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Safeguard Categories ExplainedEnvironmentEnvironmental impacts. Each proposed project is scrutinized as to its type; location; the sensitivity, scale, nature, and magnitude of its potential environmental impacts; and availability of cost-effective mitigation measures. Projects thus screened for their expected environmental impact are assigned to one of the following four categories. Category A: Projects are categorized as “A” if they could have significant adverse environmental impacts. An environmental impact assessment (EIA) is required to address significant impacts. Category B: Projects are categorized as “B” if they could have some adverse environmental impacts, but of lesser degree or significance than those for category A projects. An initial environmental examination (IEE) is required to determine whether significant environmental impacts warranting an EIA are likely. If an EIA is not needed, the IEE is regarded as the final environmental assessment report. Category C: Projects are categorized as “C” if they are unlikely to have adverse environmental impacts. No EIA or IEE is required, although environmental implications are still reviewed. Category FI: Projects are classified as category “FI” if they involve a credit line through a financial intermediary or an equity investment in a financial intermediary. The financial intermediary must apply an environmental management system, unless all subprojects will result in insignificant impacts. The categorization form and instructions to staff are available in http://www.adb.org/documents/Guidelines/Environmental_Assessment/eaguidelines002.asp Involuntary ResettlementInvoluntary Resettlement Identification and Categorization Projects are assigned an involuntary resettlement category depending on the significance of the probable involuntary resettlement impacts. Impacts are “significant” when 200 or more people will experience “major impacts”, which are defined as (i) being physically displaced from housing or Category A: Involuntary resettlement impacts are “Significant”. Category A projects require a full resettlement plan. Some of these projects may require a resettlement framework prior to the full resettlement plan. Category B: Involuntary resettlement impacts are “Not Significant”. Category B projects include involuntary resettlement impacts that are not deemed significant and require a short resettlement plan. Some of these projects may require a resettlement framework prior to the short resettlement plan. Category C: No involuntary resettlement effects are foreseen in Category C projects. They neither require a resettlement plan nor a resettlement framework. For further discussion of the categorization, you may access the OMF2 at this link: http://www.adb.org/Documents/Manuals/Operations/OMF02_29oct03.pdf The categorization form and instructions to staff are available in http://www.adb.org/Resettlement/category.asp Indigenous PeoplesProjects are categorized by the significance of their impacts on indigenous peoples. The significance is decided by scrutinizing the type, location, scale, nature, and magnitude of a project’s potential impacts on indigenous peoples. The categories are as follows: (i) Category A. Such projects are expected to have significant impacts that require IPDP and/or IPDF. Source: para 4, OM F3 The categorization form and instructions to staff are available in http://www.adb.org/IndigenousPeoples/IP-Screening-Categorization/default.asp |
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