World Bank loan to the projects of forestry rehabilitation and development in Hunan Province

8.8 Comprehensive Stakeholder Analysis

Comprehensive stakeholder analysis matrix (table 8-2) was developed based on the analysis of project impacts, risks and risk control as well as state and local policies, laws and regulations. List an analytical matrix table of the project stakeholders. Comprehensively analyze the results on the field survey of social assessment. The SA team developed the following conclusions for the HFDRD.
1) The objectives of HFRDP are consistent with the Chinese policy of foreign funds investment and national planning for development of eco-forestry. The forest restoration and development activities in the project will improve farmers' income and human living environment, ecological and social environment in project area, which are in line with national objective on ecology and livelihoods.
2) The implementation of HFRDP has no serious social risks, but some social problems should be addressed. Firstly, there exists obvious gap between goals of ecological protection and expectations of income increase from farmers. Without voluntary participation of farmers, the gap may lead to conflictive objectives. Therefore, solutions could be developed through consultations with relative farmers and stakeholders by forestry agencies and HFRDP. Secondly, although HFRDP will not have negative impacts upon women, poor farmers, ethnic minorities and other social advantaged groups, EMDP has still been developed.
3) The project received extensive supports from stakeholders. Due to the ice storm, forest resources were severely damaged in project area and ecological environment is fragile. Implementation of HFRDP will have a profound impact on the ecological environment and achieve good social benefits in project area. Beneficiary groups and governments at all levels in project area are very welcome for the project and will positively cooperate with it.
4) The project has been greatly supported by governments at all levels of HN province. The Government, Forestry Departments and other related departments and organizations have shown huge enthusiasm and provided strong supports for the project in the sampled 10 counties.
Table 8-2 Project Stakeholder Analysis Matrix

Stakeholders	Impact on stakeholders		Several key issues			Risk control
	Positive	Negative	Importance	Attitude	Benefit condition	Risks	Risk control
Direct stakeholders
1. Farmers	1. employments; 2. income increase; 3. knowledge and skills on forest management; 4. ecological awareness building	Low level of forest income	Very important	Willing to participate	1.incomefrom thinning 2. labor income from the project	1. different opportunities between farmers with large area and small area of forest land; 2. difference between ecological protection of the project and economic objectives of farmers	1. PCP for all farmers to know about project info., to have equal access and rights to participate; 2. to develop some economic species and generate income for farmers.
2. Forest cooperatives	1. forest tenure reform promotion 2. impact reinforcements by FCs	Low level of forest income	important	Willing to participate	Financial supports and income generation	Destruction by cattle and sheep, fire wood collection, mining, quarrying	Develop maintenance system and groups, establishment of FC and management improvement
3. Village-level organizations	1. water conservation water;  2. reinforcement of national unity and social stability	1. Low level of forest income 2. potential pollution by inappropriate pesticide and fertilizer use	important	Willing to participate	Benefit through the high and stable yield farmland	Fire, chilling injury, frost, pests and other natural disasters	Prevention mainly, together with treatment
4. The TFS	1. improvement in forestry management; 2. income generation by service provision	none	Very important	Willing to participate	institutional capacity enhancement	weak technological capability	Technological trainings
5. Women	1. social position improvements 2. gender equality promotion	Increased workload	important	Willing to participate	benefits from thinning	Lack of skills, being marginalized	Invite women to participate in projects
6. Minorities	1. improvements in production and living conditions 2. income generation 3. national unity reinforced	More inputs and less income generation in short period	important	Willing to participate	benefits from thinning and economic plantation	Weak participation capability, being marginalized	Invite minority people to participate in projects
Indirect stakeholders
7. Hunan PFD	Management improvements	none	important	strongly supportive		None
8. County Government	1. water conservation, soil and water conservation to promote the development of tourism 2. maintaining social stability	Increased Financial burden	important	strongly supportive		Risks of borrow loans and repayment	Revenue increase
9. County Forestry Bureau	Improvements of forestry technology and management level	Add workload	important	Willing to participate		Weak forestry technology capability	Training provisions and capacity building
10. County Finance Bureau	Improvements of management	repayment of loans	common	strongly supportive		Not timely disbursement of funds	Strict financial management and timely disbursement of funds
11. County Agricultural Bureau	high and stable yield Safeguard for land	None	common	strongly supportive		Not timely disbursement of funds
12. County Water Conservancy Bureau	Water conservation	None	common	strongly supportive
13. County Land Bureau	Sustainable land management	None	common	strongly supportive
14. County Environmental Protection Bureau	carbon sequestration increase	None	common	strongly supportive t
15. County Cultural Affairs Bureau	tourism development on culture and ecology	None	common	strongly supportive
16. County Bureau of Nationality and Religious Affairs	promote ethnic equality and unity	None	common	strongly supportive		destruction of cultural heritage and cultural relics	A forestation projects selection shall avoid artifacts and monuments