Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project
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Social Monitoring Report Project Number: 48443-002 Covering Period: Effectiveness-December 2020 Document No.: 1 Document Date: May 2021 People’s Republic of China: Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project A combined EMDP and SGAP monitoring report Prepared by: Hunan Provincial Government for the Asian Development Bank. This social monitoring 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. Social monitoring report 1st Annual Report As of 30 December 2020 Of Ethnic Minority Development Plan and Social & Gender Action Plan People’s Republic of China: Hunan Xiangjiang River Watershed Existing Solid Waste Comprehensive Treatment Project May 2021 Prepared by the ADB-financed Project Management Office of the Hunan Provincial Government for the Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 30 April 2021) Currency unit – yuan (CNY) CNY1.00 = $0.1546 $1.00 = CNY6.4672 ABBREVIATIONS 3R – reduce, reuse, and recycle ADB – Asian Development Bank ACWF – All China Women’s Federation DI – design institute EMDP – ethnic minority development plan EM – ethnic minority EMG – ethnic minority group EMT – ethnic minority township EMAC – ethnic minority autonomous county EMP – environmental management plan EMRAO – Ethnic Minority and Religion Affairs Office ESB – Environment Sanitation Bureau FGD – focus group discussion GDP – gross domestic product GRM – Grievance redress mechanism HH – household HIV – human immunodeficiency virus HPMO – Hunan project management office IA – Implementing agency IP – indigenous peoples LSSB – Labor and Social Security Bureau MSW – Municipal solid waste PA – Project areas PRC – People’s Republic of China PMO – project management office SPS – Safeguard Policy Statement STI – sexually transmitted infection TA – technical assistance XRW – Xiangjiang River watershed YME – Yao minority township NOTE In this report, "$" refers to United States dollars. Contents 1 Background of the Project ..................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction to the Project ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Summary of Indigenous Peoples and Gender Equity and Mainstreaming .................................................................................. 4 1.3 Report Period and Data Source ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Methodologies ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 1.5 Reporting Process ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.6 Objectives and Scope of the Monitoring ....................................................................................................................................... 5 2 Project Progress ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.1 Changning City ............................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Dong’an County.............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.3 Guiyang County.............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.4 Hengshan County ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.5 Hengyang County ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.6 Lanshan County ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2.7 Leiyang City .................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.8 Lengshuijiang City ......................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.9 Yongzhou City ................................................................................................................................................................................ 8 2.10 Zixing City ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 3 Institution arrangement ........................................................................................................................................ 10 3.1 Persons in Charge of EMDP and SGAP ...................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Capacity Building ......................................................................................................................................................................... 11 4 Grievance Redress Mechanism ........................................................................................................................... 13 5 Participation and consultation ............................................................................................................................ 14 6 Monitoring Results of EMDP ................................................................................................................................ 16 7 Monitoring Results of GAP .................................................................................................................................. 22 8 Conclusion and Next Step ................................................................................................................................... 26 8.1 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 8.2 Next step ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 26 Appendix 1 photos and signature tables for the participation/consultation meetings ..................................... 27 1 Background of the Project 1.1 Introduction to the Project The Xiangjiang River and its watershed are part of the larger Dongting Lake watershed. Both watersheds are integral elements of the downstream Yangtze River watershed. The Yangtze River Economic Belt (YREB) covers nine provinces and two specially administered cities in the Yangtze River Basin. It accounts for over 40% of the PRC’s population and has 40% of the freshwater resources. It also serves as the drinking water resource for 400 million people, provides 60% of the total fisheries production, has 20% of the total wetland area, and contributes about 45% of the PRC’s economic output. The PRC’s YREB Development Plan, 2016-20301 stipulates the prioritization of ecological protection and promotion of green development as the guiding principle for the YREB development. As upstream watersheds, the Xiangjiang River and Dongting Lake play a pivotal role in the water quality of the Yangtze River watershed and in the general maintenance of healthy rivers and waterways. Therefore, the Xiangjiang River watershed is a key water resource in the overall strategic planning for water security in the Yangtze River, and its ecological improvement in turn promotes ecosystem restoration, environmental protection, and water resources management of the YREB and its watersheds. In addition, in order to protect the water quality of the Xiangjiang River watershed, and dispose of the existing landfills, the Hunan Provincial Government applied for a loan of $150 million with the ADB in 2018 to implement the Project, which has a gross investment of $258 million, and will be implemented from April 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023. The Project is expected to reduce pollutant emissions in the Xiangjiang River watershed1, and benefit a population of 6.9 million. The Project has 6 outputs. Output 1: Substandard municipal solid waste landfills closed. This output will close and restore nine substandard