Comprehensive survey of affected lands and properties

The development of the Project will entail the temporary or permanent loss of land for the population: loss of some agricultural land and loss of few properties.

A comprehensive survey was conducted concerning people, land, properties, collective goods, sacred sites and impacted practices. This has lead to a resettlement action plan issued in july 2016, in favor of local communities affected by the project, whose objective is to restore the standards of living of affected people, according to Cameroonian legislation and international best practices.

After the signature of the Ministerial decree n°001516/MINDCAF/SG/D1/D14 for declaring the public utility of the Project (“DUP” decree) on 10 November 2014, the “Commission de Constat et d’Evaluation” was established on 5 march 2015 by the Governor of Province “Centre” to organize this survey and the marking of boundaries of the DUP area.

Affected people and properties survey was carried out from august 2015 to may 2016.

Compensating actions program shall be put in place in collaboration with Government in Q4-2016.

In March and April 2015, regional authorities, with the project team support, organized public information meetings to share the main features and planning of the project, and to announce the beginning of affected properties surveys (in October 2015 in Mfoundi):

Timetable of comprehensive survey :