WB Environment Services Project ESP - WB Environment Services Project (ESP)_new strategy

General

The Project Development Objectives (PDO) are to support sustainable land management practices and increase communities’ monetary and non-monetary benefits, in targeted project areas which are mainly in erosion prone rural upland areas. Farmers and their forest and pasture users associations, action groups and individuals spanning 310 rural communes and 2980 villages in the country will benefit either directly or indirectly from the grant funds and other Project activities. Sida will provide an equivalent amount or 68,45 million SEK equal to the IBRD loan and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) will provide ca 20 million SEK. In total approx.160 million SEK will be administrated by the World Bank in a Trust Fund.