RP1777 V1 Public Disclosure Authorized Landscape Approach to Wildlife Conservation in Northeast China Project Public Disclosure Authorized Resettlement Plan Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized March, 2015 Contents ....................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 1 Introduction to the Project .......................................................................................... 4 1.1 Brief Introduction ................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Project Content and Scale .................................................................................... 4 1.3 Identification of Correlated Projects .................................................................... 6 1.4 Affected Areas of the Project ............................................................................... 6 1.4.1 Positive Impacts of the Project ........................................................................... 6 1.4.2 Impacts of the Project on Livelihood ................................................................. 7 1.5 Total Investment and Implementation Plan of the Project ................................... 8 2 Impacts of the Project ................................................................................................. 9 2.1 Definition of the Project Impacts ......................................................................... 9 2.2 Investigation about the Impacts of the Project ................................................... 10 2.3 General Information of the Project Impacts ....................................................... 11 2.4 Impacts of the Prohibition of Deforestation on State-Owned Farms ................. 18 2.5 Impacts on Agaric Planting of State-Owned Forest Farms ................................ 19 2.6 Impacts on Cow Raising of State-Owned Forest Farms .................................... 20 2.7 Impacts on Under-Forest Collecting in State-Owned Forest Farms .................. 20 2.8 Impacts of Animal-Caused Accidents on Peasants’ Planting ............................ 21 2.9 Impacts of land resumption of forest farms ....................................................... 22 2.10 Impacts on Peasants’ Collecting Under-Forest Products in State-Owned Forest Farms ........................................................................................................................ 23 2.11 Impacts on Agaric Planting in Nearby Communities ....................................... 24 2.12 Impacts of land resumption of forest farms ..................................................... 25 2.13 Impacts of Temporary Land Occupation ......................................................... 26 2.14 Affected Vulnerable Groups ............................................................................ 26 2.14.1 Identification of the Affected Vulnerable Groups ......................................... 26 2.14.2 Affected Households of Vulnerable Groups .................................................. 27 3 Survey Result of Social and Economic Conditions in the Project Area ................... 29 3.1 The general social and economic conditions of influenced areas ...................... 29 3.2 Economic Development of Surveyed Areas ...................................................... 30 3.2.1 The economic development of Hunchun City. ................................................ 30 3.2.2 The economic development of Wangqing County........................................... 30 3.2.3 The economic development of Muling City .................................................... 30 3.2.4 The economic development of Dongning County ........................................... 31 3.2.5 Investigation Results of the General Situation of Surveyed Forest Farms ...... 31 1 3.2.6 Investigation Results of the General Situation of Peasants .............................. 33 3.3 Economic conditions of state-owned forest farm staffs in project areas. ........... 36 3.3.1 The income of forest farm workers .................................................................. 36 3.3.2 Impacts of the Project on Forest Farm Staffs’ Income from Logging ............. 37 3.3.3 Impacts of the Project on Forest Farm Staffs’ Income from Agaric Planting . 37 3.3.4 Impacts of the Project on Forest Farm Staffs’ Income from Collecting Under-Forest Products .............................................................................................. 38 3.3.5 Impacts of the Project on Forest Farm Staffs’ Income from Raising Cows .... 38 3.3.7 Impacts of the Project on Income from Ecotourism ........................................ 39 3.4 Impacts of the Project on Peasants’ livelihood .................................................. 40 3.4.1 Peasants’ income condition in the nature reserves. .......................................... 40 3.4.2 Impacts of the Project on Peasants’ Income from Agaric Planting ................. 40 3.4.3 Impacts of the Project on Peasants’ Income from Under-forest Economy ...... 41 3.4.4 Impacts on Peasants’ Income from Pasturing and Cow Raising...................... 42 3.4.5 Impacts of the Project on Peasants’ Income from Crop Planting .................... 42 3.4.6 Impacts of Animal-caused Accidents............................................................... 42 4 Legal and Policy Framework .................................................................................... 44 4.1 Policies Applicable to this Project ..................................................................... 44 4.1.1 Policies at the State Level ................................................................................ 44 4.1.2 Policies at Local Level ..................................................................................... 46 4.1.3 Policy at County Level ..................................................................................... 48 5 Compensation Standard ............................................................................................ 50 5.1 Compensation for Comprehensive Ban on Logging in Forest Farms ................ 50 5.2 Compensation Methods of Damage to Personal Security and Property Caused by Terrestrial Wildlife under Special Protection of Jilin Province .......................... 50 5.3 Compensation Methods of Damage to Personal Security and Property Caused by Terrestrial Wildlife under Special Protection of Heilongjiang Province ............ 51 6 Recovery Scheme of Immigrants’ Production and Life ........................................... 53 6.1 Objectives of Resettlement ................................................................................. 53 6.2 Principles of Resettlement .................................................................................. 53 6.3 Resettlement Scheme ......................................................................................... 54 6.3.1 Resettlement for Ban on Logging .................................................................... 54 6.3.2 Resettlement for Agaric Production due to the Ban on Logging ..................... 54 6.3.3 Resettlement and Production Recovery for Ban on Under-forest Activities ... 55 6.3.4 Recovery for Impacts on Pasturing in Natural Reserves ................................. 56 6.3.5 Resettlement for Forest Farms’ Reclaim of Farmland ..................................... 57 6.3.6 Resettlement for Animal-caused Accidents ..................................................... 57 6.4 Implementation Schedule of Resettlement ......................................................... 68 2 7 Public Participation ................................................................................................... 70 7.1 Participation process and methods ..................................................................... 70 7.2 Research on Project Awareness Rate ................................................................. 71 7.3 Survey on Project Recognition Rate .................................................................. 73 8 Complaint Procedures ............................................................................................... 76 8.1 Possible Complaints and Settlement .................................................................. 76 8.2 Ways of Collecting Grievances and Complaints................................................ 76 8.3 Complaint Channels and Procedures .................................................................. 77 9 Organizations ............................................................................................................ 79 9.1 Organization Arrangement ................................................................................. 79 9.1.1 Leading Group of the State Forestry Administration ....................................... 79 9.1.2 Provincial Leading Groups .............................................................................. 79 9.1.3 City and County Leading Groups .................................................................... 79 9.1.4 Project Operation Management Institution ...................................................... 81 9.2 Institutional Capacity-Building Program ........................................................... 82 9.3 The Plan to Further Enhance Institutional Capacity in the Future ..................... 82 10 Expenses and Budget .............................................................................................. 84 10.1 Capital Composition of Resettlement