Involuntary Resettlement

PRC: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project
Resettlement Framework and Resettlement Plans

The Project will finance a range of wetland protection and forest plantation in projects in Sanjiang Plain, covering 13 counties¹ in 6 prefectures², and involving 6 Nature Reserves³. The Project will include 4 components, which are watershed management, wetland nature reserve management, alternative livelihood program and education, and capacity building. Environmental policies in Heilongjiang Province require restoration of the ecological conditions, especially in the Sanjiang Plain. The project will pilot a livelihood development approach that ensures income opportunities are restored or improved at lower costs to the Government, and will benefit community relations with the Nature Reserve (NR) management.

The resettlement impacts induced by this project are mainly associated with land compensation under the sub-component for farmland to nature reserves wetland restoration. Out of the 3,433 ha to be converted from farmland to wetland, about 1,433 ha of farmland will be in 5 Nature Reserves will affect 820 persons, of which less than 43 families would be physically relocated while majority of affected persons (APs) require land compensation only. The other 2,000 ha of farmland in Naolihe NR had been already abandoned but the wetland still needs to be restored.

Heilongjiang Provincial Government (HPG) prepared 2 sample resettlement plans to address the IR impacts of the project. Read the 2 resettlement plans:

• Baoqing county [ PDF: 1,870kb | 69 pages]
• Mishan city [ PDF: 1,980kb | 74 pages]

HPG also prepared this resettlement framework [ PDF ] to guide resettlement planning, if required, during project implementation.

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Contents

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1. Project Description

2. Socioeconomic Profile of the Project Area

3. Methodology of Socioeconomic Survey

4. Scope of Resettlement Impacts

5. Legal Framework

6. Resettlement Principles and Eligibility for Compensation

7. Compensation Rates

8. Rehabilitation Measures

9. Entitlement Matrix

10. Institutional Arrangement for Resettlement

11. Cost of Resettlement, Source of Funding and Flow of Fund

12. Consultation, Disclosure and Grievance Redress

13. Monitoring and Evaluation

14. Procedural Guidelines for RP Preparation

Annex A: Outline of Full Resettlement Plan

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1. The 13 counties include Baoqing, Boli, Fuyuan, Hegang, Huanan, Hulan, Jixian, Luobei, Linkou, Mishan, Ningan, Qitahe, and Raohe.
2. The six (6) prefectures include Hegang, Jiamusi, Jixi, Mudanjiang, Qitaihe, and Shuangyashan.
3. Anbanghe NR, Dajiahe NR, Naolihe NR, Qixinghe NR, Xingkaihu NR, and Zhenbaodao NR.