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China,People'sRep.of
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Grant: PRC35289-04
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Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection
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Location
About 18 counties are situated in the Sanjiang Plain, at the northeast corner of Heilongjiang Province.
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Sector
Agriculture & Natural Resources /Environment & Biodiversity
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Initial Listing
27 August 2004
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Most Recent Update
22 March 2005
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Executing Agency(ies)
Heilongjiang Province
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Grant Fact-Finding Mission Undertaken/Scheduled:
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Grant Approval Date
14 March 2005
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Estimated Completion Date
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- Cost and Financing Plan (in US$)
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GEF |
12,140,000.00 |
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12,140,000.00 |
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- Description
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Four key changes threaten environmentally sustainable development in the Sanjiang Plain: (i) hydrology changes and desiccation, (ii) conversion to farmland, (iii) inappropriate resource use in the wetland, and (iv) limited technical and management capacity of NR staff. The Project will have four components to deal with these key threats. Component 1 (Watershed Management) will remove threats from wetland desiccation by increasing forest cover and improving water resource planning and management. Component 2 (Wetland Nature Reserve Management) will remove threats and reversing trends from past wetland conversion and degradation of habitat quality by converting farmland to wetlands and enhancing wildlife recovery. Component 3 (Alternative Livelihoods) aims at diversifying the income sources of poor farm households who are dependent on forest and wetland cultivation, thus reducing the threats from inappropriate land and resource use of nature reservers (NRs), by creating sustainable income-earning opportunities for farmers through inter-cropping, non-timber forest production, sustainable resource use in wetlands, and ecotourism. Component 4 (Education and Capacity Building) will remove threats from the limited capacity of NR staff through conservation education, training, and ecotourism awareness programs. The project management component will carry out overall implementation, administraiton, and monitoring. The world will benefit from the enhanced conservation fo globally significant biodiversity through the Project.
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- Thematic Classification
- Environmental Protection
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- Target Classification
- General Intervention
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- Objectives and Scope
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The overall goal of the Project is a sustainable management of natural resources to protect globally significant biodiversity and to promote economic development. The immediate objective of the Project is the protection of the natural resources of the Sanjiang Plain wetlands and their watersheds (biodiversity, water, forests), from continued threats, and the promotion of their sustainable use, through the integrated conservation and development of selected wetlands and forest areas of the Sanjiang Plain, and the improved well being of local communities.
- Policy Dialogue
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- Environment Category:
To be determined.
- Environment Impact and Mitigation
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- Social Aspects and Remedies
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- Benefits and Beneficiaries
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- Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
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- Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
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- Consulting Services
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Consultants will be selected and engaged in accordance with ADB' s Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements acceptable to ADB for selecting and engaging domestic consultants. Consulting firms will be selected using ADB's quality-and-cost-based selection method. The total consultant input for the Project is estimated at 640 person-months of consulting services, consisting of 112 international and 528 domestic. Consultants will be required for water resources, wetland biodiversity and nature reserve management; ecotourism; conservation education, and public awareness sub-components. The Project will also engage the services of qualified academic/research institutes for studies, surveys and short- and long-term training programs. The institutes will be selected by Heilongjiang Provincial Government according to competitive selection criteria and procedures acceptable to ADB.
- Procurement
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Goods and services to be financed by the ADB loan and the GEF grant will be procured in accordance with ADB's Guidelines for Procurement. Each contract estimated to cost $100,000 or more, but less than $500,000 will be awarded through international shopping. Contracts for less than $100,000 will be by direct purchase. Civil works contracts will be relatively small, relating to site preparation, weeding or planting, and may be carried out through force account.
- Contacts
- Bank
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Robert Everitt
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Senior Natural Resources Management Specialist
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CWAE
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Tel. No.:
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(632) 632-6719
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E-mail:
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reveritt@adb.org
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- Executing Agency
- Heilongjiang Province
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Contact Person
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Mr. Yang An, Deputy Chief
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Tel. No.
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0086-451-82629329
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Fax. No.
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0086-451-82631458
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E-mail
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yangan30@tom.com
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