Temperature - European Investment Bank

WEST AFRICAN POWER POOL (WAPP) PÖYRY ENERGY LTD.
Mount Coffee HPP ESIA and RAP 2012-09-18
ESIA Report Page 147
Issue Project component Impact Mitigation measures Related Sub Monitoring and
Management Plans (S-MMP)
Land use Reservoir Loss of agricultural land
Loss of crops in the reservoir area
Possibility of less land for cash
crops as these have till now been
grown in the reservoir. Unless
alternative land is identified that
will take on cash crop cultivation,
as communal land will not support
long-term perennial crops/trees.
Loss of forest
Put in place appropriate policies to compensate communities that
may be affected by the rehabilitation of MC HPP.
Identify alternative farm land for affected farmers that are accessible
and of comparable productivity.
Provide farming inputs (fertilizer, seeds, tools) and agricultural
extension services to affected farmers to restart farming activities
Minimize removal or disturbance of vegetation along ROW, around
construction camps, etc.
Provide a relocation or resettlement package for affected community
Encourage alternative livelihood alternatives such as animal
husbandry, cane tree production, rubber farming, provision of
vegetable seeds, tree crop farming, lowland farming outside of the
project area, etc. so as to reduce pressure on the current fallow
vegetation for environmental stability.
Identify alternative areas where forest product collection can be
restored
Minimize removal of all disturbance of vegetation around
construction area
Replant native vegetation in disturbed area immediately following
construction
Establish woodlots with fast growing native tree species outside of
the project area so as to reduce pressure on the existing natural
vegetation where most of the NTFPs are gathered.
Re-vegetation Management Plan
Resettlement Action Plan
Infrastructure Reservoir Loss of mosques Any lost infrastructure will have to relocated or compensated Resettlement Action Plan