In addition to its concession to quarry limestone, acquired from the state, PPC is also acquiring approximately 70 hectares from a local community for the processing plant and a construction workers? camp. PPC?s DRC partner, Barnet Group, negotiated access to and acquisition of this land through meetings with traditional authorities in the village of Zamba in exchange for commitments on local employment, social infrastructure investments, and other benefits. With the hiring of PPC?s in-country environmental and sustainability manager, these agreements will be brought into conformity with PPC?s corporate policies and industry good practices by July 2014. PPC will also need to negotiate rights of way for water and electricity and acquire land for residences for its permanent workforce.  At this stage, there are no indications that physical displacement will take place during the construction phase or operations, including that related to the new power line.  However, the need for physical resettlement may be identified later in the project lifecycle. In addition, the current land acquisition will result in impacts on the communities? livelihoods and their use of economically productive assets mainly in terms of the land they use for farming practices for subsistence and income. This will require the restoration, and preferably improvement, of livelihoods of those affected. 

To provide greater clarity and consistency in its longer-term planning and to comply with the requirements of IFC Performance Standard 2, PPC will develop a comprehensive approach to land acquisition,  livelihood restoration for economic displacement, and physical resettlement (if necessary in the future).  Specifically, PPC will develop and approve a Resettlement and/or Livelihood Restoration Framework by December 2014 to guide any future acquisition of land, and to manage any economic or physical resettlement that might arise. This will be designed to meet the requirements of this PS and developed in consultation with those affected. It will be undertaken with the objective of restoring or ideally improving the livelihoods and standards of living of displaced persons. It will also include the replacement of productive land, with security of tenure, and providing assistance for restoring and improving productive activities for those affected by economic displacement. All compensation will be provided at full replacement value, along with other assistance.  

Prior to any resettlement taking place, a detailed Resettlement Action Plan and/or Livelihood Restoration Plan will need to be developed based on the principles of the Framework, which will include: (a) detailed information on land/properties acquired and to be acquired through implementation of a census; (b) socio-economic baseline information of affected owners and their families; (c) impact assessment on the livelihoods of those affected, including vulnerable households, where relevant; (d) vulnerability analysis and eligibility for assisted resettlement and/or livelihood restoration for individual families, where  relevant; (e) evidence of consultations and compensation alternatives offered by PPC; (f) compensation packages at full replacement value, as agreed upon with each affected village (if common land) or individual families in the event of direct impacts; and (g) support given or to be given by PPC for community compensation, resettlement, employment/income restoration, and reestablishment of living conditions. It will also provide the budget and schedule provided by PPC for these activities. 

Under an ESAP action item, PPC will by 31 December 2014 complete a Land Acquisition, Compensation, and Livelihood Restoration Report for the land acquisition and economic displacement associated with its land acquisition in Zamba village, based on the elements of the Resettlement and/or Livelihood Restoration Framework.  Any future displacement, whether economic and/or physical, shall be undertaken on the basis of a detailed Resettlement Action Plan and/or Livelihood Restoration Plan.

Under an ESAP action item, PPC will (1) commission a yearly monitoring report by an independent expert on the implementation and effectiveness of resettlement and  livelihood restoration activities and (2) carry out an independent audit on the completion of its livelihood restoration program for any families directly affected by economic displacement (three years after such displacement occurs, or when relevant according to the Livelihood Restoration Plan), and of any physical displacement that may have taken place.

As set forth in the ESAP, the sponsor will be required to conduct all future project-related land acquisition in accordance with the above-referenced Resettlement and/or Livelihood Restoration Framework. In the event that land acquisition for ancillary components (i.e. housing for permanent workforce, access roads, railway spur, etc.) results in economic and/or physical displacement, the sponsor will prepare a site-specific action plan that conforms with the Framework, a report on the implementation of such a plan, yearly livelihood monitoring reports (if relevant), and a completion audit.