Poland: Rural Environmental Protection Project (REPP)

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Poland: Rural Environmental Protection Project (REPP)

GEF ID	531
Region	Europe
Sub-Region	Eastern Europe
Project Contacts	Ryszard Rogowski PIU-Director Poland; Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry Barbara Letachowicz (IBRD) Task Team Leader International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (WB)
Project Documents	Project Documents project document, fact sheets, annexes...

General Information:
Project Type	Full Size Project
Project Status	Completed
Start Date	1999/11/11
End Date	2004/04/30

GEF characteristic:
Focal Area	International Waters
GEF Project Stage	Project Completion
GEF Allocation to project	3.00M US$
Total Cost of the project:	14.40M US$

Partners:
Countries:	Poland
Lead Implementing Agency	World Bank
Executing Agencies	Poland; Ministry of Agriculture and Food Economy (MAFE) Poland; Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry

Project Description:

The global objective of the project is to improve the quality of the water of the Baltic Sea by decreasing non-point sources of nutrient pollution from agriculture. The Baltic Sea Strategic Action Plan estimates that 30-40% of the nitrogen and 10% of the phosphorous entering the Sea come from agriculture, and the eutrophic conditions they cause represent the Baltic Sea's top priority transboundary water problem. The project will help Polish small farmers to adopt innovative waste management techniques and land use practices to reduce pollution releases. GEF funds will be used to buy down the cost of adopting these technical innovations in agricultural practices and waste management and help overcome barriers to moving from demonstration level activities to operations projects for agricultural non-point source pollution. Participating farmers will be expected to pay approximately one-third of the cost.

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