Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and Environmental Pollution Control Program

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The development objective of Yellow River Basin Ecological Protection and Environmental Pollution Control Program Project for China is to strengthen integrated water use efficiency, water pollution control, and ecosystem management, in selected regions of the Yellow River Basin. The Program will support a subset of activities at the basin level as part of the YRCC program and from the subnational provincial programs in Henan and Shaanxi Provinces as a contribution to the national program for Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development in the YRB. At the basin level, the Program is anchored in YRCC’s ‘Water Security Plan for the YRB Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development’ and will support institutional capacity building to scale up sub-basin- and provincial-level results. In Henan Province, the Program is anchored in the ‘YRB Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development Plan’, with demonstration activities in three sub-basins. In Shaanxi Province, the Program is anchored in the Wei River Basin Water Ecological Restoration Plan, with demonstration activities in four sub-basins. The Program’s four results areas (RAs) are designed to address the key challenges of water scarcity, water pollution, and ecosystem degradation and their integration at the basin, provincial, and sub-basin levels. These are aligned with the objectives of the Government program and were informed by assessments of the water balance, water quality, and ecosystems. RA 1: Improving water use efficiency, will support selected interventions to increase water use efficiency within sustainable limits. RA 1 activities will be implemented in the demonstration sub-basins in Shaanxi and Henan Provinces. RA 2: Improving water quality, will support selected water pollution management interventions to address water pollution in the demonstration sub-basins in Shaanxi and Henan Provinces. RA 3: Improving ecosystem management, will support selected ecosystem protection interventions to address ecosystem degradation and improve resilience in the demonstration sub-basins in Shaanxi and Henan Provinces.