The World Bank FIP - DECENTRALIZED FOREST AND WOODLAND MANAGEMENT PROJECT (P143993) REPORT NO.: RES39241 DOCUMENT OF THE WORLD BANK RESTRUCTURING PAPER ON A PROPOSED PROJECT RESTRUCTURING OF FIP - DECENTRALIZED FOREST AND WOODLAND MANAGEMENT PROJECT APPROVED ON JANUARY 23, 2014 TO GOVERNMENT OF BURKINA FASO ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES & THE BLUE ECONOMY AFRICA Regional Vice President: Hafez M. H. Ghanem Country Director: Soukeyna Kane Regional Director: Ede Jorge Ijjasz-Vasquez Practice Manager/Manager: Maria Sarraf Task Team Leader(s): Loic Jean Charles Braune The World Bank FIP - DECENTRALIZED FOREST AND WOODLAND MANAGEMENT PROJECT (P143993) I. BASIC DATA Product Information Project ID Financing Instrument P143993 Investment Project Financing Original EA Category Current EA Category Partial Assessment (B) Partial Assessment (B) Approval Date Current Closing Date 23-Jan-2014 31-Dec-2019 Organizations Borrower Responsible Agency Ministere de l'Environnement et Developpement Government of Burkina Faso Durable Project Development Objective (PDO) Original PDO The project objective is to promote national development policies as well as to support the definition and implementation of community-based natural resource management processes in 32, mostly rural, communes in a way that strengthen sustainable local developmentpractices and contributes to reducing GHG emissions from deforestation and woodland degradation. Summary Status of Financing Net Ln/Cr/Tf Approval Signing Effectiveness Closing Commitment Disbursed Undisbursed TF-16915 02-Sep-2014 02-Sep-2014 16-Sep-2014 31-Aug-2018 7.27 7.24 0 TF-15339 17-Feb-2014 17-Feb-2014 16-Sep-2014 31-Dec-2019 16.50 6.74 9.76 The World Bank FIP - DECENTRALIZED FOREST AND WOODLAND MANAGEMENT PROJECT (P143993) Policy Waiver(s) Does this restructuring trigger the need for any policy waiver(s)? No I. SUMMARY OF PROJECT STATUS AND PROPOSED CHANGES The project is tackling deforestation and forest cover degradation by focusing on (i) improving the agriculture practices (direct factor of deforestation) and (ii) land governance (underlying driver of deforestation), including land tenure security and land use planning. For the past 4 years, the project has been operating in 32 pilot communes and developed a list of activities following those two axes. Regarding the governance axis, the project operated in two phases. First (from 2016 to mid 2018), the project conducted a participative approach to identify the land use conflicts and the areas that should be dedicated to conservation, and the Communal Council validated a land use zoning plan. Based on those plans, each commune designed an investment plan (called PDIC/REDD+ - representing about 300,000 USD per commune) that included both governance activities (including land tenure) and development investments. Then, starting mid 2018, the Communes received investment allowance to initiate the implementation of those plans. Simultaneously, the project promoted Sustainable Land Management practices to limit the arable soil loss from agriculture and reduce the pressure on forest. It trained about 1,500 household on the various practices, showing impact on land cover and reduction of forest cover loss. Because of the innovative approach, and the decision to promote highly participative and inclusive processes, the first phase took longer than expected. In addition, the civil unrest in 2014-2015 delayed the project operational launching. Finally, as the Communal Councils are, by design, in the driver seat, the project had to wait until the 2015 election and the set-up of the Communal Councils and decentralized administration in 2016. As a result, the project was about 18 month delayed. As of November 2019, the implementation of the Communal Investment Plans (PDIC/REDD+) is going very well, with high ownership from the communities - especially as they were the one who conceived the investment plans. 3 Communes may complete their investment before the end of the year, and 19 other communes would be over 60% in the implementation. About 10 communes are lagging behind, due to political issues, security issues, or a higher complexity for the implementation (which usually required additional safeguard work). Current disbursement is at 59%, with about 3 million USD (14%) already committed to be transferred to the Communes, and about 1 million USD (5%) committed for the Sustainable Land Management practice promotion. Overall, the project is expected to reach about 80% disbursement before June 2020 if the extension is granted. The remaining 20% (4 million USD) would be used for operating cost (1 million USD) and additional transfers to the Communes (3 million USD) to consolidate the local governance and secure the investments. The team considers that the PDO would be reachable if the 12 month extension is granted. In particular, it is expected that the extension would allow the full completion of the PDIC in at least 27 communes out of 32 (85%) - above the expectation of 75%. Also, once the PDIC are fully implemented, the number of beneficiaries is expected to be higher than the target. The carbon sequestration might be slightly lower than the target ( (3.52 million teqCO2) - but the The World Bank FIP - DECENTRALIZED FOREST AND WOODLAND MANAGEMENT PROJECT (P143993) team is still working on some methodological assumptions that would impact the final result. In any case, the difference would not justify a change in the result framework at this stage. As of December 5, 2019, the project had no overdue financial reports. II. DETAILED CHANGES LOAN CLOSING DATE(S) Original Revised Proposed Proposed Deadline Ln/Cr/Tf Status Closing Closing(s) Closing for Withdrawal Applications TF-15339 Effective 31-Dec-2019 31-Dec-2020 30-Apr-2021 31-Aug-2018, 10-Jan- TF-16915 Closed 30-Jun-2018 2019