PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF LAM DONG PROVINCE PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT WORKS OF LAM DONG PROVINCE ------------------- Public Disclosure Authorized REPORT Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SUB-PROJECT: DAM REHABILITATION AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT (WB8) IN LAM DONG PROVINCE UNDER THE PROJECT: DAM REHABILITATION AND Public Disclosure Authorized SAFETY IMPROVEMENT (DRSIP/WB8) FUNDED BY WORLD BANK Public Disclosure Authorized Lam Dong, October 2019 PEOPLE’S COMMITTEE OF LAM DONG PROVINCE PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT WORKS IN LAM DONG PROVINCE ------------------- REPORT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT SUB-PROJECT: DAM REHABILITATION AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT (WB8) IN LAM DONG PROVINCE UNDER THE PROJECT: DAM REHABILITATION AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENT (DRSIP/WB8) FUNDED BY WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROJECT REPRESENTATIVES OF MANAGEMENT UNIT OF CONSULTANTS JOINT VENTURE OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT WORKS OF LAM E.P.C AND LHC DONG PROVINCE Lam Dong, October 2019 ABBREVIATIONS AH Affected Household CPC Communal People’s Committee CPO Central project office DPC District People’s Committee DRSIP Dam Rehabilitation and safety improvement project DSR Dam Safety Report ECOPs Environmental Codes of Practice EIA Environment Impact Assessment EM Ethnic minority EMDF Ethnic Minority Development Framework EMDP Ethnic minority Development Plan ESIA Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ESMF Environement and Social Management Framework ESMP Environmental and Social Management Plan FFS Farm Field School GAP Gender Action Plan HH Household IDA International Development Agency IPM Integrated Pest Management MARD Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MCM Million Cubic Meters MoNRE Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment O&M Operation and Maintenance OP/BP Policies of World Bank PMB Project Management Board PMU Project Management Unit PoE Project of Expertise PPMU Provincial People’s Committee PPMU Provincial Project Management Unit PSC Project Steering Committee RAP Resettlement Action Plan SRI System Rice Intensification TOF Training of farmers TOR Terms of Reference UNDP United Nations Development Program VND Vietnamese dong WB World Bank WHO World Health Organization WUA Water Users Association TABLE OF CONTENTS ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS .................................................................................................................. 4 LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................... 9 ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................................................... 10 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 16 1.1. Overview of the Project ....................................................................................................... 16 1.2. Approach and method of implementation ........................................................................... 16 1.3. Methods of social impact assessment .................................................................................. 17 1.4. Methods of environmental impact assessment .................................................................... 17 1.5. Implementation arrangement of ESIA................................................................................. 19 CHAPTER II: DESCRIPTION OF SUBPROJECT ................................................................... 21 2.1. Overview of the subproject .............................................................................................. 21 2.2. Status of works and auxiliary items.................................................................................. 22 2.3. Expected activities before construction ............................................................................... 57 2.4. Material transportation plan ................................................................................................ 57 2.4. Activities of operation and maintenance ............................................................................. 57 2.5. Plan of dam safety ............................................................................................................... 57 2.6. Progress of implementing subprojects................................................................................. 59 2.7. Investment capital ................................................................................................................ 59 CHAPTER III: INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, LAW, POLICY...................................... 60 3.1. Applicable national policy, administrative and legal framework ........................................ 60 3.2. Safeguard policy of the World Bank ................................................................................... 65 CHAPTER IV: NATURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FEATURES OF THE SUBPROJECT AREA ............................................................................................................. 73 4.1. Natural environment ............................................................................................................ 73 4.2. Socio-economic characteristics of the subproject area ........................................................ 98 a. Main agricultural activities and crop structure of communes under the subproject......... 98 CHAPTER V: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .................... 105 5.1. Type and scale of impacts ................................................................................................. 105 5.2. Potential positive impacts on environment and society .................................................... 106 5.3. Analysis of types of impact ............................................................................................... 156 6.1. The option of not implementing the subproject ................................................................ 158 6.2. Implementation of the subject ........................................................................................... 159 CHAPTER VII: ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP) .... 162 7.1. Objectives .......................................................................................................................... 162 7.2. Mitigation measures .......................................................................................................... 162 7.3. Implementation arrangement ............................................................................................. 202 7.4. Environment compliance framework ................................................................................ 206 7.5. Grievance redressing mechanism (GRM) ......................................................................... 209 7.6. ESMP implementation plan ............................................................................................... 212 7.7. Training plan, and capacity building .............................................................................. 212 7.8. Plan of monitoring compliance and monitoring of environmental quality .................... 214 7.9. Estimation of the cost of ESMP implementation .............................................................. 217 CHAPTER VIII: COMMUNITY CONSULTATION AND INFORMATION DISCLOSURE .................................................................................................................................................. 224 8.1. Community consultation ................................................................................................... 224 8.2. Information disclosure ....................................................................................................... 236 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................... 237 ❖ Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 237 ❖ Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 237 ❖ Commitments of the investor ......................................................................................... 237 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................. 240 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. List of reservoirs under the subproject “Dam rehabilitation and safety improvement ((WB8), Lam Dong province”................................................................................................................................ 10 Table 2. Cost estimation for ESMP implementation ............................................................................... 14 Table 3. List of implementing participants .............................................................................................. 19 Table 4. Geographic location of repaired reservoirs under the subproject .............................................. 21 Table 5. Summary of some technical parameters of reservoirs ............................................................... 23 Table 6. Construction methods of reservoirs ..........................................................................................