Forest Investment Project, phase 2

The development objective of Second Phase of the Forest Investment Project for Cote d'Ivoire is to conserve and increase the forest stock and improve access to sources of income from sustainable forest management for selected communities in target zones. This project has five components. 1) The first component, Support the development of Participatory Forests Management Plans (PFMPs), has the following sub-components: (i) Support elaboration of PFMPs of targeted C3 Gazetted Forest (GFs) in the southwest; and (ii) Support elaboration of PFMPs of targeted C4 GFs in the Savanna areas. 2) The second component, Support the Implementation of Participatory Forests Management Plans in Category 3 GFs in the Cocoa Belt, has the following sub-components: (i) Support cocoa-based agroforestry through a contracting system with GF cocoa farmers; (ii) Strengthening the capacity of National Forest Development Agency (SODEFOR), Ministry of Water and Forestry Resources (MINEF) and local institutions for sustainable GF management; and (iii) Support livelihoods restoration for PAPs and income-generating activities for GF riparian communities. 3) The third component, Support Sustainable Management of National Parks and Nature Reserves, has the following sub-components: (i) Capacity enhancement for surveillance and ecological monitoring of national parks and natural reserves; and (ii) Support enhanced livelihoods of park adjacent communities. 4) The fourth component, Support implementation of Participatory Forest Management Plans of Category 4 GFs in the Savanna, has the following sub-components: (i) Support establishment and sustainable management of production forests; and (ii) Promotion of partnership with women associations and local private sector for sustainable forest management. 5) The fifth component, Project Administration, Coordination, and Safeguards, has the following sub-components: (i) Project administration, coordination; and (ii) Support national capacity building in environmental and social safeguards. The project will support establishment of 300,000 hectares of cocoa-based agroforestry and conserve or regenerate remnant forests by planting native tree species.