The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) Appraisal Environmental and Social Review Summary Appraisal Stage (ESRS Appraisal Stage) Public Disclosure Date Prepared/Updated: 03/04/2022 | Report No: ESRSA01985 Mar 04, 2022 Page 1 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country Region Project ID Parent Project ID (if any) Mali AFRICA WEST P177041 Project Name Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali Practice Area (Lead) Financing Instrument Estimated Appraisal Date Estimated Board Date Environment, Natural Investment Project 3/14/2022 7/20/2022 Resources & the Blue Financing Economy Borrower(s) Implementing Agency(ies) Republic of Mali Agence de l'Environnement et Developpement Durable (AEDD) Public Disclosure Proposed Development Objective To increase adoption of climate smart landscape restoration practices and enhance people’s livelihoods in selected communes Financing (in USD Million) Amount Total Project Cost 150.00 B. Is the project being prepared in a Situation of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints, as per Bank IPF Policy, para. 12? No C. Summary Description of Proposed Project [including overview of Country, Sectoral & Institutional Contexts and Relationship to CPF] The project is designed around key resilience factors aiming to slow the deterioration of the conflict situation as recommended by the Mali Prevention and Resilience Allocation: (a) involve grass root civil society organizations (CSOs), (b) increase the role of the private sector in rural areas; (c) include and consult with customary and religious authorities, (d) develop intercommunal agreements over natural resources management. All these elements of project design have a great potential for peacebuilding in many parts of the conflict zones. Mar 04, 2022 Page 2 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) The design of the project is also based on the nexus between natural resources degradation, climate change impacts, and social conflicts. In this context, implementing the Landscape Restoration Approach is required to face these challenges and break the current deadlock. This approach is recognized as an effective mitigation strategy by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and several experts due to its multiple adaptation and mitigation effects. The project-proposed landscape restoration activities contribute to achieving Mali’s commitments under the Land Degradation Neutrality and NDC. Since in Mali, communes’ territories are linked to specific socio-cultural- linguistic groups and ecosystems, it was agreed to consider the landscape unit equivalent to the commune territory. The Development Objective of the Project is to increase adoption of landscape restoration practices and enhance people’s lives in selected communes. The PDO Level Indicators • Land area under sustainable landscape management practices (CRI, Hectare [Ha]) • People with increased benefits from natural resources, disaggregated by sex (Male/female) • Net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (CRI, Metric tons CO2/year) • Target beneficiaries with rating “Satisfied” or above on project interventions (disaggregated by sex and age). The project is structured around three interdependent components that help achieve its development objective. Component 1 focuses on strengthening capacities, planning, and conflict prevention strategy. Component 2 focuses on promoting sustainable investment in (a) degraded landscapes to restore their physical and social functions, and (b) improving market access of NTFPs and fishery products through productive alliances. Component 3 focuses on project coordination, communication, and M&E. A fourth Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC) is added to Public Disclosure immediately respond to a potential crisis following a man-made or natural disaster. The project will preliminary target 87 communes selected based on criteria related to the consolidation / synergy with ongoing Bank projects (mainly PREEFN and PGRNCC); the Malian GGW interventions area; commune poverty profile; and ecosystem vulnerability (see technical background document). Additional communes, including in other regions, may be added using the same criteria. The project is structured around three interdependent components which contribute to achieve the project development objective. A fourth emergency response and contingency component is added to respond immediately to potential crisis following a human-made or natural disaster. Component 1 focuses on strengthening capacities, planning, and communication. Component 2 focuses on promoting sustainable investment (i) in landscapes to restore their physical and social functions including services and resilience capacity and to increase their productivity; and (ii) to enhance local population resilience by improving access of their FNTPs and fishery products to economic opportunities and markets by co-financing investments in Productive Alliances. Component 3 focuses on project coordination and monitoring and evaluation. • Component 1: Institutional support and Capacity Building for Landscape Restoration and Resilience (US$14 million) This component will support initiatives aimed at improving the capacities of all stakeholders in relation to the challenges of landscape development and resilience, improving the knowledge base about landscapes through specific studies, strengthening or updating integrated landscape development and forest and rangeland management plans and share knowledge through an appropriate communication strategy. Mar 04, 2022 Page 3 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) Sub-component 1.1: Human and Institutional Capacity Strengthening (US$5.5 million) Capacity Strengthening initiatives will aim to: 1.1.1. Support capacity development (US$2 million) of stakeholders involved at national, regional and communal levels, including members of the Project Management Unit (PMU) (US$2 millions). 1.1.2. Enabling environment for mobilizing climate finance (US$3.5 million). Proposed activities aim to support the implementation of Mali’s NDC, mainly in the forest and land-use sector (climate mitigative and adaptive measures Sub-component 1.2: Territorial Planning and development (US$7 million) 1.2.1 Updating / Developing cultural environment and social development programs (PDESCs) at communal level (USD3 million). 1.2.2 Updating and developing forest and pastoral management plans (USD4 million) Sub-component 1.3:Conflict management strategy (US$1.5 million) • Component 2: Investments in Landscapes Restoration communities' resilience (US$122 million) This component will finance strategic and technically feasible investments (sub-projects) aimed at restoring land and ecosystem services and improve livelihood resilience. The rationale is that conservation and restoration of land and the pursuant efforts to manage that land sustainably can increase soil fertility, fodder, water, and ecosystem services, contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation through carbon sequestration in vegetation and soil, which in turn can increase land, resource, and livestock productivity, and protect biodiversity. Landscape restoration will aim to reconcile economic, social and environmental concerns within a holistic framework, with the best projects utilizing Public Disclosure environmental improvements as drivers for socio-economic regeneration . It will enhance and diversify local livelihoods, improve food security, create climate-smart jobs, and increase resilience to the impact of climate change. Sub-component 2.1 Restoring landscapes and ecosystem services (US$70 million) While protecting pastoral and forest landscapes is important, restoring them where they have been lost and degraded is also necessary, necessary because without those landscape, soils, water and the goods and services provided by forests and pastoral resources are lost or impaired. Restoring these landscapes in the fragile and vulnerable context of targeted areas is about much more than returning trees to the landscape. It is about meeting both development and environmental priorities in a context that is primarily rural and predominantly low in terms of human development. Under this sub-component, the project will support restoration of key landscapes of the following ecosystems crossed by the GGWI belt in Mali: 2.1.1 Restoration of the Niger Inner Delta (NID) Landscapes (US$30 million) 2.1.2 Restoration of other Landscapes crossed by the by the GGWI belt in Mali (US$30 million) 2.1.3: Community integrated Agro-sylvo-pastoral farms (FACI) (US$10 millions) Sub-component 2.2 Improving local livelihoods (US$50 millions) 2.2.1 Sustainable development of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) (US$35 millions) 2.2.2 Community fishery (US$15 million) 2.2.3 Strengthening local social and non-tangible capital of targeted communes (US$2 million) Component 3: Coordination and monitoring-evaluation (US$14 million) This component seeks to provide necessary support for the daily management of the project, and monitoring and evaluation of the field activities. Sub-component 3.1 Coordination and project management (US$10 million) Mar 04, 2022 Page 4 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) Sub-component 3.2. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) (US$4 million) Component 4: Contingent Emergency Response A CERC will be included under the project in accordance with World Bank IPF Policy paragraph 12 on“Projects in Situations of Urgent Need of Assistance or Capacity Constraints”. This will allow for rapid reallocation of project proceeds in the event of a natural or man-made disaster or crisis that has caused, or is likely to imminently cause, a major adverse economic and/or social impact. A CERC operations manual will be prepared to support crisis management. D. Environmental and Social Overview D.1. Detailed project location(s) and salient physical characteristics relevant to the E&S assessment [geographic, environmental, social] The project will cover most of the areas which have already been covered by the Natural Resources Management in a Changing Climate in Mali project (PGRNCC, P145799) and are currently covered by the Economic and Environmental Rehabilitation of Niger River Project ( PREEFN, P151909). These are communes in the Kayes, Koulikoro, Mopti and Segou areas. It will directly build on lessons learned from these projects, strengthen and scale-up these projects’ activities. The population of this area can be estimated at around 7177384 people, 35,44% of Mali total population. The landscape consists of cultivated fields of cereal crops encroaching on pastoral ranges, agro-pastoral zones, Niger river, and three forest stands. The area receives 200 to 800 mm of annual precipitation and consists of a semi-arid ecosystem comprising mainly grassy and shrub steppes with a density of less than 10m3 of wood per hectare. The Public Disclosure Inner Niger River Delta (IND) and included lakes basin (Faguibine lake, Débo lake, Tele lake) are characterized by an immense fertile alluvial plain with a low slope and formed by a large dendritic network of tributaries and shallow lakes. The IND designates the intermediate part of the River Niger where it is subdivided into many branches before resuming a normal course. Located between 4th and 6th degrees West and 13th and 16th degrees North, the IND is a vast area of spreading water from the Niger River and its main tributary the Bani, and is made up of a network of tributaries, outlets , lakes and floodplains. oral and fishing potential of this vast floodplain. The IND is spread over the regions of Segou and Mopti in central part of Mali. There is ethnic diversity in the project zone where the ethnic- background link remains important. The main ethnic are Bambara, Sarakole (Marka) and Dogon as farmers; Peulh, Tuareg and Maure as breeder, the Bozo and the Somono as fishermen, the Songhai are both farmers and breeders. These three groups, farmers, fishermen and pastoralists, are the three main socio-professional groups that derive their livelihoods from the natural ecosystem. They use the same space but at different scales of space and time. Four main production systems are found in the project areas: (i) rainfed agriculture; (ii) agricultural system dominated by the production of crops (rice, maize, etc.) ; (iii) pastoral system with herds of cattle; and, (iv) the fishing system. These systems all have subsystems or variants which are generally characterized by low use of equipment and low use of inputs. The pattern of land use over time has been affected by high human population growth, climate change, and management infrastructure. In the Ninner Niger Delta besides insécurity situation due to the presence of armed groups; frequent conflicts are noted between farmers and pastoralist related to corridors of animal passage and protection of agricultural crops. D. 2. Borrower’s Institutional Capacity The project implementation arrangement is led by the Ministry of Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development (MEADD) with the involvement of some departments and agencies (Agence de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable (AEDD), Agence du Bassin du Fleuve Niger (ABFN), Direction Nationale de la Géologie et des Mar 04, 2022 Page 5 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) Mines (DNGM), Direction Nationale des Productions et des Industries Animales (DNPIA) and DGCT from ministry of decentralization. The MEADD, through some of its departments and agencies (particularly AEDD, ABFN), has some experience of the operational procedures of the World Bank but not of the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF). MEADD has successfully executed several Bank projects mainly under old safeguards policies, such as Projet de Gestion des Ressources Naturelles et du Changement Climatique (PGRNCC) (P145799) and Projet de Réhabilitation Economique du Fleuve Niger (PREFEEN) (P151909) which is still ongoing. The Borrower’s institutional capacity to implement the project under the ESF is thus considered weak. The Project Implementation Unit will be established under the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Environment and will be responsible for the overall project implementation, oversight, fiduciary and safeguards responsibility and coordination as well as the implementation of the capacity building. The PIU will engage some Partner Institutions (PIs) or delegated agencies, which will be selected on a competitive basis, for the implementation of the various activities such as capacity strengthening, mobilizing climate finance, environment and social development programs at communal level, forest and pastoral management plans, communication and conflict prevention and management strategy; and service providers for restoring landscapes and ecosystem services. Relevant and qualified specialists, in the fields of environment, social and gender based violence (GBV), will be engaged among PIU staff to ensure the implementation of environmental and social measures to manage identified risks. Each PI, service providers and contractors will also engage environmental and social development staff. Other involved agencies and departments will have an environment and social focal point. DNACPN will be part of the project environmental monitoring on behalf of national system. Public Disclosure An Institutional Capacity Strengthening Plan for the implementation of the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs), is reflected in the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP). II. SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL (ES) RISKS AND IMPACTS A. Environmental and Social Risk Classification (ESRC) Substantial Environmental Risk Rating Substantial The project’s environmental risk is classified as Substantial, even if most of risks and negative impacts which are likely to be generated by project activities can be mitigated by easily identifiable measures. The project activities mainly under component 2, are expected to have positive impacts on environmental ecosystem. Some type of subprojects (such as physical investments to restore degraded ecosystem, actions necessary to restore the productivity of those ecosystem, agro-silvo-pastoral and fishing practices, and actions necessary for the restoration, rehabilitation of Niger riverbanks, construction and rehabilitation of quays, rehabilitation of the lateral canals, river dredging, etc.) are expected to positively benefit the environment and the communities. However, those activities could generate some negative impacts on fragile and vulnerable ecosystem as well on biodiversity (for example on tens of fish species and sub-species, migratory birds and resident waterbirds in inner Delta of Niger river). The main environmental issues are related to: (i) impacts on water quality, and quantity and aquatic ecology; (ii) soil erosion by earthworks and runoff; (iii) health and safety of workers and communities ; vi) nuisances related to atmospheric Mar 04, 2022 Page 6 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) and noise emissions; etc. Those negative impact will spread throughout the large degraded areas cover by great green wall program and protected Ramsar site IDN, in climate change context add to volatile insecurity concerns. Social Risk Rating Substantial The project’s social risk is rated Substantial due to: (i) a sensitive social context, with insecurity and conflicts; (ii) impacts on economic activities and on land; (iii) challenges in risk mitigation and the management of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse/Sexual Harassment (SEA/SH); (iv) the vulnerability of implementation zones and risks of forced and child labor; (v) risks related to: displaced and vulnerable people, exclusion, elite capture, conflicts in project intervention areas in Kayes, Koulikoro, Ségou and Mopti and regions. In some areas (Kayes region) of the project, land was one of the bases of recent conflicts between legal owners and slaves by descent In other areas; especially in the inner Niger delta; conflicts between farmers and breeders related to the demarcation of animal grazing areas and passage areas to access the river have increased in recent years due to the inability to ensure equitable arbitration of access to resources. The absence of state institutions and the insecurity linked to the presence of jihadists is an aggravating factor. The migrations resulting from the attacks constitute a pressure on the resources with a risk of conflict. Some project implementation zones are not accessible for supervision. B. Environment and Social Standards (ESSs) that Apply to the Activities Being Considered B.1. General Assessment ESS1 Assessment and Management of Environmental and Social Risks and Impacts Overview of the relevance of the Standard for the Project: Public Disclosure The project will finance several ecosystem restoration and management activities through the construction of infrastructures, civil works for protection and rehabilitation of riverbanks, construction and rehabilitation of quays, rehabilitation of the lateral canals, dredging of critical sandbanks, creation and management of community forests for the production of gum Arabic and timber, bourgou-culture for animal feed, development of ponds and water bodies, creation or rehabilitation of small landing sites and related infrastructures, physical soil amendment works, promotion of sustainable forest management techniques and Integrated Community Agro-sylvo-pastoral Farm (FACI) construction. The project will also provide grants to groups and individuals to develop eligible micro projects to develop Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFPs) and forest rehabilitation activities. The activities to be implemented by project beneficiaries will include physical soil amendment works, soil fertility and microbiology, sustainable land and water management techniques (SLWM), rehabilitation of hydraulic infrastructure. Activities are likely to have environmental and social risks (such as pollution due to solid waste, dust and noise, soil erosion, etc.), but appropriate mitigation measures will be easily integrated. Some quays to be rehabilitated, critical sandbanks to be dredged and lateral canals to be rehabilitated are known and most of environment and social impact assessments have already been undertaken under PREEFN project and will be updated during project implementation to take in account current ES contexts and the requirements of ESF standards. For activities for which details and sites are not yet known, the Borrower has prepared an ESMF which the Bank has reviewed. it includes a screening mechanism to assess risks and identify adequate mitigation measures. ESMPs and ESIAs will be conducted during implementation for some specific infrastructure investments, together with a Health and Safety (HS) plan to ensure the safety of the community and workers. The ESMF makes use of the general and natural resources management Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines (EHSGs) for the identified activities in relation to occupational and community health and safety. It also includes measures for addressing intangible cultural resource development, conflict and grievances Mar 04, 2022 Page 7 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) management, GHG assessment and any potential SEA/H risks and security concerns. Environmental and social risks are related to community health and safety (ESS4); worker safety (ESS2); fish and biodiversity ecosystem (ESS6); labor influx (ESS2); resettlement (ESS5); impact of SEA/SH (ESS1); risks for Niger river (OP 7.50); intangible cultural resources (ESS8); as well as conflicts related to the selection and targeting of beneficiaries for productive alliances and value chains and possible misinformation regarding the project. Finally, COVID-19 requirements are defined and monitored to ensure workers and community safety. In addition to the ESMF, the project has prepared specific ESF instruments such as the Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP), the Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF), Security Risk Assessment/Security management plan and Labor Management Procedures (LMP) to guide the management and mitigation measures. Finally the existing model of Integrated Community Agro-sylvo-pastoral Farm (FACI) will be audited before the beginning of rehabilitation work and recommendations will be integrated. Component 4 focuses on a contingency emergency response component (CERC). The request for the activation of the CERC shall come from the Borrower.. In the event of a crisis leading to the activation of the CERC, the Borrower shall prepare the necessary instruments and measures before undertaking emergency response activities, in order to ensure compliance with the Project’s E&S requirements. An Addendum CERC-ESMF will be prepared to cover CERC-related measures (including a screening mechanism). ESS10 Stakeholder Engagement and Information Disclosure This standard is relevant. The Borrower has prepared an inclusive Stakeholder Engagement Plan (SEP) which is under review by the Bank. The SEP is consistent with the requirements of ESS10 and proportional to the nature and scale of the project and associated risks and impacts. The SEP includes consideration of other interested parties (OIPs), Public Disclosure various beneficiaries and directly impacted project affected persons (PAPs). It also identifies vulnerable groups (people living with a disability (physical or mental), sick people especially those with HIV/AIDS or other serious or incurable illenesses, widows/widowers and orphans, women heads of households, heads of households with no or almost no ressources), outlines the characteristics and interests of identified stakeholder groups and timing and methods of engagement throughout the project lifecycle. The SEP includes a project level SEA/SH-sensitive Grievance Mechanism (GM), that assures safe and confidential documentation, response and management of SEA/SH complaints and targeted and regular involvement of women and other groups at-risk in stakeholder engagement. Awareness raising activities on project-related risks of SEA/SH and mitigation strategies is included in the SEP and targeted communities and project workers. If major changes occur in the scope of activities during implementation, the SEP will be revised and re-disclosed. Primary stakeholders of activities are agriculturalist, agropastoralists, pastoralists, fishermen, including women and youth (who will particularly benefit from community labor-intensive works program). Will also benefit from project activities stakeholders involved in the Non-timber Forest Product (NPTF) sector, such as collectors; producers, wholesalers, transformers, retailers, NPTFs market-oriented producer groups, Producers Organizations (PO) (including women associations). Individual entrepreneurs and existing micro- small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) will be additional beneficiaries of project activities. Finally, other stakeholders include members of civil society organizations (CSOs), and local traditional, customary, and religious leaders. The implementation of the conflict reduction strategy emphasizes the engagement of all actors and the strengthening of their capacities. The main institutional stakeholders involved in the project are the following: National Directorate for Water Resources and Forests/DNEF, National Directorate for Sanitation and Pollution Control/DNACPN, Great Green Wall Agency/ANGMV the Niger River Basin Agency/ABFN), DGCT, National Directorate of Agriculture/DNA, National Directorate of Animal Productions and Industries/DNPIA, National Directorate of Mar 04, 2022 Page 8 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) Fisheries/ DNP; National Directorate of Hydraulics/DNH ; MALI-METEO. Finally, at the Commune level, key stakeholders will be the elected authorities and members of municipal councils. B.2. Specific Risks and Impacts A brief description of the potential environmental and social risks and impacts relevant to the Project. ESS2 Labor and Working Conditions This standard is relevant, because of risks and impacts related to labor and working conditions. The ESMF has also assessed related Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) risks/impacts and identified all mitigation measures to be incorporated into labor management prcedure and contractors labor management plans. It addressed potential hazards to workers, provision of preventive and protective measures, training of projects workers and maintenance of training records, documentation and reporting of occupational accidents, diseases and incidents, emergency prevention and remedies for injuries, disability and disease. The PMU will manage the project according to World Bank procedures in terms of environmental and social risk management. Project workers include (i) direct workers for the PMU, all staff (civil servants or consultants); (ii) contractors and subcontractors; and (iii) community workers. Following a careful assessment of the labor requirements and types of employees engaged in the project, the Borrower has prepared Labor Management Procedures (LMP) - reviewed by the team and under clearance before disclosure - to address key issues, such as working conditions and the management of worker relationships, protecting the workforce, non-discrimination, minimum age of work, measures to prevent forced labor and child labor, occupational health and safety requirements, as well as relevant guidance for the employment of youth through the project's job placement activities. LMP include an effective labor specific workers’ grievance mechanism Public Disclosure that is SEA/SH sensitive, based on national laws and regulations and the provisions of ESS2 and management of labor issues. Finally, the LMP includes a code of conduct to guide workers involved in project activities, highlighting the prohibition of SEA/SH and sanctions in case of misconduct. ESS3 Resource Efficiency and Pollution Prevention and Management ESS3 is pertinent, because the project may generate waste and air, water, and land pollution and consume finite resources that may threaten people, ecosystem services and the environment at the local level. Pollutants my be released to air, water and land due to routine, non-routine, and accidental circumstances. Risk of pollution of Niger River, international water, during rehabilitation/construction of small landing sites , quays, lateral canals and dredging of critical sandbanks exists. Aquatic ecosystem is also expose to degradation risk during civil work. Ecosystem restauration activities and micro projects are not expected to generate significant environment and social impacts. Project activities will not include procurement or use of any agro-chemical product. However, air and water pollution could result from civil works. The ESMF has assessed all these risks/impacts and identified mitigation measures. The cumulative impact will be identified as part of the screening process for the sub-projects and mitigation measures included in the ESIAs/ESMPs to be prepared during project implementation, which will include mitigation measures to minimize and manage those risks and impacts. The Borrower will avoid activities releasing pollutants or, when avoidance is not feasible, measures to minimize and then mitigate these risks will be adopted to ensure that pollutants have no or minimal impact according to measures specified in national law or the WBG’s Environmental Health and Safety Guidelines (EHSGS). The generation of waste will be minimized and the reuse, Mar 04, 2022 Page 9 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) recycle and recover of waste will be encouraged. The project has undertaken GHG assessment and will support country to develop capacities on GHG assessment under its subcomponent 1.1.2. ESS4 Community Health and Safety ESS4 is pertinent, because health and safety issues of communities are closely linked to typical risks/impacts of construction sites such as impacts from vehicle traffic, dust, noise, vibrations, hazardous material, potential labor influx and specific hazards including structural and site access issues. The ESMF assesses all these risks/impacts of the project on the health and safety of the affected communities (particularly their most vulnerable members) during the project life cycle and proposes mitigation solutions. ESIAs/ESMPs will be prepared during project implementation. All COVID-19 requirements will be shared with contractors and monitored at local level to ensure workers and communities safety. The Borrower will avoid or minimize the potential for community exposure to hazardous materials and substances that may be released by project activities. The ESMF and other environmental and social risk management instruments describe SEA/SH-related risks, and identify appropriate mitigation measures. Due to the presence of armed groups groups in some of the geographical areas to be covered by the project, a preliminary security assessment has already been developmed, together with a security management plan (SMP), which identifies, manages, and recommends mitigation measures to protect against risks posed by intensifying levels of conflict and violence in project areas. The SM, which will be disclosed prior to appraisal, also examines issues such as the geographic spread of security incidents related to the presence of non-state armed groups or ongoing military operations, and the potential impact on project activities. Finally, the SMP describes how and by whom security will be managed and delivered; the resources required; how the PIU will deploy in insecure conditions; and the behavior Public Disclosure that is expected of security personnel if armed forces, police, or gendarmerie are involved in any project-related activities. The presence of refugees and Internal displaced people (IDPs) in the project areas may pose a risk to the project in terms of increased pressure for resources, and lack of opportunities; the project will have transparent hiring criteria in place for instance to enable IDP/refugee population to also benefit from temporary work opportunities. Clear communication strategy will also be developed to share information about the project at the local levels in an understandable manner. Contractors will be required to certify that all staff engaged on the project, including subcontractors, have completed training on safety/conduct prior to work commencement. ESS5 Land Acquisition, Restrictions on Land Use and Involuntary Resettlement ESS5 is pertinent, because some activities such as plain development works, support for community based intensive forestation intiatives, the implementation of forest management plans, the implementation of minucipal plans for the development and management of pastoral areas may induce land acquisition, restrictions on land use and involuntary resettlement. In addition, temporary economic displacement (loss of land, assets, or access to assets and resources leading to loss of income sources or other means of livelihood) cannot be excluded during project implementation. However, feasible alternative project designs will be considered to avoid or minimize land acquisition or restrictions on land use, especially where this would result in physical or economic displacement, while balancing environmental, social, and financial costs and benefits, and paying particular attention to gender impacts and impacts on the poor and vulnerable. Quantity of land to be potentially affected, and likewise number of project affected persons (PAPs), cannot be estimated at this early stage. An RPF has been prepared by the Borrower and reviewed by the Bank. The RPF provides necessary guidance for preparing, if necessary, subsequent site-specific resettlement action plans (RAPs), to be approved by the Bank and published in-country and on the Bank’s external Mar 04, 2022 Page 10 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) website. All resettlement actions will be implemented prior to the start of civil works. The RPF outlines the principles and procedures for involuntary resettlement and/or compensation of project-affected people, and establishes standards for identifying, assessing and mitigating negative impacts of project supported activities. When land acquisition or restrictions on land use (whether permanent or temporary) cannot be avoided, the Borrower will offer affected persons compensation at replacement cost, and other assistance as may be necessary to help them improve or at least restore their standards of living or livelihoods. Quantity of land to be potentially affected, and likewise number of project affected persons (PAPs), cannot be estimated at this early stage in the project preparation process. Potential losses of land and potential number of PAPs, will be further reviewed and estimated. ESS6 Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources ESS6 is pertinent. On one hand, landscape restoration activities promoted by the project will restore and return functionality to critical habitat, reintroduce species and increase genetic diversity to ensure that positive links between a restored, healthy and biodiverse landscape and other sectors of interest (especially those relating to human development) are well articulated to assure decisionmakers of the positive social return on investment provided by restoring biodiversity as part of the overall landscape restoration process. On the other hand, some work will have some risks and negative environmental impacts, namely those related construction, rehabilitation of quays and small landing sites etc. , which are likely to disrupt the soil structure at the sites concerned), soil compaction (because of the movements of vehicles, trucks and machinery), soil pollution (linked to the solid and liquid waste), noise pollution (linked to the use of earthmoving machinery, such as bulldozers, trucks, mechanical shovels, graders), air pollution (dust and exhaust from vehicles, trucks and machinery), water pollution, selective destruction of plant Public Disclosure cover and disruption of photosynthesis. In line with the ESMF principles, ESIAs will be prepared during implementation to identify risks and impacts as well as a number of adequate measures that will be applied to promote biodiversity and prevent, mitigate or eliminate potential risks before the start of the work. ESS7 Indigenous Peoples/Sub-Saharan African Historically Underserved Traditional Local Communities This standard is not considered relevant as there are no Indigenous Peoples in the project area. However, the project will particularly address the needs of the most economically marginalized and vulnerable segments of the population, who could potentially be affected by some activities. Appropriate measures will ensure that they receive equitable access to project benefits and that these benefits are devised or delivered in a form that is culturally appropriate. ESS8 Cultural Heritage ESS8 is relevant. While the ESMF includes chances finds procedures, ESIAs (to be prepared during implementation) will assess potential risks and negative impacts of project activities on cultural heritage. If deemed appropriate, a Cultural Heritage Management Plan will be prepared, which will include mitigation measures (for instance, relocating or modifying the physical footprint of the project; conservation and rehabilitation in situ; relocation of cultural heritage; documentation; strengthening the capacity of national and subnational institutions responsible for managing cultural heritage affected by the project; establishment of a monitoring system to track the progress and efficacy of these activities; establishment of an implementation schedule and required budget for the identified mitigation measures; and cataloguing of finds). As part of the culture heritage assessment, the Borrower will carry Mar 04, 2022 Page 11 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) out meaningful consultations by identifying, in accordance with ESS10, stakeholders that are relevant for the cultural heritage that is known to exist or is likely to be encountered during the project life cycle. ESS9 Financial Intermediaries The standard is not relevant, because the project will not employ the services of financial intermediaries C. Legal Operational Policies that Apply OP 7.50 Projects on International Waterways TBD OP 7.60 Projects in Disputed Areas No B.3. Reliance on Borrower’s policy, legal and institutional framework, relevant to the Project risks and impacts Is this project being prepared for use of Borrower Framework? No Areas where “Use of Borrower Framework” is being considered: Public Disclosure This operation will not use the Borrower’s Environmental and Social Framework but will comply with relevant national legal requirements. IV. CONTACT POINTS World Bank Contact: Taoufiq Bennouna Title: Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist Telephone No: 5351+2239 / - -53512239 Email: tbennouna@worldbank.org Contact: Aurelie Marie Simone Monique Title: Environmental Specialist Rossignol Telephone No: 5361+3043 Email: arossignol@worldbank.org Borrower/Client/Recipient Borrower: Republic of Mali Implementing Agency(ies) Implementing Agency: Agence de l'Environnement et Developpement Durable (AEDD) Mar 04, 2022 Page 12 of 13 The World Bank Landscape Restoration and Resilience Project - Mali (P177041) V. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20433 Telephone: (202) 473-1000 Web: http://www.worldbank.org/projects VI. APPROVAL Task Team Leader(s): Aurelie Marie Simone Monique Rossignol, Taoufiq Bennouna Practice Manager (ENR/Social) Kristyna Bishop Cleared on 01-Mar-2022 at 17:37:46 GMT-05:00 Public Disclosure Mar 04, 2022 Page 13 of 13