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Developing the institutional capacity of key project agencies will enhance the sustainability of project outcomes and benefits. The project designed and implemented a comprehensive capacity building component that strengthened the institutional capacity of the executing agency (EA), the Jiuquan municipal government (JMG) in forming strategies for water conservation, resources reuse, traffic management and traffic safety improvement, and desertification risk management. This enhanced the project’s sustainability.

Project Number: 45506-002
Project Name: Gansu Jiuquan Integrated Urban Environment Improvement Project
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The review process and systematic monitoring of wetlands restoration project are imperative to deepen the benefits from environmental conservation and sustainable livelihood. A well developed monitoring and evaluation mechanism that would appropriately track the project status permits the timely implementation of project operation. Since project performance rating is one of the outputs of the monitoring and evaluation system, it periodically informs management on any potential risk in portfolio performance.

Project Number: 40685-013
Project Name: Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project
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Soliciting support and involving local stakeholders during project preparation ensures their greater ownership. It offers an opportunity to understand the local socioeconomic and ecological conditions surrounding the livelihoods and needs of the people. This creates effective solutions for biodiversity conservation and wetlands protection. Thus, the inclusion of natural resource users (e.g., farmers) is an essential step to ensuring that local knowledge is integrated into project planning and designing.

Project Number: 40685-013
Project Name: Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project
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Access to improved technology (e.g., seedlings, management practices); well-defined property rights; public pest and disease management; and access to forest products’ markets, could altogether help improve forest sector productivity and its attractiveness to investors.

Project Number: 42022-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Development Project
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Loans could be more preferrable to direct subsidies as these provide better value for money on public funds utilization point of view.

Project Number: 42022-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Development Project
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Special financial instruments in the forestry sector, with longer tenor and grace periods, could help improve the financial position of beneficiaries since investments take longer to generate revenue.

Project Number: 42022-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Development Project
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High herd density needs to be carefully managed as it increases disease and adult fatality risks.

Project Number: 40685-013
Project Name: Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project
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Frequent replacement of key project staff can adversely affect implementation.

Project Number: 40685-013
Project Name: Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project
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More accurate cost estimation will minimize the risk of loan cancellation.

Project Number: 40685-013
Project Name: Jiangsu Yancheng Wetlands Protection Project
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Transitioning to SFM will require substantial shifts in existing forestry practices.

Project Number: 42022-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Development Project
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Accepting forest property and forestland tenure right as collateral is a viable approach to financing sustainable forest management (SFM).

Project Number: 42022-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Development Project
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Strong post-project visibility and sustained community work will enhance the impact of SFM projects.

Project Number: 42022-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Development Project
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Subcompartment-level spatial database improves site traceability and enables better monitoring and evaluation of forestry projects and activities.

Project Number: 42022-013
Project Name: Jiangxi Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Development Project
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Where projects define new systems, it is desirable that full government agreement is negotiated during project design to ensure their ability to continue after project completion.

Project Number: 34341-013
Project Name: Forests for Livelihood Improvement in the Central Highlands Sector Project
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Assessing changes in provinces without similar projects would allow a comparison of changes in forest areas and thus make clear judgments on the impact of the project.

Project Number: 34341-013
Project Name: Forests for Livelihood Improvement in the Central Highlands Sector Project
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