Regional Perspectives

Environment
	Honduras	IDA - $34 million. Modernizing the land administration system and improving natural resources management will enhance land security for more than 1 million people, improve nutrition and food security for 6,500 rural poor families, and improve forest and biodiversity conservation. Total cost: $41.8 million.
	India	IDA - $50 million. Environmental management capacity will be enhanced to help the government implement environmental priorities outlined in the Environment Action Program. Total cost: $61.48 million.
	Kenya	IDA - $12.8 million. Fisherfolk, smallholder farmers, and local communities surrounding Lake Victoria in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda will benefit from restoration of the lake's ecosystem. Total cost: $77.6 million.
	Madagascar	IDA - (ITF) $30 million. Environmental degradation will be reversed and sustainable use of natural resources promoted through support of the second phase of Madagascar's National Environmental Action Plan. Total cost: $155 million.
	Malawi	IDA - (ITF) $12.4 million. Environmentally sustainable development will be promoted and environmental issues integrated throughout the development process through support for Malawi's Environmental Support Programme. Total cost: $13.7 million.
	Nicaragua	IDA - $30 million. Rural poverty will be reduced and natural resources management improved to benefit about 300,000 people, mainly poor farmers and fisherfolk. Total cost: $40.4 million.
	Panama	IBRD $22.5 million. Rural poverty and natural resource degradation will be reduced and priority biodiversity areas conserved through a pilot program to channel financial resources to rural communities to help them promote sustainable productive systems. Total cost: $39 million.
	Senegal	IDA - $5.2 million. The growing demand for household fuels will be met without loss of forest cover, the ecosystem's carbon sequestration potential, or biodiversity. Rural communities, and especially rural women, will benefit from employment opportunities and economic development. Low-income households will have increased access to more reliable and efficient charcoal stoves and modern fuels. Total cost: $19.9 million.
	Sri Lanka	IDA - (ITF) $14.8 million. The government's program to improve environmental management, integrate environmental considerations in the development process, and pilot programs to reverse environmental degradation will be supported. Total cost: $20.76 million.
	Tanzania	IDA - $10.1 million. See project description for Kenya, above.
	Uganda	IDA - $12.1 million. See project description for Kenya, above.
	Zambia	IDA - $12.8 million. The government's efforts to achieve sustainable development by building capacity to improve the management of natural resources at the national and local level will be supported. Total cost: $20.8 million.

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