Complaint > Sustainable Development of Natural Resources - Additional Financing, and Sustainable Development of Natural Resources II

Filing: 83-Second Request for Inspection (English)

...winds down properly. As the experts noted, the closing of a mine is if anything, even more important than how the mine is opened. As can be seen, this complex project will likely have a very significant impact on Afghanistan, positive or negative. In order to monitor and manage all aspects of the project throughout the multi-decade life of the mining project, and to ensure the collaborative sharing of information and the joint and coordinated development of solutions, a committee of officials, e...

Complaint > South-West Roads: Western Europe-Western China International Transit Corridor (CAREC-1b & 6b) - 1st request

Management Response: 66-Management Response (English)

...wind erosion, dust and moving sand dunes. From southeast of Kyzylorda city to Turkestan, the climate gradually becomes less arid with steppe vegetation, dominated by grassland with small patches of forest near rivers and in valleys. Further southeast, the area between Turkestan and Shymkent is used extensively for agriculture and horticulture. The Project area includes both the densely populated areas in South Kazakhstan oblast and the Kyzylorda oblast, where the population density is less than ...

Complaint > Transport Sector Support Project and its Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...window line is not alleged to result from vibration). 13 Kenya Photo: Identified house with cracks allegedly from vibration 36. Disruption of utility services. A disruption occurred in November 2018, when a water pipe was cut. However, records show that service was restored within three hours. Management is not aware of other reports of disruption to services. 37. Storm drainage and flooding. The scope of the works...

Complaint > Second Urban Environment Sanitation Project

Compliance Report: 49-Investigation Report (English)

...wind of a residential area in the prevailing wind direction(s).105 152. These Guidelines also include a table on “Buffer Zone Width” which lists maximum and minimum widths for different landfill categories. For “Metropolitan/Municipal it lists 600 meter maximum and 300 meter minimum. For Large Urban/Small Urban it lists 400 meter maximum and 200 meter minimum.106 153. The Panel expert notes that minimum setback distances for a general waste sanitary landfi...

Complaint > Rio Bogota Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project

Filing: 108-Request for Inspection

...wind and are the result of the natural recovery process and existing trees from the closure of garbage dump 30 years ago. In this respect the following aerial photography can compare the size of the forest in 1998 against the current size: Photograph of the forest in 1998 Photograph of the forest is 2014 33 33 Maps of Bogotá 2015 19 Somos Uno Colectivo Foundation NIT 900929423-6 3043258332-3132893904 Bogotá, Colombia Photograph of the forest in 2004 Photograph of the forest is 201...

Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Compliance Report: 19-Investigation Report (English)

...wind and wave action linked to the El Nino phenomenon. Some attributed it to the biological control 40 program which was in progress at the time. Some attributed it to a combination of the above and other factors. The question remains marked by uncertainty. 125. Just before the Panel’s second visit, the Kenyan Project Management declared victory over the water hyacinth. Sober second thoughts, h...

Complaint > Third Power Project, Fourth Power Project, and proposed Bujagali Hydropower Project

Management Response: 24-Management Response (English)

...wind power, geothermal power, solar energy, small scale hydropower, biomass, co- generation facilities, thermal power plants, large scale hydropower, and electricity demand management. Based on these studies, large scale hydropower development emerged as the most viable way forward for Uganda in the short to medium term. 65. The Rust Kennedy and Donkin Hydropower Development Master Plan included a comparative analysis of the environmental effects of Murchison, Ayago North, Ayago South, Kamdi...

Complaint > Rio Bogota Environmental Recuperation and Flood Control Project

Management Response: 108-Management Response(English)

...winds study, and additional supervision reports and data. 29 in the area of influence of the plant, the number of hours in which the people will be exposed to offensive odors and 2010 EA. In connection with the present Project, CAR toxic substances and negative health impacts involved with then developed the 2010 EA to assess the potential the expansion. ...

Complaint > Quilleco Hydropower Project

Management Response: 67-Management Response (English)

...wind farms. It owns the Pangue plant (also the subject of specific concerns on the part of the Requesters). ENDESA’s Spanish parent company is a participant in several Bank-managed carbon funds, but not in those with interests in the Colbún projects. (c) Hidroeletrica Guardia Vieja (“HGV”) is a Chilean company and the sponsor of the Chacabuquito and Hornitos plants. HGV was also the ...

Complaint > Bogota Urban Services Project

Management Response: 52-Management Response (English)

...windows, and which was disclosed December 17, 2002 according to Bank cracked walls.” policy, included an assessment of the potential impacts as- Note: This is a summary of several allegations in the sociated with the works. The EIA found that the Project was Request. All other cells in this column are translated expected to result in temporary negative environmental im- text taken directly from the Request. ...

Complaint > Energy Loss Reduction Project (Rogun HPP, Tajikistan)

Management Response: 70-Management Response (English)

...wind (500-2702 kg/ha per year) to many kilometres away. 6. Reduced water use in the summer shall affect the hydro chemical properties and mineralization of river water, which in turn shall lead to salt accumulation in the irrigated lands. If the situation in Amudarya basin remains the same (water excess in the winter and its deficiency in the summer), the damage to the soil fertility shall be growing more severe and eventually shall lead to the new environmental d...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Compliance Report: 31-Informe de Investigación (Español)

...Wind-Forced Response on a Buoyant Coastal Current: Observations of the Western Gulf of Maine Plume. Journal of Marine Systems. Vol 12. 69-81. Fong D.A. y Geyer W.R. 2001. Response of a River Plume During an Upwelling Favorable Wind Event. Journal of Geophysical Research. Vol 106 (C1), 1067-1084. Fratantoni D.M. y Richardson P.L. 1999. SOFAR float Observations of an Intermediate- Depth Eastern Boundary Current and Mesoscale Variability in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Physical O...

Complaint > Ecodevelopment Project

Eligibility: 11-Eligibility Report (English)

...winds, State turned a blind eye to the exploitation of the Nagarahole Adivasi by the planters and tobacco growers even while legislating many forest laws, perpetrating state sponsored exploitation. STATE IMPOSED WELFARE MEASURES: Naturally, under the circumstances the priority of the State revolved around forceful eviction of the Adivasi from their habitat and “civilize” them through various welfare schemes such as providing modern education, giving them alien implements such as those which are ...

Complaint > Natural Resource Management Project

Compliance Report: 84 - Investigation Report (English)

...wind” resulting in great harm to their cultural identity. The Panel also heard concerns that the provision of compensation to individual families in lieu of a properly planned resettlement process is contrary to the vital importance of recognizing the collective nature of customary rights of indigenous peoples, including their collective attachment to the forests. Moreover, the Panel was told that there were major concerns about the accuracy of the lists of people identified for the initiative. ...

Complaint > Proposed Kosovo Power Project and Second Additional Financing Energy Sector Clean-up and Land Reclamation Project

Compliance Report: 103-Inspection Panel Investigation Report(English)

...wind, biomass, and biogas-fired power generation, upgrading Kosovo B, and constructing a new 600-MW coal power plant. 35 These criteria are (i) a demonstrated developmental impact of the project including improving overall energy security, reducing power shortage, or access for the poor; (ii) assistance provided to identify and prepare low- carbon projects; (iii) optimized energy sources, looking at the possibility of meeting the country‘s needs through energy efficiency (both supply and dem...

Complaint > Second Norte Grande Water Infrastructure Project

Eligibility: 73-Eligibility Report (English)

...Winds DULCE Rv. LOS FLORES Neighborhood Exhibit 4- Photos of existing sewer discharges. CITY OF SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO (WEST bank of the DULCE River) Alsina Discharge ULLUAS Lagoon Atmospheric Trucks LA COSTA 2 Discharge (direct inspection by Prosecutor GOMEZ) SIGLO XXI Discharge LOS FLORES Discharge Double discharge at LA COSTA LA COSTA 1 Discharge New discharge under construction Exhibit 5 – False Addresses of Indigenou...

Complaint > Greater Beirut Water Supply Project

Eligibility: 71-Inspection Panel Final Report and Recommendation (English)

...Windsor Sung, Ph.D, PE Program Manager, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Memo To: Claire A. Kfouri From: Windsor Sung Date: November 26, 2012 Re: Greater Beirut Water Supply Project ± Independent Water Quality Review Summary Water quality data from Joun, Bisri (Awali river), Anane and Qaraoun (Karoun) Reservoirs were reviewed. These wer...

Complaint > Water Supply Augmentation Project, Greater Beirut Water Supply Project and its Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...wind, drawdown zone vegetation, upper catchment inputs (especially from sewage and runoff), decay of inundated soil and biomass, growth and decay of aquatic plants, methane bubbles (due to lower hydrostatic pressure), plankton growth and decay, degassing ...

Complaint > West African Gas Pipeline Project

Compliance Report: 40-Investigation Report (English)

...windows and doors to the new house) was to be included in the negotiated prices based on OPTS rates adjusted for inflation. The moving expenses of commercial structure were to be included if they were not replaced.218 191. The RAP also used the cash compensation to mitigate the loss of food sources of some subsistence PAPs, both tenants and owners, who were to “receive a substantial amount of cash part of which would be used for fo...

Complaint > Yacyreta Hydroelectric Project

Compliance Review: Review and Assessment (English)

...wind and waves to break them up. This is a recurring problem of considerable magnitude that should be included specifically in operating costs as well as with respect to environmental impacts and the Ana Cua branch solution. Paraguay side 74. General conditions on the coast near the city of Encarnación indicated that vegetation had been removed prior to the filling to a large extent. Some small patches of emergent or rotting vegetation along the Parana R...