Objectives:
Main objectives of this baseline environmental and social profile study were: Collecting the latest environmental and social information, to be required for the preliminary environmental scoping and screening; Conducting preliminary environmental impact evaluation, by assessing the order of the magnitude; Possible land-take and/or resettlement, to be caused by the development programs and/or projects on land; Regional water quality degradation/damages on existing fishing ground and/or fish farms, to be caused by development programs and/or projects in the river and/or sea; Summarizing relevant compensation to be required for the implementation of selected development programs and/or projects.
Services:
- Collected environmental legal framework, codes, criteria, conventions and organization charts
- Collected baseline environmental and social information for the followings
- Bio-Physical condition
- Socio-Cultural condition
- Pollution
- Conducted local biological environmental field study around ECA (ecologically critical area) and forest reserve The followings sample categories will be covered
- Floral Components
- Faunal Components
- Copies of Legal Codes
- Preliminary Assessment of Land Use Condition
Timeframe: June, 2015 - September, 2015
Realated Countries: Bangladesh
Client(s): International Development Center of Japan Inc. (IDCJ), JICA
Categories: Environment and Climate Change
