The objective of the Integrated Forestry Development Project for China is to assist the Borrower to demonstrate the establishment and management of sustainable multifunction forest plantations with significant environmental benefits in the project provinces. There are three components to the project, the first component being establishment of new multifunction forest plantations. This component will support the establishment and management of multifunction forest plantations on degraded and erosion-prone lands including, inter alia: a) plantation of suitable trees and shrubs to create wind breaks and sand break forests; soil and water conservation forests; and b) farmland shelter belts, including, planting stock quality improvement and nursery management improvement in the provinces of Anhui, Hebei, Liaoning, and Shanxi. Construction of water collection wells in Shanxi province to meet irrigation needs of plantations established under the project. The second component is the improvement of existing plantation forests. This component will support upgrading existing degraded monoculture plantations into multifunction forest plantations to increase their resilience and their erosion control potential in the provinces of Anhui and Zhejiang. Finally, third component is the institutional strengthening, project management and monitoring and evaluation.