Forest Conservation and Management Project

Abstract*

The Forest Conservation and Management Project will initiate an integrated biodiversity conservation strategy for the Eastern Arc Mountains, thus strengthen Tanzania's capacity to coordinate forest biodiversity conservation interventions. Through its components, the project will support forest management institutional change, and improve service delivery, by providing resources to strengthen the capacity for administration, and management of the Tanzania... Show More

Development Objective

The project objective is to assist the Government of Tanzania (GOT) in implementing the forest policy by developing a framework for the long-term sustainable management and conservation of Tanzania?s forest resources, strengthening the role of individuals, communities, villages and private sector in management and conservation of forests, and implementing this framework on a pilot scale.

Key Details

Project Details

Project ID
P058706
Status
Closed
Team Leader
Christian Peter
Borrower 2
N/A

Country
Tanzania
Disclosure Date
April 20, 2000
Approval Date
(as of board presentation)
February 26, 2002
Effective Date
July 8, 1999

Total Project Cost 1
US$ 33.00 million
Implementing Agency
N/A
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa
Fiscal Year 3
2002

Commitment Amount
US$ 31.10 million
Environmental Category
B
Environmental and Social Risk
Not Applicable
Closing Date
December 31, 2009

Last Stage Reached
BANK APPROVED
Last Update Date
January 15, 2013

Associated Projects
P057234

Notes
1. Total project cost includes funding from World Bank and non-bank sources in US$ millions. Active and Closed projects show current commitments. Proposed (pipeline) and dropped projects show the forecast amount. The commitment amount for projects in the pipeline is indicative and may be modified during the project preparation.
2. Borrower refers to the Borrower of a Loan or Recipient of a Grant.
3. ”Fiscal Year” is the fiscal year in which the project was approved (or dropped if the status is dropped). The World Bank's fiscal year is from July 1 - June 30. For example, a fiscal year of 1996 corresponds to July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1996.

Sectors

Themes

FY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management

FY17 - Environmental Health and Pollution Management18%
- FY17 - Air quality management6%
- FY17 - Soil Pollution6%
- FY17 - Water Pollution6%
FY17 - Environmental policies and institutions33%
FY17 - Renewable Natural Resources Asset Management33%
- FY17 - Biodiversity33%

FY17 - Private Sector Development

FY17 - Jobs6%
- FY17 - Job Creation6%

FY17 - Urban and Rural Development

FY17 - Rural Development6%
- FY17 - Rural Infrastructure and service delivery6%
FY17 - Urban Development6%
- FY17 - Urban Infrastructure and Service Delivery6%

Project Map

Interactive Map

Finances

Financing Plan (US$ Millions)

Financier	Commitments
IDA Credit	31.10
Non-Government Organization (NGO) of Borrowing Country	0.20
Borrower/Recipient	1.70

Total Project Financing (US$ Millions)

Product Line	IBRD/IDA
IBRD Commitment	N/A
IDA Commitment	31.10
IBRD + IDA Commitment	31.10

Lending Instrument
Grant Amount	N/A
Total Project Cost**	33.00

Summary Status of World Bank Financing (US$ Millions) as of April 30, 2025

No data available.

Detailed Financial Activity as of April 30, 2025

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Period	Financier	Transaction Type	Amount (US$)
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	584,278.50
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	11,988.02
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	11,988.02
Sep 15, 2013	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	10,657.09
Oct 1, 2013	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	344,978.30
Oct 1, 2013	IDA-36040	Int Charges	117,528.00
Oct 1, 2013	IDA-36040	Int Charges	117,528.00
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	108,616.66
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	108,616.66
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	324,147.28
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	3,216.37
Sep 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	3,216.37
Sep 21, 2015	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	311,306.30
Sep 21, 2015	IDA-36040	Int Charges	97.39
Sep 21, 2015	IDA-36040	Int Charges	97.39
Sep 21, 2015	IDA-36040	Int Charges	109,913.05
Sep 21, 2015	IDA-36040	Int Charges	109,913.05
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	108,104.89
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	38.45
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	38.45
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	3,885.83
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	3,885.83
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	322,626.44
Mar 15, 2016	IDA-36040	Int Charges	108,104.89
Sep 15, 2015	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	15,133.55
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	5,144.69
Mar 15, 2015	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	14,386.78
Mar 31, 2015	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	304,851.00
Mar 31, 2015	IDA-36040	Int Charges	112,563.07
Mar 31, 2015	IDA-36040	Int Charges	112,563.07
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	347,163.60
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	123,676.99
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	123,676.99
Sep 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	5,144.69
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	116.03
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	116.03
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	123,918.05
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Int Charges	123,918.05
Mar 15, 2014	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	358,994.66
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	217.99
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	322,089.00
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-36040	Int Charges	20.15
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-36040	Int Charges	20.15
Sep 18, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	105,827.05
Sep 18, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	105,827.05
Sep 18, 2018	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	324,374.12
Sep 18, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	6,175.93
Sep 18, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	6,175.93
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	336,411.22
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	48.99
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	48.99
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	104,610.58
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	104,610.58
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	10,168.12
Mar 15, 2018	IDA-36040	Int Charges	10,168.12
Sep 22, 2017	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	328,819.70
Sep 22, 2017	IDA-36040	Int Charges	99,960.57
Sep 22, 2017	IDA-36040	Int Charges	99,960.57
Sep 15, 2017	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	513.21
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	312,408.80
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-36040	Int Charges	105,437.99
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-36040	Int Charges	105,437.99
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-36040	Int Charges	1,926.24
Mar 15, 2017	IDA-36040	Int Charges	1,926.24
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-36040	Int Charges	87,676.60
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-36040	Int Charges	87,676.60
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-36040	Int Charges	414.53
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-36040	Int Charges	414.53
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	638,581.56
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-36040	Int Charges	95,787.27
Mar 15, 2022	IDA-36040	Int Charges	95,787.27
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	3,674.82
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	326,419.25
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-36040	Int Charges	99,837.50
Sep 15, 2021	IDA-36040	Int Charges	99,837.50
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	1,004.55
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	326,922.84
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Int Charges	94,096.70
Sep 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Int Charges	94,096.70
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	330,668.16
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-36040	Int Charges	101,680.46
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-36040	Int Charges	101,680.46
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-36040	Int Charges	8,037.36
Mar 15, 2021	IDA-36040	Int Charges	8,037.36
Sep 18, 2019	IDA-36040	Int Charges	101,109.14
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Int Charges	19.89
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Int Charges	19.89
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Int Charges	100,491.27
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Int Charges	100,491.27
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	4,400.08
Mar 15, 2020	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	314,619.88
Sep 15, 2019	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	906.20
Sep 18, 2019	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	316,300.80
Sep 18, 2019	IDA-36040	Int Charges	101,109.14
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-36040	Int Charges	103,944.02
Mar 15, 2019	IDA-36040	Int Charges	103,944.02
Feb 26, 2002	IDA-36040	Loan Commitment	29,287,206.00
Feb 26, 2002	IDA-3604A	Loan Commitment	1,812,793.80
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-36040	Int Charges	83,225.35
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-36040	Int Charges	83,225.35
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	18,868.55
Mar 15, 2024	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	597,615.70
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	7,641.70
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	608,675.90
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-36040	Int Charges	87,825.26
Mar 15, 2023	IDA-36040	Int Charges	87,825.26
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	601,439.40
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-36040	Int Charges	84,709.83
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-36040	Int Charges	84,709.83
Sep 15, 2023	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	9,081.87
Sep 15, 2022	IDA-36040	Loan Repay	15,219.54

Footnotes

Ratings

IMPLEMENTATION RATINGS

Name	Review	Date
Overall Safeguards Rating	Moderately Satisfactory	2010-01-09
Progress towards achievement of PDO	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2010-01-09
Procurement	Moderately Satisfactory	2010-01-09
Counterpart Funding	Satisfactory	2010-01-09
Financial Management	Satisfactory	2010-01-09
Project Management	Moderately Satisfactory	2010-01-09
Monitoring and Evaluation	Moderately Satisfactory	2010-01-09
Overall Implementation Progress (IP)	Moderately Unsatisfactory	2010-01-09

COMPLETION RATINGS

INDICATOR	IMPLEMENTATION COMPLETION & RESULTS REPORT: 06-25-2010
Outcomes	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Risk to Development Outcome	Substantial
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Government Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Implementing Agency	Moderately Unsatisfactory

INDEPENDENT EVALUATION RATINGS

INDICATOR	ICR REVIEW: 06-08-2011	PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT: 06-29-2011
Outcome Rating	Unsatisfactory	Unsatisfactory
Risk To Development Outcome	High	High
Bank Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Borrower Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Government Performance	Moderately Unsatisfactory	Moderately Unsatisfactory
Implementing Agency	Moderately Unsatisfactory	Not Rated
Icr Quality	Satisfactory	Not Rated
M&e Quality	Negligible	Negligible

Results Framework

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Area of forests on Tanzania Mainland managed according to approved forest management plans (incl. Community Based Forest management(CBFM) and Joint Forest Managament (JFM))	Value	3.6 million has	5.46 million has (1.34 m has publicly owned produc	4.8 million has
	Date	June 30, 2006	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment		Unchaged since last mission, target overachieved.

Area of forest plantations under private management agreements (concessions, co-management, or communities designated).	Value	0	16,563 hectares	20,000 has of publicly owned plantation under priv
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment		3 concession agreements are being developed (MOUs but no contracts have been signed).

INTERMEDIATE RESULTS INDICATORS

INDICATOR		BASELINE	CURRENT	TARGET

Up-to-date and reliable forest & ecosystem resource data available for Mainland Tanzania	Value	National Forest Inventory (NFI) methodology develo	Plantation inventory completed, National Forest Mo	NFI completed for 50% of Mainland Tanzania
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment		Delay of field work is due to a new methodology for NAFORMA which is under development in Collaboration with FAO, to integratemonitoring REDD relevant indicat ors.

Area of forests set aside and sustainably managed for charcoal production.	Value	2,000 has	4,500 hectares set aside as an integral part of th	4,500 has
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment

Forest management guidelines revised and approved to reflect benefits and costs of multi-stakeholder arrangements in forest plantation management.	Value	Guidelines under review	Forest management plan guidelines have been revise	Guidelines operational
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2008
	Comment

Increase in capital of the Eastern Arc Mountains Conservation Endowment Fund (EAMCEF).	Value	US$7.2 million, no additional fundraising initiate	USD7.5 million, bi-lateral agreement between Unile	US$11 million
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment		Sount fund mnagement straegy helped a rebounce to USD7.5 million after a low of USD5.5 million in February 2009.

Number of grants provided by EAMCEF for biodiversity conservation projects. Value 20 80 80
Date June 29, 2007 November 18, 2009 October 31, 2009
Comment No change since last ISR.

Preparation and pilot implementation of management plans of selected critical watershed forests	Value	0	50,000 ha pilot management plans of selected criti	50,000 ha pilot management plans of selected criti
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment		no change since last ISR.

New transport based fees and market-based forest produce pricing systems introduced and operational	Value	Systems not developed	Systems tested, GOT notice for new transport based	System operational in selected regions.
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment

Forest management plans for production forests updated or revised	Value	Forest management plans outdated	1,338,800 ha of management plans for production fo	150,000 has of management plans for production for
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment		No change since lasi ISR.

Mechanisms for forest biodiversity conservation are more fully established (Areas of mountainous forest reserves managed under IUCNcodes) Value
Date May 15, 2002 November 18, 2009 December 31, 2009
Comment

TFS framework documents approved by President's Office-Public Sector Management. TFS establishment order signed, CEO appointed and TFS operational.	Value	Legal framework for the establishment of the Tanza	PO-PSM approval for framework document obtained, e	TFS establishment order signed, CEO appointed and
	Date	May 15, 2002	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment

MNRT/FBD assets evaluated and transferred to TFS.	Value	Evaluation report available	Assets evaluated	MNRT/FBD assets transferred to TFS
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment		No change assets awaiting transfer once TFS formally establsihed.

Number of Local Government or NGO staff trained in PFM facilitation and actively carrying it out.	Value	96 field staff trained	400 field staff trained, PFM activities well under	Trained field staff actively working in PFM activi
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment		No change since last ISR.

Revenue collected from forest goods and services.	Value	TSh. 15 billion	TSh. 21.8 billion	TSh. 24 billion
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment		FBD expects to achieve the TShs. 24 billion target, this will be contributed to management plans prepared under TFCMP, Improved LawEnforcement through Forest S urveillance Units Facilitated through TFCMP.Improvements of Leakages as advised through TFCMP assignments of TransportBased Fees for Charcoal & Log Tracking S ystemt.

Revenue Tracking System introduced and decentralized at district level	Value	Revenue Tracking System developed	Revenue Tracking System has been introduced and is	Revenue Tracking System operational at district le
	Date	June 29, 2007	November 18, 2009	December 31, 2009
	Comment