LOAN: INO 29313-01 | Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management

Indonesia

LOAN: INO 29313-01

Coral Reef Rehabilitation and Management

•	Missions
•	Loan Approval Date
•	Estimated Completion Date
•	Cost and Financing Plan
•	Description
•	Development Objectives
•	Thematic Classification
•	Poverty Classification
•	Rationale
•	Objectives and Scope
•	Policy Dialogue
•	Environment Category
•	Env't Impact and Mitigation
•	Social Aspects and Remedies
•	Benefits and Beneficiaries
•	Public Consultation
•	Beneficiary Participation in Formulation
•	Beneficiary Participation in Implementation
•	Consulting Services
•	Procurement
•	Contacts
•	Remarks

Location
Riau Province, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.

Sector
Agriculture & Natural Resources /Environment & Biodiversity

Initial Listing
1 October 1995

Most Recent Update
27 January 2003

Executing Agency(ies)

Indonesian Institute of Sciences

Missions

Loan Approval Date

26 March 1998

Estimated Completion Date

Cost and Financing Plan (in US$ million)

Source	Foreign Cost	Local Cost	Total
Bank	3.89	3.11	7.00
Cofinancing	0.25	0.00	0.25
Borrower	0.55	4.20	4.75
Beneficiaries	0.00	0.00	0.00
Others	0.00	0.00	0.00
Project/Program Cost	4.69	7.31	12.00

OCR ADF Total

Loan Amount 7.00 0.00 7.00

Description

The Project will set up Coral Reef Information and Training Centers (CRITCs) in Jakarta and four pilot provinces to provide baseline information on the biodiversity status and condition of coral reefs, conduct community-based management of one reef ecosystem in Riau Province to test the viability of this approach; and design an investment project for coral reef rehabilitation and management in Riau, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra.

Strategic Development Objectives

Primary: Sound Management of Environment

Secondary

Rationale

The primary justification for the Project and for the Bank's involvement stems from the urgent need to address the serious problem of coral reef degradation throughout Indonesia. Nationwide surveys by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) have found less than 30 percent of coral reefs in good to excellent condition. However, millions of coastal inhabitants rely on the coral reefs for food and income generation, construction material, tourism, protection from coastal erosion and storm damage, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, educational and scientific interest, not to mention global heritage value and biodiversity.

Objectives and Scope

The primary objective of the Project is to rehabilitate and manage coral reefs throughout Indonesia in order to protect livelihoods of coastal communities as well as to conserve biodiversity. The Project will rehabilitate degraded coral reefs as well as protecting intact reefs in 10 provinces throughout Indonesia (5 financed by ADB and 5 by WB). Project components include (i) raising awareness of all stake-holders about the importance of coral reefs; (ii) managing priority reefs; (iii) establishing a coral reef information system; and (iv) developing research, monitoring enforcement capabilities.

Policy Dialogue

The Bank has engaged the Government in wide-ranging policy dialogue covering various aspects of managing Indonesia's coastal and marine resources. The Marine Resources Evaluation and Planning Project (MREP) has comprehensively addressed the issues of empowering local govts to plan and manage nearshore resoruces and out to the territorial limit of 12 nautical miles. This policy dialogue has resulted in the preparation of a Presidential Decree that delegates responsibility for coastal resource management to the province, which in turn has the power to delegate to district and municipal levels. Policy dialogue during Project preparation stresed the need to rapidly increase the extent and effectiveness of surveillance and enforcement. The transfer of responsibility over coastal resources from the Central Government to joint management between regional governments and communities needs to be handled cautiously. Different approaches must be tested and experience evaluated before a major coral reef management program is undertaken.

Environment Category: B

Environment Impact and Mitigation

Social Aspects and Remedies

Community-based management of coral reefs and local enforcement, including revitalization of traditional management regimes.

Benefits and Beneficiaries

Without the Project, major adverse social issues are anticipated as the coral reefs continue to be degraded and the associated capture fishery collapses to disastrous levels. With the Project, selected communities will be empowered to manage the coral reef resources on which they depend for a major part of their livelihood. Major enviromental benefits are expected to result from the Project. Enhanced legal protection, empowerment of communities to use their traditional rights and control over reef resources, and more effective law enforcement should signficantly reduce illegal activities such as cyanide fishing and reef mining. Monitoring and applied research will highlight the reefs under threat, the sources of those threats, and potential solutions, as well as demonstrate the effectiveness of project interventions.

Public Consultation

Arranged by

Date for Consultation :

Groups Consulted : As arranged by the Borrower, the Bank and TA consultants, all communities involved were consulted in 1996.

Beneficiary Participation in Formulation

All communities in 19 possible sites have been involved in project formulation.

Beneficiary Participation in Implementation

Communiites will take responsibility for managing coral reef areas and enforcing local laws and traditional use rights.

Consulting Services

International consultants in association with domestic consultants will provide a toal of 335 person-months of consulting services (260 domestic and 76 international) to assist in project implementation activities. The consultants will be recruited in accordance with the Bank's Guidelines on the Use of Consultants and other arrangements satisfactory to the Bank in recruitment of domestic consultants.

Procurement

Procurement of all goods and services to be financed by the Bank's Guidelines for Procurement. Procurement packages will include (i) equipment for CRITCs (mainly computer hardware and software) under internatioanl competitive bidding; (ii) equipment for community-based management, project management, and reef watch under international shopping; and (iii) social and ecological surveys for possible COREMAP II under force account.

Contacts

Bank

Weidong Zhou
Senior Agriculture & Natural Resources Management Specialist
SEAE**
Tel. No.:
E-mail:

Executing Agency
Indonesian Institute of Sciences

Contact Person : Mr. Agus Pakpahan, Bureau Chief
Tel. No. :
Fax. No. :
E-mail :

Contact Person :
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Remarks

High Government priority.

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