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Indigenous Peoples Impact Categorization Report Project No. 45084-002 Semiannual Report December 2018 Coastal Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Project Prepared by Local Government Engineering Department for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank. This Indigenous Peoples Impact Categorization Report 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. 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. GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) COASTAL CLIMATE RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT (CCRIP) ADB Project No. 45084-002 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IMPACT CATEGORIZATION REPORT Reporting Period: July to December 2018 Project Management Office Project Director, CCRIP RDEC Bhaban (3rd Floor), LGED HQ Agargaon, Dhaka 1207 Table of Contents 1 Executive Summery ........................................................................................... 2 2 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 3 3 Background of Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project ......................... 4 4 ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009) on Indigenous Peoples .................... 4 5 Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh .................................................................... 5 6 Background of the settlement of the Indigenous People under CCRIP .............. 6 7 Description of Indigenous People in the sub-project area .................................. 7 8 Indigenous People Impact: ................................................................................ 8 8.1 Sub-project in the Indigenous People Impact (IPI) area: Dablugonj Bazar ......... 8 8.2 Sub-project in the Indigenous People Impact (IPI) area: Kabiraj Para Hat ....... 10 8.3 Sub-project in the Indigenous People Impact (IPI) area: Harta- Rajapur- Saltamarket-Chowmohani ................................................................................................... 12 9 Conclusion ....................................................................................................... 14 Annexure 01: Status of sub-projects being implemented under CCRIP ............................... 15 1 Indigenous Peoples Impact (IPI) Categorization Report under CCRIP, LGED. 1 Executive Summery 1. Road and Markets sub-projects are being implemented in the 12 coastal districts under CCRIP in the Barisal and Khulna Divisions. In line with ADB Social Safeguards Policy, 2009, LGED has given priority to indentify the indigenous people before implementing the sub-projects to ensure the access rights to provide information, and find out any adverse impacts of the proposed subprojects on their livelihoods. Resettlement NGO (CCDP) was assigned to conduct socio-economic study in which Indegenious People were involved in the consultation process to provide their opinions on the proposed sub-projects. 2. The socioeconomic studies conducted by the CCDB reveals that Indigenous People are found in the three sub-projects areas only under Barisal Division in which very a few percentage of Indigenous People are living within the sub-projects areas. However, the socioeconomic studies for different sub-projects are ascertained that adverse impacts would not be reflected directly or indirectly on the livelihoods of the respective indigenous people due to the implementation of sub-projects. 3. Bangladesh Population Census, 2011 reveals that a total of 526 tribal people belong to 117 households are living in the entire Patuakhali district. Of them, 104 households consist of 474 people live in Kalapara Upazila. Highest population is observed in Lota Chapli Union of Kaalapara Upazila where 422 people belong to 91 households are found. Total tribal population of Barguna district is found 667 who are belonging to 156 households; of them, 460 people belong to 104 households are living in Amtali Upazila. Highest number population is found in Boro Bogi Union of Amtali Upazila where 101 households are found in consisting of 450 tribal people. Furthermore, 183 tribal people belong to 83 households live in Dautola Union of Bamna Upazila. 4. Resettlement NGO conducted socio-economic studies for the proposed sub-projects as of December 2018 submitted. Among the 320 sub-projects, only three market sub- projects have been found in the Patuakhali and Baruguna District under Barisal Division where Indigenous People are living by inheriting rights in the sub-projects area. These sub- projects have been established on the existing markets in which lands belong to the government as no involuntary resettlement was required for these sub-projects. 5. Impacts on the Indigenous People: Among the Indegenious People, about 5% from Rakhine community in the Dublagonj Bazar, 15% from Rakhine community in Kabirajpara Hat and 5% from Mog community who are located at the vicinity of the Harta- Rajapur-Saltamarket-Chowmohani. Indigenous People have not been affected due to the implementation of the sub-projects as separate Indigenous People Impact Plan (IPP) is not essentially required to be prepared in this connection. 6. Positive impact: Similar to other local communities, Indigenous People who are living in the locations will get benefits economically from those newly constructed market sub-projects which are located nearly their residential area. They will get facilities for marketing in terms of buying and selling commodities in which their social and economical mobilization will be enhanced. 2 2 Introduction 1. In dealing with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indegenious People, 20107, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) recognizes the rights of Indigenous people to direct the course of their own development , and assist them in the way of improving their livelihoods and own development. In general, Indigenous people are being suffered and threatened due to their exiting social stratification that violate into areas they traditionally own, occupy, use or view as ancestral domain. Therefore, special efforts are required to engage Indigenous People in the planning process of development programs that affect them for fulfilling their specific needs and aspiration. 2. ADB categorically outlines in the Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) that a proposed project is assigned to one of the following categories depending on the significance of the potential impacts on Indigenous Peoples: (i) Category A. A proposed project is classified as category A if it is likely to have significant impacts on Indigenous Peoples. An Indigenous Peoples plan (IPP), including assessment of social impacts, is required. (ii) (ii) Category B. A proposed project is classified as category B if it is likely to have limited impacts on Indigenous Peoples. An IPP, including assessment of social impacts, is required. (iii) (iii) Category C. A proposed project is classified as category C if it is not expected to have impacts on Indigenous Peoples. No further action is required. 3. A project’s Indigenous peoples’ category is determined by the category of its most sensitive component in terms of impacts on them. The significance of impacts of an ADB supported project on Indigenous Peoples is determined by assessing (i) the magnitude of impact in terms of (a) customary rights of use and access to land and natural resources; (b) socioeconomic status; (c) cultural and communal integrity; (d) health, education, livelihood, and social security status; and (e) the recognition of indigenous knowledge; and (ii) the level of vulnerability of the affected Indigenous Peoples community. The level of details and comprehensiveness of the IPP are commensurate with the significance of potential impacts on Indigenous Peoples. 4. In line with the ADB Social Safeguard Policy 2009, a Land Acquisition and Resettlement Framework (LARF) has already been prepared for Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP) in which social safeguard policy issues of ADB are outlined. Similarly, dealing with the Safeguard Policy, Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) conducts meaningful consultation with the civil society, Local Govt. Displace Persons, especially covering the Indigenous Peoples, poor, vulnerable, the landless, the elderly, female headed households, women and children and those without legal title to land for each and every subproject identified as having involuntary resettlement impacts. Therefore, it is evident that LGED is aware of safeguard issues dealing with the Indigenous Peoples in Bangladesh to implement the sub-projects under CCRIP. The project pays particular attention to the needs of vulnerable groups, especially those below the poverty line, Indigenous People, landless, the elderly, women and children. 3 3 Background of Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project 5. Coastal Climate Resilient Infrastructure Project (CCRIP) financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Kreditanstaltfür Wiederaufbau (KfW) and International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) under Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) formally started in January 2013 to increase rural incomes and reduce rural poverty through sustainable economic