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Project Year One Project Year Two Project Year Three Project Year Four Project Year Five 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Activity Component I - Commercial ex-situ business investment 1.1 Construction of Botanic Garden Establish specialized gardens Greenhouse development Paleontology muesum Daoist temples and historic buildings Other civil works and infrastructure Cableway Office and vehicles Resettlement Training programs Design input Marketing and education 1.2 Hot Springs Development Villa construction Restaurant and swimming pool complex Site infrastructure Design and supervision 1.3 Shaanxi Animal Rescue Center Panda breeding base Crested Ibis breeding base Animal rescue area Animal exposition area upgraded Golden Monkey base Training Design and management contract Operating program Component II - Improved Livelihoods for Sustainable Management of In-situ Natural Resources 2.1 Village Development Planning Completion of 16 Village Development Plans Conservation forestry planting (5,000 ha) Conservation Agriculture (SALT) Small business development Homestay tourism Training program Roading and mountain path program Social infrastructure program 2.2 In-situ Conservation Lougantai habitat program Endangered species management program Component III - Institutions for sustainable management of Qinling Mountain natural resources demonstrated, replicated and supported through effective project management 3.1 Project Management Operational PMO staffing PMO office development Professional Job Exchanges (13) Project monitoring contracts Resettlement monitoring 3.2 Institutional Strengthening Legal reform program Shaanxi-Qinling Biodiversity Promotion Limited - establishment and capacity building TA 3.3 Conservation Replication Program Biodiversity landscape master planning Tourism planning Establishment of information center and biodiversity monitoring Dissemination program
TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project Final Report Appendix 15 INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EXAMINATION 1. The project adopts an integrated ecosystem management (IEM) approach to biodiversity conservation, featuring commercial tourism and sustainable land management, and well-managed conservation. The Project embodies very different but highly complementary and strongly linked strategies between the ex-situ zones and the much larger but less populated in-situ zone. The project supports three enterprises in the ex-situ zone, the Shaanxi Qinling Botanical Garden (SQBG), the Shaanxi Animal Rescue Center (SARC), and Hot Springs/Daoist Cultural Center (HSDCC). Within the in-situ Conservation Demonstration Area (CDA) the Project will support Government Policy of increasing the extent and quality of forest cover while also assisting local residents to improve their livelihoods. 2. The project is classified as category B, in accordance with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) environment categorization. This SIEE was prepared based on two Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Reports1. A. Project Zoning PROJECT DESCRIPTION 3. The Qinling Mountains (QM) range is located immediately to the south of Xi’an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi Province (SP), and runs east-west straddling the southern part of SP in the west region of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The PA is located on the northern slope of the QM, about 45 km from Xian, comprises an area of 458 km 2 with about 20,400 people. The project seeks to develop three commercial enterprises to generate the revenue to support habitat rehabilitation and protection activities and sustainable livelihoods to preserve biodiversity. 4. Ex-situ Area. The ex-situ area consists of a 2 km wide strip of predominantly flat land along the north side of the Qinling Mountains that is heavily developed for agricultural/horticultural and residential purposes. The population is approximately 16,000. The Project will develop a Botanical garden and associated visitor attractions including Daoist temples, enhance the Shaanxi Animal Rescue Center and the support the continued development of the Louguantai Geothermal Hotsprings. 5. Conservation Demonstration Area consists of steepland with a dispersed population of less than 4,600 persons over an area of about 430 km 2 . The area was previously the Louguantai Forest Farm with large areas heavily logged. Remoter areas retain high biodiversity values. The project will support habitat rehabilitation for biodiversity conservation. There are a number of isolated communities in the in-situ area practicing unsustainable agriculture on steep slopes who will be assisted to develop more sustainable livelihoods and adopt more appropriate land use practices. The long term vision for the in-situ area is to develop and enhance the ecological sustainability of natural resources and ecosystems to enable biodiversity to be enhanced, managed and secured. B. Project Components 6. There are three project components (see Appendix 7) being: 1 (i) Tourism Development to Support Conservation (ii) Improved livelihoods from the sustainable management and conservation of natural resources through (i) Improved village and Forest-based Livelihoods and (ii) Demonstration of Biodiversity Conservation (iii) Institutional arrangements for sustainable management systems of QM natural resources demonstrated and replicated Shaanxi Qinling Botanical Garden (Ex-Situ Area) and the4 SARC completed by Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology (XUAT)May 2007 awaiting approval which is expected in September 2007. Hot Springs/Daoist Cultural Center (Phase II) No. 203 Institute of Xianyang June 2007awaiting approval which is expected by September 2007 1
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