Experience: Resettlement & Land Acquisition
- Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) audits on the Malawi Electricity Infrastructure Development Project on behalf of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA-Malawi). The project involved the acquisition of easement rights on ~ 700km of land over that the overhead lines traverse, in addition to requiring permanent land acquisition for substations. Mid-term and Completion audits were conducted on the six RAPs generated for the project in order to assess the performance of the implementing agent.
- External Reviewer appointed as the external reviewer for the Valuation Reports and RAPs produced by the Digby Wells Consortium on behalf of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project. The project involves the construction and operation of a buried, cross-border pipeline to transport crude oil from the Lake Albert area in Uganda to the eastern coast of Tanzania (~1400km). The pipeline will run from Kabaale in Hoima District, Uganda, to a marine storage terminal located at Chongoleani, Tanga Region, Tanzania.
- Socio-Economic Baseline Study conducted on behalf of the Lesotho Highlands Development Agency for the proposed Polihali Dam – Phase 3 of the Lesotho Highlands Water Scheme. This required undertaking a comprehensive survey of 11,000 households in the catchment and downstream areas of the proposed dam, including the development of the Social Baseline and Income and Expenditure Reports.
- Kenmare Moma Mining Pilivili Expansion Project (RAP), Nampula Province, Mozambique (RAP and SIA).
- Equatorial Palm Oil expansion projects, Butaw and Palm Bay, Grand Bassa and Sinoe Counties, Liberia (RAP).
- Syrah Resources graphite mining project, Balama, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique (RAP).
- Suni Resources graphite mining project, Montepuez, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique (RAP).
- Triton Minerals Ancuabe graphite mining project, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique (RAP and Influx Management Plan).
- Graphex Limitada graphite mining project, Ancuabe, Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique (RAP).
- Baobab Resources iron ore mining project, Tete, Mozambique (RAP and Influx Management Plan).
- Proposed 132kV (87km) transmission line from Nhlangano to Lavumisa substations, Shiselweni Region, Eswatini (RAP).
- World Titanium Resources Toliara mineral sands project, Ranobe, Madagascar (RAP review and Influx Management Plan).
- Crookes Brothers Grains and Macadamia project in Gúrùe, Zambezia Province, Mozambique (RAP).
- Kenmare Mining Pilivilli mining expansion projects, Moma, Nampula Province, Mozambique (RAP).
- Resettlement Policy Framework (RPF) for Green Resources Lurio forestry project, Nampula Province, Mozambique.
- JCM Greenquest 60MW solar photovoltaic electricity generation project, Mbalmayo, Cameroon (RPF).
- Guider 25 MW Solar PV facility, Extreme North Region, Cameroon (RPF).
- NEO Industries cocoa plantations and processing facilities, Ntem Valley, Cameroon (RPF).
- Influx Management Plan for Plantations et Huileries Du Congo S.A Lokumete mill operation in Lokotu, Tshopo Province, DRC.
- Landholding, asset registration and SEBS conducted for the preparation of the RAP for the Moatize-Macuze Rail and Port Project, Zambezia Province, Mozambique.
- MPC SPRL & Alphamin Resources Corporation Bisie tin mining project, Bisie, North Kivu Province, DRC (SEBS).
- Eleqtra Envalor sugarcane to ethanol biofuel project, Sena, Sofala Province, Mozambique (SEBS and RPF).