SFG1692 V17 Draft Final Report Public Disclosure Authorized ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (ESMP) UMUOGELE UMUAKWU GULLY EROSION SITE IN ISIALA - NGWA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF ABIA STATE Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized Abia State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project October 2017 1 Table of Contents List of Plates ..................................................................................................................... 5 List of Tables .................................................................................................................... 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................................... 8 LIST OF ACRONYMS ........................................................................................................ 14 1 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ................................................................................ 17 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................. 17 1.1 Environmental and Social Safeguard Concerns ............................................................. 18 1.2 Purpose of the ESMP ................................................................................................... 19 1.3 Objectives of the Environmental and Social Management Plan ..................................... 19 1.4 Technical Approach and Methodology to the ESMP...................................................... 20 2 CHAPTER TWO: INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................... 21 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 21 2.2 The Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) for the NEWMAP ........ 21 2.3 Relevant Nigeria Acts and Legislations ......................................................................... 21 2.3.1 National Policy on Environment ................................................................................... 21 2.3.2 The Federal Ministry of Environment ........................................................................... 22 2.3.3 National Legal Instruments on the Environment .......................................................... 22 2.4 State Legislations ........................................................................................................ 23 2.5 World Bank Environmental and Social Safeguards ........................................................ 24 2.6 International Guidelines .............................................................................................. 26 2.7 Nigeria EIA Guidelines and World Bank EA Guidelines .................................................. 26 3 CHAPTER THREE: DESCRIPTION OF THE BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE PROJECT AREA .............................................................................................................................. 28 3.1 Abia State ................................................................................................................... 28 3.1.1 Physical Environment of Abia State .............................................................................. 28 3.1.2 Physical Environment .................................................................................................... 30 3.2 Overview of Isiala Ngwa North .................................................................................... 30 3.3 Overview of the Project Area ....................................................................................... 30 3.4 Baseline Information ................................................................................................... 32 3.4.1 Physical Environment .................................................................................................... 32 3.4.2 Biological Environment ................................................................................................. 35 3.5 Objective and Scope of the Consultancy ....................................................................... 38 3.6 Rational for the ESMP ................................................................................................. 38 3.7 Specific Task ................................................................................................................ 38 3.8 Deliverables ................................................................................................................ 39 3.9 Technical Approach and Methodology to the Reconnaissance Exercise ......................... 39 3.9.1 Preliminary Site Visit/Scoping and Reconnaissance Exercise ....................................... 39 3.10 Impact Identification ................................................................................................... 40 3.10.1 Impact Identification and Assessment Tool .................................................................. 40 2 3.11 Environmental Baseline Survey .................................................................................... 41 3.12 Sampling Methodology ............................................................................................... 41 3.12.1 Soil Sample Collection ................................................................................................... 42 3.13 Surface Water Sample Collection ................................................................................. 46 4 CHAPTER FOUR: SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS AND STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION .............................................................................................................. 54 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 54 4.2 Methodology for the Socio-economic survey ............................................................... 54 4.3 Primary Data ............................................................................................................... 54 4.3.1 Gender Distribution of Respondents ............................................................................ 54 4.3.2 Age Distribution of Respondents .................................................................................. 55 4.3.3 Marital status of Respondents ...................................................................................... 56 4.3.4 Religious practice of Respondents ................................................................................ 56 4.3.5 Literacy Level and Educational Infrastructure .............................................................. 56 4.3.6 Water and Sanitation .................................................................................................... 57 4.3.7 Household Waste Disposal, Cooking Fuel and Electricity ............................................. 58 4.3.8 Average household size of Respondents ...................................................................... 59 4.3.9 Occupation .................................................................................................................... 60 4.3.10 Average Monthly Income status of Respondents ......................................................... 61 4.3.11 Infrastructural Development ........................................................................................ 61 4.3.12 Desirability of the Project ............................................................................................. 62 4.3.13 Health Status Survey ..................................................................................................... 62 4.4 Stakeholders Consultation ........................................................................................... 64 4.5 Identification of Stakeholders ...................................................................................... 64 4.6 Identified Stakeholder Groups ..................................................................................... 64 4.7 Community Consultations ........................................................................................... 65 4.7.1 Objective of Community Consultation .......................................................................... 66 4.7.2 The Stakeholders Consulted and their Concerns .......................................................... 66 4.7.3 9.4.3 Summary of Meetings with Stakeholders ............................................................ 66 4.8 Description of the Rehabilitation Project...................................................................... 69 4.9 Hydrological data design return period ........................................................................ 70 4.10 Geotechnical data and material property ..................................................................... 70 4.11 Proposed gully protection concept design .................................................................... 70 4.11.1 General Concept ........................................................................................................... 70 4.11.2 Bio-remediation ............................................................................................................ 71 4.12 Project Options and Alternatives ................................................................................. 72 4.13 No Project Option ......................................................................................................