The development objective of Livelihood Enhancement and Association of the Poor (LEAP) Project for Cambodia is to provide poor and vulnerable households in selected rural and urban communities improved access to financial services, opportunities for generating income, and small-scale infrastructure.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (a) information on involuntary resettlement and on provisions for compensation is provided to the Commune Council during one of the first information or training meetings; (b) the detailed survey and mapping team carries out its work in presence of at least one representative from each village; (c) special attention is paid to map (a) all current land use with the proposed LEAP including temporary chamkar of poor families, and (b) all fallows in case of remaining rotational agriculture; (c) a village consultation meeting inviting all land users is held prior to deciding to set up an exchange scheme for existing land users between their current land and LEAP land, to ensure that data on current land use within the LEAP area are verified with the occupiers and that all such schemes are largely voluntary; (e) a consultation meeting is held with Commune and village officials and representatives, as well as concerned land users, prior to small infrastructure design; (f) the affected families have the right to receive land in compensation for land lost, cash in compensation for fixed assets and standing crops, and the cost of rebuilding a house; and (g) in communities still carrying out the rotational shifting cultivation system of indigenous peoples, exclude these areas from the proposed LEAP.
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The development objective of Livelihood Enhancement and Association of the Poor Project for Cambodia is to provide poor and vulnerable households in selected rural and urban communities improved access to financial services, opportunities for generating income, and small-scale infrastructure.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (a) vegetation cover and or trees at the construction site (road, drainage system, etc.) or any other location to be used by the Project may be removed or disturbed during construction phase; (b) if sand, gravel and stones from river bed is extracted, flowing pattern of river may be seriously affected; (c) excavation works generate waste; (d) uncontrolled generation of wastewater may cause environmental pollution, nuisance, and health concerns to workers and the public; (e) some of the solid waste may be cross-contaminated with oil, paints, etc. that may be toxic and pose public health risk; (f) exposure to high level of dust and smoke may have health impact: affect respiratory system, eyes; (g) noise disturb hearing or listening activities and may cause stress and or headaches; (h) the eroded top soil will ends up at downslope then being wash down further by rain water causing highly turbid water and river bed or stream siltation or sedimentation; (i ) cultural sites may be affected with dust, noise from material and waste loading or disposals Some artefacts may expose during execution of earthworks at the sites; (j) stagnant water formed from disturbed area at construction site is favor for mosquito breeding, which is a vector of water-borne diseases; and (k) construction-related activities may cause safety risks for local community, particularly children if they access to open holes or present at the site during materials transports loading and unloading.
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