87022 IMPLEMENTATION STATUS AND RESULTS REPORT Panama, PA GEF Rural Productivity (Project ID:P083045 -- Loan/Credit No.:-Trust Fund No.:TF56628) This Report Relates to the Totality of project P083045 which may be financed by several trust funds ISR DATE: 06/30/2010 Sequence #8 Project Data Original GEF Grant amount USD 6.00M Last Archived ISR Date: 12/29/2009 Revised GEF Grant amount USD 6.00M End Date of Last Field/Site 06/25/2010 Visit: Board Approval Date: 06/15/2006 Mid Term Review 09/30/2008 Date(Planned): Effectiveness Date: 01/18/2007 Mid Term Review Date(Actual): Original Closing Date: 01/01/1950 Restructuring/Change Date (if changed): Formally Revised Closing 06/28/2013 Restructuring Level: Date: Number Of Closing Date Previous Extensions: Restructuring/Change Date(s): Environmental Category: B-Partial Assessment Implementing Agency::[from PAD data sheet] Name Country URL Contact # Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente Panama cbmap.org (507) 232-9600 Global Environment Objectives and Outcomes Global Environment Objective (from Project Appraisal Document): [text from PAD] The Project Development Objective of the partially-blended Rural Productivity and Sustainable Development Project is to contribute to increased income and employment of small-scale rural producers in Panama. The Global Environmental Objective is to conserve biodiversity of global importance and protect important forest, mountain and marine-coastal ecosystems in Panama. Board Approved Revised Global Environment Objective : [if project is formally restructured] [if project is formally restructured] Check this box to certify that you have reviewed the current list of Core Indicators and ensured that those applicable to this project have been included in this ISR. These Results are at: Project Level Program Level Status of agreed outcomes indicators: Indicators Measurement Insert the measured value, or a qualitative indicator, or a brief explanation of why indicators are not available, together with the date of the information Baseline Value Progress To Date End-of-Project Target Value Number or text Date Number or text Date Number or text Date PDO indicator(s) GEO indicator(s) Local and national Baseline data for 06/15/2006 4 protected areas 06/25/2010 14 protected 03/30/2012 institutional capacity each Protected have improved areas (675,775 is improved, as Area. their ratings ha) with ratings measured by the since the last improved. WWF/Bank evaluation. Management Comments: Comments: These results Comments: Effectiveness (GEF come fome the 2009 BD SP 1) Tracking evaluation that was Tool to manage 14 conducted last November. protected areas (675,775 ha) (Text) - Custom Indicator At least 50,000 ha of 1472 hectares. 06/15/2006 30,000 ha 06/25/2010 50,000 ha. 03/30/2012 forests and other Comments: Comments: The project has Comments: natural ecosystems of surpassed the goal for this global biodiversity year of the project. significance in buffer zones and corrido rs under effective conservation (protection and sustainable management) (Text) - Custom Indicator Biodiversity of global To be 06/15/2006 Ecosystem map 06/25/2010 TBD based on 03/30/2012 significance is under determined updated and site specific effective conservation, during FY 09 baselines for information. as measured by land use change vegetation cover and defined. indicator species of Monitoring of conservation interest. habitat quality in (Text) - Custom representative Indicator areas (e.g. Rio Changuinola, RÃo Tonosi) under way. Census of Manaties in Rio San San concluded. Trainig for ma nagement and M&E of populations of endangered marine Turtles concluded. Comments: Comments: Comments: 60% of districts in the None. 06/15/2006 Progress to be 06/25/2010 60% of districts. 03/30/2012 project area have evaluated at incorporated MTR. biodiversity aspects Comments: Comments: Comments: into sector policies and plans and adopted app ropriate regulations and implementation plans accordingly. (Text) - Custom Indicator Intermediate outcome indicator(s) Community None 06/15/2006 A total of 136 06/25/2010 450 03/30/2012 associations and rural subprojects producer associations approved and implement at least 450 under natural resources, implementation. sustainable agriculture An additional 93 a nd conservation subprojects are subprojects in the currently under project area. (Text) - evaluation for Custom Indicator funding in 2010. Comments: Comments: Environmental Comments: investment fund to be evaluated at MTR. Protected area co- 13 protected 06/15/2006 New strategy 06/25/2010 100% increase. 03/30/2012 management areas with co- and resolution agreements under management for the implementation agreements implementation increases by at least signed. of co- 100%.(Text) - Custom management Indicator agreements o fficialy approved. National Committee for Co-management of PAs created. Diagnos tic study to identify co-management opportunities underway. 3 co- management pro jects identified and underway. Comments: Comments: Viability of co- Comments: management strategy to be evaluated during MTR. 28 district-level CCAs 18 CCAs and 0 06/15/2006 New 06/25/2010 28 CCAs and 2 03/30/2012 and at least two UAMs UMAs. descentralization UMAs. established, trained strategy being and operating with discused by the financial plans.(Text) - new Custom Indicator administration. Time ta ble and methodology established to crete ans strengthen CCAs and UAMs. One Comar cal (Ngobe Buble), and 5 provincial CCAS established. Comments: Comments: Limited impact Comments: of CCAs and UAMs in supporting management and conservation of PAs. This indicator will be revised and probably modified during the MTR. PES program piloted None 06/15/2006 Limited progress 06/25/2010 Two PES 03/30/2012 in two project sites achieved for this projects and replication indicator. No strategy institutional developed.(Text) - decision made re Custom Indicator garding the approach the GOP wants to follow regarding PAS (e.g. national or pro ject-based). One pilot PAS project identified. Comments: Comments: Indicator to be Comments: re-evaluated, and probably modified durint MTR. By end of year three, None. 06/15/2006 SMAP system 06/25/2010 Monitoring 03/30/2012 monitoring systems designed and Systems developed by the under incorporated into project are implementation. SINIA. incorporated into Indicator species national (SINIA) and for the SNMDB other interna tional identifyed and systems. (Text) - monitoring Custom Indicator initiated. Comments: Comments: Incorporation of Comments: these systems into SINIA and IABIN is still pending. This indicator will also be evaluated in detail during MTR, and probably modified. Last ISR This ISR Progress toward achievement of GEO : MS S Ratings:HS=Highly Satisfactory;S=Satisfactory;MS=Moderately Satisfactory;MU=Moderately Unsatisfactory;U=Unsatisfactory;HU=Highly Unsatisfactory Disbursements[system-generated]