Restoring Ecosystems for Marine Pollution Prevention (RE-MAP) (WB-P505546)

Regions
  • Europe and Central Asia
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • Moldova
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Dniester River Basin
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Financial Institutions
  • World Bank (WB)
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Project Status
Approved
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Bank Risk Rating
B
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Voting Date
Oct 10, 2025
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Government of Moldova - Ministry of Environment; NOEPI
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Climate and Environment
  • Law and Government
  • Water and Sanitation
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Investment Type(s)
Grant
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 7.90 million
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 7.90 million
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Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ WB website

Updated in EWS Sep 28, 2026

Disclosed by Bank May 2, 2024

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Project Description
If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the Project Development Objective is to increase the area under sustainable landscape management practices in targeted areas within the Dniester River Basin in Moldova.

The project intends to restore ecosystem processes directly, it will result in expanded areas of healthier ecosystems (restored functionality) and broader range of generated ecosystem services (benefits). All this will ultimately improve landscape/habitat conditions and water quality through reanimated synergies between upstream and downstream ecosystems.

Nature-based solutions (NBS) are defined as use of resources and processes already found in nature to restore ecosystems, support communities, and contribute to healthy and resilient economies. NBS for nutrient pollution management leverage, inter alia, the natural filtering and absorption capacities of ecosystems such as wetlands, forests to capture, retain, and remove nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus from runoff, surface water, or groundwater.

The project addresses pollution of freshwater environment through enhanced adaptive capacity for upstream ecosystem restoration (at landscape level), all following the EU directives and the Dniester Commission.

The proposed Project's design consists of three components:
(i) Component 1: Institutional Capacity Development and Community Engagement;
(ii) Component 2: Landscape Restoration and Watershed Management and
(iii) Component 3: Project Management, Monitoring and Communication.

Early Warning System Project Analysis
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No significant environmental risks are expected neither at the construction or operation stages of the project. The envisaged environmental and social risks are considered moderate, which are related to minor civil works for wetland restoration, rehabilitation of small rivers beds and afforestation/ reforestation activities. While the proposed project will take the NBS approach, no significant civil works are anticipated. The areas of intervention will not interfere with special conservation zones as the Ramsar sites. Social risks are also considered moderate. Project interventions are expected to take place on public land (state or community) and no land acquisition and physical and economic resettlement are anticipared. Any involuntary restrictions to land use or natural resources (for example, site-specific temporary access restrictions at reforestation sites or civil work site) will be appropriately avoided, minimized and managed through close engagement with key stakeholders.

Investment Description
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Total Project Cost: US$ 7.90 million
Global Environment Facility (GEF): US$ 7.90 million


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CONTACT POINT - World Bank

Task Team Leader: Fisseha Tessema Abissa
Title: Senior Natural Resources ManagementSpecialist
Email: fabissa@worldbank.org

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