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364 Pages·2005·16.8 MB·English

by  World Bank Group

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Appendices
Document Orientation

The present EIA report is split into three separate but closely related documents as
follows:

Volume1 – Executive Summary
Volume 2 – Main Report
Volume 3 – Appendices

This document is Volume 3 – Appendices.

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Glossary of Acronyms

AD Anno Domini
AfDB African Development Bank
AIDS Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ANC Antenatal Care
BCC Behavioural Change Communication
BHP Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project
BWMA Bumbuna Watershed Management Authority
BOD Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BP Bank Procedure (World Bank)
CBD Convention on Biodiversity
CHC Community Health Centre
CHO Community Health Officer
CHP Community Health Post
CLC Community Liaison Committee
COD Chemical Oxygen Demand
dbh diameter at breast height
DFID Department for International Development (UK)
DHMT District Health Management Team
DOC Dissolved Organic Carbon
DRP Dam Review Panel
DUC Dams Under Construction
EA Environmental Assessment
ECA Export Credit Agency
EFA Environmental Foundation for Africa
EHS Environment, Health and Safety
EHSO Environment, Health and Safety Officer
EIA Environmental Impact Assessment
EMP Environmental Management Plan
EPA Environmental Protection Act
EPD Department of the Environment
EPI Expanded Programme on Immunisation
EPP Emergency Preparedness Plan
ESAP Environmental and Social Advisory Panel
ESCG Environmental and Scientific Consulting Group, Freetown
EU European Union
FAO Food and Agriculture Organisation (of the United Nations)
FSL Full Supply Level
GEF Global Environment Fund
GIS Geographic Information System
GOI Government of Italy
GOSL Government of Sierra Leone
GWh Giga-watts per hour
ha Hectare
HEP Hydro-Electric Power
HH Household
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HQ Headquarters

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IDA International Development Association
IEC Information, Education and Communication
IFC International Finance Corporation
IRBM Integrated River Basin Management
ISWL Insulated Shield Wire Line
IUCN World Conservation Union
IWES Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies
IWRM Integrated Water Resource Management
km Kilometre
kV Kilovolt
LAIR Livelihood Assessment and Income Restoration
LAWCLA Lawyers Centre for Legal Assistance
LSA Late Stone Age
MAFFS Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security
MCH-Aid Maternal and Child Health Aid
MCH-FP Provision of Mother and Child Health Services, including Family
Planning
MCHP Maternal and Child Health Post
MEP Ministry of Energy and Power
mg Milligramme
Mm3 Million Cubic Metres
mm millimetre
MOHS Ministry of Health and Sanitation
MPT Multi-Purpose Tree
MVA Megavoltampere
MW Megawatt
NaCSA National Commission for Social Action
NBSAP National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
NCC National Compensation Commission
NEP National Environmental Policy
NEPB National Environmental Protection Board
NGO Non Governmental Organisation
NKUK Nippon Koei UK Co. Ltd.
NPA National Power Authority
OP Operational Policy (World Bank)
OCP Onchocerciasis Control Programme
ORT Oral Dehydration Therapy
PAPs Project Affected Persons
PCDP Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan
PHU Peripheral Health Unit
PIU Project Implementation Unit
PMF Probable Maximum Flood
ppm Parts per million
PRA Participatory Rural Appraisal
PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
RAP Resettlement Action Plan
RESU Regional Environment Sector Unit
RO Resettlement Officers
ROW Right of Way
SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment

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SHARP Sierra Leone HIV/AIDS Response Project
SIV Species Importance Value
SRDA Seli River Development Authority
STD Sexually Transmitted Disease
STI Sexually Transmitted Infection
TBA Traditional Birth Attendant
ToR Terms of Reference
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNHCR United Nations High Commission for Refugees
US United States (of America)
VIP (latrine) Ventilation-Improved
VRC Village Resettlement Committees
WCB Wildlife Conservation Branch
WHO World Health Organisation

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Table of Contents
A Administrative..................................................................................8
A.1 References..........................................................................................................8
A.2 Summary of the 1st Report of the Environmental and Social Panel (ESAP
2004).................................................................................................................13
A.3 Summary of the 1st Report of the Dam Review Panel (2004).........................17

B Social Issues....................................................................................21
B.1 Public Consultation and Disclosure Plan.......................................................21
B.2 Public Consultation Scoping Report...............................................................42
B.3 Grievance and Dispute Resolution Procedure ...............................................59
B.4 A Survey of Public Health in Bumbuna and the Surrounding Area ( NKUK
2004).................................................................................................................62
B.5 IFC Environmental Guidelines for Occupational Health and Safety...........75

C Related Studies...............................................................................93
C.1 Retrospective review of the Bumbuna Hydroelectric Project.......................93

D Climate..........................................................................................164
D.1 Precipitation (1921-1978)..............................................................................164
D.2 Relative Humidity, Temperature and Rainfall............................................168
D.3 Greenhouse Gases and Reservoirs................................................................179

E Hydrology.....................................................................................182
E.1 Pluviometric Stations in and around Bumbuna...........................................182
E.2 Average Monthly Evaporation (mm): A-pan and Bumbuna Reservoir......182
E.3 Badela and Bumbuna Gauging Stations and Bumbuna Dam Catchment..183
E.4 Monthly Peak Flows at Bumbuna and Badela Gauges (1970-79)................184
E.5 Unit Hydrograph for Bumbuna Catchment.................................................185

F Geology and Mineral Resources..................................................186
F.1 Methodology..................................................................................................186
F.2 Geology of the Project Area..........................................................................187
F.3 Geology of the Dam Site................................................................................190
F.4 Recent Deposits.............................................................................................191
F.5 Mineral Resources.........................................................................................191

G Induced Seismicity .......................................................................195
G.1 Methodology..................................................................................................195
G.2 Seismic Events...............................................................................................195

H Soil, Land Use and Agriculture...................................................198
H.1 Methodology..................................................................................................198
H.2 Soils and Related Physiographic Units.........................................................201
H.3 Soil Fertility...................................................................................................203
H.4 Land Suitability.............................................................................................204

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H.5 Vegetation, Land Use and Agriculture.........................................................206
H.6 Problems related to Land and Agriculture..................................................215

I Water Quality...............................................................................220
I.1 Chemical and Physical Analyses of Drinking Water...................................220
I.2 Impacts on upstream water quality from original EIA (1996)....................221
I.3 Limnological Implications of the Construction and Operation of the
Bumbuna Reservoir......................................................................................225

J Primates........................................................................................236

K Other Terrestrial Fauna..............................................................274
K.1 List of Mammals Identified During Field Studies in 2004...........................274
K.2 Birds Reported from the Study Area in 1994...............................................275
K.3 List of Bird Species Identified Within the Immediate Catchment Area.....277
K.4 Timed Species Counts (TSC) for all Bird Species Recorded in 2004..........283
K.5 Amphibians and Reptiles Identified During Surveys in 2004......................286

L Terrestrial Flora...........................................................................287
L.1 Plant Species Identified in the Lower Kasasi Riparian Forest Plot ............287
L.2 Plant Species Identified in the Middle Kasasi Riparian Forest Plot...........290
L.3 Plant Species Identified in the Upper Kasasi Riparian Forest Plot.............293
L.4 Plant Species Identified Along the Waia Path Transect..............................296
M Aquatic Ecology ...........................................................................299
M.1 Freshwater Fishery Questionnaire Employed During surveys in 2004.......299
M.2 Freshwater Fishery Questionnaire Employed in the Original EIA.............302

N Archaeology..................................................................................303
N.1 Culture, History and Archaeology of the Project Area...............................303
N.2 Review of Literature Relating to the Archaeology of Sierra Leone............321

O Remaining Construction..............................................................332
O.1 Programme of Works up to Project Completion (2004-2006).....................332
O.2 Summary of Main Activities and Quantities for Project Completion.........333

P Catchment Management..............................................................334
P.1 Water and Land Management Practice at Basin Level...............................334

Q Costs for Mitigation and Monitoring..........................................337
Q.1 Establish and administer the BWMA...........................................................337
Q.2 Construction measures..................................................................................338
Q.3 Clearing the reservoir area...........................................................................339
Q.4 Baseline bird survey......................................................................................340
Q.5 Baseline butterfly survey...............................................................................341
Q.6 Baseline reptile and amphibian survey.........................................................342
Q.7 Baseline small mammal survey.....................................................................343
Q.8 Baseline flora survey.....................................................................................344
Q.9 Baseline limnological study...........................................................................345

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Q.10 Baseline fisheries survey ...............................................................................346
Q.11 Baseline primate survey and monitoring programme.................................347
Q.12 Baseline archaeological field investigation...................................................348
Q.13 Desk study on Bumbuna conservation area.................................................349
Q.14 Community participation and awareness.....................................................350
Q.15 Establish the Water and Land Management Strategy and Action Plan....351
Q.16 Land and soil management programme.......................................................352
Q.17 Downstream fisheries management programme..........................................354
Q.18 Reservoir fisheries management programme ..............................................355
Q.19 Environmental flow sufficiency....................................................................356
Q.20 Agroforestry and forestry programme.........................................................357
Q.21 Agricultural development programme.........................................................358
Q.22 Study and mapping of land use and vegetation............................................359
Q.23 Ecological and ecotourism survey.................................................................360
Q.24 Establish and administer the BCA...............................................................361
Q.25 Social and health measures...........................................................................362
Q.26 Technical assistance programme for a project supervision unit in the Dept of
the Environment...........................................................................................363

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A Administrative
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Atherton, J. H. (1972). Excavations at Kamabai and Yagala Rock Shelters, Sierra
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Azimut, Infotierra, BGJLR (2005). Draft Final Report – Resettlement Action Plan –
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Bumbuna Hydro-Consultants (1980). Bumbuna Falls Hydroelectric Project – Phase 1
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Coon, C. S. (1968). Yengema Cave Report. Museum Monographs. Philadelphia: The
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Government of Sierra Leone (2003). National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan.
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Government of Sierra Leone (2004). Sierra Leone Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
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