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Resettlement Action Plan
Final Report March 2014
Papua New Guinea: Town Electrification Investment
Project-1: Bialla-Kimbe Transmission Line
Interconnection Project
Prepared by PNG Power Ltd, Port Moresby, for the Government of Papua New Guinea and the
Asian Development Bank.
This Resettlement Action Plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.
TOWN ELECTRIFICATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM (TEIP) TRANCHE 1 PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Land Acquisition/Resettlement Plan
(Bialla-Kimbe 66kV Transmission Line Interconnection Project)
Document Stage: Final
Project Number: Loan 2713/2714
March 2014
Prepared by PNG Power Ltd., Port Moresby, for the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
The Land Acquisition/Resettlement Plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein
do not necessarily represent those of ADB’s Board of Directors, Management, or Staff
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ABBREVIATIONS
ADB - Asian Development Bank AIDS` - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome APs - Affected Persons BKTLP - Bialla Kimbe Transmission 66kV Transmission Line Project DLO - District Lands Officer DOLPP - Department of Lands and Physical Planning DOW - Department of Works DMS - Detailed Measurement Survey EA - Executing Agency EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment EMP - Environmental Management Plan FFB - Fresh Fruit Bunch GAD - Gender Aware Development GAP - Gender Action Plan GoPNG - Government of Papua New Guinea Ha - hectare HH - households HIV - Human Immunodeficiency Virus IA - Implementing Agency IOL - Inventory of Loss kVA - Kilovolt Amps kV - Kilovolt LA/RP - Land Acquisition/Resettlement Plan LLG - Local Level Government MOA - Memorandum of Agreement MW - Mega Watt NBPOL - New Britain Palm Oil Limited OPA - Office of Provincial Administration OPIC - Oil Palm Industry Corporation PMU - Project Management Unit PLO - Provincial Lands Officer PPL - PNG Power Limited PPTA - Project Preparatory Technical Assistance RC - Replacement Cost ROW - Right of Way SES - Socio-Economic Survey SPS - Safeguard Policy Statement (ADB 2009) sqm - square meters TL - Transmission Line PGK - PNG Kina USD - US Dollars as of 22/11/2013, 1 USD is equivalent to PGK2.586.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Meaningful Consultation A process that (i) begins early in the PPTA and is carried out on an ongoing basis throughout the project cycle; (ii) provides timely disclosure of relevant and adequate information that is understandable and readily accessible to affected people; (iii) is undertaken in an atmosphere free of intimidation or coercion; (iv) is gender inclusive and responsive, and tailored to the needs of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups; and (v) enables the incorporation of all relevant views of affected people and other stakeholders into decision-making, such as project design, mitigation measures, the sharing of development benefits and opportunities, and implementation measures.
Affected Persons In the context of land acquisition, affected persons are those who are physically affected and/or displaced (relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter) and/or economically affected (loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods) as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas.
Indigenous Peoples Is a generic term used to refer to a distinct, vulnerable, social and cultural group possessing the following characteristics in varying degrees: (i) self-identification as members of a distinct indigenous cultural group and recognition of this identity by other groups; (ii) collective attachment to geographically distinct habitats or ancestral territories in the project area and natural resources in these habitats and territories; (iii) customary cultural, economic, social, or political institutions separate from those of the dominant society and culture; and (iv) a distinct language, often different from the official language of the country or region.
Physical Displacement Relocation, loss of residential land, or loss of shelter as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas.
Economic Displacement Loss of land, assets, access to assets, income sources, or means of livelihoods as a result of (i) involuntary acquisition of land, or (ii) involuntary restrictions on land use or on access to legally designated parks and protected areas.
Gender Mainstreaming The process of ensuring that gender concerns and women’s needs and perspectives are explicitly considered in projects and programs, and that women participate in the decision-making processes associated with development-based activities.
Country Safeguard Systems
This is the legal and institutional framework of Papua New Guinea and it consists of its national, sub national, or sectoral implementing institutions and relevant laws, regulations, rules, and procedures that pertain to the policy areas of social safeguards.
Significant Impact The loss of 10% or more of productive assets (income generation) or physical displacement and/or both.
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CONTENTS
A. Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................7
B. Project Description ................................................................................................................. 10
C. Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement ........................................................................ 12
i. Project’s Impacts ............................................................................................................... 12
ii. Scope of Land Acquisition.................................................................................................. 13
iv. Common Property Resources ............................................................................................ 14
D. Socioeconomic Information and Profile ................................................................................. 15
i. Demographic Features of Affected Persons ....................................................................... 15
ii. Impacts of Land and Asset Acquisition on Affected Peoples ............................................... 15
iii. Project’s Impacts on Poor, Different Ethnic Groups, and other Vulnerable groups .............. 17
iv. Gender and Resettlement Impacts ..................................................................................... 17
E. Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation ....................................................... 18
i. Project Stakeholders .......................................................................................................... 18
ii. Consultation and Participation Mechanisms ....................................................................... 18
iii. Activities Undertaken to Disseminate Project and Resettlement Information ....................... 19
iv. Results of Consultations with Affected Peoples .................................................................. 20
v. Disclosure of the Draft Land Acquisition/Resettlement Plan ................................................ 20
vi. Planned Information Disclosure Measures during Project Implementation .......................... 21
F. Grievance Redress Mechanism .............................................................................................. 22
G. Legal Framework ..................................................................................................................... 24
i. National and Local Laws and ADB Policy Requirements .................................................... 24
ii. Resettlement Policy Principles for the Project .................................................................... 31
iii. Principles and Methodologies for Determining Valuations and Compensation Rates .......... 32
iv. Description of Land Acquisition Process............................................................................. 32
H. Entitlements, Assistance and Benefits .................................................................................. 34
i. Affected Person’s Entitlements and Eligibility ..................................................................... 34
ii. Assistance to Vulnerable Groups ....................................................................................... 35
iii. Opportunities for Affected Persons to Derive Appropriate Development Benefits ................ 35
I. Relocation of Physical Structures .......................................................................................... 37
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J. Income Restoration and Rehabilitation .................................................................................. 38
i. Possible Livelihood Risks................................................................................................... 38
ii. Income Restoration Program ............................................................................................. 38
iii. Special Measures to Support Vulnerable Groups ............................................................... 38
iv. Specific Gender Considerations ......................................................................................... 38
v. Suggested Training Programs ............................................................................................ 39
K. Resettlement Budget and Financing Plan .............................................................................. 40
i. Itemized Budget for Resettlement Activities........................................................................ 40
ii. Flow of Funds .................................................................................................................... 41
iii. Justification for Calculating Compensation Rates and Other Cost Estimates ...................... 41
iv. Sources of Financing ......................................................................................................... 41
L. Institutional Arrangements ..................................................................................................... 42
i. Responsibilities and Mechanisms for Carrying out LA/RP .................................................. 42
ii. Institutional Capacity Building Program .............................................................................. 43
iii. Role of Civil Society Groups .............................................................................................. 43
iv. Involvement of Women’s Groups in Resettlement Planning and Management .................... 43
M. Implementation Schedule ....................................................................................................... 45
N. Monitoring and Reporting ....................................................................................................... 46
O. Annexes ................................................................................................................................... 48
Annex I: Table showing IOL and DMS the number of Affected Persons (AP) based on the 2013
Census conducted by PPL. ........................................................................................................... 48
Annex II: Replacement Cost Survey .............................................................................................. 49
Annex III: Project Information Bulletin ............................................................................................ 54
Annex IV: Consultation Notices ..................................................................................................... 57
Annex V: Meeting Minutes ............................................................................................................. 60
Annex VI: MOA with Lake Hargy Landowners ............................................................................... 68
Annex VIII. Master list Showing Signatures of Affected People along TL ........................................ 77
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Tables and Figures Tables
Table No. Title of Table Page Number
1 The following matrix summarizes eligibility and entitlements for APs:
8-9
2 Summary of Land Acquisition and No of APs
9
3 Scope of Land Acquisition 15-16
4 Key Dissemination and Land Acquisition Information Activities 21
5 LA/RP Measures Prepared by PPL to Ensure Compliance with ADB
SPS 2009
25-26
6 Comparison of GoPNG Law and ADB Policy and Gap-Filling
Measures
27-31
7 Entitlement Matrix
35
8 Estimated Land Acquisition Budget
38-39
9 Implementation Schedule 43
10 Draft Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators 44
Figures Figure 1: Map showing Kimbe Bialla TL ……………………………………………………….page 11
Figure 2: Transmission Line Easement…………………………………………………………page 13
Figure 3: Typical safe clearance of power lines from crops and vegetation......................page 14
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A. Executive Summary
1. The Bialla-Kimbe Transmission Line Project is one of three projects selected for the First
Tranche of the ADB financed Town Electrification Investment Program (TEIP) that is designed to
enhance the social and economic development in urban areas and via a related project to extend the
power distribution grid to rural communities in the footprint of these three projects. It represents a
specific challenge for PPL because of the number of high-value palm oil trees that have to be cleared
and the complex undertaking to transparently and fairly estimate the market value of these trees. This
specific Project investment cost (excluding land acquisition costs) is estimated at US$12.325 million
(PGK26.745 million) and involves the stringing of approximately 150 kilometers of 66kV TL that will
initially transmit 33kV of generated electricity from the substation of the Lake Hargy HPP to Kimbe
Town. The single circuit line will be constructed using pre-fabricated steel poles. Several river
crossings with spans of up to 200 meters requiring double pole (tower) structures with a minimum
height of 22 meters will be required. The new connections to rural settlements along the TL will be
supplied by single-phase and three-phase distribution transformers with 30-100 kVA capacity.
2. Based on the Census, IOL and DMS the number of affected persons (AP) is 1,527.
For more detailed information, see Annex I. It needs to be noted that only a very small number of
customary landowners will lose very small portions of land for actual transmission towers, which
will be subject to a Deed of Release with PPL, and will not be able to replant high-value palm oil
trees or similar in the easement due to safety reasons. Other AP will be compensated for trees,
vegetation of commercial value and crops in the existing easement but not for restricted land use
because they are not the legal occupants of the existing road easement that belongs in the public
domain.
3. All AP households rely to some extent on subsistence agriculture, primarily the cultivation of
sago, taro, banana, and papaya and approximately 25% of them rely on the intermittent sale of betel
nut (Areca catechu) that they also grow. This is highly sought out in PNG by upwards to 95% of the
adult population. These provide cash income to meet household food needs. Commercial agro-
industrial cropping such as palm oil is very important in the West New Britain province as a source of
income for the overwhelming majority of APs all of whom have been allocated 6 hectare smallholder
blocks on a 99 year lease to cultivate palm oil (APs in village settlements typically have 2 hectares
planted in palm oil but have more diversified livelihoods than AP leaseholders). The high value palm
oil trees that have to be cleared are not actually on these leased blocks but the existing road
easement. The exception to this is the New Britain Palm Oil Company but it has agreed to a one-off
compensation payment and will forego claims for impacts of restricted land use as it wants to maintain
its reputation as a good corporate citizen in PNG.
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4. Customary land that will need to be acquired is unlikely to impact significantly on the
livelihoods and incomes of APs. The restricted land use resultant from the land acquisition
(approximately 6 hectares) will be mitigated by PPL agreeing to meet all expenses associated with
clearing additional land to replant palm oil trees and cover the costs associated with all necessary
inputs (including seedling costs, holing and planting, fertilizers and herbicides, and lining and pruning)
to ensure these APs are not economically worse off as a result of the Project. In addition to
compensation for affected land and assets, both women and men APs are expected to benefit from
Project related wage employment and access to electricity supplied to individual households for the
first time by PPL.
5. APs have been consulted during pre-feasibility studies and the preparation of the LA/RP. PPL
has and will continue to further consult with affected communities and this LA/RP is based on detailed
land investigations. Clan leaders and other clan members, including women, have expressed their
strong support for this Project.
Table 1: The following matrix summarizes eligibility and entitlements for APs:
Type of Impact Entitled Person (s) Entitlements
Permanent acquisition
of land
Customary Landowners
Landowners will be monetarily compensated
for loss of productive land and PPL finances
development of land outside the easement
for new palm oil cultivation.
Temporary use of land. Legal occupiers of land
(primarily leaseholders) and
customary landowners
Landowners will be paid rent on terms
negotiated between them and the contractor.
Loss of crops and trees All APs irrespective of their
legal status
APs will be given notice to harvest crops and
trees before site clearance or removal from
required land. If APs are not able to harvest,
they will be paid cash compensation at
replacement cost. In case of perennial crops
and trees, the compensation will also include
loss of income for a period until new crops or
trees produce an equivalent income
Loss of Livelihoods Any vulnerable households
identified by additional social
assessment.
Vulnerable households if so identified will
receive priority employment for project
construction and maintenance work.
Unforeseen or
unintended impacts
Concerned affected persons These will be determined as per the
principles of this RP and ADB’s Safeguard
Policy.
6. The final budget for the LA/RP is as follows and is based on the PPL undertaking detailed land
investigations and valuation of assets in consultation with affected landowners:
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Table 2: Summary of Land Acquisition and No of APs
Total land to be acquired 6.0 (ha)
No of APs/HHs 1,537 (Female:788)
(272)
No of Persons
Requiring Income
Restoration
102 (Female:56)
PGK90,000
Estimated Value
of Land to be Acquired
PGK63,750
Palm Oil Trees PGK2,139,800
Other Trees of Commercial
Value
PGK1,064,238
Food Crops PGK266,059
Total Compensation and
Other Allowances Payable
PGK3,623,847 (USD1,401,116.22)
7. PPL will allocate adequate resources to update, implement and monitor the LA/RP. It will
ensure that adequate funds are allocated and disbursed to pay compensation for affected land and
assets civil works will not commence before the LA/RP has been approved and land compensation
paid in full.
8. PPL will submit semi-annual reports to ADB on the implementation of the LA/RP. It will also
submit a Project land acquisition and productive asset completion report to ADB once land and
productive asset compensation has been completed.
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B. Project Description
1. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a multi-tranche financing facility (MFF) to
GoPNG to develop hydropower resources to reduce reliance on diesel generation in three small
townships throughout the country as part of the Town Electrification Investment Project (TEIP). The
implementing Agency is PNG Power Limited (PPL), a government owned corporation that is
responsible for the generation and distribution of electricity throughout PNG.
2. Less than 10% of the PNG population has access to electricity and the grid connected power
supply is largely restricted to the main urban centers. PNG Power Ltd (PPL) is the sole energy supply
entity in PNG and is required to improve energy connectivity in PNG. The objective of this Project to
connect that very high percentage of urban residents, specifically in Popondetta, Oro Province, Kimbe,
West New Britain, and Buka, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, who are not currently connected to
the grid. The Program involves the construction of a 3 MW run-of-the river hydropower project with
associated transmission lines in Oro (Divune HPP) and Bougainville (Ramazon HPP) and
approximately 150 kilometers of 66kV transmission lines from the Lake Hargy Hydropower Plant in
Bialla to the Kimbe the provincial capital of West New Britain. This land acquisition/resettlement plan
(LA/RP) is the resettlement planning document for the Bialla-Kimbe 66kV Transmission Line Project
(BKTLP).
Figure 1: Map showing Kimbe Bialla TL
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3. The impact of TEIP is to enhance social and economic development in urban areas and an
ancillary project (ADB’s Improved Energy Access to Rural Communities) will extend the power
distribution grid to rural communities in the footprint of these three projects. The outcome will be
improved power supply in the energy-deficient provincial centers through the replacement of high cost
diesel power generation with sustainable renewable energy power generation and the provision of
power to new consumers in outlying areas. Through the ancillary project, electricity transmitted
through the core transmission network will enable PPL to distribute power to rural PNG communities
using low voltage connections. Without the core transmission network being supported by the main
Project, it would be not financially feasible for PNG Power Ltd or other investors to provide such
connections.
4. The TEIP supports the GoPNG Development Strategic Plan (DSP, 2010-2030) that
emphasizes the lack of energy supply as a constraint for PNG’s economic and social development.
The development target established by the DSP requires that 70% of all households in PNG have
access to an affordable and reliable supply of electricity by 2030 and it is estimated that if this target
were to be achieved by 2030 an extra 100,000 jobs would be created and the net worth to the
economy would be in excess of PGK 2.9 billion. It is also influenced by the Medium Term
Development Plan (2011-2015) and the significantly longer-term Strategic Vision 2050 for PNG.
5. The BKTLP investment cost (excluding land acquisition costs) is estimated at US$12.325
million (PGK26.745 million) and involves the stringing of approximately 150 kilometers of 66kV TL that
will initially transmit 33kV of generated electricity from the substation of Lake Hargy HPP to Kimbe
Town. The single circuit line will be constructed using pre-fabricated steel poles. Several river
crossings with spans of up to 200 meters requiring double pole (tower) structures with a minimum
height of 22 meters will be required. The new connections to rural settlements along the TL will be
supplied by single-phase and three-phase distribution transformers with 30-100 kVA capacity.
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C. Scope of Land Acquisition and Resettlement
i. Project’s Impacts
6. The BKTLP does not require the physical displacement of people. It would however need to
acquire approximately 3,600 square meters of land for transmission poles on a permanent basis
(based on an estimated 1,600 transmission poles requiring 2.25 square meters for each transmission
pole), PPL has decided to acquire all land within the easement, the permanent clearance of 8,023 high
value palm oil trees, and approximately 2,015 fruit, nut and wood trees with varying levels of economic
value and a small number of staple crops (notably sago). Most of the land to be acquired is already
within the existing road easement and belongs in the public domain but 60,000 square meters (six
hectares) of customary land will be acquired to ensure PPL have guaranteed access to the
transmission line easement. See figure 3.
Figure 2: Transmission Line Easement
7. Most of the trees and crops are to be cleared from land within the existing road easement or
right-of-way (ROW) that has been established by the GoPNG. There is some customary land impacted
upon (an estimated 60,000 square meters or six hectares) however, this is largely on a temporary
basis during TL stringing and restricted use on completing of stringing (i.e. APs will not be able to
replant palm oil trees of other trees of high economic value that grow to within 2.7 meters of the
overhead TL). The New Britain Palm Oil Limited (NBPOL) will also be impacted as it will be required to
clear all its palm oil trees in the easement to comply with the regulations as portrayed below in figure 4
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TYPICAL SAFE CLEARANCES OF POWER LINES FROM CROPS AND VEGETATION
Figure 3: Typical safe clearance of power lines from crops and vegetation
ii. Scope of Land Acquisition
8. The following table provides a breakdown of the land requirement and trees and vegetation to
be cleared and numbers of APs for each of the three sections:
Table 3: Scope of Land Acquisition
Name of
Village
Number of Affected
Persons
APs Losing Land
Permanently
APs With Restricted Land Use
APs Losing High-Value
Trees
APs Losing Lower Value
Trees and Crops
Mai Junction Village to Uby Village, Mose LLG
Mai Junction 37 - - 26 11
Buvussi 366 - - 194 172
Kavvi 15 - - 15 -
Galai 190 - - 133 57
Lilipo 43 - - 43 -
Lavage 112 - - 112 -
Uby 89 - - 89 - Sub-Totals 452 - - 612 240
Kai Village to Saleileibu Village, Cenaka LLG
Kai 85 - - 73 12
Silanga 82 - - 82 -
Saleileibu 29 - - 29 -
Sub-Totals 196 - - 184 12
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Vainamasile Village to Matauro Village, Central Nakanai LLG
Vainamasile 132 - - - 132
Usilau 35 - - 28 7
Milikan 23 - - 23 -
Sege 129 20 20 128 6
Gibolo 52 - - 35 17
Vaipora 20 - - 20 -
Mgmota 3 - - 3 -
Kiava 80 - - 59 11
Mataruru 17 - - 11 5
Sub-Totals 467 20 20 317 150 TOTAL 1,527 20 20 1,113 402
Source: IOL and DMS, PPL, 2013
iii. Effects of Assets Lost 9. The land for approximately 147 kilometers of the TL is within the easement or ROW acquired
by the GoPNG (see figure 1 above) prior to independence in 1975 and is not subject to any customary
claim. Another 3 kilometers in three different sections is customary-owned and claimed by the Waigigi
Business Group, a claim that is recognized by other clans in the area. This land is used for a variety of
purposes, the cultivation of crops for food being the primary purpose but other trees of commercial
value, most notably palm oil, are grown. The requirement to clear the ROW for the TL of the high-
value palm oil trees during the stringing of the TL will be the major effect not the very small amount of
land to be acquired. There are no overlapping claims and hence no basis for subsequent land
disputes. This was confirmed during consultations with the Waigigi Business Group that claims
customary ownership and also neighboring clans of Giloiloli, Voregarega, Kabuli Halala, Vau Vatu and
Lahu
10. Land belonging to customary landowners will have to be cleared during TL stringing because
PPL or other private sector contractors in PNG lack the tension stringing equipment to string the cable
off the ground. The APs will be compensated for loss of use of land on a temporary basis but also for
restricted use once the Project is completed. Other APs who are encroaching on public land will not be
compensated for temporary loss of land or restricted use because of course the land on which they
cultivate the palm oil trees and other tree and food crops belongs in the public domain.
iv. Common Property Resources
11. It is not expected that common property resources (e.g. access to water or forest resources,
including aquatic resources such as freshwater fish or non-timber forest products) would be impacted
upon by this Project. However, to mitigate any unforeseen impacts the Environmental Management
Plan (EMP) will be implemented to mitigate such impacts.
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D. Socioeconomic Information and Profile
i. Demographic Features of Affected Persons
12. There are 272 households consisting of 1,527 persons with an average household size of 6
members: the largest household size being 28 persons (4 families living in the one household) and the
smallest 2 persons. According to the socio-economic survey there are migrants from 16 different tribal
groups from other provinces throughout PNG. While none of these tribal groups occupy customary
land they are found in significant numbers in the Project area deriving a living from palm oil production
and are among APs. The indigenous clans are the Nakanai and Tulakanai socio-linguistic groups.
Among APs with trees in the road easement are some 20% from other regions of PNG. The clans use
their own languages during animistic rituals but communicate in Tok Pisin1 with non-indigenous APs
and when required also in English. This is because of the high literacy rate along the route of the
project. For resettlement planning purposes Tok Pisin is being used to ensure social inclusion of all
APs.
13. Over 61.3% of AP household members are children aged up to 18 years of age, 35.0% are
adults under 60 years of age, and 4.6% over 60 years of age. Eight of the female headed households
report having being married and their husband’s abandoning them for other women: their husbands
originally been migrants from elsewhere in PNG who simply left the village when palm oil prices were
low and never returned. Although with an increase in palm oil prices several of these men returned
temporarily but with the recent decline have once more left their martial households.
14. Sixty-three percent of APs over the age of five have completed primary education (up to
Grade 8) and 9.1% have completed lower secondary education. Primary completion rates between
boys and girls differ little but boys are more likely to have attended secondary school. A very quick
functional literacy and numeracy test administered by PPL suggests that some 70.9% of APs are
functionally and numerically literate, which is significantly higher than the adult literacy rate of 57.3%
Other people living in this village have completed high school and a smaller number, including young
women, have also completed technical college.
ii. Impacts of Land and Asset Acquisition on Affected Peoples
15. To better understand the impacts of land and asset acquisition on affected peoples the
following socio-economic indicators were developed from the socio-economic survey:
16. Income: Average annual individual household income for AP households is PGK 33,846 or
average per capita income of PGK 5,641. Therefore, using the World Bank’s measure of poverty that
identified people living in moderate poverty as those who live on less than USD2 per day, day, this
1
Papua New Guinea has over 700 languages however, Tok pisin or Pidgin English is a language that the bulk of
Papua New Guineans speak.
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report identifies that there are no APs living in poverty as the income per day is PGK14 or USD . The
income comes from a variety of livelihood activities with the production of palm oil being the major
source of livelihood. Even by West New Britain standards where poverty is lower than in most regions
of PNG these APs are not poor. The highest household income of the least poor AP household is PGK
264,000 and the poorest household it is PGK 7,400 but in this latter AH there are only two APs.
17. Land Ownership: All land that is not in the easement is collectively owned by individual clans,
there being no individual household ownership of land among the APs. However, individual
households have user rights to use collectively owned land to undertake livelihood based activities.
18. Livestock: None of these AP owns any livestock, the ownership especially of pigs being
materially and symbolically important in some regions of PNG but not West Britain although NBPOL
maintains a large herd of beef cattle just outside Kimbe called Numundo Beef industry.
19. Common Property Resources: the APs who have high-value palm oil trees in the easement
but do not own land, therefore they do not have any access to common property resources as the
common property resources in the area belong to the customary landowners.
20. Estimated Total Expenditure: PPL will undertake an income baseline SES during Project
implementation however, just for information; this report will also use the SES undertaken for an
earlier ADB Project (Rural Bridges Project). The ADB Rural bridges report revealed that on
expenditure in the area, 65.2% of household expenditure is spent on foodstuffs, 16.8 % on education
and healthcare (more on healthcare than education), 2.3% on clothing and footwear, 12.2 % on
cultural and ritual obligations, and 3.5% on donations to the Catholic Church.
21. Occupational Structure: Most APs can be classified as smallholder palm oil producers but all
try to maintain “kitchen” small patch (10 – 20 sqm gardens to provide vegetables. There are limited
local wage employment opportunities with longer-term opportunities only available in Kimbe or even in
the New Guinea Islands. Only a few of the AP household members would be very competitive in a
rather tight labor market.
22. Access to Public Services: The populations living along the TL have access to health care
amenities. There is one health centre located in Bialla and another aid post located along the TL in
Vainamese. These health centre and aid post provide the national immunization program for infants
and children, HIV/AIDS antenatal program, and a small food nutritional program, although any other
form of healthcare requires a PGK20 (USD7.73) PMV trip and perhaps a prolonged stay in Kimbe.
Some of the AP households have wantoks2 in Kimbe they can rely on for accommodation and food.
Water within the project areas is taken from the rivers and generally not boiled which leads to a range
of water-borne diseases, especially during the wet season. All AP households reported that during the
2
A wantok is a person who comes from the same ethnic or province area and could support his clansmen or
person from the province when in need. It is an example of a social safety net in PNG.
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wet season had at least one member with diarrhea Educational facilities only exist to Year Eight and
are considered less than satisfactory. Three AP households own public motor vehicles (PMVs).. The
villages are able to access micro-microfinance services, however, this is mainly in Kimbe. The
villagers also do not have any access to specialists such as agricultural officers as they are mostly
based in Kimbe and do not visit the villages. The only agricultural officer that visit the area are those
who are engaged with OPIC and they usually visit only the oil palm smallholders.
iii. Project’s Impacts on Poor, Different Ethnic Groups, and other
Vulnerable groups
23. The SES undertaken by PPL has not identified any poor or vulnerable APs. Often, female-
headed households are among those that are classified as poor and vulnerable groups. The finding of
the Socio-economic survey in the area has shown that even the female-headed households cannot be
classified as such. This is because West New Britain province has a matriarchy kinship system, and
even when men have abandoned their wives, close and even distant related family members are
obliged to provide necessary support. This support can be in form of cash, labour or kind, therefore,
most families have a higher standard of living, therefore cannot be identified as poor or vulnerable.
iv. Gender and Resettlement Impacts
24. Males in the Project area tend to dominate membership of village-level organizations although
most of the church groups support women’s groups and they also have the capacity to transcend
village-level organizations and function at the supra-village level. Nevertheless, most women APs
during consultations stated that men are considered to be household heads, clan leaders, and
representatives at the supra-village level; although among clans indigenous to West New Britain clan
lineages are matriarchal but this does not confer the type of gender leverage that a matriarchy might
be considered to confer upon women). Women APs do not want to overturn existing structures of
participation and decision making and have welcomed the opportunity afforded by PPL. These provide
the enabling environment to have their voices not only more openly heard but also to make inputs into
how the Project will be implemented.
Discussions held with women APs, especially via the Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) facilitated at
each of the three TL sections indicate that women want this Project to proceed as planned by PPL.
They would like to be able to connect to electricity because: (i) it would reduce their workloads; women
spend considerable time collecting biomass; (ii) it would increase opportunities for income-generation
activities; (iii) there will be improvements to health through better indoor air quality due to a reduction
in the burning of biomass and expanded services at medical clinics; and, (iv) it would enhance
educational opportunities not just for boys but girls as well. The major concern is of the possible social
risks and the majority of the villages mentioned the risk of HIV and AIDS. The PPL officers present
during the consultations assured the villages, especially women, that this risk would be managed by
providing information and/or awareness for the villagers so that they can protect themselves from the
risks of infection. Feedback from the community showed that they seemed satisfied with this answer.
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E. Information Disclosure, Consultation and Participation
i. Project Stakeholders
25. The primary stakeholders of this Project are the customary landowners and users of land in
the easement of the TL whose land will be acquired for the transmission poles and other land in the
easement that will be subject to restricted land use. Other APs are those who will be required to clear
trees and other crops from the easement they are currently utilizing. The non APs are very interested
in whether the Project will enable them to have access to affordable and reliable supply of electricity
as they see a wide range of benefits (e.g. lighting for children to do homework, being able to watch
television, charge mobile phones and health centers able to refrigerate anti-malarial vaccines). The
major private sector AP – New Britain Palm Oil Limited views the Project as providing affordable
additional electricity that it can also use and also an opportunity for the company to supply surplus
electricity to Bialla and Kimbe town and other rural communities.
26. Other stakeholders are the local, district, provincial and national governments, PPL which is
the primary investor, NBPOL, Oil Palm Industry Corporation (OPIC) and civil society groups. The
interest of the GoPNG and elected representatives is the timely implementation of this Project without
land acquisition issues. The non-transparent calculation of replacement cost for the payment of
compensation to all APs has been a major issue. PPL as a private business entity expects to receive
an adequate return on its investment and palm oil producers do not want to incur substantial losses.
Whereas the interests of the civil society groups while broadly developmental in nature are also to
ensure that safeguard policy and procedures are carried out as transparently as possible and APs are
not disadvantaged as a result of the land acquisition processes.
ii. Consultation and Participation Mechanisms
27. A variety of consultation and participation mechanisms have been utilized to prepare this
LA/RP. Village based consultation meetings involving both women and men from all clans living in the
village, whether customary landowners or migrants from other regions of PNG, were facilitated by
TIEP. A total of three consultation meetings were held in three different sites, These sites were the
Local Level government Chambers and villages in each LLG were invited to these sites to be part of
the meetings. The Project was introduced to meeting participants, the probable positive and possible
negative impacts explained, and land acquisition and other resettlement-based issues introduced.
Participants at the meeting used the opportunity to discuss among themselves and with the PPL Land
Officers. The TA Consultant used this opportunity to facilitate capacity building of PPL staff. A census
of the people living in the villages and a listing of property owned on the project site were carried out
during the period of April 24th to the 1
st of August 2013. These activities provided ample time for the
PPL team to interact with the villagers and to answer questions about the project that the villagers
raised.
28. .
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29. An important participation mechanism was to ensure consultations were undertaken at venues
and times that would not disadvantage women. Separate FDGs were facilitated with women to ensure
they understood the nature of the land acquisition processes, especially why it was necessary to clear
high value palm oil trees from the easement. Elected LLG representatives, most of whom are male,
played a key role in ensuring the participation of these groups and were aided by teaching staff at the
Buvussi Primary School and officers of OPIC.
iii. Activities Undertaken to Disseminate Project and Resettlement
Information
30. PPL has consulted APs and other stakeholders during project preparation utilizing the
following activities:
Community-based consultations
Facilitation of meetings with APs
Facilitation of FGD with women APs
Socio-economic Survey of women, men and youths APs
Inventory of Loss
Detailed Measurement Survey
Public Disclosure of the LA/RP.
31. Details of these key activities are included in the following table:
Table 4: Key Dissemination and Land Acquisition Information Activities
Total Number of Participants
Period of Activities
Nature of Activities
Outcomes of Activities
1,898 (including 1,025 females)
120 Females
1,537 (including 808 females)
21/04/13 to 01/05/13 On average, two days were spent per village collecting data for the census and property
listing. FGD were also conducted during this
time
Information Disseminated About
Project
Focus Group Discussions
Census of Affected Peoples
Stakeholders in Project Area made Aware of
Project
Discussion of Project Impacts on Women
Updated Database on
Affected Persons
544 (including 301 females)
120 (including 63
females)
110 (including 58 females)
02/05/13 to 01/07/13 On average, two days were spent per village collecting data for the census and property
listing. FGD were also conducted during this
time
IOL and DMS from Kimbe to Bialla
Securing MOU from Landowning Clans
Socio-Economic Survey of 20% of Affected Persons
(Households)
Losses quantified and included in LA/RP
Agreement reached to
alienate customary land
Able to conclude no
severely Affected Persons.
544 (including 301 females)
544 (including 301
females)
29/07/13 to 02/08/13 On average, two days were spent per village collecting data for the census and property
listing. FGD were also conducted during this
time
Disclosure of LA/RP to Affected Peoples
Agreement Reached
on Compensation Payments
Affected Persons Aware of Entitlements
Acceptance by
Affected Persons of Compensation
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iv. Results of Consultations with Affected Peoples
32. Most people consulted and surveyed at the village level are strongly supportive of the Project
because they are very interested in seeing improved energy connectivity. However, there are
important concerns that APs raised:
AP females expressed concern that only men would be offered employment and training to
work on the Project because government agencies were mostly run by men and government
officials think only men are capable of undertaking such work. PPL has made it quite clear that
women APs along with men APs will be accorded priority in employment where possible and
the contractor will also be encouraged to provide relevant training. It was explained by PPL
that there are some highly specialized tasks associated with the stringing of conductor cables
and only qualified technical personnel are capable of undertaking this. There are other tasks
such as for clearing trees and this will involve APs
Concern was expressed by women and men APs during consultations that the contractors
would not observe correct occupational and health safety standards during construction or
pay, local people the correct wages. It was explained to both women and men that the PPL is
bound by GoPNG labor laws to pay at least the legal minimum wage. Both women and men
hope that a civil society group will confirm that contractors do not breech these labor laws.
PPL explained that an EMP has been prepared and the important concerns raised by APs
have already been flagged and will be implemented during the Project.
Women especially expressed concern about the possible social risks that they would now
have to contend with as a result of the Project and the possible increase in HIV/AIDS. Women
also sought to have outside workers tested for HIV/AIDS and if tested positive to be rejected
for Project-based employment. It was explained that the Project would monitor the incidence
of sexual abuse and work with local councilors, law enforcement agencies, and groups of
concerned women to minimize this problem. In relation to HIV/AIDS it was explained that there
will be greater reliance on labor but that also the contractor will be required to implement an
HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention plan based on best practices targeted at all construction
workers. It was further explained to women that the Project could not discriminate against
workers living with HIV/AIDS.
v. Disclosure of the Draft Land Acquisition/Resettlement Plan
33. An edited version of this Draft Land Acquisition/Resettlement Plan has been disclosed to APs
at each of the three section sites in consultations lasting one day at each site from Sunday 21st April
until Friday 2nd
August and suggestions made as a result of these consultations have been included in
this draft document. To assist all APs a document referred to as Disclosure of Information to Affected
People on Land Acquisition (a copy of which is included as an attachment to the LA/RP) was made
available to all APs in Tok Pisin prior to the consultation meetings. The full LA/RP that will include the
names of all APs and the compensation they are entitled to will be made available in English, the
official language in PNG, in accessible public locations. Also each AP will be provided with a summary
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brochure in Tok Pisin once the ADB approves the LA/RP. This draft has been uploaded to the PPL
website (www.pngpower.com.pg) and will also be uploaded to the ADB website (www.adb.org). On
final approval by the ADB the LA/RP will be uploaded to both sites.
vi. Planned Information Disclosure Measures during Project
Implementation
34. It is not anticipated that any delay in the Project implementation will require a major updating
of the LA/RP. However, it is anticipated that the delay in the implementation of the project would mean
that the costs of the land acquired and the assets would increase, therefore the section in the LA/RP
that relates to the compensation of land and property owners will be updated by PPL to ensure that
APs are paid fair compensation. PPL will ensure that APs are informed of such changes in
compensation payment levels.
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F. Grievance Redress Mechanism
PPL has established a grievance redress mechanism to receive and address Project related concerns
and to resolve land related disputes that may arise during Project implementation. PPL has informed
APs about the process involved in the grievance redress mechanism. See Appendix for more details.
With regard to land disputes, the Land Disputes Settlement Act 2000 allows this dispute to be legally
contested in a court of law. PPL also anticipates that most grievances related to compensation will be
resolved through traditional mediation processes, PPL, however, understands that this traditional
mediation network however, may not be available to APs who are not originally from West New Britain.
In regard to disputes over land,
35. The Project in collaboration with the West New Britain Provincial Lands Officer, who may be
assisted by District Land Officers and elected LLG representatives, has instituted a process to resolve
disputes and grievances based on the accepted procedures of mediation. As required traditional clan
leaders and other appointed leaders will facilitate processes to ensure a satisfactory resolution of
issues at the local level. The latter are more important for non-indigenous APs.
36. In general it is anticipated that customary mediation will yield satisfactory results although
every attempt will be made to ensure that women APs and non-indigenous APs, irrespective of
traditional constraints, will be included and not excluded from the mediation processes outlined here.
However, it also needs to be noted that this process varies from clan to clan and PPL will ensure that
irrespective of these differences women APs concerns will be fully addressed.
37. APs can also lodge a complaint with the PMU in Port Moresby. Despite the distance from Port
Moresby the Project Safeguards Staff and Project Supervision Consultants will assist APs in
registering their complaints with the PMU. This will include assisting aggrieved APs to prepare their
specific grievance and the PMU Project Manager will consider the complaint and within 15 working
days convey a decision to the APs. The Safeguards Staff as well as local government officials will
assist the Project Manager in reviewing and addressing the complaint. The Safeguards Team will also
facilitate communication between the APs and PMU in this process. If the APs are not satisfied with
the PMU’s decision, they may then take the grievance to the PNG judicial system.
38. If the grievance is to be taken to the PNG judicial system as per the Land Disputes Settlement
Act 2000 the following three steps will be adhered to:
(i) Local Land Court: the case is heard before the Local Court Magistrate for
determination. If the litigants are not successful, they may appeal to a higher court.
(ii) District Land Court: the case is heard before a District land Court Magistrate. If the
litigants are not successful, they may appear to a higher court.
(iii) Provincial Land Court: the case is heard before the Provincial Land Court whose
decision is final.
39. It needs to be noted that if recourse to the PNG judicial system is necessary because of the
failure of all other means of grievance redress and the courts at any stage find in favor of the litigants
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all costs associated with this form of dispute resolution will need to be paid by the Project. Therefore
this process should only be used as a very last resort.
40. In the event of grievances that cannot be resolved through legal redress, PPL and DLO will
hold the compensation amounts in escrow. Compensation will be paid in full upon final resolution of
the case via other forums in accordance with the entitlements of the affected persons.
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G. Legal Framework
i. National and Local Laws and ADB Policy Requirements
41. The policy framework and resettlement entitlements are based on the laws and regulations of the
GoPNG and the ADB’s safeguard policy. The principal PNG laws include: (i) the 1996 Land Act;
and, (ii) the 2000 Land Disputes Settlement Act. Relevant ADB policies include the 2009
Safeguard Policy Statement and the 2003 Gender and Development Policy and Public
Communication Policy 2011.
42. GoPNG does not have any specific policies at the national, provincial or local level for
relocating and resettling people. This however, is not relevant in the project area because no person
will be relocated or resettled. GoPNG has policies related to the acquisition of land and assets by the
State for public purposes (eminent domain). This together with customary lands and related legal
procedures, compensation payable, and the legally defined procedures for receiving and facilitating
the resolution of affected persons’ concerns and grievances are all incorporated in the Land Act of
1996.
43. The Act covers customary land rights, which includes land owned, used or occupied by a
person or community in accordance with current customary usage. Access to land and resources is
embedded in social relationships and expressed as customary land rights to utilize resources. Small
clan-based groups live in the villages, managing their own resources, and exercising the right to utilize
them. These groups (clans which are composed of sub-clans, lineage groups, and at the lowest level
extended households) are typically made up of “primary right holders”, these persons are using known
as the leaders of the group who collectively have the authority to allocate use rights through their
spokesperson. The other members of these groups or clans typically possesses “secondary rights”
because their rights to the land may have been inherited from a primary rights holder through
marriage, that is they are either married to a primary right holder or as a child or an adopted child of
the primary rights holder.
44. ADB 2009 SPS includes the following policy principles of relevance to a project of this nature
that does not involve the physical displacement of affected persons but rather the payment of
compensation to APs who lose productive assets and to a very minor extent land:
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Table 5: LA/RP Measures Prepared by PPL to Ensure Compliance with ADB SPS 2009
Screen the Project early on to identify past, present, and future involuntary resettlement impacts and risks.
Carry out meaningful consultations with
affected persons, host communities, and concerned non-governmental organizations. Inform all displaced persons of their entitlements and resettlement options. Ensure their participation in planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of resettlement programs. Pay particular attention to the needs of vulnerable groups, especially those below the poverty line, the landless, elderly, women and children, and Indigenous Peoples, and those without legal title to land, and ensure their participation in consultations. Establish a grievance redress mechanism to receive and facilitate resolution of the affected persons’ concerns. Improve or at least restore, the livelihoods of all displaced persons through (i) land-based resettlement strategies when affected livelihoods are land-based where possible or cash compensation at replacement value for land when the loss of land does not undermine livelihoods; (ii) prompt replacement of assets with access to assets of equal or higher value; (iii) prompt compensation at full replacement cost for assets that cannot be restored; and, (iv) additional revenues and services through benefit sharing schemes where possible.
Provide physically and displaced persons with needed assistance, including the following: (i) secure land use tenure on land identified for new garden sites and (ii) if necessary transitional support and development assistance such as land development, credit facilities, training, or employment opportunities.
Improve the standards of living of the
displaced poor and other vulnerable groups, including women, to at least national minimum standards and provide access to land and other resources that is both legal and affordable.
PPL has devoted considerable resources, including the mobilization of one of its Port Moresby Land Officers to the Project site since December 2012. He has been assisted for upwards of two months during April and May by other PPL staff.
This LA/RP addresses this policy principle. As per the LA/RP several rounds of consultations have been facilitated with APs. Their ideas on Project design, especially to minimize the loss of productive assets have been taken into serious consideration by PPL. Via the SES and a series of participatory based consultations PPL has determined there are no vulnerable groups affected by this Project. A grievance redress mechanism has been prepared by PPL and incorporated in this LA/RP to ensure APs can seek effective redress.
The main issue here related to the prompt
payment of compensation at full replacement (loss) cost and PPL has worked very closely with APs and other experts to ensure the process has been transparent and fair to all APs. The other issues have been assessed by PPL and accepted by all APs as not been relevant to this Project.
There are no physically displaced persons in
this Project or severely affected persons but PPL via the associated Project (Improved Energy Access for Rural Communities) will ensure all APs will be connected to the grid and some waged employment opportunities as per the EMP will be provided. This is not a issue for this Project even taking into account the ADB definition of APs (includes those physically or economically displaced or involuntary restrictions on land use) because economic displacement (loss of land is minimal and asset loss is adequately compensated) and the involuntary restrictions on land use necessitated by safety considerations will not result according to PPL analysis in
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Develop procedures in a transparent,
consistent, and equitable manner if land acquisition is through negotiated settlement to ensure that those people who enter into negotiated settlements will maintain the same or better income and livelihood status. Ensure that displaced persons without titles to land or any recognizable legal rights to land are eligible for resettlement assistance and compensation of loss of non-land assets.
Prepare a draft resettlement plan and
disclose a resettlement plan elaborating on displaced persons’ entitlements, the income and livelihood restoration strategy, institutional arrangements, monitoring and reporting framework, budget, and time-bound implementation schedule. This has been complied with as per this Draft LA/RP. Pay compensation and provide other resettlement entitlements before physical or economic displacement and implement the resettlement plan under close supervision throughout project implementation.
Monitor and assess resettlement outcomes, their impacts on the standards of living of displaced persons, and whether the objectives of the resettlement plan have been achieved by taking into account the baseline conditions and the results of resettlement monitoring and disclose these monitoring results.
diminished living standards.
There are no negotiated settlements except with New Britain Palm Oil Limitedand PPL has conducted these negotiations in accordance with both PPL and ADB policy.
APs in the existing road easement do not
have recognizable legal rights to this land but PPL will compensate them for the loss of trees, vegetation and crops of economic value.
This has been complied with by PPL as per
this LA/RP.
This will be complied with by PPL as per this
LA/RP Relevant outcomes as per the LA/RP will be
monitored by PPL and APs have the right to mobilize independent monitors to be paid by PPL if there are major disputes vis-à-vis land acquisition process outcomes.
45. The ADB’s 2009 SPS also states that where there are indigenous peoples their identity,
dignity, human rights, livelihood systems, and cultural uniqueness must be safeguarded so they can
receive culturally appropriate social and economic benefits. In the project area, all APS whether they
are customary land owners or settlers are indigenous citizens of PNG even though the settlers have
originated from other regions of PNG. Hence, they will be accorded equal compensation and also to
be able to access electricity as a benefit of the Project.
46. The other policy of relevance to this Project is the ADB’s 2003 Policy on Gender and
Development, which requires that all ADB financed projects ensure where possible and practicable
special design features and strategies will be built into projects to facilitate and encourage women’s
involvement and ensure tangible benefits for women.
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47. There are some gaps between GoPNG policies and procedures and those of the ADB. The
main gaps relate to (i) carrying out meaningful consultations that also ensure people living below the
poverty line, the landless, elderly, women and children are consulted; (ii) requirement to improve or at
least restore livelihoods of all displaced persons by ensuring the full replacement costs for assets lost
is paid; (iii) provision of economically displaced persons with necessary assistance to improve upon or
restore their existing livelihoods at least to national minimum standards of living; (iv) ensuring that
displaced persons without recognizable rights to land are eligible for compensation for loss of non-land
assets; and, (v) monitoring and assessment of resettlement outcomes.
Table 6: Comparison of GoPNG Law and ADB Policy and Gap-Filling Measures
ADB SPS Requirements on Involuntary Resettlement
PNG Laws on LA/RP
Equivalence or Gaps
between ADB SPS and PNG
Laws
Gap-filling Measures
Avoid involuntary resettlement wherever
possible. Minimize involuntary resettlement by
exploring project and design alternatives.
The National Constitution (NC) National Goal 5(4)
calls for ‘traditional villages and communities to
remain as viable units of Papua New Guinean society’. Section 53
protects citizens from ‘unjust deprivation of
property’ by limiting the justification for compulsory
acquisition by the State.
No explicit reference to the
need for avoidance or minimizing
resettlement impacts.
The LA/RP includes measures on
avoiding/minimizing land acquisition.
Enhance, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all
displaced persons in real terms relative to pre-project
levels. Improve the standards of living of the displaced poor and other
vulnerable groups.
General principles of compensation for damage or destruction of physical and economic assets are set out in NC s.53, Land
Act (LA) s.23.
PNG Laws do not prescribe measures of replacement
cost or restore/improve
standard of living.
The LA/RP includes measures on compensation
at replacement cost for affected assets and to restore/improve living
standard of APs.
Screen the project early on to identify past, present, and future involuntary
resettlement impacts and risks. Determine the scope
of resettlement planning through a survey and/or
census of displaced persons, including a gender analysis, specifically related to resettlement impacts and
risks.
LA/RP sets out the process for Land
Investigation Report which includes identification of affected clans/tribes and
their assets.
No specific requirements
for census, cut-off date, impact
assessment and
resettlement planning.
The LA/RP includes measures on survey/census, cut-off-date, assessment of impacts and resettlement
planning.
Carry out meaningful consultations with APs, host communities, and
concerned NGOs. Inform all displaced persons of their
entitlements and resettlement options.
NC National Goal 2(9) calls for every citizen to be able to participate, either
directly or through a representative, in the consideration of any matter affecting his
No specific provisions
for preparing and
implementing RP based on meaningful
The LA/RP includes measures on consultations
with APs, including vulnerable groups, during
preparation and implementation of LA/RP.
Document includes specific
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ADB SPS Requirements on Involuntary Resettlement
PNG Laws on LA/RP
Equivalence or Gaps
between ADB SPS and PNG
Laws
Gap-filling Measures
Ensure their participation in planning, implementation,
and monitoring and evaluation of resettlement
programmes. Pay particular attention to the needs of
vulnerable groups, especially those below the poverty line, the landless, the elderly, women and children, and Indigenous
Peoples, and those without legal title to land, and
ensure their participation in consultations.
interests or the interests of his community.
consultations with APs,
including the poor, the landless,
elderly, women, and other vulnerable
groups
consultation, information and participation measures.
Establish a grievance redress mechanism to receive and facilitate
resolution of the affected persons’ concerns. Support
the social and cultural institutions of displaced persons and their host
population. Where involuntary resettlement
impacts and risks are highly complex and sensitive,
compensation and resettlement decisions
should be preceded by a social preparation phase.
Land Disputes Settlement Act provides for measures on resolution of disputes and grievances through both local mediation as well as court process.
No requirements for a project-
specific grievance redress
mechanism.
No specific requirement for
a social preparation phase for
highly complex and sensitive
projects.
The LA/RP includes measures on project-specific
grievance redress mechanism.
The Program is not expected to involve highly complex and sensitive projects, so it is not needed to have a separate
phase.
Improve, or at least restore, the livelihoods of all
displaced persons through (i) land-based resettlement strategies when affected
livelihoods are land based where possible or cash
compensation at replacement value for land when the loss of land does not undermine livelihoods, (ii) prompt replacement of
assets with access to assets of equal or higher
value, (iii) prompt compensation at full
replacement cost for assets that cannot be restored,
and (iv) additional revenues and services through
benefit sharing schemes where possible.
Principles of compensation set out in NC s.53, LA
s.23.
No specific requirement for
land-based resettlement,
replacement of assets,
compensation at replacement
cost, and benefit sharing.
The LA/RP includes measures of on-site
relocation/replacement of affected structures,
compensation at replacement cost for affected assets on
additional land and priority of project employment to APs.
Provide physically and economically displaced persons with needed
PNG allow people eligible for compensation to
receive their entitlements
PNG laws have no specific
provisions on
The LA/RP includes measures on-site relocation of affected structures to the
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ADB SPS Requirements on Involuntary Resettlement
PNG Laws on LA/RP
Equivalence or Gaps
between ADB SPS and PNG
Laws
Gap-filling Measures
assistance, including the following: (i) if there is
relocation, secured tenure to relocation land, better housing at resettlement sites with comparable
access to employment and production opportunities, integration of resettled
persons economically and socially into their host
communities, and extension of project benefits to host
communities; (ii) transitional support and development assistance, such as land
development, credit facilities, training, or
employment opportunities; and (iii) civic infrastructure
and community services, as required.
in cash. relocation, transitional support and
civil infrastructure and services.
adjoining land
Improve the standards of living of the displaced poor
and other vulnerable groups, including women,
to at least national minimum standards. In rural
areas provide them with legal and affordable access to land and resources, and
in urban areas provide them with appropriate
income sources and legal and affordable access to
adequate housing.
NC and LA include general principles of compensation
for damages or losses.
PNG Laws do not prescribe measures on
improvement of living standard and restoration of livelihoods.
No specific measures are required for this Project as
the impacts on APs livelihoods are very minimal.
Develop procedures in a transparent, consistent, and
equitable manner if land acquisition is through
negotiated settlement to ensure that those people who enter into negotiated settlements will maintain
the same or better income and livelihood status.
NC National Goal 2(9) calls for ‘every citizen to be able to participate,
either directly or through a representative, in the consideration of any matter affecting his
interests or the interests of his community’.
LA sets out procedures for outright purchase or lease.
The Land Group
Incorporation Act and Voluntary Customary Land
Registration Act enable incorporation of land
groups and to register
PNG Laws do not specifically require third-
party verification of
negotiated agreement.
The LA/RP describes procedures for the
negotiation on use of additional land with
landowner groups through memoranda of agreements (MOAs) to be verified by a third-party. The MOA’s will be signed with respective
landowner groups.
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ADB SPS Requirements on Involuntary Resettlement
PNG Laws on LA/RP
Equivalence or Gaps
between ADB SPS and PNG
Laws
Gap-filling Measures
titles to customary land. These laws allow
negotiated lease or transfer of such land.
The Fairness of
Transaction Act sets out rules on fairness of
transactions. Ensure that displaced
persons without titles to land or any recognizable legal rights to land are eligible for resettlement
assistance and compensation for loss of no
land assets
LA s.13-15 provides some entitlement to
compensation to any people with ‘an interest’ in land over which the State
exercises its power of compulsory acquisition.
PNG Laws do not provide
entitlement to non-titleholders
who do not have legal interest on
land.
The entitlement matrix for the project provides for
resettlement assistance and compensation for non-land
assets to non-titled APs without legal interest.
Prepare a resettlement plan elaborating on displaced persons’ entitlements, the
income and livelihood restoration strategy,
institutional arrangements, monitoring and reporting framework, budget, and
time-bound implementation schedule.
NC National Goal 2(3) calls for ‘every effort to be
made to achieve an equitable distribution of
incomes and other benefits of development among individuals and throughout the various parts of the country’.
PNG Laws have no
provision of preparing RP.
The LA/RP has been prepared in accordance with ADB SPS requirements but
there is no physical displacement nor severely impacted APs and hence physical resettlement and
income and livelihood restoration are not relevant
Disclose a draft resettlement plan, including
documentation of the consultation process in a
timely manner, before project appraisal, in an
accessible place and a form and language(s)
understandable to affected persons and other
stakeholders. Disclose the final resettlement plan and
its updates to affected persons and other
stakeholders.
NC National Goal 2(9) calls for ‘every citizen to be able to participate,
either directly or through a representative, in the consideration of any matter affecting his
interests or the interests of his community’.
No specific requirements
on disclosures.
The LA/RP includes disclosure measures,
including posting on PPL and ADB websites and clan leaders/APs have been
provided with the summary LA/RP and information
brochures also in their local language. .
Conceive and execute involuntary resettlement as
part of a development project or programme. Include the full costs of
resettlement in the presentation of project’s costs and benefits. For a
project with significant involuntary resettlement
impacts, consider implementing the
involuntary resettlement component of the project as
No equivalent provision Gap. Land acquisition costs will be included and financed out of
the project cost.
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ADB SPS Requirements on Involuntary Resettlement
PNG Laws on LA/RP
Equivalence or Gaps
between ADB SPS and PNG
Laws
Gap-filling Measures
a stand-alone operation. Pay compensation and
provide other resettlement entitlements before physical or economic displacement. Implement the resettlement
plan under close supervision throughout project implementation.
No equivalent provision Gap. The LA/RP includes measures on payment of compensation for affected assets before start of civil
works on affected land. It also includes an implementation
schedule.
Monitor and assess resettlement outcomes,
their impacts on the standards of living of
displaced persons, and whether the objectives of
the resettlement plan have been achieved by taking into account the baseline conditions and the results of resettlement monitoring. Disclose monitoring reports.
No equivalent provision Gap. The LA/RP includes monitoring measures,
including requirements of semi-annual safeguard
monitoring report by EA and if necessary third party
monitoring.
ii. Resettlement Policy Principles for the Project
48. PPL as the EA that has prepared this LA/RP unequivocally states that it will abide by national
and local laws applicable to resettlement and the policy requirements of the ADB. Specifically PPL
states that it will ensure affected landowners will be paid fair compensation for land and other
productive assets acquired at agreed upon replacement cost, be responsive to grievance processes
and act in an accountable and transparent manner, and will ensure that women will also be entitled to
benefit during the resettlement processes. The principles on land acquisition, compensation and
resettlement that PPL will commit itself to in the West New Britain include:
Land acquisition and resettlement will be minimized through careful engineering design during
detailed design although in accordance with PPL and Department of Works policy on roads
and transmission lines for electricity. A 20 meter ROW will be acquired. As this transmission
line is situated next to the Kimbe-Bialla Highway, the main loss that will be experienced is the
loss of resources such oil palm trees and other fruit and vegetation will be experienced by the
communities who live along this project area. Property such as houses, schools, churches and
other infrastructure will not be affected. APs will also be consulted during the project cycle.
This LA/RP will be updated with full participation of the APs. Effective mechanisms will be
established for hearing and resolving grievances.
APs will receive compensation at replacement cost for their loss of productive assets and this
should ensure they will be well off if not better off than if the Project did not proceed.
All compensation will be fully paid to APs prior to the commencement of site clearance.
Absence of formal title is not a barrier to compensation and assistance and particular attention
will be paid to women and other vulnerable people.
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Land acquisition via a PPL prepared Deed of Release is part of the Project. Costs related to
this form of involuntary resettlement will be included in and financed out of the Project cost as
part of the overall investment made by PPL.
The impacts of the TL, including unforeseen losses and damages that may occur during TL
stringing will be carefully monitored and remedial steps taken as required.
iii. Principles and Methodologies for Determining Valuations and
Compensation Rates
49. PPL recognizes that affected landowners and land-users are entitled to provide an estimate of
the value of their land that will be acquired and other productive assets that will be lost because of the
Project requirements. This is because market conditions for the replacement of land are largely
absent. PPL requested the Valuer-General to provide a valuation of land costs and other productive
assets based on accepted replacement costs, which would need to include (i) adequate information
about any recent land transactions; (ii) land value by types; (iii) cropping patterns and crop production;
and, (iv) availability of land in the Project areas. Compensation payable would have been based on
either 2012 or 2013 market values not the prevailing 2008 replacement cost schedule of the Valuer-
General. However, the Valuer-General declined to provide this service arguing it only provides such
services to public sector entities. Thus PPL decided to apply best practice principles and
methodologies for determining valuations and compensation rates. Appendix ii provides details of the
PPL approach. PPL however, may need to update this section as the Valuer-General has announced
that it would release a new schedule in December 2013.
iv. Description of Land Acquisition Process
50. Based on the 1996 Land Act PPL in the West New Britain Province applied the following
procedures when acquiring portions of land for transmission poles from customary landholders:
The first step would be to survey the land. PPL hired surveyors to determine boundaries,
location, size and area of the land to be acquired in accordance with the detailed design of the
TL.
The state is then notified of why the land had been surveyed. PPL notified the Office of
Provincial Administration (OPA) in the West New Britain Province of its intention to proceed
with investigations for land acquisition.
The first step in acquiring the land begins and community consultations is carried out and
information gathered is compiled into a Land Investigation Report. PPL has prepared a Land
Investigation Report (LIR) including ownership genealogy, rights and interests held in the land,
and, estimated value of improvements to land in consultation with the landowners, other
relevant government offices (notably OPIC) and the private sector (NBPOL).
As part of formalities, the state, in this case, the provincial government is informed about the
outcome of the community consultations and meetings. The LIR has been submitted to the
OPA in West New Britain Province for its recommendation for the surveyed land to be
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alienated. The OPA will prepare a certificate of alienability confirming that there is no
impediment to land acquisition.
This same report is also given to the Valuer-General in order for valuation of assets to be
made. Unlike other LIRs this LIR was not sent to the Valuer-General because the latter would
not make a commitment to approve valuation of assets to be acquired and as pointed out
elsewhere in this LA/RP it was decided by PPL to undertake its own valuation and secure the
assent of APs.
Once feedback is received from the Provincial government and the Valuer General, paper
work needed to acquire the land begins. PPL will receive the valuation report and certificate of
alienability, raises cheques and prepare purchase documents. The signed documents are sent
to OPA in West New Britain for its concurrence although PPL is responsible for payment.
The final step towards acquiring the land is negotiating with the communities on the price of
the land that will be acquired. GoPNG may assist with this process should landowners reject
the offer from the developers. PPL makes the offer to the landowners. The forms are executed
and money is handed over in accordance with the requirements of the landowners. If rejected,
it then goes to the Minister of Lands for a negotiated settlement.
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H. Entitlements, Assistance and Benefits
i. Affected Person’s Entitlements and Eligibility
51. PPL has consulted with the affected clans and undertaken a detailed land survey and investigation
of actual land ownership in coordination with the District Land Officers
52.
53. (DLOs) to collect relevant information. The land investigation report prepared in conjunction with
the PPL Lands Officer that were submitted to PPL on the 1st of July 2013 is the “cut-off” dates for
eligibility for compensation and any rehabilitation assistance.
Persons that are not covered in the census, which is included in the LIR are not eligible for
compensation and other entitlements, unless they can show proof that (i) they have been inadvertently
missed out during the census and the IOL; or (ii) they have lawfully acquired the affected assets
following completion of the census and the IOL and prior to the conduct of the detailed measurement
survey (DMS). Any person or group that occupies or uses the land identified for the Project after the
cut-off date will not be eligible for any compensation and/or assistance. They will be required to move
from the land as per the provisions of the Land Act. ID cards for adult APs based on full census
undertaken by PPL have been issued to all adult APs and will be used to identify APs when payment
of compensation monies is made by PPL.
Landowners and land users should be able to show either documented claims to the affected
land or are able to demonstrate that this land belongs to them. Unless, this is deemed
satisfactory by DLO, this claim will be rejected.
Landowners and land users who have satisfied the DLO that they either have documented
claims to the affected land and/or other productive assets or through the DLO investigation
can demonstrate that they are the rightful owners or users will receive compensation for land
acquired by the Project. Those APs who cannot satisfy the DLO that they are the rightful users
but are using the land anyway will receive compensation for productive assets attached to the
land and other assistance as required.
54. Eligibility and entitlement for compensation and other assistance is summarized in the
following Entitlement Matrix:
Table7: Entitlement Matrix
Type of Impact Entitled Person (s) Entitlements
Permanent acquisition
of land.
Legal owner(s), including
customary landowners
Informal settlers (e.g. on
land acquired as part of
ROW) with no legalizable
rights
Landowners will be provided equivalent size
and quality of land, or cash compensation at
replacement cost.
APs will be provided compensation only for
their damaged crops, trees, and structures
on project-affected land
Temporary use of land. Legal owner(s) of land, Landowners will be paid rent on terms
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including customary
landowners
negotiated between them and the contractor.
Permanent Clearance
of Necessary Trees
and other Vegetation
Customary land owners and
leaseholders if lease not
expired prior to
commencement of land
clearance.
APs will be given notice to harvest crops and
trees before site clearance or removal from
required land. If APs are not able to harvest,
they will be paid cash compensation at
replacement cost. In case of perennial crops
and trees, the compensation will also include
loss of income for a period until new crops or
trees produce an equivalent income.
Unforeseen or
unintended impacts
Concerned displaced
persons
These will be determined as per the
principles of this RP and ADB’s Safeguard
Policy.
55. It should be noted that the Entitlement Matrix attached as an Appendix to this LA/RP also
includes health and employment impacts. These impacts are inter-connected with the EMP and were
included as part of the disclosure of information to APs on Land Acquisition.
ii. Assistance to Vulnerable Groups
56. The SES undertaken for this LA/RP indicates there are no APs that can definitively be
classified as vulnerable. However, if it emerges that there are vulnerable APs then the LA/RP will
requires that the successful contractor must undertake to employ at least one member from each AP
household on construction-related activities on a full-time basis.. This will be a requirement in the
bidding documents that will be prepared for this Contract Package
iii. Opportunities for Affected Persons to Derive Appropriate Development
Benefits
57. There are a number of quantifiable and non-quantifiable development benefits for APs.
Benefits include:
Employment opportunities: APs engaged by the contractors could receive a stable waged
income over 18 months.
This could be an opportunity for APs to acquire some non-agricultural skills without having to
leave the local community.
Equal opportunities for Women: Women will be offered the same types of employment-based
opportunities as men. They will also be able to actively participate alongside men in other land
acquisition-based activities. Such involvement of women could indirectly impact upon the
structures of male domination in traditional PNG society.
Social risks associated with HIV and AIDS and other STIs will be mitigated to a large extent by
employing as many local people on TL construction activities. People will also benefit from the
training and awareness on protecting themselves from HIV and AIDS that PPL will carry out in
the area.
There will be opportunities to earn money from provide a range of goods and services to
outside TL construction workers.
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The long term benefit of the TL is that the people will have access to enhanced energy
connectivity, hence their ability to have improved market links and access to a wider range of
goods and services.
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I. Relocation of Physical Structures
58. There are no physical structures that need to be relocated.
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J. Income Restoration and Rehabilitation
i. Possible Livelihood Risks
59. The possible livelihood risks have been identified elsewhere in this RP relate to the reliance of
the West New Britain economy on plantation agriculture. Demand for palm oil has skyrocketed for
three years from 2010-12 but export destination markets, notably China, have either reduced their
imports of processed palm oil from PNG or have forced producers including NBPOL to lower prices/
This trend looks to continue for the foreseeable future. However, this possible livelihood risk is not
directly related to the Project and indeed with compensation money paid for cleared palm oil trees APs
will have the opportunity to diversify investment into other alternative livelihood-based activities.
ii. Income Restoration Program
60. The only APs that are entitled to assistance for income restoration are the 102 APs that lay
claim to customary land that will be acquired by the Project. They have been offered the opportunity
by PPL to plant an equivalent area in palm oil to recoup downstream lost income. PPL will support
APs to purchase high-yielding seeds, the cost of seeding, holing and planting. Costs are estimated to
cost approximately PGK 90,000. After 24 months, the APs will be responsible for all input costs
including the provision of their own labor. However, OPIC in conjunction with NBPOL will provide
extension outreach services to ensure production yields increase from a current average of 10-15 tons
per hectare to in excess of 25-30 tons per hectare. This quantifiable increase that will be closely
monitored will ensure incomes are at 2013 levels (FFB price for palm oil kernel purchased by NBPOL)
from smallholders will increase by upwards of 25% on a weighted annual basis for a period of at least
23 years (average life of typical high-yielding palm oil tree).
iii. Special Measures to Support Vulnerable Groups
61. Women APs want to ensure that their safety and security are not compromised any more than
they are at present, although all women APs who participated in consultations during field-based
resettlement planning argued an influx of outside labor posed more of a threat to their safety and
security than exist at present from clan and non-clan males. As stated elsewhere in this LA/RP the
EMP contains measures to mitigate such social risks.
iv. Specific Gender Considerations
62. PPL recognizes that specific gender considerations apply to all energy projects it executes
and manages. The measures proposed in this LA/RP to enhance the positive impact of the Project on
women APs and other women living in the Project area are as follows:
Iterative consultations with women at all stages of the Project cycle and importantly in the
preparation of the LA/RP.
Facilitating processes whereby women APs can lodge grievances with PPL and ultimately
ADB if they are dissatisfied with any aspects of the LA/RP.
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Ensuring that women APs are offered priority wage employment on the Project and are
afforded equal pay and on-the-job training opportunities.
Addressing concerns women APs might have with safety and security issues in contexts
where they have to relocate their gardening activities.
Ensuring that socio-economic data is gender disaggregated to analyze impacts at the intra-
household and inter-household level.
v. Suggested Training Programs
63. APs that will be offered priority employment on the Project will be provided with on-the-job
training by the contractor as part of her/his condition. Such training will include but not be restricted to
activities such as concreting, welding, and stringing TL cables taking into account occupational health
and safety issues and the lack of real experience by most APs, especially women APs. The contractor
will also be required to offer practical training in TL maintenance to APs as PPL is considering the
employment of local communities to undertake routine maintenance on PPL TL assets. Such
provisions will be incorporated into the bidding documents during detailed design.
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K. Resettlement Budget and Financing Plan
i. Itemized Budget for Resettlement Activities
64. The budget for land acquisition activities has been determined although replacement costs for
palm oil trees has yet to be disclosed to APs because PPL is in the process of forging a common
replacement cost index with the palm oil industry. The only outstanding issue is whether PPL and
Lake Hargy Customary Landowners can reach an amicable agreement as to how much annual rent
and the extent that PPL is prepared to support other activities. As per the Due Diligence Report
prepared by PPL this agreement has been reached and an MOA is included as an Appendix to this
LA/RP. It must be considered that this MOA is binding for the length of the MOA and PPL will entertain
no further claims from the affected customary landowners who claim traditional riparian rights to this
water body.
65. PPL after a review of the evidence presented in the RCS by the International Resettlement
Specialist and after extensive discussions with a range of other stakeholders including the Valuer-
General, Chamber of Mines and most importantly New Britain Palm Oil Company (the principal buyer
of palm oil kernel from smallholders and also an AP) has decided that fair compensation would be
PGK26 per palm oil per year of its productive life. As most palm oil has a productive life of up to 25
years an oil palm with 25 years of productive life remaining would be compensated at PGK 650
whereas one with only one year left would be compensated at the rate of PGK 26 only). Based on the
IOL and DMS it has been calculated by PPL that the average palm oil has 10 years of productive life
remaining. As there are an estimated 8,230 palm oil this means the total compensation payable will be
PGK 2,139,800.
Table 8: Estimated Land Acquisition Budget
Total land to be acquired 6.0 (ha)
No of Affected
Persons/HHs
1,537 (Female:788)
(272)
No of Persons
Requiring Income
Restoration
102 (Female:56)
PGK90,000
Estimated Value
of Land to be Acquired
PGK63,750
Palm Oil Trees PGK2,139,800
Other Trees of Commercial
Value
PGK1,064,238
Food Crops PGK266,059
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Total Amount of
Compensation and Other
Allowances Payable
PGK3,623,847 (USD1,401,116.22)3
Source: PPL Calculations (November 2013)
66. This budget exceeds PPL estimates by more than two-thirds because PPL based its preliminary
estimates on the PPTA that was accepted by the ADB but unfortunately the PPTA Consultants at
the time did not focus adequately on the cost implications of the high-value palm oil that would
needed to be cleared.
ii. Flow of Funds
67. Funds for land or other productive assets to be acquired are paid directly to APs by PPL. This
will ensure considerably greater accountability and transparency than being disbursed by other
means. Payment for temporary acquisition of land is made directly by the contractor to local APs
based on an agreement between the two parties as to the actual amount. This will not involve the PPL
or other parties unless APs are dissatisfied with the amounts offered by the contractor.
iii. Justification for Calculating Compensation Rates and Other Cost
Estimates
68. Compensation rates have been based on a methodology prepared by PPL with the assistance of
the Land Acquisition Consultant, especially in relation to valuation of high-value palm oil trees
because the Land Acquisition Consultant has more experience in this field from Mainland SE Asia
than local registered asset valuation specialists and DSC have a greater understanding of
international commodity markets. The full justification for calculating these compensation rates
and other cost estimates are detailed in Appendix II to this LA/RP. However, prior to full disclosure
to APs it is necessary for PPL to ensure that its estimates are accepted by the palm oil industry
because this may set precedence for similar costs in other provinces.
iv. Sources of Financing
69. PPL is financially responsible for all resettlement activities as the ADB has not agreed to
finance such activities. The contract signed between PPL and the Project Supervision
Consultant includes four person months for the TA Resettlement Specialist of which four field
visits totaling 20 person days has been spent in the actual Project area. PPL has devoted a
total of six (6) person months to this specific Project and it is estimated that during
implementation another three (3) person months will be provided by PPL specifically
earmarked for LA/RP implementation including monitoring.
3
Calculated on 22/ 11/ 2013 when US$1 was equal to 2.586PGK
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L. Institutional Arrangements
i. Responsibilities and Mechanisms for Carrying out LA/RP
PPL will be both the Executing and Implementing Agency for this Project and it will delegate to PPL in
West New Britain Province to oversee day-to-day activities related to land acquisition and loss of other
productive assets. These activities have included to date:
Collaboration with and assistance to the District Land Officer to undertake their work to comply
the Project’s policies and ADB requirements.
Provision of resources, including where necessary PPL expertise or contracted expertise, to
carry out the Inventory of Loss (IOL) and Detailed Measurement Survey (DMS).
Collaboration with and assistance to the Provincial Land Officer and/or District Land Officer for
negotiations and agreements with affected landowners or land-users.
Facilitation of consultations with affected communities and ensuring that all stakeholders are
informed about the Project, its policies and procedures; ensure that all requirements
concerning public disclosure of the provisions for land acquisition and compensation; and,
overseeing and monitoring the grievance redress process.
Reviewing and endorsing the draft LA/RP prior to submission to the ADB for approval,
ensuring that all matters related to land acquisition and other forms of compensation are
complete and correctly reported upon.
These activities will include:
Monitoring the process of allocation and disbursal of funds for compensation at both the
national and provincial levels and ensure that funds are available and compensation is paid in
a timely manner.
Undertake all other activities including the monitoring of land acquisition and other productive
assets’ activities.
70. OPA, including the PLO and DLO will collaborate with PPL to plan, implement, and monitor
land acquisition activities. The responsibilities include:
Undertake cadastral surveys of land required permanently for the Project and estimate the
area of land required for temporary acquisition by the Project.
Negotiate and sign a Memorandum of Agreement for the acquisition/use of customary land
with the clan leaders and affected landowners and/or land-users.
Negotiate and sign leases for temporary use of land required for the three bridges although
this might be varied by authorizing the successful contractor to undertake this activity.
Consult with and advise affected communities about the Project, the policies and procedures
when land is required and the rights and responsibilities of directly affected people and other
indirectly affected peoples.
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71. The Provincial Governor and/or Provincial Administrator are responsible to ensure that all PPL
funds are allocated and disbursed to pay compensation. The payment of these funds will be made by
PPL. Local Level Government Ward Councilors will facilitate all consultations with local communities,
affected people, and other stakeholders. They will be responsible for collaborating with PPL to
organize and carry out these consultations.
ii. Institutional Capacity Building Program
72. During the PPTA it was concluded by PPL in Port Moresby that its staff who would be involved
in implementing this LA/RP require more training in the ADB’s social safeguard policies and
procedures because this Project will be the first one to be implemented by PPL after the 2009
Safeguard Policy Statement became operational in January 2010. It is also considered necessary by
PPL to review GoPNG policies and procedures for the acquisition of land and other forms of
involuntary resettlement. Finally, while some PPL staff has limited training in survey tools and
techniques that are necessary to prepare a LA/RP it was assessed that there would still be
considerable room for improvement.
73. A Lands Officer from PPL has been assigned within the PMU based in Port Moresby to
implement the LA/RP. This Lands Officer will be supported on a day-to-day basis by the PPL Office in
Kimbe. It is the intention of PPL that the Lands Officer will be assigned to the Project area if and when
required taking into account that all PPL Lands Officers are responsible for more than one investment
program. The Project will also provide consultancy support via a Safeguards Specialist to build
capacity within PPL and local governments to prepare, implement, and monitor the LA/RP.
iii. Role of Civil Society Groups
74. While there are some civil society groups in the Project area most of them are religious-based
and are less than satisfactory for the purposes required as part of the LA/RP. However, there are at
least two Port Moresby based NGO groups - Center for Environment, Law and Community Rights
(CELCOR) and Environment Law Center (ELC) - that are non-sectarian in nature and have a good
understanding of both gender and indigenous people’s development issues and are better able to
work more effectively with local communities than other NGOs: they are also more cost effective.
Another NGO that PPL may approach in the near future is Mahona Nadari. This NGO however will
need to be checked out by PPL to ensure that they are an appropriate organization for us to work with.
PPL intends to undertake the monitoring itself but if APs feel PPL is less than diligent the latter will
invite one of these NGOs or if a similar NGO can be found in West New Britain to undertake
subsequent monitoring.
iv. Involvement of Women’s Groups in Resettlement Planning and
Management
75. PPL is very mindful of the important role women who are affected by involuntary resettlement.
Based on consultations during the preparation of this LA/RP and as per this LA/RP provides an
assurance that women will not be disadvantaged. The principal source of disadvantage would be if
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women APs (or indeed non-indigenous APs) were not be either paid equally to men APs or not paid at
all. PPL is relying on ADB Safeguard and Gender policies to ensure that local groups opposed to such
a provision (e.g. some clan leaders) will not be able to prevent women APs being paid equally to men
APs or to enjoy other benefits such as an opportunity to provide waged labor on the Project.
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M. Implementation Schedule
76. The implementation schedule for land acquisition activities to (i) update the LA/RP; (ii)
implement the LA/RP; and, (iii) monitoring activities is as follows:
Table 9: Implementation Schedule
Activities Schedule
Finalization of LA/RP 2013
1 Confirm land requirements based on detailed technical design for
Transmission Line
Completed
3 Prepare due diligence report on Lake Hargy HPP Associated
Facility
Completed by MOU
not yet finalized
3 Follow up consultations with affected communities and agreement
on land use/acquisition.
Ongoing
5 Request Provincial Land Office to prepare LIR including valuation
of land and improvement)
Completed
6 Submission to the Office of Provincial Affairs for Certificate of
Alienability to be signed by the Secretary and Affected LLGs
Completed
8 PPL prepares the LA/RP in consultation with landowners, including
agreement on compensation rates and discloses updated RP
Completed
9 PPL uploads the LA/RP to its website submits same for approval
and uploading on the ADB website
Month 7
10 ADB issues no-objection to the RP Month 8
Land Acquisition/Resettlement Plan Implementation
13 Payment of compensation and allowances by PPL to APs Month 9 & 10
14 PPL submits to ADB the Land Acquisition Completion Report Month 11
15 Award of civil works contract Month 12
16 Clearance of acquired land (both leased and owned) Month 13 & 14
17 Commencement of civil works (contingent on 100% of
compensation and allowances being paid)
Month 15
18 Payment of adjusted compensation, as required, for unforeseen
damages and losses
Actual Month of
Damage
Monitoring Plan
19 PPL establishes AP socio-economic baseline Month 16
20 PPL submits progress report to ADB on implementation of the
LA/RP
Six Monthly
21 PPL conducts post-land acquisition survey and final monitoring
report
Month 33
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N. Monitoring and Reporting
77. PPL will monitor all activities associated with land acquisition and payment of compensation to
APs. The scope of monitoring includes: (i) compliance with the agreed policies and procedures for
land acquisition; (ii) prompt approval, allocation and disbursement of compensation payments to APs,
including if necessary supplemental compensation for additional and/or unforeseen losses; and, (iv)
remedial actions, as required. The monitoring will also cover the social impacts of the transmission line
and whether APs are able to restore, and preferably improve, their pre-project living standards,
incomes, and productive capacity. A monitoring and evaluation program utilizing the following
indicators has been drafted on the understanding it can be subject to change, including suggestions
by APs of what they consider of more relevant to their livelihoods than are considered relevant by
other stakeholders. These draft monitoring and evaluation indicators are as follows:
Table 10: Draft Monitoring and Evaluation Indicators
Type of Indicator Indicator Examples of Variables
Process
Indicators
Staffing
Consultation, Participation,
and Grievance Resolution
Procedures in Operation
No of PMU staff by job function
Engagement of Safeguards Staff and
training
No of other agency officials available for
tasks
No of consultation and participation
programs held with various stakeholders
No of field visits by PMU Staff
No of civil society groups participating in
Project
Effectiveness of compensation/assistance
delivery system
Coordination between PMU and GoPNG
agencies, project supervision consultants,
and civil society groups
Output
Indicators
Households
Structures
Economic Trees and
Crops
Assistance to DPs
No of households affected
No of households receiving agreed
compensation for trees and crops
No of households that have participated in
income restoration
No of special assistance programs to
vulnerable households (if required)
Impact
Indicators
Household Earning
Capacity
Special Assistance to
Women
Employment status of households having a
formal job
Employment status of households being
self-employed
No of households receiving income
enhancement skills training
Number of women engaged as waged
workers by the Project
Type of Project-related skills women
received training in
Average wage of women employed on
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Other Livelihood Indicators
Project compared to that of men
Increase in market-based incomes of
women traders
Increase in ownership of household assets
Increased access to schooling and health
services
Increase in visits by GoPNG service
providers
78. The SES undertaken of APs for this LA/RP together with the Social Assessment undertaken
for the Corridor of Influence along the West New Britain Highway undertaken for another ADB Project
in 2011 (Rural Bridges Project) will be utilized as the baseline to monitor and evaluate the above
indicators. They will also be used in conjunction with monitoring and evaluation indicators prepared for
the EMP.
79. PPL will prepare and submit semi-annual progress reports to ADB as part of project
performance monitoring. PPL will also submit a subproject land acquisition completion report to ADB
when compensation has been paid.
80. PPL is committed to ensuring best practices in accountability and transparency during the
implementation of this Project but as argued elsewhere in this LA/RP if aggrieved APs are very
dissatisfied with the monitoring processes and outcomes undertaken by PPL it will appoint an external
monitoring agency to assuage APs concerns.
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O. Annexes
Annex I: Table showing IOL and DMS the number of Affected Persons (AP)
based on the 2013 Census conducted by PPL.
Name of
Village
Number of Affected
Persons
APs Signing Deed of
Release with PPL
APs With Restricted Land Use
APs Losing High-Value
Trees
APs Losing Lower Value
Trees and Crops
Mai Junction Village to Uby Village, Mose LLG
Mai Junction 37 - - 26 11
Buvussi 366 - - 194 172
Kavvi 15 - - 15 -
Galai 190 - - 133 57
Lilipo 43 - - 43 -
Lavage 112 - - 112 -
Uby 89 - - 89 -
Sub-Totals 452 - - 612 240 Kai Village to Saleileibu Village, Cenaka LLG
Kai 85 - - 73 12
Silanga 82 - - 82 -
Saleileibu 29 - - 29 -
Sub-Totals 196 - - 184 12 Vainamasile Village to Matauro Village, Central Nakanai LLG
Vainamasile 132 - - - 132
Usilau 35 - - 28 7
Milikan 23 - - 23 -
Sege 129 20 20 128 6
Gibolo 52 - - 35 17
Vaipora 20 - - 20 -
Mgmota 3 - - 3 -
Kiava 80 - - 59 11
Mataruru 17 - - 11 5
Sub-Totals 467 20 20 317 150 TOTAL 1,527 20 20 1,113 402
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Annex II: Replacement Cost Survey
Background
During the PPTA the Consultants and also to a lesser extent PPL and ADB did not pay enough
attention to the project impacts vis-à-vis high value palm oil trees that would need to be cleared for
safety reasons as part of stringing transmission lines associated with the hydropower projects
(exception of Bialla-Kimbe TL where TIEP is exclusively financing the transmission lines only). PPL
realized this late last year and requested the Valuer-General to undertake an assessment or at least
provide PPL with a credible replacement cost estimate for the palm oil trees. The former declined
without providing any cogent reason which left PPL to decide how best to treat APs transparently and
fairly. A Registered Valuer was going to be mobilized but in PNG such technical specialists are not
competent to provide a credible estimate. Therefore PPL requested the International Resettlement
Consultant to examine what options were available and this Appendix addresses the approach chosen
by the Consultant to assist PPL.
ADB SPS 2009 Approaches
The ADB states inter alia that the rate of compensation for acquired land and other assets will be
calculated at full replacement cost. The calculation of full replacement cost will be based on the
following elements: (i) fair market value; (ii) transaction costs; (iii) interest accrued; (iv) transitional and
restoration costs; and, (v) other applicable payments, if any. In the context of this Project market
conditions for the high-value palm oil trees exist and it is possible to undertake a credible replacement
cost survey (more difficult but not impossible with other trees and vegetation of value and food crops).
TIEP had requested New Britain Palm Oil Limited (NBPOL) assist the Project and belatedly it is
providing assistance and what the Replacement Cost Survey (RCS) has benefited from inputs made
by NBPOL. It should also be noted that during consultations with APs the methodological approach
adopted and the results of the RCS have been disseminated and agreed upon by APs.
High-Value Palm Oil Trees
The Palm Oil industry in PNG is largely dominated by the monopolistic New Britain Palm Oil Company
that has a total of 72,229 hectares of plantation land in palm oil in West New Britain (over 50% of the
total plantation holdings), Ramu, Higataru, Milne Bay and Poliamba in PNG. There are some smaller
plantation companies such as the Lake Hargy Palm Oil Company (none of the APs supply this
company) but it is NBPOL that this RCS has been benchmarked against. Smallholders in WNB have
approximately 32,450 hectares in the form of leased blocks and customary land-holdings currently in
palm oil with an average age of 15 years.
The biological process commences with the initial preparation of land and planting of seedlings and
ceases with the delivery of crop in the form of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) to the manufacturing process
in which crude palm oil and palm kernel oil are extracted from the FFB. To estimate the replacement
cost to APs the farm-gate price is calculated based on the average FFB production per hectare per
year multiplied by the determined price. The difference between revenue and costs is net revenue or
profit to the grower. However, for NBPOL the methodology because it includes reference to the FFB
expected to be harvested over the full remaining life of the trees up to 22 years, applying an estimated
produce value for transfer to the manufacturing process and allowing for upkeep, harvesting costs and
an appropriate allocation of overheads. The estimated produce value is derived from a long term
forecast of crude palm oil process to determine the present value of expected cash flows over the next
22 years. NBPOL bases its fair value measurement of palm oil trees based on an estimated FFB crop
harvest in 2013 of 1,657,891 tonnes. However, NBPOL adds value to these FFB harvested because it
has refinery and fractionation plants in both PNG and UK and is able to market palm oil products as
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finished products into the supply change. The APs do not value add whereas NBPOL does and that is
the essential difference between the two producers.
It also needs to be noted that NBPOL also supplies all seed varieties to the AP smallholders, other
inputs including fertilizers and herbicides although it is gradually phasing out the use of high-cost and
environmentally non-friendly herbicides such as Paraquat (it has also instructed smallholders they
must follow suit because non-use of such herbicides enables NBPOL to claim some comparative
advantage over palm oil producers in major producing countries, most notably neighboring Indonesia).
NBPOL in conjunction with OPIC also provides extensive outreach support to smallholders in the form
of extension services. Stated briefly APs would not be able to market their FFB without support from
NBPOL and this reference to NBPOL as the monopolistic buyer of FFB from the APs.
Palm oil trees unless of the Malaysian quick maturing varieties generally start flowering and producing
after 3-5 years and growers can generally recoup their investments within 6-8 years and peak
production is reached from 10-18 years with yields decreasing from thereon until trees have to be
replaced within 25-30 years (after the 15th year the density per hectare often has to be reduced from
130-145 trees per hectare to approximately 100 trees per hectare). Therefore palm oil producers get
their highest production yields for eight years only. High yielding trees can produce the equivalent of
approximately 38 kilograms per tree, per annum after 3-5 years but from year nineteen yields may
decrease by 15-20% and smallholder yields are generally 20-30% lower than larger plantation yields
(i.e., NBPOL has higher yielding trees than smallholders in the Project area).
The challenge is to estimate over the productive life of the palm oil tree is what is its productive value
(minuses the cost if labor and inputs made by the producer) of the palm oil tree (also variations
between dura variety that has kernels with thick shells, pisifera that has kernels with no shells and
tenera that has kernels with thin shells: only the dura variety is grown by APs). The formula to be
adopted assumes that palm oil trees are productive for up to 23 years and while peak yields are
approximately 38 kilograms per tree averaged out allowing for pre-peak yields and post-peak yields as
well the average yield is estimated to be 32 kilograms per tree x 23 years = 736 kilograms.
The other alternative is to use the monthly FFB Farm Gate price from 1999 to 2013 and average the
mean average for the 17.7 years that all APs would be aware of. The highest mean average was PGK
319.36 per tonne in 2009 and the lowest PGK 67.10 per tonne in 1999. The July 2013 FFB Farm Gate
price was PGK 184.89 per tonne and the August 2013 price will only be available at beginning of
December. Using this approach the mean average is PGK 161.57 per tonne. Using the pricing
methodology from the preceding paragraph a palm oil tree over 23 years would be valued at PGK
2,735.05 (or PGK 2.75) but this is based on the full productive life of the palm oil tree. Average palm
oil trees cultivated by APs are 15 years old with an estimated productive life left of 08 eight years and
hence using this methodology the nominal value would be PGK 950.03. Translated into USD value at
the July 2013 exchange rate (USD 1 = PGK 2.14) this would be USD 443.93 per palm oil tree.
However, this methodology is not considered satisfactory by the palm oil industry because it does not
take into account this historical value of the PGK against the USD (the major benchmarking currency
or other relevant currencies especially the AUD, EURO or GBP). Hence another methodology utilizing
more recent movements on the market and the fluctuating exchange rates has been adopted. It is this
approach that this RCS is based on and produces a lower replacement cost value than this
methodology.
As with other industrial tree crops, notably rubber, palm oil as a commodity fluctuates quite markedly
on the world market. Market prices in 2008 peaked at US$1,185.85 per ton, 2009 the highest price
was US$ 888.31 per ton, 2010 it was US$1,163.70 per ton; 2011 it was US$1,120.00 per ton; 2012 it
was US$1,097.54 per ton; and, the latest price on both the Chicago and Kuala Lumpur markets (major
markets for international pricing of palm oil) is US$681.54 per ton (apparently there is less demand in
China – major world market for palm oil – and this is likely to continue as Chinese consumers turn to
healthier cooling oils).
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Averaging prices since 2008 (methodology adopted the Food and Agriculture Organization, United
States Department of Agriculture, World Bank, Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange, Dalian
Commodity Exchange, India’s National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange and the London
Commodity Market) the replacement cost per year, per tree is estimated to be US$838.19 per ton or
US$0.84 per kilogram. A palm oil tree over its productive life and yielding an average estimated total
of 800 kilograms is valued at US$672 (US$26.80 per annum; one with five years of productive life left
US$143.40, with 10 years US$286.80, 15 years US$430.20, and 20 years US$573.50. It is estimated
that costs of production (seedlings, fertilizer, herbicides, ground preparation, and labor) are equivalent
to 60% of the value thus the replacement cost value is the average price per kilogram = 60% cost of
inputs as such:
US$0.84 per kilogram – 60% input costs of US$0.51 = Net Return US$0.33 per kilogram
Thus the compensation PPL will pay APs per tree that is required to be cleared is as follows based on
the age of the tree:
Age of the Palm Oil Tree according to DMS
Gross Price Tree Cleared for Project (US$/PGK)
Net Compensation Payable Per Cleared Tree (US$/PGK)
1 672.00 (1,438.00)
268.80 (575.23)
2 645.12 (1,380.55)
258.04 (552.20)
3 618.24 (1,323.03)
247.29 (529.20)
4 591.36 (1,265.51)
236.54 (506.19)
5 564.48 (1,207.98)
225.79 (483.19)
6 537.60 (1,150.46)
215.04 (460.18)
7 510.72 (1,092.94)
204.28 (437.15)
8 483.84 (1,035.41)
193.53 (414.15)
9 456.96 (977.89)
182.73 (391.04)
10 430.08 (920.37)
172.03 (368.14)
11 403.20 (862.84)
161.28 (345.13)
12 376.32 (805.32)
150.52 (322.11)
13 349.44 (747.80)
139.77 (299.10)
14 322.56 (690.27)
129.02 (276.10)
15 295.68 (632.75)
118.27 (253.09)
16 268.80 (575.23)
107.52 (230.09)
17 241.92 (517.70)
96.76 (207.06)
18 215.04 (460.18)
86.01 (184.06)
19 188.16 (402.66)
75.26 (161.05)
20 161.28 (345.13)
64.51 (138.05)
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21 134.40 (287.61)
53.76 (115.04)
22 107.52 (230.09)
43.00 (92.02)
23 80.64 (172.56)
32.25 (69.05)
24 53.76 (115.04)
21.50 (46.01)
25 25.10 (53.71)
10.04 (21.48)
Where there are instances of APs being required to clear trees of different ages (most unlikely based
on the IOL and DMS) they will be compensated according to the numbers of trees per remaining
productive life (e.g. AP has 20 trees with only 5 years of productive life left will be paid a total of PGK
2,300.08 but also has 20 trees with a productive life of 25 years will be paid a total of PGK 11,504.60
for a grand total payment of PGK 13,804.68).
Other Productive Assets
As per the palm oil trees the Valuer-General could not update replacement costs for other trees and
food crops so PPL decided in consultation with APs to triple the rates that the Valuer-General
prepared in 2008. It has been concluded that the Valuer-General in 2008 was not very robust with the
valuation of productive assets but PPL has adopted the principle and practice for this Project that if
APs agree in consultations facilitated by PPL and demonstrate their assent by signing the agreements
prepared by PPL than this will suffice. PPL has been very careful in explaining this principle to APs
because it takes the principle of fair and transparent valuation of affected productive assets very
seriously.
The unit replacement cost for other productive assets is listed as per the following table:
Type of Productive Asset Affected by Project, Per Unit
Valuer-General’s Assessment (2008), PGK
PPL Replacement Cost Unit, PGK
Paw Paw 2.5 7.5 Banana 18 54 Laulau 15 45 Rambutan 7 21 Soursop 15 45 Talis 18 54 Orange 15 45 Mango 18 54 Noni 18 54 Guava 15 54 Breadfruit 20 60 Pomolo 20 60 Five Star Fruit 12 36 Pau 3 9 Okari 10 30 Lime 8 24 Coconut 24 72 Cocoa 18 54 Betel Nut 18 54 Mustard 3 9 Vanilla 18 54 Limbun Tree 20 60
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Galip Tree 10 30 Biabal Tree 10 30 Irima Tree 20 60 Shade Tree 20 60 Black Bean 10 30 Kumurere Tree 20 60 Pikus Tree 20 60 Bamboo 20 60 Tulip 10 30 Pandanus 20 60 Sago 30 90 Pepper Tree 10 30 Tom 18 54 Deed of Release
PPL will not acquire land necessary for the Transmission Line Tower (Pole) sites from the 20 affected
households but as per the format in Appendix xx will sign a Deed of Release whereby the AH will
agree (a) to accept a total payment; (b) not to interfere with or cause damage to the TL towers or
conductor cables; and, (b) not to restrict access to the sites by any person employed by PPL or its
agent. Incorporated into this Deed of Release is the agreement signed between the AH and PPL that
the latter may erect and maintain suitable safety gates at the designated access points. Because the
Project will result in restricted land use that will result in nearly 6 hectares of AH customary land not
being able to be replanted in high-value palm oil trees PPL will undertake to assist these AH to clear
land outside the easement. This assistance will be subject to the stated wishes of the AH, which may
or may not include the planting of palm oil trees but as per the LA/RP every attempt will be made to
ensure these 20 AH are no worse off and ideally better off as a result of the Project.
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Annex III: Project Information Bulletin
TOWN ELECTRIFICATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM
Bialla to Kimbe Transmission Line Project
Tok Save lo olPipolUsatGraunBloUplaBai Project IgoTru
Has blo display Town Electrification Investment Program em blo helpim lo saplim power igo lo ol
provincial town hap lo senisim ol disel generator wer bikpla money sa waste lo em na usim
satainabel pawa where ei gat use blo em ken stap long pla time lo benefitim umi nau na ol
tumbuna behain taim. Disla pawa supply bai helpim upla ei stap arere lo em lo benefitim na helpim
sidaun lo peles lo sait blo usim pawa blo cook, light na wokim bisnis.
Disla Bialla Kimbe transmission line project em part blo TEIP wer 66kv line bai PPL ei putim over
lo 150km long lake Hargy hydro ei go olgeta lo Kimbe town. Long start displa single circuit line em
sapos lo operate lo 33kv but ol senisim go lo 66kv lo supplim bikpla power. Disla ol bai wokim lo
concrete, palang or steel poles.
LAND ACQUISITION/RESETTLEMENT PLaN
Disla plan blo kisim ground em important becos olgeta one, one haus we ei gat olmeri, ol samting
blo helpim sidaun, bai affekted na ol mas compensatim ol. Disla em ei kamandanit lo policy blo
Asian Development Bank (ADB) na PNG Government we rol yet ei putim moni lo wokim disla
project. Algeta wok em mipla ei putim out bai upla ei ken skelim. Disla day em blo upla lo autim
tingting blo upla lo disla Land acquisition plan (wer liklik hap graun blo upla bai mipla usim lo
project so ADB na Gavmanei ken luk save na helpim upla sas upla gat bel hevi.
SIZE BLO NOGUT NA GUTPLA BLO WOK
Ino inap lo mipla ei kisim customary or lease graun blo upla lo wokim project tasol osem ol liklik
hap graun size lo 2.25 square metre blo wan wan transmission pole. Tasol ol oil palm diva ei mas
rausim lo 20 meter mak lo namel blo rot ei go lo arere blo rot. Disla ei same lo ol coconut na
banana too.
Ol narapla divai na cash crop lo 20 metr emak easement mas clearim long time blo putim
transmission line tasol yupla ken still usim graun behain lo ol putim transmission line go antap lo ol
pole.
Disla ei wankain igo lo ol lain wer ol oil palm na coconas divai blou pla bai ol clearim. upla ken
planim ol divai tasol noken planim bek coconas or oil palm divai wer mak blo grow inap lo 2.7
meters, nogut ei grow painim transmisen lain na disturbim or bagarapim ron blo pawa long
transmisen lain.
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Ausuablo size bloNogutnaGutplablo wok
Long time blo survey PPL carim out lo 9th April go lo 14
th May 213, ol painim out osem 274 pla
House wer mipla coutim 1,918 man /meri na NBPOL yet bai lusim all palm oil divai insait lo
easement. Displa ei total olsem 8,023 pla palm oil bai mipla ei rausim. Ol narapla divai osem
coconas bai liklik numba tasol PPL bai rausim na ol narapla divai olsem Buai, mango, muli,
banana, pawpaw divai, PPL bai rausim bikpla numba. Olgeta divai PPL bai compensatim lo cos
depen lo market prais na yia we rei start lo karim kaikai. Tok piksa, five pla yia blo one pla oil palm
ba icompensatim lo bikpla rate more lo fifteen pla yia blo oil palm becos mark blo oil palm lo
karimem 20 yias.
Rot blo Compensation
Lo tok clea lo umi ken lukim o leasi way lo compensatim upla lo upla lusim ol gutpla blo uplana too
lo lukauti mupla long hevi painim upla. Mipla redim rot lo assitim you upla: per capita
Size blo wok Man/Meri Pay
Clearance lo
olgetadivaina bush.
Customary Land owners and
leaseholders lo customary or
landowners or narapla
Cash Compensation lo givim lo
senism bas lo market price
Garden Bagarap Ol man usateilusim 10% lo
garden
bloolnaaffectimsidaunblool
Ol man usatei affected baikisim K 600
blo wan wan man inap lo sixplamun
Health na
Employment
Olgeta man usatei affected PNG Power Ltd undanit lo EMP
bloolbaiwokim HIV/AIDS awareness
na prevention program nawereminap
lo providim employment
opportunities werinap
Heviwerumi no lukim Concerned man / meriusatbai
affected
PNG Power Ltd policies na ADB
Safeguard Policy
PNG Power Ltd yet bai go pas lo project na nogat narapela private company or narapla but PPL
tasol.
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Special Gender Actions
ADB Gender and Development Policy 2008 ei requirim ol meri mas gat equal compensation
wantaim ol man nae i mas kamap clea lo paper. Time compensation payment olei wokim, em
imas equal share go lo man nameri too usat project bai affetim.
Gutpla development pasinbai mas ol meri mas kisim wok too na PPL bai makim nap lo givim wok
to lo ol meri..
The HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention program wer PNG Power Ltd bai wokim ei mas lukautim
meri lo practisim safe sex.
Man, meri na pikinin mas benefit lo project na PPL bai helpim thru lo NZAID lo providim electricity
wer ol paimpinis.
Pay blo compensation
PNG Power Ltd. Bai tok save lo Mosa, Ceneka and Bialla LLGs lo date, time nahap,naputim lo
paper payment blo compensation. Ol man/ meri usat ei affected lo project mas save mas gat
receipt lo kisim payment osem proof.
Tok clear ei mas go osem PP bai no nap lo clearim and sanapim transmission line inapemei mas
paim gut ol man/ meri ei affected na ol imas wanbel.
Askim
All man/meri usat ei affected lo project igat right lo outim wari lo rot blo outim wari. Olgeta. Tasol
sapo igat hevi we rino nap lo solvim lo PNG,den ADB ei tok strong lo wari mas go lo contry
resident mission lo Port Moresby na no gat ei mas go olgeta lo headquarters Manila. Man/ meri
usat ei affected lo project can go thru lo ol NGOs or narapla ol civil society groups lo autim wari
blo ol.
Contact Persons:
PNG Power Ltd.
Mr. Frances Mamia, Office of the Project Manager, PNG Power National Office, Corner of Wards
Road and Cordia Street, Hohola, Boroko, NCD, Port Moresby, Tel: +675 324 3533; Fax: +675 323
4974: Email: [email protected]
Asian Development Bank
Mr. Marcelo Minc, Country Director, Asian Development Bank, Papua New Guinea Resident
Mission, Deloitte Tower, Level 13, Port Moresby, NCD, Tel: +675 3210400/0408; Fax: +675
3210407
Ms. Messim J. Ahmad, Director, Environment and Social Safeguards, Regional and Sustainable
Development Division, Asian Development Bank, 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Metro
Manila, Philippines, Tel: 632 632 4444; Fax: +632 636 2444; Email: [email protected]
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Annex VI: MOA with Lake Hargy Landowners
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Annex VII: Grievances Mechanism Flow chat
Annex VIII. Master list Showing Signatures of Affected People along TL
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