The development objective of the Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project for Ethiopia is to improve climate resilience, land productivity and carbon storage, and increase access to diversified livelihood activities in selected rural watersheds.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) the project through consultation with the beneficiary communities, devise possible mechanisms on how to make the old, the sick, and people with disability benefit from the project even when they may not afford to contribute either labor or cash to the project implementation; (2) for vulnerable and historically underserved communities unable to join cooperatives due to inability to pay the registration fee should be supported through flexible local level solutions such as means-test-based exemption of registration fee; allowing them raise registration fee from project activities; keeping the registration fee as low as much lower as the poorest of the poor can afford; and by introducing installment based payment; (3) especial support needs to be provided to women playing the dual role of mothers and household heads, and active participation in the project with male community members; (4) provision of alternatives (options for cut and carry, awareness on alternative forage sources, forage species provision); (5) it is highly recommended that locally available social capital such as traditional and indigenous knowledge of land use and natural resources conservation practices, conflict resolution for effective implementation of project activities to facilitate and speed up the implementation; and (6) the project should consider consolidating grassroots institutions such as rural land dispute adjudication and grievance redress structures.
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The development objective of the Power System Efficiency and Resilience Project for Myanmar is to increase the output and efficiency of power generation and improve the resilience of the power network in project areas in support of the government’s program on universal access.
... See More + Some of the negative impacts and mitigation measures include: (1) soil compaction, improvement, and restoration of excavated areas should be carried out immediately after completion of work in selected sites of the affected area, rather than postpone such work until the work is completed; (2) during operation of the pneumatic equipment and destruction of walls, the dust generation should be suppressed by constantly spraying water and or installing anti-dust barrier screens on the site; (3) working hours for workers exposed to noise equipment should be designed so that noise exposure periods do not exceed the safe limits; (4) containers for waste disposal will be placed to collect household waste from the construction site. The issue of regular removal of household waste will be coordinated with local authorities; (5) efforts will be made to minimize the time spent by construction vehicles and trucks on the roads, in order to prevent any incidents or damage to property; (6) segregation of all wastes from dismantling of equipment and construction units and their disposal to land fill sites will be carried out; and (7) personnel training on occupational safety and measures towards compliance with occupational safety requirements should be given to the workers.
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The development objective of Sustainable Landscapes and Ecotourism Project (CSLEP) for Cambodia is to improve protected areas management, and to promote ecotourism opportunities and non-timber forest products (NTFP) value chains in the Cardamom Mountains-Tonle Sap landscape.
... See More + Some of the negative measures include: (i) dust generation and air pollution; (ii) noise and vibration; (iii) water pollution; (iv) drainage and sedimentation; (v) solid waste; (vi) chemical or hazardous wastes; (vii) disruption of vegetative cover and ecological resources; (viii) traffic management; (ix) interruption of utility services; and (x) worker and public safety. Some of the mitigation measures include: (i) water dusty roads and construction sites; (ii) all vehicles must have appropriate certificate of conformity from inspection of quality, technical safety and environmental protection; (iii) at completion of construction works, water collection tanks and septic tanks shall be covered and effectively sealed off; (iv) areas of the site not disturbed by construction activities shall be maintained in their existing conditions; (v) no burning, on-site burying or dumping of solid waste shall occur; (vi) store chemicals in safe manner, such as roofing, fenced and appropriate labeling; (vii) areas to be cleared should be minimized as much as possible; (viii) avoid material transportation for construction during rush hour; (ix) any damages to existing utility systems of cable shall be reported to authorities and repaired as soon as possible; and (x) training workers on occupational safety regulations and provide sufficient protective clothing for workers in accordance with applicable national laws.
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The development objective of Sustainable Landscapes and Ecotourism Project (CSLEP) for Cambodia is to improve protected areas management, and to promote ecotourism opportunities and non-timber forest products (NTFP) value chains in the cardamom mountains-Tonle Sap landscape.
... See More + The World Bank’s operational policy 4.10 on indigenous peoples (IPs) is triggered for this project as there is a likelihood that indigenous peoples are found in the project area. In compliance with OP 4.10, and prior to project appraisal stage, an indigenous peoples planning framework (IPPF) is developed to ensure that indigenous peoples are sufficiently and meaningfully consulted leading to their free, prior and informed consultation (FPIC) to project interventions, that they will have equal opportunity to share the project benefits, and that any potential negative impacts are properly mitigated. The IPPF will form a basis for project implementation and monitoring and evaluation of how the project deals with indigenous peoples issues. If necessary, at project implementation stage, indigenous people plans (IPPs) will be developed, based on this IPPF, after the target areas are well defined and results of social screening confirm impacts on IP communities.
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