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SECTION G. Stakeholders’ comments PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (GS-VER-PDD) Voluntary Offset Projects - Version 01 G.1. Brief description how comments by local stakeholders have been invited and compiled: Comments by local stakeholders were invited through a visit to Letaba Estates and the surrounding area during which interviews were conducted. Johan van den Berg representing the project developer held the following meetings: Meetings with the Limpopo Department of Environmental Affairs After an initial pre-application meeting early in 2006, a full submission was made to the authorities on the reasons why no EIA need be conducted. A site meeting was held on 1 June 2006 and on the same day Johan van en Berg and BioTherm Energy’s environmental consultant Ms Maggy Machumele met with Mr Grace Rasesepe in Polokwane. It was agreed by all that the project was outside the ambit of the legislation requiring Environmental Impact Assessments. Meeting with the Village Committee 4 April 2006 The village committee are a representative body of people living on Letaba Estates. They hold regular meetings – once or twice a month. In attendance were: KS Maluleke N Nkuna S Phalandwa FS Mhlongo J Mndlovu ME Malubane J van den Berg (on behalf of project developer) Meetings between BioTherm Energy and workers/their representatives Johan van den Berg, on 5 April 2006, met Frans Mongwe, Chairman of the NUFBWSAW - National Union of Food Beverage Wine Spirit and Allied Workers Union – he indicated that he has informed 120 people and members working at Letaba Estates about the proposed project. He is regional chairperson and local chairman. This template shall not be altered. It shall be completed without modifying/adding headings or logo, format or font. page 34 Also on 5 April 2006 Johan van den Berg met with Charlie Baloyi, supervisor of the subtropical fruit juicing plant; and Hendry Nkuna (supervisor in production). Due to the fact that about 20 workers belong to a separate trade union called Solidarity, some interviews were conducted with Solidarity members who work in the juicing plant, namely Warner Staples and Alwyn van der Berg who are both active in the workshop. During the first week of June a short DVD documentary was made at Letaba Estates about the project and Aklaf Maflele, electrical supervisor at the juicing plant, was interviewed and asked for his comments.
PROJECT DESIGN DOCUMENT FORM (GS-VER-PDD) Voluntary Offset Projects - Version 01 Meeting between Ms Maggy Machumele and the Municipal Manager, Tzaneen In the second week of December 2006, Ms Machumele on behalf of BioTherm Energy met with the Municipal Manager of Tzaneen to explain the project and garner comments. A letter of support is available. Engagement of WWF SA WWF SA in the person of Mr Peet du Plooy was engaged and had sight of the final draft of the PDD. WWF SA indicated its support for the project. Main Stakeholder consultation by Email This template shall not be altered. It shall be completed without modifying/adding headings or logo, format or font. page 35 As part of the Main Stakeholder Consultation the PDD was made public in July 2007 and on 12th of July 2007 an email was sent to the IISD Climate Change Info Mailing List (climate-l@lists.iisd.ca) to ask for comments. Additional to climate-l the Gold Standard supporting NGOs were invited by email to give comments on the project.. Among those NGOs were; - The CDM Gold Standard itself - SouthSouthNorth - Mercycorps - WWF India, Indonesia, Hongkong, Madagascar - REEEP - Winrock Nepal, India No comments were received. G.2. Summary of the comments received: The results of the initial stakeholder consultation can be found in annex 6. Most comments were related to air pollution caused by the existing coal-fired boilers, a situation that will be improved by the project. Other comments addressed the general living situation on the farm. G.3. Report on how due account was taken of any comments received: The most common threads in comments made were concern about the housing/safety situation on the farm and general support of the project. Consequently, in negotiations about the structuring of the project, African Realty Trust/Letaba Estates was engaged about the possibility of creating a Workers’ Trust that would have a shareholding in the project. This was agreed and the Workers’ Trust will indeed have a 10% shareholding in the project. The aims of the Workers’ Trust will be, amongst other things, improving the housing situation of the workers and providing study bursaries for the children of workers.
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