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Detail of GEF Project #1600
| GEF Project ID | 1600 |
| IBRD PO ID | 70044 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Biodiversity Conservation in the Lower Dniester Delta Ecosystem |
| Country | Moldova |
| Region | Europe and Central Asia |
| Focal Area | Biodiversity |
| Operational Program | 2 |
| PDF-A Approval Date | 1999-03-03 |
| Approval Date | 2002-03-07 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2002-03-28 |
| Project Completion Date | 2005-04-30 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| Executing Agency | World Bank |
| Executing Agency | World Bank |
| Description | The project would assist the Government of Moldova and Biotica, an NGO, to improve wetland protection and management in the Lower Dniester Ecosystem. The area has been identified as a national priority and the project will assist in expanding the area under strict protection from 500 ha to 5000 ha under the category of National Park. It will assist in restoring affected wetlands and floodplain forests in the park, engaging individuals and communities in the buffer zone of the project and in strengthening collaboration with Ukraine on the protection and management of the Lower Dniester ecosystem and with Romania on the Black Sea coastal zone. |
| Implementation Status | The final Withdrawal Request was processed. However, the project did not make much progress over the last year, mainly due to failure of Government to advance the creation of a National Park, envisaged under the project as the first multiple-use protected area in the country. Therefore, no further extension of closing date was approved and the project closed on its original closing date of 4/30/2005 without achieving its main objectives being fully disbursed. The remaining balance of $486,882.55 was also cancelled, and the Completion Report was delivered on 8/19/2005 and submitted to ENV Anchor 8/22. |
| PDF A Amount | 25,000 USD |
| GEF Project Grant | 975,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 1,000,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 1,040,550 USD |
| Project Cost | 2,040,550 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 146,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 975,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 1,040,550 USD |
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