# Republic of Cameroon
# Ministry of Forests and Wildlife
# Sustainable Congo Basin Forest Economies
# Program - Phase 1 (P505923)
# ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL
# COMMITMENT PLAN (ESCP)
Negotiated Version
March 4, 2026
# ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL COMMITMENT PLAN
1The Republic of Cameroon (the Recipient) will implement Phase 1 of the Sustainable Congo Basin Forest Economies Project (the Project) under the Multiphase Programmatic Approach, with the involvement of the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF), as set out in the Financing Agreement (the Agreement). The International Development Association (the Association) has agreed to provide financing for the Project, as set out in Agreement. The Recipient shall ensure that the Project is carried out in accordance with the Environmental and Social Standards (ESSs) and this Environmental and Social Commitment Plan (ESCP), in a manner acceptable to the Association. The ESCP is a part of the Agreement. Unless otherwise defined in this ESCP, capitalized terms used in this ESCP have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement. 3. Without limitation to the foregoing, this ESCP sets out material measures and actions that the Recipient shall carry out or cause to be carried out, including, as applicable, their respective timeframes; institutional, staffing, training, monitoring and reporting arrangements; and grievance management. The ESCP also sets out the environmental and social (E&S) documents that shall be prepared or updated, consulted, disclosed and implemented under the Project, consistent with the ESSs, in form and substance acceptable to the Association. Said E&S documents may be revised from time to time with prior written agreement by the Association. As provided for under the referred Agreement, the Recipient shall ensure that there are sufficient funds available to cover the costs of implementing the ESCP. 4.As agreed by the Association and the Recipient, this ESCP will be revised from time to time, it necessary, to reflect adaptive management of Project changes or unforeseen circumstances or in response to Project performance. In such circumstances, the Association and the Recipient agree tc update the ESCP to reflect these changes through an exchange of letters signed between the Association and the Recipient's Representative specified in the Agreement. The Recipient shall promptly disclose the updated ESCP. 5.The subsection on "Indicators for Implementation Readiness" below identifies the actions and measures to be monitored to assess Project readines to begin implementation in accordance with this ESCP. Nevertheless, all actions and measures in this ESCP shall be implemented as set out in the "Timeframe" column below column below irrespective of whether they are listed in the referred subsection.