Tanzania - Second Supplemental Credit to the Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Page 1 INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS DATA SHEET CONCEPT STAGE Report No.: AC976 Date ISDS Prepared/Updated: August 5, 2004 I. BASIC INFORMATION A. Basic Project Data Country: Tanzania Project ID: P090680 Project Name: Lake Victoria Environmental Management Pro ject Task Team Leader: Ernst Lutz Estimated Appraisal Date: August 26, 2004 Estimated Board Date: October 21, 2004 Managing Unit: AFTS2 Lending Instrument: Specific Investment Loan Sector: General agriculture, fishing and forestry sector (40%); Ports, w aterways and shipping (20%); General water, sanitation and flood protection sector (20%); Agricultural marketing and trade (20%) Theme: Water resource management (P); Other environment and natural resources management (P); Biodiversity (S); Pollution manag ement and environmental health (S); Other rural development (S) Safeguard Policies Specialist in the task team: John Boyle Loan/Credit amount ($m.): IDA : 3.5 Other financing amounts by source: ($m) B. Project Objectives [from section 2 of PCN] The overall development objectives of the LVEMP -- carried out under a Joint Project Agreement, dated September 10, 1996, covering Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda -- are to: (a) maximize the sustainable benefits to riparian communities form using resources withi n the basin to generate food, employment and income, supply safe water, and sustain a disease - free environment; and (b) conserve biodiversity and genetic resources for the benefit of the riparian countries in particular and the global community in general. Th e project is the first phase of a longer term program whose aims are as outlined above. The objectives of the first phase are to provide the necessary information to improve management of the lake ecosystem, establish mechanisms for cooperative management by the three countries, identify and demonstrate practical, self - sustaining remedies, while simultaneously building capacity for ecosystem management. Page 2 C. Project Description [from section 3 of PCN] The activities supported by this Supplemental Finance will be continuation of specific pilot - level activities in the Lake and its catchment and baseline data collection. The largest cost items to be funded by the Supplemental would include: Fisheries Research: Rapid assessment of satellite lakes, monitoring and mapping of main lake, information dissemination, publishing of two regional books on fisheries and biodiversity, and updating fisheries data base; Fisheries Management: Reducing illegal fishing practices, disseminate aquaculture technology to farmers, data processing and analysis of lake - wide frame survey, reducing post - harvest losses, harmonize fish inspection, quality assurance and certification among Partner countries, and operationalize the Fisheries Development Fund; Water Hyacinth Control: Continu ed rearing and release of weevils, preparing a joint plan with Kenya and Uganda for technical assistance to Rwanda and Burundi (with the expectation that a reduction of hyacinth infestations in the upstream countries would reduce the inflow of the weed via the Kagera river), research on weevil performance in rivers, continued information dissemination; Water Quality and Ecosystem Management: Translate research findings into management actions, continue water quality monitoring; Wetlands Management: Continue with the rehabilitation of degraded wetlands, support socio - economic conservation activities, disseminate research findings, develop management plans; Intergrated Soil and Water Conservation: Update data base on agrochemicals, train extension staff, disse minate information, continue on - farm demonstration of various effective technologies, conduct farmer study tours, support women