INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET APPRAISAL STAGE Report No.: ISDSA597 Public Disclosure Copy Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 20-Mar-2012 I. BASIC INFORMATION 1. Basic Project Data Country: Mexico Project ID: P121116 Project Name: Sustainable Production Systems and Biodiversity (P121116) Task Team Leader: Svetlana Ognianova Edmead Estimated Appraisal Date: 23-Mar-2012 Estimated Board Date: 22-May-2012 Managing Unit: LCSAR Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Focal Area: Biodiversity Sector: General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector (100%) Theme: Other environment and natural resources management (60%), Other rural development (40%) Financing (In USD Million) Financing Source Amount BORROWER/RECIPIENT 19.20 Global Environment Facility (GEF) 11.69 Total 30.89 Environmental Category: B - Partial Assessment Is this a Repeater project? No 2. Global Environmental Objective(s) The specific Project Development Objective (PDO) is: to conserve and protect nationally and globally significant biodiversity in Mexico through mainstreaming biodiversity-friendly management practices in productive landscapes in priority biological corridors. 3. Project Description Public Disclosure Copy The project has three major activities: (i) mainstreaming sustainable production and biodiversity conservation practices into production systems in targeted biological corridors; (ii) strengthening producer associations’ capacity to expand market opportunities for biodiversity-friendly products from the project area; and (iii) enhancing the institutional framework to support the adoption of sustainable production systems and related market instruments, including regional exchange programs among Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC) countries. Components 1 and 2 will be implemented through sub-projects and activities formulated around production systems. The project will make matching grant financing available to existing producer associations and producer groups that have developed a business plan for the production, processing and marketing of biodiversity-friendly products. Component 3 comprises cross-cutting aspects of project implementation that go beyond the local and national levels and focus on the promotion of public-private arrangements for, such as strategic alliances to foster markets for biodiversity-friendly products. Component 4 covers project management, as well as monitoring and evaluation activities. Annex 2 provides details pertaining to project components. Component 1. Sustainable Production Systems and Biodiversity Mainstreaming. (GEF Grant US$ 4.6m, Government US$ 10.7m). In the context of the project, sustainable production system refers to a series of activities (including the management system) carried out to produce a defined set of goods and services for the market, which use land in ways that do not progressively degrade its productive capacity . The objective of this component is to introduce and mainstream biodiversity-friendly practices into a number of production systems in order to conserve biodiversity of global and national importance. This will be achieved mainly by assisting existing producer groups in the adoption and use of biodiversity-friendly production practices. The producer groups will be trained and assisted in the process of transfer of knowledge and adoption of biodiversity-friendly production practices by Technical Service Providers (TSPs). The project’s approach to biodiversity mainstreaming includes building producer resilience to climate, production and market shocks through the implementation of biodiversity-friendly practices that can translate into better production outcomes (e.g. adoption of improved plant nutrition systems; integrated management systems for critical pest and diseases; shade management, etc.), as well as marketing opportunities (e.g. labeling, standards, etc.). Because most producers lack the necessary capital to transition from conventional to biodiversity-friendly production practices, GEF incremental funding will be used for the investments and training that will enable the conversion, while built-in incentives in project design will ensure its environmental and financial sustainability. GEF funds will be used to co-finance about 20%-30% of the grants to producer associations and producer groups. The remainder of the financing will come from two main sources: 1) financial support from existing state programs available through SAGARPA, CONAFOR, CONANP, CDI and Page 1 of 7 other agencies; and 2) up to 30% of the total value of the sub-project will be provided by beneficiary producer groups and associations as direct co-financing, which will be a combination of in-kind and cash resources. Sub-component 1.1: Assisting producer groups in the use of sustainable production practices. The project will support approximately 190 existing producer groups (consisting of at least 6,000 producers) that have some experience with sustainable production practices. The project will help them to expand, diversify and improve such practices, and include more biodiversity-friendly ones so that the products can be sold under a biodiversity label (bio-label) or with biodiversity related characteristics that are valued in the market place. Support to producers and producer Public Disclosure Copy groups will be done in a holistic manner aimed at catalyzing opportunities for biodiversity gains, but also for quality and productivity improvements. Under sub-component 1.1., the project will finance the introduction and implementation of biodiversity-friendly production practices, including infrastructure improvements, acquisition of storage or processing equipment, on-farm conditioning, operational costs (such as day labor for the rehabilitation of forests), training and consulting services for the development of farm-based biodiversity management. It will also finance Technical Service Providers (TSPs) to train and assist at least 2,300 leading producers from those groups in the adoption of biodiversity-friendly practices into their production systems. Project financing will be provided in the form of matching grants, defined here as a one-time subsidy for a concrete investment or capacity building activity. To ensure that grant recipients have a stake in the investment or capacity building, they are required to match a portion of the grant with own contributions in cash and/or in kind. Annex 2 provides greater detail on the matching arrangements. The production systems for which matching grants would initially be available include 1) forestry (timber and non-timber forest products), 2) silvo- pastoral cattle-raising systems, 3) coffee production, 4) cocoa production, 5) honey production, 6) wildlife use and 7) ecotourism . The selection criteria for project interventions will include factors such as global, national and local conservation value, threat to biodiversity, connectivity, costs/ benefits, suitability of goods produced and services delivered, logistics, organizational strengths of producer associations. By the end of the project, the grants will have contributed towards the incorporation of biodiversity-friendly practices for land-use or management planning instruments (in particularly for wildlife use and ecotourism) on 34,500 hectares (10%) of the target area landscape by approximately 6,000 producers. Sub-component 1.2: Training through Technical Service Providers (TSPs). This component will finance training and technical advice by TSPs to producer associations and groups. The TSPs (persons or groups that perform specialized professional services for groups and associations of producers) are accredited by and registered as service providers with federal institutions such as SAGARPA (for agricultural and livestock production), CONAFOR (for forestry), and SEMARNAT (for environmental services). CONABIO will hire the TSPs based on their adequate technical profile (capacity, experience and local presence) from a shortlist selected by the beneficiary producer groups or associations. In production systems or areas where TSPs are underrepresented, the project will implement a flexible strategy and contract specialists for the provision of the required services, enabling producers’ access to needed technology for the implementation of biodiversity-friendly practices. The project will work with three types of TSPs, each fulfilling a different function: 1) the Local Technical Groups (GTL) will fulfill the role of development agents providing training and technical assistance to producer groups and producer associations; there will be one GTL by producer association; 2) Technology Transfer Units (UTT) will provide services for research, technology development and innovation (R&D+i) by production system; there will be one UTT by production system; 3) Financial Agents (AFS) will support the management of financial services in each production system; there will be one AFS by production system. Public Disclosure Copy By project closure, about 31 TSPs will have been supporting producers and producer groups committed to the adoption of biodiversity-friendly practices in their production systems. All TSPs will be connected by networks and coordinated by the Program for the Development of Capacities for Sustainable Production Systems, included under Component 3. Component 2: Producer Associations and Biodiversity-Friendly Market Initiatives. (GEF Grant US$ 3.6m, Government US$ 3.7m). The objectives of this component are twofold: 1) strengthen the capacities of producer associations managing biodiversity-friendly production and marketing systems, and 2) improve associations’ collaboration capacity with other economic agents of the value chain. The project will work with existent producer associations and will support producer groups currently organized in formal, but not yet legalized, networks across production systems. Project financing (technical assistance and investments) will be provided to established producer associations. Producer groups organized in networks will receive technical assistance support until they establish themselves as producer associations . The organization of producer groups into associations has advantages related to the cost-effectiveness of economies of scale in ensuring quality standards and forming commercial linkages that will enable market access and niche penetration for value capture related to biodiversity-friendly attributes. This will be achieved through the internalization within producer associations of the capacity to promote and manage biodiversity- friendly practices hereby ensuring compliance with biodiversity-friendly production standards and labeling, existing or to be developed under sub- component 3.2. Sub-component 2.1: Strengthening producer associations and networks of producer groups. This sub-component will co-finance infrastructure improvements, acquisition of equipment, training and consulting services to improve/upgrade at least 17 existing producer associations or networks of producer groups. In the period that existing producer groups (organized as informal networks) are not yet united under the umbrella of a single association, the project will strengthen the networks and support them into becoming an association. Project support will provide producer associations and networks of producer groups with internal capacity to promote biodiversity-friendly practices, implement quality control services to group members and carry out marketing activities. It will also enhance the associations’ capacities for quality control verification and inspection systems for biodiversity-friendly production as well as market promotion for those products. The project will also co-finance studies, legal and administrative fees to organize or strengthen the associations, as well as fees for third-party verification of production management systems. Producer associations and networks of producer groups will be eligible for training in themes such as marketing, advertising, contract negotiation, access to credit/financial support, feasibility studies, business planning, etc. Sub-component 2.2: Establishing business alliances for bio-labeled products. The sub-component will finance technical advice and consulting Page 2 of 7 services for the establishment of collaborative and contract arrangements (alliances) between buyers (brokers, exporters, supermarkets) and producer groups for the marketing of the biodiversity-friendly products. The project will finance consulting services to assist the producer associations with market studies and the development of marketing plans for the promotion of products holding biodiversity labels, and for the establishment of links with potential national and international end-markets. The project will also encourage alliances between producer groups, local institutions, service providers and/or local/regional and international buyers, to initiate and sustain biodiversity-friendly production and marketing systems. Public Disclosure Copy By project closure, about 7 business alliances for biodiversity-friendly products will be fully operational and at least 5 production systems are expected to be in compliance with standards for biodiversity-friendly production and to be marketing their products with indicative bio-labeling. Component 3. Institutions, Labels, and South-South Cooperation. (GEF Grant US$ 2.3m, Government US$ 2.3m). The objective of this component is to develop and strengthen the cross-cutting aspects of the project: institutional framework and associated capacities to support and encourage the use of biodiversity-friendly production systems (by producers) and bio-labeled goods and services (by consumers), while promoting strategic public-private partnerships, as well as collaborative initiatives across Mesoamerican country institutions. Sub-component 3.1: Strategy for developing institutional capacities: The objective of this sub-component is to influence the institutional context related to biodiversity-friendly production systems by: (i) improving the entrepreneurial skills of the leaders of producer associations and of TSPs, and (ii) developing institutional capacities related to biodiversity-friendly production systems and building links with other actors and agents in the public and private sectors. This subcomponent will finance consulting services, training and study tours for the implementation of the cross-cutting strategies influencing the biodiversity enhancing production and marketing systems. This will be achieved through a Program for the Development of Capacities for Sustainable Production Systems, which has five lines of action: (1) Business development and entrepreneurial capacities of the leaders of producer associations, coordinated by the network of GTLs, through training, capacity building and the establishment of links between producer associations; (2) Innovation and technology transfer, coordinated by the network of UTTs, promoting links with universities and research centers, (3) Support the provision of financial services for sustainable production systems, coordinated by the network of AFSs, promoting links with organizations in the financial market, (4) Eco-labeling and verification of quality assurance, which promotes links with organizations of inspection, certification and accreditation, and, (5) Strategic marketing of biodiversity-friendly products (market research, presence at national and international trade fairs and exhibitions, market intelligence). Another important element of the strategy is to train the TSPs and enhance their capacities to provide technical assistance required for producer groups to undertake changes in production management and to build up their environmental and socio-economic performance. As part of the strategy, the project will develop a market information system on biodiversity-friendly products and will collaborate with SAGARPA for its merging with existent agricultural value chain information. This system will be instrumental for the collection, consultation, analysis and communication of information relevant to production decision making and marketing. Sub-component 3.2: Designing and using market differentiation tools. To support the market differentiation strategy for biodiversity-friendly products, the sub- component will finance the development of biodiversity standards and/or market labels (bio-labels) for at least 5 products in cooperation with technical experts, producers and public institutions. Standards or bio-labels will have to meet defined environmental, Public Disclosure Copy socioeconomic and health-related criteria. They will be developed in a transparent way in consultation with key stakeholders (producers, technical experts, public organizations, etc.), and under the premise of promoting a process of continued improvement. In addition, the project will finance the contracting of third-party verification firms to maintain the integrity of the standards/labels, to ensure compliance and generate consumer confidence. Sub-component 3.3: Promoting partnerships and South-South cooperation. Because corridors extend across national boundaries, a regional program for training and technology transfer related to rural sustainable production between Mexico and other Mesoamerican country institutions will be established and implemented. This regional program will include the organization of exchange meetings between decision makers from producer associations of sustainable production systems in biological corridors. It will also encourage the formation of a regional network of centers for applied research and technological development related to agricultural production and the conservation of biodiversity. Component 4: Project management and monitoring. (GEF Grant US$ 1.2m, Government US$ 2.5m). Component 4 will finance consulting services and operational costs for project management, monitoring and evaluation and will provide technical and fiduciary support to ensure efficient execution of the project through administration, monitoring and evaluation, planning and coordination. A Project Coordination Unit (PCU) will be established within CONABIO and will operate under the Coordinator of Biological Corridors and Resources. 4. Project location and salient physical characteristics relevant to the safeguard analysis (if known) The project will be implemented across a number of production systems in nine biological corridors spanning six states of Mexico (Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Campeche, Oaxaca, Tabasco and Chiapas). 5. Environmental and Social Safeguards Specialists Jason Jacques Paiement (LCSSO) Ricardo Hernandez Murillo (LCSEN) 6. Safeguard Policies Triggered? Explanation (Optional) Page 3 of 7 Environmental Assessment OP/BP 4.01 Yes Mainly positive impacts are expected given the reduced pressure on natural ecosystems achieved through the use of sustainable production activities. No land use change activities will be supported and no primary forests will be degraded. The Environmental Assessment produced a series of recommendations for each one of the productive systems pre-identified by the project: Coffee, Cacao, Honey, Public Disclosure Copy Forestry, Cattle-Ranching, Wildlife use and Ecotourism. Through component 1, the project will increase a) number of producers implementing best practices, b) number of hectares under biodiversity friendly production practices and c) value of products obtained through improved practices, by training and providing technical assistance to producer groups already employing sustainable practices to expand their operations, while components 2 and 3 will promote collaboration to achieve economies of scale, gain access to better markets where environmental attributes are recognized, reorient institutional support, design financial mechanisms and develop standards to guarantee biodiversity friendly products reach the final consumer. During appraisal, the Environmental Management Framework will be discussed in experts and stakeholder focus groups, and during implementation, through the state multi-sector consultative committees which have operated for over 5 years in the 4 initial corridor states (Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo) and have already been formed in the 2 new states (Oaxaca, Tabasco) incorporated to this new operation. During preparation, the Environmental Management Framework was discussed in public consultation meeting with experts and stakeholder groups, and during implementation will be supervised by the state multi-sector consultative committees which have operated for over 5 years in the 4 initial corridor states (Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo) and have already been formed in the 2 new states (Oaxaca, Tabasco) incorporated to this new operation. The EA has recommended that two conditions be incorporated in the Operational Manual for the Project: a) The Project will only finance activities in production units that are explicitly committed with the best environmental practices and standards promoted by the project, and b) The Project will only finance activities in production units which have complied with every environmental/legal requirement, evaluation or permit applicable. Natural Habitats OP/BP 4.04 Yes Within the project eligibility conditions, the screening for any potential impacts on Natural Habitats is also incorporated, under the responsibility of CONABIO which is the primary agency responsible for establishing conservation priorities in Mexico. Public Disclosure Copy The variables used by CONABIO to determine Priority Regions include: Critical types of vegetation, Plant richness: families and gender, Protected plants, trees and cacti under Mexican Norm 059, Resident birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals, and Richness in species of vertebrates. The project focuses on areas currently under production within ejidos and communities, and a commitment to prevent any expansion which induces land use change is required for producer groups to participate, as well as compliance with standards for the market promotion of biodiversity friendly products and services. The adjacent protected areas will benefit from the corridors established by securing the long-term integrity of ecosystems through improved production and harvesting techniques that seek to maintain biodiversity. The recently completed CONABIO Gap Analysis guides the location of activities to avoid potential impacts on natural habitats and the Natural Protected Areas System (SINAP) will serve as a reference to confirm that proposed activities are consistent with conservation objectives and Natural Protected Areas Management Programs. Monitoring will include natural and induced perturbations, by analyzing the expected vs. observed distribution of selected species; habitat fragmentation through rural evaluation, zoning and land use community plans; loss of continuity/ connectivity through success rate observed in distribution/colonization in remote places; and finally, biodiversity loss, through the actual distribution of selected species that may be observed and counted, directly or through photo traps and footprints. The monitoring will also consider the area under improved management using the GEF tracking-tools 2 as well as other parameters relevant to establishing project-level and aggregate impacts. Page 4 of 7 Forests OP/BP 4.36 Yes CONABIO promotes best management practices through the technical manuals developed under the previous Mexico Mesoamerican Biological Corridor project (based on the Mexico Community Forestry Project guidelines). As stated above, the Project will only finance activities associated with the best environmental practices and standards promoted by the project, and for communities which have an approved sustainable forest management programs. Public Disclosure Copy As provided for under the Bank´s forest policy, management will be geared towards achieving internationally accepted certification standards, although not all sub-projects will be certified given the need for long-term capacity-building and the high transaction cost that certification may imply for small producers. With regards to screening/scoping, SEMARNAT and CONAFOR regional and state offices will ensure that all sub-projects are developed and implemented by producers and producer groups incorporating both the legal requisites and the best available management practices. Through the state multi-stakeholder project committees, academic institutions and forestry/agricultural research agencies will be incorporated to assist in reviewing practices and developing practical lessons- learned for this project. Pest Management OP 4.09 Yes The EA reports impacts derived from the use of agrochemicals in the production units which have not adopted sustainable practices, and conclude that the adoption of biodiversity friendly practices promoted by the project is expected to reduce significantly the use –and hence environmental impacts- of fertilizers and pesticides. The quest for niche markets demands the use of bio-fertilizers and biological pest control, minimizing the need for agrochemicals. As a result of training, technical assistance and the eligibility conditions -production units have to explicitly commit to adopt best environmental practices and standards, and comply with every environmental/legal requirement, evaluation or permit applicable, the impact is expected to be fully positive. Monitoring for adoption of best practices will confirm the extent of the benefit achieved. The EA includes the provision that no activities that incorporate or increment the use of pesticides will be supported by the Project. (see Table 7.1. Medidas Ambientales del Proyecto) Physical Cultural Resources OP/BP 4.11 Yes No large-scale or linear infrastructure is expected under the project (the ceiling for goods and non consulting services/subprojects is US100,000 of which only a small part of the investment could be devoted to works provided they are fully justified as part of the plan to improve or expand biodiversity friendly production practices), however considering that many projects will be carried-out in areas that may have sites of cultural significance and historical resources, all technical studies for the sub-projects will consider any physical cultural resources in the managed landscapes that are a focus of the activities and the EA has included a specific Public Disclosure Copy provision indicating that no activities that impact cultural patrimony will be financed. Indigenous Peoples OP/BP 4.10 Yes OP 4.10 is triggered as roughly 30% of eligible beneficiaries are expected to be Indigenous peoples. The total population of the six project states is 14,940,741. The 173 priority municipalities have a population of 5,382,135 inhabitants, that is, 36.02% of the total population of the six states. Of this population 76% is non- indigenous and 24% indigenous 24%. Indigenous peoples in these areas are mainly Mayan, Chol, Tzetzales, Chontal and Tzotzil. As the exact location of the project activities and hence benefits remain unknown at appraisal, an Indigenous Peoples Planning Framework (IPPF) has been prepared. The IPPF will assist the executing agency to determine whether indigenous peoples are present in any of the project areas, and if so, to ensure that the interested communities support the proposed activities as well as any additional measures required to maximize their culturally appropriate benefits and/ or avoid potentially adverse impacts. Involuntary Resettlement OP/BP 4.12 No The project will finance goods and services and existent infrastructure upgrades. Beneficiaries will include only existing Producer Associations and Groups currently engaged in one of the seven proposed productive activities. Eligibility criteria will explicitly limit the geographic scope of investments to existing lands held privately or communally by Association members. Furthermore, the project will not finance the creation of any new legally designated parks or protected areas, nor will it finance any activities that impose any restrictions on the use of resources located in such areas. Therefore the Involuntary Resettlement policy (OP 4.12) is not triggered as none of the project activities will require the involuntary taking of land or restrictions of access to legally designated parks or protected areas. Safety of Dams OP/BP 4.37 No Safety on Dams does not apply since the project does not include dam construction nor any influence of the performance of the project on existing dams. Projects on International Waterways OP/BP No Projects on International Waterways does not apply since the project does not 7.50 include any investments in International Waterways or activities that may affect the relations between the World Bank and its borrowers, and between riparian states. Page 5 of 7 Projects in Disputed Areas OP/BP 7.60 No Projects in Disputed Areas does not apply since the project does not include any investments or activities in any territory under dispute. II. Key Safeguard Policy Issues and Their Management A. Summary of Key Safeguard Issues Public Disclosure Copy 1. Describe any safeguard issues and impacts associated with the proposed project. Identify and describe any potential large scale, significant and/or irreversible impacts: No large, significant of irreversible social or environmental impacts have been identified in in the EA or Social Assessment. 2. Describe any potential indirect and/or long term impacts due to anticipated future activities in the project area: Long term impacts are expected to be positive. Any success, expansion or future adoption of the sustainable practices promoted will have positive impacts. Failure to adopt them will merely leave the current status unchanged. The Social Assessment also assessed the risks that expanding market opportunities for green goods and services could pose to traditional economic activities. These risks are considered minor given the prevalence of multiple livelihood strategies among potential beneficiaries. For example, honey or forestry producers are unlikely to give up traditional corn and beans production in response to increased market opportunities as these traditional crops provide valuable subsistence resources that supplement cash income earnings. 3. Describe any project alternatives (if relevant) considered to help avoid or minimize adverse impacts. The proposed alternative is based on lessons learned and a decade of Bank/GEF work with the borrower. 4. Describe measures taken by the borrower to address safeguard policy issues. Provide an assessment of borrower capacity to plan and implement the measures described. CONABIO has many years of implementation experience with projects funded by multilateral agencies and bilateral donors. They are a lead organization in Mexico regarding the establishment of ecosystem conservation priorities and biological monitoring of species. Much of this experience has involved working with indigenous peoples and rural producers who live in or make use of the priority project locations. CONABIO will hire a Social Specialist who will be responsible for supervising the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Development Framework (IPDF) and assisting with the preparation of site specific Indigenous Peoples Plans (IPP) and safeguard monitoring reports to the Bank. CONABIO is the primary agency for establishing conservation priorities in Mexico and the project responds directly to these national and international priorities for ecosystem conservation within the productive landscape. The variables used by CONABIO to determine Priority Regions include: Critical types of vegetation, Plant richness: families and gender, Protected plants, trees and cacti under Mexican Norm 059, Resident birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals, and Richness in species of vertebrates. CONABIO is currently preparing a rapid strategic environmental assessment (SEA), to assess environmental management capacities throughout and document baseline environmental conditions in the corridors, as well as major threats and drivers of deforestation, in close collaboration with the REDD+ Readiness work led by the Forestry Commission (CONAFOR). 5. Identify the key stakeholders and describe the mechanisms for consultation and disclosure on safeguard policies, with an emphasis on potentially affected people. Public Disclosure Copy During preparation, the Environmental Management Framework was discussed in public consultation meeting with experts and stakeholder groups, and during implementation will be supervised by the state multi-sector consultative committees which have operated for over 5 years in the 4 initial corridor states (Chiapas, Campeche, Yucatan, Quintana Roo) and have already been formed in the 2 new states (Oaxaca, Tabasco) incorporated to this new operation Three regional consultations were conducted in Oaxaca, Quintana Roo and Chiapas. These engaged a broad cross-section of representative stakeholders and relevant information was presented in a form and language they could understand. Many were already aware of the project's proposed goals and implementation arrangements, ample opportunities were provided for participants to ask questions and raise concerns, and the CONABIO team responded to participants’ feedback and confirmed their commitment to explain how such comments will be taken into account in project design and implementation. The Social Assessment also developed a communications strategy to encourage participation and transparency in local natural resource management and use decision-making processes such that any potentially adverse effects on vulnerable groups are adequately identified and mitigated. Given that some sustainable management activities fall under the aegis of other agencies within the GoM, as well as technical capacity in some areas (forestry, fisheries, among others), CONABIO will engage SEMARNAT, CONAFOR, CDI and other agencies to provide this assistance and to review and authorize sustainable management plans as pertinent. As an inter-ministerial agency, CONABIO is well positions for the exchange of national expertise and coordination between entities. All project documentation, including the Environmental and Social Assessments and relevant frameworks will be available to the public on executing agency’s website: http://www.conabio.gob.mx/ B. Disclosure Requirements Date Environmental Assessment/Audit/Management Plan/Other Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? Yes Date of receipt by the Bank 20-Feb-2012 Date of "in-country" disclosure 16-Mar-2012 Date of submission to InfoShop 19-Mar-2012 For category A projects, date of distributing the Executive Summary of the EA to the Executive Directors Page 6 of 7 Indigenous Peoples Development Plan/Framework Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? Yes Date of receipt by the Bank 20-Feb-2012 Date of "in-country" disclosure 16-Mar-2012 Date of submission to InfoShop 19-Mar-2012 Public Disclosure Copy Pest Management Plan Was the document disclosed prior to appraisal? NA Date of receipt by the Bank NA Date of "in-country" disclosure NA Date of submission to InfoShop NA If the project triggers the Pest Management and/or Physical Cultural Resources policies, the respective issues are to be addressed and disclosed as part of the Environmental Assessment/Audit/or EMP. If in-country disclosure of any of the above documents is not expected, please explain why: C. Compliance Monitoring Indicators at the Corporate Level (to be filled in when the ISDS is finalized by the project decision meeting) OP/BP/GP 4.01 - Environment Assessment Are the cost and the accountabilities for the EMP incorporated in the credit/loan? Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] OP/BP 4.04 - Natural Habitats If the project would result in significant conversion or degradation of other (non-critical) natural Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] habitats, does the project include mitigation measures acceptable to the Bank? OP 4.09 - Pest Management If yes, has the PMP been reviewed and approved by a safeguards specialist or SM? Are Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] PMP requirements included in project design?If yes, does the project team include a Pest Management Specialist? OP/BP 4.11 - Physical Cultural Resources Does the credit/loan incorporate mechanisms to mitigate the potential adverse impacts on Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] cultural property? OP/BP 4.10 - Indigenous Peoples If the whole project is designed to benefit IP, has the design been reviewed and approved by Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] the Regional Social Development Unit or Sector Manager? Public Disclosure Copy OP/BP 4.36 - Forests Does the project finance commercial harvesting, and if so, does it include provisions for Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] certification system? The World Bank Policy on Disclosure of Information Have relevant safeguard policies documents been sent to the World Bank's Infoshop? Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] Have relevant documents been disclosed in-country in a public place in a form and language Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] that are understandable and accessible to project-affected groups and local NGOs? All Safeguard Policies Have satisfactory calendar, budget and clear institutional responsibilities been prepared for Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] the implementation of measures related to safeguard policies? Have costs related to safeguard policy measures been included in the project cost? Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] Does the Monitoring and Evaluation system of the project include the monitoring of safeguard Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] impacts and measures related to safeguard policies? Have satisfactory implementation arrangements been agreed with the borrower and the same Yes [ ] No [ ] NA [ ] been adequately reflected in the project legal documents? III. APPROVALS Task Team Leader: Svetlana Ognianova Edmead Approved By: Sector Manager: Name Marianne Grosclaude (SM) Date: 20-Mar-2012 Page 7 of 7