SFG3315 V2 Solomon Islands Government Ministry of Mines, Energy and Rural Public Disclosure Authorized Electrification Tina River Hydropower Development Project (TRHDP) Public Disclosure Authorized Community Development Plan Public Disclosure Authorized May 2017 Public Disclosure Authorized 1 | P a g e Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ..................................... 6 II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .................................................................................................10 A. THE PROJECT ...........................................................................................................10 B. COMPONENT 1 – HYDROPOWER FACILITY ...........................................................10 C. COMPONENT 2 – ACCESS ROAD ...........................................................................13 D. COMPONENT 3 – TRANSMISSION LINE .................................................................14 E. COMPONENT 4 – TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE .............................................................14 F. COST ESTIMATE ..........................................................................................................15 G. IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE ...............................................................................15 III. DESCRIPTION OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT .....................................16 A. SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT ..............................................................................16 1. Social Assessment Schedule and Location ............................................................16 2. Social Assessment Methods ....................................................................................18 B. SOCIAL ORGANIZATION ..........................................................................................21 1. Key Contextual Factors ............................................................................................21 2. Settlement Patterns ..................................................................................................22 3. The People of the Project Area ................................................................................24 C. SOCIO-ECONOMIC PROFILE OF COMMUNITIES IN THE PROJECT AREA ..........30 1. Data Sources .............................................................................................................30 2. Population .................................................................................................................30 3. Population Trends ....................................................................................................30 4. Sex and Age Structure..............................................................................................31 5. Ethnicity ....................................................................................................................32 i. Gender .......................................................................................................................32 D. LOCAL PEOPLES’ SOURCES OF LIVELIHOOD ......................................................34 1. Framework.................................................................................................................34 2. Livelihood Strategies ................................................................................................34 3. Household Incomes and Expenditures ...................................................................35 E. HUMAN CAPITAL .........................................................................................................36 1. Work...........................................................................................................................36 2. Paid Employment ......................................................................................................37 2 | P a g e 3. Household Production and Self-Employment.........................................................38 4. Occupations ..............................................................................................................40 5. Education ..................................................................................................................41 6. Health and Health Services ......................................................................................42 7. Child Health ...............................................................................................................43 8. Access to Health Services .......................................................................................43 9. Household Nutrition .................................................................................................44 F. PHYSICAL CAPITAL .....................................................................................................45 1. Household Equipment and Facilities .......................................................................45 2. Housing .....................................................................................................................46 3. Infrastructure ............................................................................................................47 G. SOCIAL CAPITAL ......................................................................................................50 1. Wantoks .....................................................................................................................50 2. Religion .....................................................................................................................51 H. FINANCIAL CAPITAL ................................................................................................52 I. NATURAL CAPITAL ......................................................................................................52 1. Introduction ...............................................................................................................52 2. Land and Land Use ...................................................................................................52 3. Water Rights ..............................................................................................................54 4. Crops .........................................................................................................................55 5. Forest Resources ......................................................................................................55 6. Timber Extraction .....................................................................................................56 7. Hunting and Fishing .................................................................................................56 8. The River ...................................................................................................................57 IV. IMPACT ON COMMUNITIES IN THE PROJECT AREA ................................................59 A. IMPACT ON LANDOWNERS .....................................................................................59 1. Overview ....................................................................................................................59 2. Core Land ..................................................................................................................59 3. Northern Infrastructure Corridor .............................................................................60 B. POTENTIAL SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS ..............................................................61 1. Potential Impact Causing Activities .........................................................................61 2. Types of Social Impacts ...........................................................................................62 3 | P a g e 3. Health, Safety and Wellbeing - Impacts and Mitigation ..........................................63 4. Women - Impacts and Mitigation .............................................................................65 5. Women’s Safety and Wellbeing ...............................................................................67 6. Women’s Work and Roles ........................................................................................67 7. Minority and Vulnerable Groups ..............................................................................68 8. Social Relations and Social Organisation – Impacts and Mitigation .....................69 9. Local Customs and Way of Life – Impacts and Mitigation .....................................70 10. Livelihoods and Key Resources – Impacts and Mitigation ................................71 11. Cultural Heritage – Impacts and Mitigation .........................................................79 12. Potential Beneficial Social Impacts Identified by Community Members ...........81 V. LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS FOR THE CORE LAND AND ASSOCIATED BENEFITS 86 A. THE LAND ACQUISITION PROCESS .......................................................................86 1. Overview ....................................................................................................................86 2. Access Agreement ....................................................................................................86 3. Identification of the Core Land ................................................................................87 4. Identification of the Four Customary Landowners of the Core Land ....................87 5. Process Agreement Negotiation with the Four Tribes ...........................................88