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 > 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 pledged t...

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

Filing: Request for compliance review [PDF]

...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 star...

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 in dif...

Complaint > EPS Emergency Power Sector Reconstruction Loan, EPS Power II and EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Filing: Complaint

...wind). Serbia has less than one percent of electricity produced from new renewable energy sources. The Law on Energy Efficiency was passed in 20103, and although it emphasized the 2 www.rbkolubara.rs 3 http://www.epcg.co.me/pdf/06_01/Zakon_o_energetskoj_efikasnosti1.pdf 4 importance of energy efficiency in energy consumption, the concept of energy efficiency is not clearly de...

Complaint > Lake Victoria Environmental Management Project

Eligibility: 19-Eligibility Report (English)

...winds blew mats of the weed all the way from the headwaters of the Kagera in Rwanda and Burundi. The hyacinth also flourishes in nutrient-rich waters, as those along the Uganda shoreline of the lake are believed to be. At the outset of the LVEMP, the area between Entebbe and the Uganda/Kenya border had numerous floating mats of water hyacinth, and some bays were completely filled with the densely packed weed. Behind the Owen Falls dam, the hyacinth was backed up to the railway bridge over the Ni...

Complaint > Real LRIF-01/Coban

Compliance Report: English

...wind power projects in Central America and elsewhere in Latin America and the Caribbean. During its pre-investment review, IFC acknowledged that such projects could have negative impacts on local communities, including Indigenous Peoples. IFC also acknowledged the Fund lacked experience in the management of E&S risk. To help avoid and mitigate these risks, IFC agreed to support the Fund to develop a best-in-class ESMS. IFC also undertook to closely monitor the Fund’s compliance with IFC E&S requ...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Determined...

Complaint > Mining Infrastructure Investment Support and Mining Infrastructure Support - Additional Financing

Management Response: Management Response

...wind and solar – with hydropower being the most efficient and economical option for base load supply. Development of renewable energy is encouraged through the Renewable Energy Law of Mongolia (2007), which sets feed-in tariffs to encourage investment. Renewables hold great promise for Mongolia. Due to the harsh climate, however, coal will remain important for heat and power in the near future. Given these conditions, Mongolia is facing significant challenges in meeting its Nationally Determined...

Complaint > Boskov Most Hydro Power

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...wind, solar and sustainable biomass have not been properly assessed and the area for the project could be considered a “critical” habitat by virtue of the proven presence of the Balkan lynx in the Project area, which, according to Macedonian scientists, is a critically endangered species. During discussions in Skopje on 7th February 2012, the Complainant provided further information comprising maps showing current and proposed zoning of the Mavrovo ...

Complaint > Oyu Tolgoi-01/Khanbogd

Agreement: Khanbogd Tri-Partite Council MoU - English

...wind and cold.6 In addition, the possibility of land freezing under the thin layer of animal droppings in the animal shelters was not taken into account, which led to big losses of livestock in the 2004 zud7 for all resettled households, resulting in a drop in living conditions. The ground under animal droppings in our winter camps, which were used for generations by herder households, does not freeze, keeping animals warm during the winter. In addition, the diminished quantity and quality of pa...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Filing: 16-Request for Inspection (English)

...wind-swept, arid lands currently used for grazing by indigenous nomads, into intensive agricultural production. It also includes the construction of a 40-meter dam; extensive irrigation networks; rural roads; increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; labor mobility (encouraging migration from a rural way of life to the cities); and the potential entanglement with the extensive lao gai prison labor network and its associated industries. Moreover, it raises serious questions about the recognize...

Complaint > Western Poverty Reduction Project

Eligibility: 16-Eligibility Report (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 > Lydian Intl3-01/Gndevaz & Jermuk

Compliance Report: English

...wind direction.  Presence of Armenian “Red Book” species of Flora and Fauna at the mine site.15 C. Social Issues, Quality of the ESIA, and Consultation Processes  Transparency and adequacy of consultation for the land acquisition process.  Whether negotiations to purchase lands from Gndevaz residents were done under duress because of the threat of expropriation.  Risks of impacts to the tourism sector in Jermuk from negative perceptions of mining with res...

Complaint > EPS Emergency Power Sector Reconstruction Loan, EPS Power II and EPS Kolubara Environmental Improvement

Eligibility: Eligibility Assessment Report

...wind)’. 41 In support of this contention, the Complaint cites the relevant energy 39 Kolubara III Complaint, at 5. 40 Project No. 17829 - 2001 EPS Emergency Power Reconstruction Loan; Project No. 27005 - 2003 EPS II; and Project No. 41923 – 2011 Kolubara Environmental Improvement Project. The Complaint also suggests, at 6, that the impacts of the mooted Kolubara B Project, involving a proposal for a new 750 MW lignite-fired power plant next to the Kolubara lignite mining basin, should be c...

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

Compliance Report: 24-Investigation Report (English)

...wind energy, “there is insufficient information at the present time, on which to consider wind energy as a significant source of grid-based energy. Further investigation of the wind resource in Uganda would be valuable.”192 As for solar power, the Report concludes that: 187 Id, Section 4.2.3 188 Ibid. 189 The Acres Report, p. 4-26 190 Id, p. 4-27. 191 Id, p. 4-37. 192 Id, p. 4-41 ...

Complaint > National Drainage Program Project

Compliance Report: 34-Investigation Report (English)

...winds and the natural flow of water. Even while the structures were holding, gradual changes to the ecosystem occurred. As the Tidal Link structures began to fail, the problems worsened. The Cholri Weir , one of these structures, was built to maintain water levels in the dhands, protect the m from Tidal Link effluent, and prevent them from draining into the Tidal Link channel. From the beginning, its functioning caused concern. Measurements in September 1996 revealed a very substantial flow over...

Complaint > Tata Ultra Mega-01/Mundra and Anjar

Filing: Complaint from Machimar Adhikar Sangharsh Sangathan (MASS – Association for the Struggle for Fishworkers Rights) regarding Tata Ultra Mega, June 11, 2011

...winds and currents. The creeks also form a natural drainage system; if disrupted, unseasonal flooding could occur. The Mundra‐Anjar zone is also a major site for salt production; its 1,720 hectares of salt beds contribute roughly one tenth of the total production in Kutch. These are a major source of livelihood and employment for nearly 15,000 persons who produce around 600 thousand MT annually which is valued at close to INR 300 million.9 With such rare ecological diversity, a clear safeguard m...