04) The applicability of this safeguard will be
assessed during the preparation process. The design of the Institutional
Development Component should pay attention to the mitigation and prevention of
pollution of natural habitats from livestockbased sources. Though unlikely, it
cannot be excluded at this stage that the Project demonstration sites under
Livestock Waste Environmental Mitigation Component are located in natural
habitats.
[ ]
Pest Management (OP 4.09)
[x]
Involuntary Resettlement (OP/BP 4.12) The need to purchase land for the
construction of waste storage or treatment facilities might be required for some
specific demonstration sites. During preparation, country-specific policy
frameworks for resettlement action plans will be developed in case of such an
event; and site-specific resettlement action plans will be developed if such case is
already defined at appraisal stage .
[ TBD]
Indigenous Peoples (OD 4.20) The applicability of this safeguard will be
assessed during the preparation process. Indigenous peoples or national minorities
may be affected by project activities under the Livestock Waste Environmental
Mitigation Component. This possibility will be assessed during project
preparation, through the social assessment.
[ ]
Forests (OP/BP 4.36)
[ ]
Safety of Dams (OP/BP 4.37)
[]
Cultural Property (draft OP 4.11 - OPN 11.03)
[ ]
Projects in Disputed Areas (OP/BP/GP 7.60)*
[]
Projects on International Waterways (OP/BP/GP 7.50)
Environmental Assessment Category:
[ ] A [x] B [ ] C [ ] FI [ ] TBD (to be determined)
* By supporting the proposed project, the Bank does not intend to prejudice the final determination of the parties' claims on the
disputed areas
III. ACTIONS DURING PROJECT PREPARATION
A. What actions might be needed during project preparation to assess safeguard issues
and prepare to mitigate them?
A team of local and international experts will undertake the environmental and social assessment
of the project during its preparation. An involuntary resettlement framework will be completed
under the social assessment. The applicability of safeguards that are still to be determined will be
assessed during preparation. The work will be guided and appraised by Bank's own
Environmental Safeguard and Social Safeguard Specialist.
B. How might consultation and disclosure requirements be addressed?
Consultation and disclosure of project information will be ensured during project preparation and
implementation in accordance with Bank guidelines and policies as well as with participating
countries' national policies. The social assessment process will develop a participatory
framework for the implementation of the demonstration component of the project
(Component 2).
IV. AGREEMENTS REACHED ON SAFEGUARDS AT PCN REVIEW
During the PCN and Safeguard Review, the project was categorized as Environmental Category
B, and the need for an EA was confirmed. Furthermore, the review confirmed the applicability of
the safeguard for Involuntary Resettlement. It was decided that the applicability of the safeguards
on Natural Habitats and Indigenous Peoples would be assessed during the preparation process.
Agreed target date for Quality Enhancement Review: May 2004