China - Gansu Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project : consolidated resettlement action plan

Page 1 - 1 - World Bank Financed Gansu Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project \03 World Bank Financed Gansu Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project Management Office JULY 23, 2007 1 INTRODUCTION 3 1.1 B ACKGROUND AND O VERVIEW 3 1.2 P URPOSE OF T HIS D OCUMENT 4 1.3 M ETHODOLOGY 4 RP560 Page 2 - 2 - 1.4 L AYOUT OF T HIS D OCUMENT 5 2 OBJECTIVES 5 2.1 P RINCIPLES OF THE RAP 5 2.2 O BJECTIVES OF T HE RAP 5 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 6 3.1 P ROJECT O VERVIEW 6 3.2 L AND A CQUISITION AND R ESETTLEMENT 10 3.3 I MPLEMENTATION A RRANGEMENTS 11 4 SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE 11 4.1 G ANSU P ROVINCE 12 4.2 L ANZHOU M UNICIPALITY , Y UZHONG AND Y ONGDENG C OUNTIES 12 4.3 H OUSEHOLD SURVEY 13 5 POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK 15 5.1 K EY F EATURES OF N ATIONAL L AW 16 5.2 P ROVINCIAL R EGULATIONS 17 5.3 M UNICIPAL R EQUIREMENTS 19 5.4 W ORLD B ANK I NVOLUNTARY R ESETTLEMENT P OLICY 19 5.5 S TANDARDS FOR THE P ROJECT 22 5.6 I NSTITUTIONAL F RAMEWORK 22 6 BREAKDOWN OF IMPACTS 23 6.1 I NTRODUCTION 23 6.2 I MPACTS AT L UTUSI 24 6.3 Q INGCHENG 27 6.4 C ONSIDERATION OF A LTERNATIVES AND M INIMISATION OF R ESETTLEMENT 29 7 ELIGIBILITY AND MITIGATION MEASURES 30 7.1 E LIGIBILITY 30 7.2 C OMPENSATION S TANDARDS AND M ITIGATION M EASURES 32 7.3 L IVELIHOOD R ESTORATION M EASURES AND S ITE S ELECTION 38 8 ORGANISATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES 40 8.1 R ESETTLEMENT P ROCEDURES 40 8.2 O RGANISATIONAL FRAMEWORK 41 8.3 I NSTITUTIONAL R OLES AND I MPLEMENTING R ESPONSIBILITIES 42 9 COSTS AND BUDGETS 44 10 CONSULTATION AND PARTICIPATION 47 10.1 C ONSULTATION AND P ARTICIPATION P ROGRAMME 47 10.2 I NTERVIEWS AND M EETINGS WITH G OVERNMENTS AND C OMMUNITIES 47 10.3 H OUSEHOLD S URVEY 48 Page 3 - 3 - 10.4 C ONSULTATION A CTIVITIES IN L UTUSI 48 10.5 C ONSULTATION A CTIVITIES IN Q INGCHENG 49 10.6 I NFORMATION D ISCLOSURE IN L UTUSI AND Q INGCHENG 49 10.7 R ESULT OF P UBLIC C ONSULTATION 50 10.8 F URTHER C ONSULTATION AND D ISCLOSURE 50 11 GRIEVANCES AND DISPUTE PROCEDURES 51 11.1 I NTRODUCTION 51 11.2 T HE G RIEVANCE M ECHANISM 51 12 MONITORING AND EVALUATION 52 12.1 I NTRODUCTION 52 12.2 M ONITORING F RAMEWORK 53 12.3 I NTERNAL M ONITORING 53 12.4 E XTERNAL M ONITORING 54 12.5 S UBMISSION OF THE M ONITORING R EPORTS 57 12.6 R ESETTLEMENT C OMPLETION 57 13 SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION 58 14 POLICY FRAMEWORK 58 14.1 P RINCIPLES OF T HE R ESETTLEMENT P OLICY F RAMEWORK 58 14.2 L AWS AND R EGULATIONS FOR R ESETTLEMENT AND L AND U SE 59 14.3 P REPARATION AND P LANNING OF R ESETTLEMENT A CTION P LAN 59 14.4 I NFORMATION D ISSEMINATION AND P UBLIC C ONSULTATION 60 14.5 I MPACTS AND M ITIGATION M EASURES 60 14.6 G RIEVANCE R EDRESS M ECHANISM 61 14.7 M ONITORING AND E VALUATION 61 14.8 I NITIAL D ATA ON Y ELLOW R IVER S TONE F OREST 61 15 CONCLUSION 62 A NNEX A: Q UESTIONNAIRES OF L UTUSI AND Q INGCHENG A NNEX B: L EGISLATION A NNEX C: L AND U SE T ABLES Introduction This is the report of Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) of the proposed China: Gansu Cultural and Natural Heritage Protection and Development Project (USD 79.4 million, 2008- 2013), hereafter referred to as