The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) AFRICA | Liberia | Environment, Natural Resources & the Blue Economy Global Practice | Recipient Executed Activities | Investment Project Financing | FY 2016 | Seq No: 8 | ARCHIVED on 23-Jun-2020 | ISR39284 | Implementing Agencies: Forestry Development Authority, Republic of Liberia Key Dates Key Project Dates Bank Approval Date: 19-Apr-2016 Effectiveness Date: 30-Aug-2016 Planned Mid Term Review Date: 31-Mar-2019 Actual Mid-Term Review Date: 13-May-2019 Original Closing Date: 30-Jun-2020 Revised Closing Date: 30-Jun-2023 pdoTable Project Development Objectives Project Development Objective (from Project Appraisal Document) Improved management of, and increased benefit-sharing in, targeted forest landscapes. Has the Project Development Objective been changed since Board Approval of the Project Objective? No Components Table Name Strengthened Regulatory and Institutional Arrangements for Implementation of REDD+:(Cost $8.00 M) Strengthened Capacity for Management of Targeted Forest Landscapes:(Cost $23.60 M) Forest Monitoring Information System:(Cost $2.50 M) Project Management, Monitoring and Communication:(Cost $3.40 M) Overall Ratings Name Previous Rating Current Rating Progress towards achievement of PDO Moderately Unsatisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Implementation Progress (IP) Moderately Satisfactory Moderately Satisfactory Overall Risk Rating Substantial Substantial Implementation Status and Key Decisions In response to the request of the Government of Liberia, the closing date of the project has been extended by three years, until June 30, 2023. The project will change its implementation model by contracting technical service providers which will implement various activities in the targeted forest landscapes and communities. Going forward, the project will focus on diversifying livelihoods of forest communities. In spite of the COVID-19 spread, prevention and mitigation measures that have placed certain restrictions on movement of people, including project staff, FDA staff, consultants and technical service providers, the project has demonstrated a number of achievements, namely: first report of the Feedback and Grievance Redress Mechanism (FGRM) has been prepared and submitted for review; Safeguards Information System (SIS) for 6/23/2020 Page 1 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) Liberia REDD+ is now complete and functional and training is ongoing to operationalize the system; study for ecotourism potential has been developed and presented to a broad range of stakeholders; pre-gazettement studies for Krahn-Bassa and Foya PPA have been completed; six cooperatives bringing artisanal miners into cooperatives have been established (two in Northwest forest landscape and four in Southeast forest landscape); extensive training has been done on cocoa production to tree crop farmers, with 690 farmers receiving training through farmer field schools and 900 expected to undergo such training; MoA worked to improve cocoa production on 442 ha and distributed cocoa seedlings; civil works for regional HQ buildings in Tubmanburg, Buchanan and in Gola (Gola Forest National Park) are expected to be completed soon; draft final report of the concessions review has been shared with the President’s Concessions Review Committee. Risks Systematic Operations Risk-rating Tool Risk Category Rating at Approval Previous Rating Current Rating Political and Governance High High High Macroeconomic Substantial Substantial Substantial Sector Strategies and Policies Substantial Substantial Substantial Technical Design of Project or Program Moderate Moderate Moderate Institutional Capacity for Implementation and High High High Sustainability Fiduciary Substantial Substantial Substantial Environment and Social Substantial Substantial Substantial Stakeholders Substantial Substantial Substantial Other High High High Overall Substantial Substantial Substantial Results PDO Indicators by Objectives / Outcomes Improved management of, and increased benefit sharing in, targeted forest landscapes IN00850315 ►Land area under sustainable landscape management practices (Hectare(Ha), Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 483,349.00 928,418.89 665,259.00 Date 01-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 The following activities contribute to achievement of this PDO indicator: support to conservation Comments: agricultural activities (ongoing); support to establishment of tree crops - cocoa (ongoing); support to establishment of community forests in Authorized Forest Communities (AFC) (ongoing although no AFCs 6/23/2020 Page 2 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) have been established with project support so far); and support to effective management of protected areas (being provided in four target protected areas / proposed protected areas). IN00850480 Area under conservation agriculture (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 157.00 300.50 717.00 Date 01-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 IN00850481 Area under agroforestry systems (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,192.00 186.40 2,542.00 Date 01-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 IN00850483 Area under improved natural resource management (in Authorized Forest Communities) (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 41,362.00 200,000.00 Date 01-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 IN00850484 Protected areas under effective management (Hectare(Ha), Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 462,000.00 365,633.00 462,000.00 Date 01-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2018 30-Jun-2018 30-Jun-2023 IN00850473 ►Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) score of protected areas within targeted forest landscapes (disaggregated by protected areas): Sapo NP (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 55.00 44.00 44.00 60.00 Date 14-Mar-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 The METT score will be re-measured during the mid term review. Comments: IN00850486 Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) score - Lake Piso MUR (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 49.00 48.00 48.00 55.00 Date 08-Mar-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 IN00850487 Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) score - Wonegizi NR (Number, Custom Breakdown) 6/23/2020 Page 3 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 39.00 41.00 41.00 55.00 Date 08-Mar-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 IN00850488 Management Effectiveness Tracking Tool (METT) score - Gola Forest NP (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 48.00 50.00 50.00 60.00 Date 08-Mar-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 IN00850478 ►People in forest&adjacent community with monetary/non-monetary benefit from forest (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 75,000.00 Date 14-Mar-2016 31-Dec-2017 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Data for this indicator will be collected through a survey Comments: IN00850489 People in forest and adjacent community with benefits from forest-female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 30,000.00 Date 14-Mar-2016 31-Dec-2017 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 IN00850479 ►People in and around of protected and community forestry areas in targeted landscapes who participated in consultations on management of forests (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 1,367.00 4,801.00 5,000.00 Date 08-Mar-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 During the reporting period the following persons were consulted: 619 persons (463 males and 156 females) on boundary harmonization in and around the Sapo National Park and 165 persons (119 males Comments: and 46 females) during the AFC process. Intermediate Results Indicators by Components Component 1: Strengthened Regulatory and Institutional Arrangements for Implementation of REDD+ IN00850461 ►Govt institutions provided w/ capacity buildg to improve mgt of forest resources (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/23/2020 Page 4 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) Value 0.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Government institutions include Forestry Development Authority, Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Mines and Energy, Ministry of Agriculture, Liberia Land Authority, Ministry of Finance & Development Planning, and Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Comments: Services. During the reporting period, the project provided training in GPS operation to resident surveyors of the Ministry of Public Works. IN00850465 ►National and subnational level coordination and forest governance mechanisms operational in open, accountable and transparent manner (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 The following mechanisms are established and functional, with support from the project: National Climate Change Steering Committee, REDD+ Technical Working Group, and Community Forestry Working Group. The project also intends to provide support to the Union of Community Forest Management Bodies. Comments: However, agenda and minutes / proceedings of these bodies are not yet disclosed routinely to public (e.g. through the website of the Forestry Development Authority) which means that they are not yet operating in a transparent manner. IN00850468 ►Reforms in forest policy, legislation or other regulations supported (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes Yes Yes Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 The project is has supported the development of guidelines for Community Forest Management Plans, a prerequisite for sustainable management planning of forest resource by communities. And the EPA has Comments: developed the community consultation guidelines. Both guidelines are yet to be piloted in the field before they are approved by the Boards of FDA and EPA respectively. IN00850469 ►New industrial logging concessions awarded only after (a) independent review all forest concessions for fiduciary and legal compliance and (b) satisfactory procedures for future award of concession es (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Achievement of this indicator can be fully assessed when the ongoing forest concession review process as well as establishment of satisfactory procedures for future allocation of concessions have been completed and the recommendations are applied in the award of new concessions. The ongoing forest Comments: concession review supported by the project has been fully endorsed by the Special Presidential Concessions Review Committee. IN00850471 ►Follow up to recommended actions from relevant concession reviews tracked and made publicly available biannually (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target 6/23/2020 Page 5 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) Value No No No Yes Date 14-Mar-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Contingent upon completion of the ongoing forest concession review. Comments: IN00850474 ►Community Forest Management Agreements (CFMAs) approved by FDA Board only after consideration of Community Forest Working Group (CFWG) recommendations (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No Yes No Yes Date 01-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 All draft CFMAs are reviewed by the CFWG; CFWG recommendations (included in the meeting minutes) are submitted to the FDA Board sittings where CFMAs are being considered for endorsement, as a Comments: standard practice. 3# CFMAs signed but not approved by FDA Board yet. Component 2: Strengthened Capacity for Management of Targeted Forest Landscapes IN00850462 ►Participatory mapping and zoning incorporated as part of the Community Forest Management Plans (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 Date 01-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Until the CFMP guidelines have been piloted and approved by the FDA Board, no Community Forest Comments: Management Plans have been developed under the project to date. IN00850466 ►Proposed protected areas for which gazettement packages are presented to the office of the president (Hectare(Ha), Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 200,000.00 Date 14-Mar-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Currently, feasibility studies have been completed to inform the preparation of the gazettement packages for Krahn-Bassa /Gbi and Foya Proposed Protected Areas and Kpo Mountains, while feasibility studies are underway at the 2# Proposed Protected Areas namely Grand-Kru-River Gee, and Sestos- Comments: Senkwehn. It is expected that gazettement packages for at least 3 of these will be submitted to the Office of the President before the project Closing Date. IN00850482 Proposed protected areas for which gazettement packages are presented to the Office of the President (Number, Custom Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.00 IN00850470 ►Proposed Protected Areas with completed biodiversity and socio-economic studies to assess feasibility of protected areas establishment (Number, Custom) 6/23/2020 Page 6 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 Date 01-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Draft reports on feasibility studies (including biodiversity and socio-economic studies) for 2# Proposed Protected Areas namely Krahn-Bassa /Gbi and Foya have been submitted to the FDA. Similar studies Comments: currently underway for 3# PPAs namely Kpo Mountains, Grand-Kru-River Gee, and Sestos-Senkwehn. IN00850472 ►Forest users trained (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 907.00 3,705.00 4,000.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 During the reporting period 3701 (1096 females) stakeholders and beneficiaries were trained. Out of this Comments: number 2100 were farmers trained by MoA STCRSP. IN00850485 Forest users trained - Female (Number, Custom Breakdown) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 345.00 1,096.00 1,000.00 Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 IN00850475 ►People employed in production of forest products (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 2,000.00 Date 01-Mar-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 No forest enterprises have been established with project support yet. However, a scoping study have been completed on the potential for bee-keeping in 30 communities. Report has been submitted to the Comments: FDA by the consultant who undertook the study. IN00850476 ►Community Forestry Enterprises establishing joint ventures with other communities or other enterprises (Number, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 0.00 8.00 Date 14-Mar-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 The project currently supports a feasibility study for establishment of a community forest cooperative for a Comments: cluster of communities in the South East landscape. IN00850477 6/23/2020 Page 7 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) ►Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services (Number, Corporate) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 2,307.00 2,285.00 10,200.00 Date 01-Apr-2016 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Includes farmers supported under the conservation agriculture and tree crops support. 2120 farmers (1270 males and 1274 females reached out to by PIEs, Also 165 farmers (93 males and 46 females) were Comments: trained by MoA in pegging, digging of planting holes, transplanting methods, etc. No disaggregation by gender provided. IN00850490 Farmers reached with agricultural assets or services - Female (Number, Corporate Supplement) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value 0.00 0.00 2,285.00 1,000.00 Component 3: Forest Monitoring Information System IN00850463 ►Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) system established and operational according to roadmap (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Institutional arrangement established as part of the National Forest Inventory (NFI). The current understanding is that the respective national institutions will be responsible for their specific mandates and Comments: functions under the MRV. Although the MRV institutional arrangement is established, this is yet to be operationalized. IN00850464 ►Reference Level for results based financing for REDD+ is developed and submitted to the UNFCCC (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No No Yes Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 Preparation of the reference level is ongoing. Comments: IN00850467 ►Information system for safeguards piloted in targeted forest landscapes (Yes/No, Custom) Baseline Actual (Previous) Actual (Current) End Target Value No No Yes Yes Date 30-Nov-2015 30-Jun-2018 28-Jun-2019 30-Jun-2023 The SIS is completed, launched, piloted and in operation. Piloting was undertaken as part of the Comments: consultant service during the development process. 6/23/2020 Page 8 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) Performance-Based Conditions Data on Financial Performance Disbursements (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Currency Original Revised Cancelled Disbursed Undisbursed % Disbursed P154114 TF-A2427 Effective USD 36.70 36.70 0.00 15.09 21.61 41% Key Dates (by loan) Project Loan/Credit/TF Status Approval Date Signing Date Effectiveness Date Orig. Closing Date Rev. Closing Date P154114 TF-A2427 Effective 19-Apr-2016 27-Apr-2016 30-Aug-2016 30-Jun-2020 30-Jun-2023 Cumulative Disbursements 6/23/2020 Page 9 of 10 The World Bank Implementation Status & Results Report Liberia Forest Sector Project (P154114) PBC Disbursement Achievement Disbursed amount in Disbursement % PBC ID PBC Type Description Coc PBC Amount Status Coc for PBC Restructuring History Level 2 Approved on 06-Nov-2018 ,Level Approved on 12-May-2020 ,Level 2 Approved on 19-May-2020 Related Project(s) There are no related projects. 6/23/2020 Page 10 of 10