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Resettlement Planning Document Resettlement Plan Document Stage: Revised Project Number: 35289 December 2009 PRC: Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project Resettlement Plan of Raohe County (Dajiahe Nature Reserve) – English Version Prepared by Heilongjiang Provincial Project Management Office for the Sanjiang Plain Wetland Protection Project. The resettlement plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Asian Development Bank Loan Heilongjiang Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project Updated Resettlement Plan of Raohe County (Dajiahe Nature Reserve) Heilongjiang Province Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project Office December 2009 ABBREVIATION and ACRONYMS APs Affected Persons ADB Asian Development Bank NGO Non Government Organization LAO Farmland restoration Office M&E Monitoring and Evaluation PRC People’s Republic of China RO Resettlement Office PMO Project Management Office HH Household mu Chinese land area unit of measure: 1 mu = 0.0667 ha PAH Project Affected Household PAP Project Affected Person PRO Project Resettlement Office RMB Renminbi—another word for the PRC Currency, the Yuan RP Resettlement Plan SES Socioeconomic Survey DI Design Institute RIB Resettlement Information Booklet CNY Abbreviation for Yuan, PRC’s currency FSR Feasibility Study Report EAR Environmental Assessment Report SPWPP Sanjiang Plain Wetland Protection Project HPDRC Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Committee HPG Heilongjiang Provincial Government SFA State Forestry Administration MOF Ministry of Finance LA Loan Agreement EA Executing agency DNR Dajiahe Nature Reserve DNRB Dajiahe Nature Reserve Bureau RCG Raohe County Government PREFACE Based on the resettlement framework prepared under the ADB PPTA in 2004, this resettlement plan (RP) is developed by Heilongjiang Provincial PMO of Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project (THE PROJECT) in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations and ADB Involuntary Resettlement Guidelines. The RP aims to provide a solution to the restoration of farmland to wetland for THE PROJECT and is prepared and upgraded based on the latest project proposal as well as the results of socioeconomic survey and an investigation of persons affected. All the data in terms of project impacts that are used in the RP was collected and provided by Dajiahe Nature Reserve (DNR). Upon verifying these data, the resettlement specialist revised and upgraded the draft resettlement plan prepared by Dajiahe Nature Reserve in March 2007. Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Committee (HPDRC) will endorse the RP on behalf of Heilongjiang Provincial Government (HPG) following the approval of ADB. Sanjiang Plain Wetland Protection Project – Raohe County Resettlement Plan Sanjiang Plain Wetland Protection Project – Raohe County Resettlement Plan Content Executive Summary ..........................................................................................................................I 1 Project Background.................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Brief Introduction of the Project .............................................................................. 1 1.2 Project components .................................................................................................. 1 1.2.1 Watershed Management .............................................................................. 1 1.2.2 Nature Reserve Management ..................................................................... 1 1.2.3 Alternative Livelihood.................................................................................... 1 1.2.4 Nature Reserve Capacity Building.............................................................. 2 1.3 General Description of Project Area ........................................................................ 2 1.3.1 Shuangyashan City ....................................................................................... 2 1.3.2 Raohe County ................................................................................................ 3 1.4 Directly Benefited Area............................................................................................ 6 1.5 Project Design Process............................................................................................. 8 1.6 Project Investment and Financing............................................................................ 9 1.7 Measures to Mitigate Negative Impacts of the Project ............................................ 9 1.8 Objectives of Resettlement .................................................................................... 10 2 Project Impacts....................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 Approach................................................................................................................ 11 2.2 Scope...................................................................................................................... 11 2.3 Organization and Process....................................................................................... 11 2.4 Project Impact Survey Results ............................................................................... 12 2.4.1 Impact Analysis on Farmland restoration................................................. 12 2.4.2 Affected Persons (APs) .............................................................................. 18 2.4.3 Impacts Analysis of Building Demolishment............................................ 21 2.4.4 Vulnerable groups........................................................................................ 21 2.4.5 Other Impact................................................................................................. 21 3 Socioeconomic Survey........................................................................................................... 22 3.1 Socioeconomic Survey........................................................................................... 22 3.1.1 Dajiahe Township......................................................................................... 22 3.1.2 Shanli Township........................................................................................... 24 3.1.3 Affected Villages .......................................................................................... 25 3.2 Sample Survey of Project Affected Family............................................................ 27 3.2.1 Demography of Sampling Household....................................................... 27 3.2.2 Basic Situation of Family Living................................................................. 27 3.2.3 Production and Business Situation........................................................... 27 3.2.4 Analysis of income ...................................................................................... 28 3.2.5 Analysis of expenditure .............................................................................. 28 3.2.6 Comprehensive Analysis of Income and Expenditure ........................... 30 3.2.7 The comparative income of the APs from 2004 to 2008 ....................... 31 3.2.8 Survey results of the resettlers.................................................................. 32 4 Resettlement Legal and Policy Framework ........................................................................... 33 4.1 Farmland restoration and Compensation Policy .................................................... 33 4.2 Applicable Legal and Administrative Procedures.................................................. 36 4.3 Institutional Responsibilities.................................................................................. 36 4.4 Resettlement Policies of ADB................................................................................ 37 5 Resettlement Compensation Rate and Entitlement Matrix .................................................... 39 6 Rehabilitation and Income Restoration Measures.................................................................. 40 7 Schedule of Resettlement....................................................................................................... 42 8 Organization........................................................................................................................... 43 8.1 Implementation Organizations ............................................................................... 43 8.2 Responsibilities ...................................................................................................... 43 Sanjiang Plain Wetland Protection Project – Raohe County Resettlement Plan 8.2.1 HPSPPMO (Project Management Organization).................................... 43 8.2.2 Raohe County Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project Leading Group ........................................................................................................................ 44 8.2.3 Raohe County Sanjiang Plain Wetlands Protection Project PMO (Sub-project Management Organization)................................................................. 44 8.2.4 External Monitoring Organization.............................................................. 44 8.3 Staffing..................................................................................................................