landslides & erosion

The Government of the Brazilian State Espírito Santo has requested World Bank funds for the Espírito Santo Integrated Sustainable Water Management Project with the objectives to: (a) improve sustainable water resources management; and (b) increase access to sanitation in the project area. The project aims at strengthening the state’s water sector institutions, providing increased wastewater collection and treatment services, supporting reforestation and sustainable land management practices, and improving the state's capacity to identify, monitor and prepare for disaster risks.

A variety of sub-projects were financed that included coastal ecosystem restoration, which included coral reefs.

The Government of Samoa is planning to increase the resilience of coastal communities to climate variability and change. The project will develop and implement activities to: (a) assist the Government of Samoa in adapting to climate change; (b) protect people’s lives and livelihoods, coastal and inland infrastructure, and the environment; and (c) increase awareness of climate change impacts and adaptation activities in communities, civil society, and local government.

The project interventions will introduce the integrated watershed and landscape management approach, and facilitate the adoption of sustainable land and water management techniques and practices. The proposed interventions will increase the overall resilience of the communities to climate-related shocks. The project will have land-management options that enhance carbon sequestration and, concurrently, prevent erosion and land degradation.

The project increased the afforested/reforested areas through participatory forestry and co-management approach in the degraded forestland, marginal, fallow and newly accreted land in coastal and hilly areas. This included the use of mangroves and other species. The project also used alternative livelihoods and capacity building to support the work.

The project focuses mostly on the use of terracing and protection of natural areas to reduce land degradation and provision associated benefits, such as flood risk reduction, erion control.

The project is aiming to increase the resilience of two urban areas. This will include green spaces along the Pirai Metropolitan River Park, the development of an integral management plan for the park, and other green buffers along side the Irpavi and orkohauira rivers to prevent flooding and ensure slope stabilization.

The Government of India and the Rural Works Department of the State of Bihar are implementing the Bihar Rural Roads Project aiming at improving rural road connectivity in project districts, and enhancing management of rural roads in Bihar. The project combines both investment and knowledge support for the improvement of about 2,500 km of rural roads in Bihar and the management capacity of the Rural Works Department. It will use bio-engineering and other green interventions to make roads resilient to climate change and act as carbon sinks.

The project worked to fund community-led development projects, and build capacity for improved land management practices.