XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-1475 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Fauna Flora International CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 325000.00 325000.00 325000.00 0 World Bank Fauna & Flora International 0 World Bank Fauna & Flora International 0 World Bank Fauna & Flora International 0 World Bank Fauna & Flora International 0 World Bank Fauna & Flora International 0 World Bank Fauna & Flora International 975000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3040 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNEP Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 192559.67 192559.67 192559.67 0 UNEP Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia 0 UNEP Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia 0 UNEP Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia 0 UNEP Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia 0 UNEP Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia 0 UNEP Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia 577679 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3284 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Forestry Development Agency CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 250000.00 250000.00 250000.00 0 World Bank Forestry Development Agency 0 World Bank Forestry Development Agency 0 World Bank Forestry Development Agency 0 World Bank Forestry Development Agency 0 World Bank Forestry Development Agency 0 World Bank Forestry Development Agency 750000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3837 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Forestry Development Authority in collaboration with the Liberia Forestry Initiative CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 316666.67 316666.67 316666.67 0 World Bank Forestry Development Authority in collaboration with the Liberia Forestry Initiative 0 World Bank Forestry Development Authority in collaboration with the Liberia Forestry Initiative 0 World Bank Forestry Development Authority in collaboration with the Liberia Forestry Initiative 0 World Bank Forestry Development Authority in collaboration with the Liberia Forestry Initiative 0 World Bank Forestry Development Authority in collaboration with the Liberia Forestry Initiative 950000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-3944 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 351636.40 351636.40 351636.40 351636.40 351636.40 0 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 0 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 0 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 0 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 587152 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 1150908 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 19179 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 0 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 0 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 1757231 UNIDO Liberia Electricity Corporation, Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy and Environmental Protection Agency 1758182 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-4336 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility World Bank Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia +![cdata[Biosphere protection]]+ 290908.00 290908.00 290908.00 290908.00 290908.00 0 World Bank Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) 0 World Bank Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) 0 World Bank Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) 0 World Bank Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) 0 World Bank Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) 0 World Bank Liberia Rural and Renewable Energy Agency (RREA) 1454540 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-5712 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility CI Environmental Protection Agency Liberia CI Liberia CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 321331.33 321331.33 321331.33 0 CI Environmental Protection Agency Liberia CI Liberia 753420 CI Environmental Protection Agency Liberia CI Liberia 180546 CI Environmental Protection Agency Liberia CI Liberia 0 CI Environmental Protection Agency Liberia CI Liberia 963994 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9292 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility AfDB Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia +![cdata[Energy generation, renewable sources - multiple technologies]]+ 527945.20 527945.20 527945.20 527945.20 527945.20 220960 AfDB Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy 0 AfDB Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy 1999866 AfDB Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy 131873 AfDB Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy 2639726 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9390 Global Environment Facility NA Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility UNDP EPA CEO Approval Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia Monrovia 6.30054 -10.7969 +![cdata[Environmental policy and administrative management]]+ 500000.00 500000.00 500000.00 281232 UNDP EPA 294201 UNDP EPA 278966 UNDP EPA 1280893 UNDP EPA 1500000 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-9573 Global Environment Facility To improve conservation and sustainable use of Liberia’s coastal natural capital by mainstreaming the value of nature into Liberia’s development trajectory Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility CI Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Conservation International - Liberia CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date Actual Completion Date ' Liberia Karh 4.79769 -8.665086 Borkon Point 5.439581 -9.588465 Webado Beach 4.53861 -8.06606 Timbo Kru  5.560943 -9.719325 Sass Town  4.66343 -8.42819 Butra 4.75839 -8.57048 Panama 4.99318 -8.93804 Nyangba  5.789012 -9.972392 Mandoe  6.69294 -11.18691 Grand Cess  4.5689 -8.21999 Falie  6.67729 -11.20848 Bendu 6.76203 -11.21253 Bame Town 5.20583 -9.34139 Turnata 5.17306 -9.28361  Seebeh  4.99528 -9.02917 Greenville-Dioh Town 4.98694 -9.01389 Neegba  5.4295 -9.43562 Lexington  5.39119 -8.49794 +![cdata[Agricultural development]]+ +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ 788844.00 788844.00 788844.00 788844.00 788844.00 553048 CI Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Conservation International - Liberia 561148 CI Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Conservation International - Liberia 628497 CI Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Conservation International - Liberia 234513 CI Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Conservation International - Liberia 480144 CI Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Conservation International - Liberia 3944220 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-10232 Global Environment Facility To promote biodiversity conservation and sustainable food systems for enhanced livelihood opportunities in NW Liberia Landscape through land use planning, restoration of degraded lands, and strengthening governance, policies, and market incentives for nationally replicable models of deforestation-free cocoa and palm oil value chains. Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Improved management of forest and lands under agriculture and agroforestry in Liberia will generate a range of socio-economic benefits including contributions to enhanced food security, livelihoods, and water availability and quality. Forest conservation achieved through community commitments under Conservation Agreements will also contribute to maintenance of key environmental provisioning services for a range of NTFPs. With respect to climate security, this project will help reduce GHG emissions and enhance carbon stocks through forest conservation, restoration, and climate-smart agriculture. Protection of forest ecosystems will provide climate mitigation benefits and enhance carbon stocks through natural regeneration. At the national level, a 2013 report estimated that 49% of Liberians faced some level of food insecurity, and 34% had inadequate food consumption patterns characterized by high intake of cereals and low intake of protein-rich foods (World Food Program 2013). Forest protection and landscape management for habitat connectivity will maintain critical reservoirs of bushmeat supply that represents 75% of protein consumption in Liberia; climate-smart agriculture will provide more dependable supplies of food crops; and improved agriculture and sustainable agroforestry will increase household incomes that further contribute to improved food security. To generate direct socio-economic benefits on the ground, the project will implement pilot activities to demonstrate climate-smart agriculture using the Conservation Agreement (CA) methodology with 9 clans throughout the Northwest Liberia Landscape. These agreements will improve the livelihoods of an estimated 6,000 people (half of whom are female). In return for community conservation commitments, the project will offer compensatory benefit packages such as alternative livelihood training, support for agroforestry establishment, and other benefits determined through participatory processes, and thereby catalyze behavioral change and reduce dependence on unsustainable resource use. Details of community commitments and benefits provided under the CAs will be determined in negotiation and design phases, but we anticipate that investments in local livelihoods and socioeconomic development will contribute to household incomes and enhance food security, improve access to education and health services, and provide direct income through conservation jobs (e.g. monitoring, surveillance, planting, etc.). Building on these demonstration projects, the training and capacity building program to be deployed under the proposed project will reach 40,000 beneficiaries (30,000 through training programs, and 10,000 through field demonstration work). Enhanced awareness of climate-smart agricultural practices will position these producers to take advantage of new opportunities for participation in sustainable commodity value chains. Incentive programs to be developed under the proposed project will facilitate such participation, reaching at least 10,000 beneficiaries, including household participation in CAs, improved agroforestry prospects through development of producer associations and partnerships with commercial operators, links to impact investors with an interest in positive social, environmental and economic outcomes, and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) (principally REDD+) for reduced carbon emissions linked to land use change and restoration. Some socio-economic benefits will differ by gender based on different gender roles in food production and income generating practices. In general, by intervening in ecosystem degradation trends through the application of integrated landscape management and land-use planning, the project will preserve the ability to continue activities essential for household food security as well as livelihoods. This will be achieved through training and support for sustainable cultivation practices as well as habitat restoration and maintenance. The project will contribute to rural development and natural resource governance through participatory land- and resource-use planning. By engaging nine clans and other relevant stakeholders in planning processes, the project will ensure that they have a voice in the design of sustainable resource extraction frameworks and benefit-sharing arrangements. Doing so will generate dual benefits of enhanced capacity and ownership at the local level. Through this process, communities will be empowered to negotiate future land and resource uses and help reduce power asymmetries between local people and other stakeholders. Global Environment Facility CI Liberia EPA CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Liberia Sokpo 7.03222 -11.27405 Passawe 7.03222 -11.27405 Fahnbulleh 7.03222 -11.27405 Zodua 7.03222 -11.27405 Zuie 7.03222 -11.27405 Bondi Mandingo 7.03222 -11.27405 Lower Guma 7.03222 -11.27405 Bondi 7.03222 -11.27405 Zeayeama 7.03222 -11.27405 +![cdata[Agricultural land resources]]+ +![cdata[Food crop production]]+ +![cdata[Biodiversity]]+ +![cdata[Food security policy and administrative management]]+ 1427890.00 1427890.00 1427890.00 1427890.00 1427890.00 742800 CI Liberia EPA 737495 CI Liberia EPA 1158162 CI Liberia EPA 7139450 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-11144 Global Environment Facility Project Objective: Intact Forest Landscapes in Northwest Liberia deliver ecosystem services and support socioeconomic improvement through enhanced co-management of protected areas and joint transboundary watershed management Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Socio-economic Context:1. The total population in the areas of interest is 149,305 (75,425 men and 73,880 women) as per the Liberia National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (2016). Improved management of protected areas, adjacent forests (notably Community Forests) and lands under agriculture and agroforestry in Liberia will generate a range of socioeconomic benefits including contributions to enhanced food security, livelihoods, and water availability and quality. Forest conservation achieved through co-management of protected areas and adjacent forests will also contribute to maintenance of key environmental provisioning services for a range of NTFPs. With respect to climate security, the Project will help reduce GHG emissions and enhance carbon stocks through improved co-management between government and local communities of protected areas and adjacent forested areas. 2. At the national level, the 2022 Liberia Food Security, Nutrition, Livelihoods and Markets Assessment estimated that nearly half (47%) of all Liberians were food insecure, with 39% moderately insecure and 8% severely insecure (World Food Program 2024). Forest protection and landscape management for habitat connectivity will maintain critical reservoirs of bushmeat supply that represents 75% of protein consumption in Liberia; climate-smart agriculture will provide more dependable supplies of food crops; and improved agriculture and sustainable agroforestry will increase household incomes that further contribute to improved food security. Socio-economic benefits:3. Building on the investments and capacity of prior projects in the NW Landscape, the co-management and economic alternatives training and capacity-building program to be deployed under the Project will reach approximately 30,000 beneficiaries (14,000 women and 16,000 men). Socioeconomic benefits will differ by gender based on different gender roles in food production and income-generating practices. In general, by intervening in ecosystem degradation trends through the application of integrated landscape management and land-use planning, the Project will preserve the ability to continue activities essential for household food security as well as livelihoods. This will be achieved through training and support for sustainable cultivation practices, with some socio-economic benefits differing by gender based on different gender roles in food production and income-generating practices. In general, by intervening in ecosystem degradation trends through the application of integrated and inclusive landscape management and land-use planning, the Project will preserve the ability to continue activities essential for household food security as well as livelihoods. This will be achieved through training and support for sustainable cultivation practices as well as co-management strategies for existing and new protected areas and adjacent forest areas, including those in transboundary areas shared with Sierra Leone and Guinea. 4. The Project will contribute to rural development and natural resource governance through inclusive, participatory land- and resource-use planning. By engaging with local communities and other relevant stakeholders in planning processes, the Project will ensure that they have a voice in the design of sustainable resource extraction frameworks and benefit-sharing arrangements. Doing so will generate dual benefits of enhanced capacity and ownership at the local level. Through this process, communities will be empowered to negotiate future land and resource uses and help reduce power asymmetries between local people and other stakeholders.Global Environment Facility CI The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) CEO Endorsement Date Actual Implementation Start Date Expected Completion Date ' Liberia Wonegizi 8.33330 -9.58330 Kpo Mountains 7.3613889 -10.085 Gola National Park 7.5 -10.91667 Foya Mountains 8.37031 -10.21993 3103823 GEF XI-BRIDGE-6385676864-11720 Global Environment Facility To promote sustainable land management practices in degraded uplands and lowland rice production landscapes for improved land use, enhanced soil fertility and manage land degradation to achieve Liberia’s LDN targets Note: Disbursement data provided is cumulative and covers disbursement made by the project Agency.Global Environment Facility FAO Environmental Protection Agency CEO Endorsement Date ' Liberia 5114019 GEF