Final Report - Asian Development Bank

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TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project
Final Report Appendix 13
NPV at 10% 3,248,667
NPV at 20% 383,699
86. Community infrastructure including 17.5 km of roads along the Tianyu River and 109 km of
mountain pathways will be upgraded to reduce travel times and ensure access during adverse
weather. No estimates have been made of the time savings.
87. Grants are proposed for either villages or households to develop social infrastructure
especially alternative energy sources (biogas and solar) and water supply schemes where these are
identified during the village development planning program. Again no quantification of benefits has
been made.
b. Conserving In-Situ Biodiversity
88. The in-situ area will be used as a demonstration and training program for those working in
other parts of the Qinling Mountain. In it will be used as a field conservation training and
demonstration area from which methods and skills are developed and lessons disseminated. For the
in-situ area the project will prepare a detailed forest and habitat management plan as a training
exercise for staff in the Qinling Mountains.
89. A total of 2,000ha of habitat restoration will be completed using ecological research, forest
silviculture, under-storey planting, canopy manipulation. The objective of habitat restoration is to move
the existing monoculture forest plantings into mixed species forest cover with the forest architecture of
natural forests. Technical assistance will be supported by GEF for defining and implementing the
Conservation Forestry Programs. Research into tree and shrub species, ecological impacts and
monitoring grad-sects, permanent sampling plots will be supported to assess the impact on floral
characteristics, environmental parameters, and overall forest structure. The data sets will provide a
strong basis on which to develop future policy and government interventions within the Qinling
Mountains and especially to mange the newly created corridors that link protected areas for the
purpose of improved biodiversity conservation.
96. The Project will address Qinling Mountains biodiversity and its status as a global biodiversity
hotspot through developing endangered species recovery management programs that will operate
within and beyond nature reserve boundaries. Support will be provided to undertake research and
management planning for five endangered species and then providing budgetary support for initial
implementation work programs. The in-situ endangered species management program will focus on
using the Project Area as a field conservation research area from which monitoring and lessons can
be disseminated throughout the conservation sector in the QM. In addition, the program will
increasingly integrate the ex-situ species management program of the Shaanxi Animal Rescue Center
(see Component one) with the in-situ endangered species recovery management programs through
making significant operational and management changes to SARC and its facilities. The integration
will be developed through shared research, joint planning exercises and sharing of data and
experiences.
c. Component Two Summary
90. The total investment costs for the in-situ program totals approximately CNY129 million (USD
16.7 million) – see table 2..
Table 29: Investment Costs Component 2 (CNY ‘0,000’s)
A: Financial Costs 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Village Livelihoods 543.7 1843.8 4232.3 2601.1 2323.9
Conservation 55.1 84.2 482.0 494.3 287.0
Total
B : Economic Costs
598.8 1928.0 4714.3 3095.4 2611.0
Village Livelihoods 535.6 1707.0 3757.6 2225.6 1923.3
Conservation 54.3 80.6 434.9 433.1 238.9