Ethnic Minority Development Plan
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Ethnic Minority Development Plan May 2018 People’s Republic of China: Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project Prepared by the ADB-financed Project Management Office of the Lanshan County Government and the Yongzhou City Government for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30 April 2018) Currency unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.158 $1.00 = CNY6.3 34 ABBREVIATIONS 3R – reduce, reuse, and recycle ADB – Asian Development Bank ACWF – All China Women’s Federat ion DI – design institute EMDP – ethnic minority development plan EM – ethnic minority EMG – ethnic minority group EMT – ethnic minority township EMAC – ethnic minority autonomous county EMP – environmental management plan EMRA O – Ethnic Minority and Religion Affairs Office ESB – Environment Sanitation Bureau FGD – focus group discussion GDP – gross domestic product GRM – Grievance redress mechanism HH – household HIV – human immunodeficiency virus HPMO – Hunan project management office IA – Implementing agency IP – indigenous pe oples LSSB – Labor and Social Security Bureau MSW – Municipal solid waste PA – Project areas PRC – People’s Republic of China PMO – project management office SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement STI – sexually transmitted infection TA – technic al assistance XRW – Xiangjiang River watershed YME – Yao minority township NOTE In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars. This ethnic minority development 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. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Contents 1. PROJECT INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 PROJECT BRIEF 2 1.2 BENEFICIARY OF THE PROJECT 2 2. OBJECTIVES 4 3. LEGAL FRAMEWORK 4 3.1 NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL ETHNIC MINORITY POLICY 4 3.2 POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS ON ETHNIC MINORITIES IN HUNAN 6 3.3 ADB’ S POLICY REQUIREMENTS ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 6 3.4 GAP BETWEEN ADB’ S POLICY REQUIREMENTS AND PRC STRATEGIES 7 4. ETHNIC MINORITY IN THE PROJECT AREAS 7 4.1 OVERVIEW OF ETHNIC MINORITY IN HUNAN PROVINCE 7 4.2 OVERVIEW OF ETHNIC MINORITY PROFILE IN PROJECT AREAS 8 4.3 MAIN EMG S IN PROJECT AREAS 16 4.4 FINDINGS FROM SOCIAL SURVEYS 17 4.5 IMPACT ON EMG 19 5. IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS 22 6. GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM 23 7. MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF EMDP 23 Appendix: Ethnic Minority Development Plan Page 1 1. Project Introduction 1.1 Project Brief Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project (Project) will reduce accumulated environmental pollution by tailored approaches in 11 counties/districts/county-level cities (counties) in 4 prefectural cities of Xiangjiang River basin: Hengyang City, Yongzhou City, Loudi City, and Chenzhou City. The Project has 6 outputs: (i) On-site closures of existing solid waste landfills in nine counties (Doupi of Hengyang, Tietang of Changning, Hengshan, Shanglingqiao of Yongzhou, Zhugemiao of Yongzhou, Jiufenshan of Lanshan, Dongan, Guiyang, and Lengshuijiang); (ii) Mining of two existing municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills in Xiaowujia of Lanshan, and Zixing, respectively; (iii) Urban–rural integrated MSW management systems established in eight counties (Hengyang, Changning, Leiyang, Lengshuitan, Lingling, Lanshan, Zixing, and Lengshuijiang); (iv) Existing sanitary landfills upgrading in four counties (Hengyang, Leiyang, Lanshan, and Lengshuijiang); (v) Kitchen waste treatment in 2 districts of Yongzhou City; and (vi) Capacity development and institutional strengthening of all above 11 project counties. 1.2 Beneficiary of the Project The beneficiaries are identified as the long-term residential population of the targeted subproject areas of 4 prefecture-level cities, 11 counties/county-level cities, 1 206 subdistrict/townships/towns, and 3,943 villages/communities. Local waste management institutes, garbage collection and transportation companies, landfill operation companies, and a total of about 6.9 million people will benefit directly from the Project at present, including 3.4 million urban population and 3.5 million rural population. People living along the branch rivers of the Xiangjiang River watershed (XRW) will be benefited indirectly due to the waste pollution control to be conducted by the Project. The implementation of the Project will benefit the local residents, including ethnic minorities, women and the poor, and contribute to poverty reduction by project outputs. Detailed beneficiary distribution with project components has been presented in The Plan-1 below: Table 1-1: Project Components and Beneficiaries Prefectural Beneficiary Distribution Description City (County) 1. On-site closure of existing MSW landfills Hengyang County Doupi Existing MSW Landfill Hengyang County Changning Tietang Existing MSW Landfill Hengyang Changning City Hengshan County Existing MSW Landfill Hengshan County Yongzhou Lengshuitan Shanglingqiao Existing Yongzhou urban districts Yongzhou MSW Landfill -Lengshuitan and Lingling 1 There are 10 IAs in the Project because the Yongzhou IA is responsible for subprojects in both Lingling District and Lengshuitan District. However, all project components are located in 11 districts/counties/county-level cities. Appendix: Ethnic Minority Development Plan Page 2 Prefectural Beneficiary Distribution Description City (County) Yongzhou Lingling Zhugemiao Existing MSW Landfill Lanshan Jiufenshan Existing MSW Landfill Lanshan County Dongan County Existing MSW Landfill Dong'an Guiyang County Existing MSW Landfill Chenzhou Guiyang County Lengshuijiang City Existing MSW Landfill Loudi Lengshuijiang City 2. Mining of Existing MSW Landfills Lanshan Xiaowujia Existing MSW Landfill Yongzhou Lanshan County Zixing Existing MSW Landfill Chenzhou Zixing City 3. Rural-Urban Integrated MSW Management System Hengyang County Rural-Urban Integrated MSW Hengshan County Changning Rural-Urban Integrated MSW Hengyang Changning City Leiyang Rural-Urban Integrated MSW Leiyang City Yongzhou urban districts Yongzhou Rural-Urban Integrated MSW -Lengshuitan and Lingling Yongzhou Lanshan County Rural-Urban Integrated MSW Lanshan County Zixing Rural-Urban Integrated MSW Chenzhou Zixing City Lengshuijiang MSW Transfer Station Loudi Lengshuijiang City 4. Exiting Sanitary Landfills Upgrades Hengyang County Lida Sanitary Landfill Upgrade Hengyang County Hengyang Leiyang Nanjing Sanitary Landfill Upgrade Leiyang City Lanshan Qijiachun Sanitary Landfill Upgrade Yongzhou Lanshan County Lengshuijiang Zengjiachong Sanitary Landfill Loudi Lengshuijiang City Upgrade 5. Kitchen Waste Treatment Yongzhou urban districts Yongzhou Kitchen Waste Treatment Yongzhou -Lengshuitan and Lingling 6. Capacity Development and Institutional Strengthening Project implementation support 11 counties/county-level cities/districts Institutional Capacity Development All project areas Intelligent MSW management system MSW = municipal solid waste. Appendix: Ethnic Minority Development Plan Page 3 2. Objectives This ethnic minority development plan (EMDP) is prepared to ensure that ethnic minority people can equally benefit from the Project, and that any negative impacts on them are either reduced or mitigated. The overall objectives of this EMDP are to ensure that (i) the Project provides the opportunity for the local residents, including ethnic minority groups (EMGs), to reap project benefits; (ii) benefits for the ethnic minorities are at least equal to the mainstream ethnic group (the Han) in the People’s Republic of China (PRC); (iii) the ethnic minorities’ full participation in the project design and implementation; and (iv) the Project does not cause adverse impacts on ethnic minorities, or if such adverse impacts are unavoidable, they are at least mitigated or reduced. This EMDP has been prepared to involve minority residents in project preparation and implementation, ensure that they benefit from the Project in a culturally appropriate manner, and reduce or mitigate negative impacts. This EMDP describes their demographic, social, and cultural features; the Project’s impacts on them; and measures to ensure that they benefit in an inclusive manner and that negative impacts are minimized and/or mitigated. This EMDP includes measures to improve living standard (especially for women and the poor), to protect their cultures and traditions, to support vulnerable groups, and to mitigate or reduce negative impacts, etc. 3. Legal Framework In accordance with the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) (2009) and policies on social dimensions, the EMDP is developed on the basis of relevant PRC laws and regulations. 3.1 National and Provincial Ethnic Minority Policy Government of the PRC has adopted the policy of ethnic equality since 1949. “A unified multi-ethnic country” is defined as the fundamental realities of the PRC, which highlights “safeguarding national unification and ethnic unity” as its overarching goal of ethnic minority affairs management and policies. The Common Program adopted by the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in September 1949 clearly stipulated that “all the ethnic groups within the Chinese