Complaint > Visayas Base-Load Power Project

Monitoring: 3rd Annual Monitoring Report

...wind direction and power production and this data is verified as accurate and again made transparent by sharing the same with all stakeholders including the complainants, communities, and KSPC as well as other industrial establishments concerned such as APO Cement; (iii) the air quality monitoring data is then used to verify the air modeling that is done and the model is appropriately adjusted and this data and modeling is also made transparent and feedback obtained from all stakeholders....

Complaint > Kosovo Power Project (Proposed)

Management Response: 78-Management Response (English)

...wind). Since Kosovo is a signatory to the Energy Community Treaty, two objectives of the strategy, i.e., decommissioning of Kosovo A and bringing Kosovo B into compliance with the EU Directive on Large Combustion Plants, represent legal obligations under the treaty. 16. Implementation of the above strategy is expected to reduce particulate matter (PM) emissions by over 90 percent and sulfur and nitrogen oxides by more than 70 per- cent over the current levels. In the absence of new ca...

Complaint > Nedbank Tier II-01/Kintinian

Filing: Letter of complaint to CAO with annexes - Nedbank-01 - April 2017

Osvaldo Gratacos Vice President and CAO Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman International Finance Corporation 2121 Pennsylvani a Avenue NW Washin gton, DC 20433 USA E-mail: CAO@worldbankgroup.org April 27, 2017 Dear Vice President Gratacos Re: Complaint concerning IFC loan to NedBank Group Ltd (Project no. 26014) 1. Centre de Commerce International pour le Developpement ("CECIDE"), Le Memes Droits Pour Tous ("MDT"), and Inclusive Development International ("IDI'') are submitt...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Management Response: 16-Management Response (English)

...wind during land development in order to minimize wind fetch and the potential for erosion. It has also been recommended that no land development be done during the windy period of the year (April–May) to further reduce risks. However, in response to concerns, it has been agreed that the Pre-Pilot Phase of the Project will be used to carry out additional research on the impacts of the existing adjacent settlements on ecological systems outside the Project development areas to provide a quantifie...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Management Response: 31-Management Response (English)

...winds as the rotary cross spectrum between wind and currents showed good correlation at the diurnal frequency. The sub-inertial period energy decreased with depth for the whole year. Tidal height measurements are given in the Final Report of the Oceanographic Program, Hazen and Sawyer, October 199. The fluctuations are small, generally less than 45 cm, and so do not contribute significantly to the currents. 2.3 Density Stratification Density stratification, the variation of seawater density with...

Complaint > Lukoil Overseas-02/Berezovka

Eligibility: English

...wind direction in at all times from the communities situated at various distances along the KOGCF perimeter toward the center (!) of the field, which improperly lowers possible concentrations of pollutants” (KEPS Report, 2006, pp. 28-29). • “Environmental-protection measures have not been implemented for a number of years (KEPS Report, 2006, p. 30). 6 • “The company is violating its own statements and declarati...

Complaint > Lukoil Overseas-03/Berezovka

Eligibility: English

...wind has shifted and/or the concentrations have diminished.  The water is contaminated by the project‘s emissions and not suitable for drinking or irrigating.  Many residents are frightened of KPO‘s operations and live in fear that a disaster or serious accident could happen at any time. 5  For a number of reasons, the Community Forum that was established by KPO is not a trusted venue for ...

Complaint > Real LRIF-01/Coban

Appraisal: English

...wind power projects in the 20 to 60 MW range. The geographical focus for the Fund’s investments included Panama, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru and other Latin America and Caribbean countries. While the client’s target projects were not considered large by IFC standards, IFC did note they could potentially have negative impacts on local communities, indigenous peoples, cultural heritage, resettlement, biodiversity and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS).11 More specifically, IF...

Complaint > Myanma Awba Group Company Ltd.-01/Myanmar

Eligibility: Assessment Report, Myanma Awba Group Company Ltd.-01 - June 2018 - English

...wind was blowing, but that the odor causes nausea, dizziness, breathlessness, and headaches, and is particularly bad for small children. This also has an impact on agricultural productivity, because the side effects of the odor make it difficult to work, particularly at night in the rubber plantations. They indicated that community members who can afford to relocate have already moved, however, most community members are poor and cannot afford to relocate or to buy masks to protect themselv...

Complaint > Pan African Paper-01/Webuye

Eligibility: Assessment Report, October 15, 2008

...windling wood supply and high fuel costs. In May of 1994, IFC led a financial restructuring of the company. Both the restructuring (in 1998) and the final IFC loan (in 1996) were intended to support a Technical Upgrade Program that included the elimination of elemental chlorine bleaching and conversion to chlorine dioxide. According to IFC, by March of 1996 the upgrade program had not been fully completed due to the continued cash flow difficulties. In May 2008, the Government of Kenya ple...

Complaint > Yanacocha-02/Cajamarca

Agreement: April 2002

...wind to the shepherding fields, producing the disappearance of many herbal species that serve as nourishment for the livestock. According to community members, the dust from the mine also settles on their animals, causing hair loss, injuries to the skin, and death of the animals in some cases. The community also 5 asserted that frogs, which years before existed in great quantities and...

Complaint > Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

Filing: Request for compliance review

...wind blows from the conveyor side to their side (which is quite often). There are layers of coal dust covering their floors, their bodies when they sleep outside on the terrace (something which is normal in summer). Villagers from Tunda‐Vandh also reported breathing difficulties, whenever the coal conveyor runs “at speed”. 2. Children’s Health at Risk There is a roughly 20% increase in children’s respiratory diseases in the past two years, since the CGPL is functioning. It is a ...

Complaint > Power Sector Generation and Restructuring Project

Eligibility: 46-Eligibility Report (English)

...winds and currents, will affect the enclosed Vlora Bay and contaminate the Vlora city air. These effects will have a negative impact not only on local population and fishing but also on the tourism industry which is an important source of employment and income in the area. The Requesters stated that the prospect of economic growth of the area is mostly based precisely on the activities to be harmed by the Project, namely tourism and fishing. 29 Manageme...

Complaint > Itaparica Resettlement and Irrigation Project

Filing: Request for Inspection

...wind speeds of 10 metersper second or more. Consequent&, up to 50% of the area is not properly irrigated The coordinator conciudes his letter by exhorting the World Bank to act in favor of the project: We wish to draw your attention once again to this cynïcul disregard, so that the World Bank can tmly asume its responsibility towardfamilies affected by the &, and so that we do not go hungry in thefuture, as victims of a mistakenpolicy thai the Bank itse!fpubldy cord.znrz (Annlex N>. Offi...

Complaint > Cartagena Water Supply, Sewerage and Environmental Management Project

Management Action Plan: 31-Management Progress Report

...wind patterns. The Bank will also request that ACUACAR hire an international expert to provide a third and independent opinion on the two- dimensional models contracted under the Project and the detailed review presented in Annex B of the Panel's report. Itisk of Diapirismri (mitd In response to the Panel's suggestion and given the utility and relatively low cost of suchI volcanism) a survey. ...

Complaint > Manila Second Sewerage Project (MSSP)

Eligibility: 28-Eligility Report (English)

...winds could carry floating septage towards the shoreline.45 According to the Response, a Bank-hired independent expert (Fenviron, December 1995), and a study prepared by Danish Hydraulic Institute (MSSP-Modeling of the Dispersion of Septage from Ocean Dumping, January 1997), concurred with the EIA/EMP that the environmental risk in the sea disposal of septage would be insignificant.46 30. According to Management the sea disposal site is one of eight waste ...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Management Action Plan: 34-First Management Progress Report (English)

...wind energy for pumping water and generating electricity; and (vi) reducing physical vulnerability, through the construction of flood protection and sea water containment structures and better response mechanisms by communities. 8. Financing agreements have been signed over the last year with ten partner organizations (POs) participating in the SCAD through an informal organization, the Sindh Coastal Areas Network (SCAN). The network provides a platform for improving the quality of life, allevia...

Complaint > Pando-Monte Lirio Hydroelectric Power Project

Appraisal: Issuance of Assessment Report

...wind). Grupo Eleta is a Panamanian private foundation organized in 2003 by Fernando Eleta Almarán. The Group’s principal main include: communications media, energy, real estate, and agribusiness. The cost of the Pando-Monte Lirio project is calculated at US$291.7 million, of which US$109 million will be EISA capital, US$153 million will be senior debt, and US$30 million will be subordinated debt. The project is expected to be financed at a 63:37 debt-to-equity ratio. The project is cofinanced by...

Complaint > Food and Agriculture Health and Quality Management Program (CCLIP)

Filing: Request received by Executive Secretariat

...wind over very long distances and contaminate aquatic systems thousands of miles away. Some pesticides may leach into groundwater, causing human health problems from contaminated wells.” (“Agricultural pollution of water resources”) For this reason, Professor Mártir of Honduras stated that “By abusing agrochemicals, we are planting skeletons instead of plants.” (Participatory analysis of natural resources, San Francisco Candelaria, Lempira). For its part, the WHO recognizes weaknesses in the p...

Complaint > Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project

Compliance Report: Final Report (English)

...winds. According to CGPL, coal dust pollution is strong during the three winter months when wind blows from the coal stock piles towards the village. Residents of the Wand and Tunda villages confirmed this, but also indicated that they were regularly cleaning to remove the dust deposits. They complained about strong coal dust pollution all year round. The pollution is much stronger at Wand village, where some houses are located less than 300 m away from the CGPL coal storage area and convey...