Mozambique - Transfrontier Conservation Areas and Tourism Development Project

1 6a Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet (Initial) Section I - Basic Information Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: 01/07/2003 A. Basic Project Data (from PDS) I.A.1. Project Statistics Country: MOZAMBIQUE Project ID: P071465 Global Supplemental ID: P076809 Project: Transfrontier Conservation Areas and Tourism Task Team Leader: Robert A. Clement-Jones Development Project Authorized to Appraise Date: July 15, 2003 IBRD Amount (Sm): Bank Approval: April 17, 2004 IDA Amount ($m): 20.00 Global Supplemental Amount (Sm): 10.00 Managing Unit: AFTES Sector: Forestry (50%); General agriculture, fishing Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan (SIL) and forestry sector (40%); General industry and Status: Lending trade sector (10%) Theme: Biodiversity (P); Other environment and natural resources management (S); Environmental policies and institutions (S); Other financial and private sector development (S) I.A.2. Project Objectives (From PDS): The Mozambique Transfrontier Conservation Areas and Tourism Development Project (TFCATDP) builds on the experience of the first GEF-funded TFCA Pilot and Institutional Strengthening Project aimed at assisting Mozambique to take advantage of unique opportunities in biodiversity conservation, tounsm and rural development. TFCATDP development objective is: to obtain sustainable livelihood and economic development benefitsfrom the well-managed exploitation of the Mozambique 's natural resources.. Mozambique's ecosystems and biodiversity are globally significant in terms of both the scale of the resource (surface area) and the richness of the system and species diversity. Mozambican ecosystems are high in endernism and have relatively high quality habitat. Given the regional nature of many of these ecosystems, a major challenge for the project will be to further promote effective regional cooperation among Mozambique and her neighbors aimed at integrated ecosystem management. The global objective is to ensure the sustainable management andprotection of Mozambique's global biodiversity assets and critically important transboundary ecosystems through integrated ecosystem management. I.A.3. Project Description (From PDS): The project builds on lessons learned from the first phase of the TFCA program (see Section D3). Dealing with the multiple challenges requires making an intensive and long term commitment. In conservation terms, timescales should be calibrated m decades rather than years. Building on the accomplishments of the pilot project (TFCAI), the next five years will: . Consolidate the gains made so far in terms of international agreements, leading to the formal adoption of intemational treaties for Limpopo, Lubombo, and Chimanimani, and the development of new  2 ISDS ones for Niassa and ZIMOZA. Formal agreement or signature is really the first step in the process; * Shift the focus towards Provincial level planning and implementation through new institutional structures such as the Elephant Coast Development Agency, strengthened Provincial TFCA/tourism units, and the application of new planning instruments such as Strategic Environmental Assessments; * Turn the TFCA planning exercises already completed or underway in Limpopo, Lubombo and Chimanimani into implementable investment and management programs, involving infrastructure, field level conservation, community demarcation programs, zoning and other activities; * Implement the policy changes for the private sectg iand communities through a scaled up program of land demarcation and titling for communities in the TFCAs and through an open tendering process for tounsm concessions, and development of community/private sector joint ventures;