Although the majority of the residents had been offered compensation, others preferred not to leave their homes and felt the government’s plans to go ahead with construction amounted to forced eviction.

Forced Displacement: In Brazil, residents of Vila Autódromo resisted displacement to clear land for construction of the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

In recent years, fears that the project may be revived have sparked new protests.

In addition, the dam would affect cultural rights, as the Myitsone area is believed to be the birthplace of the Kachin people. Local communities reported losing their farmland, which was the source of their income. The reservoir was expected to flood an area the size of Singapore. The dam itself would displace thousands of people and affect fishermen and communities downstream. The 3.6 billion USD dam was to be financed by China. In Myanmar, opposition to the Myitsone dam on the Irrawaddy river forced the government in 2011 to put the project on hold. As the dam was filled, the communities reported they had not yet been relocated, that the dam had flooded areas where they used to access medicinal vegetation and that the project had cut road links to other communities. Loss of Livelihood and Negative Health Impacts: In Mexico, Indigenous communities near a newly built dam in Sonora were not consulted or informed when the dam started to be filled.Oxfam’s research shows that while more companies are making commitments to free, prior, informe consent (FPIC), implementation is still weak and gaps remain between policy commitments and practices.Įven companies or financial institutions that have policy commitments to community engagement can sometimes have business models that depend on project timelines which do not allow for sufficient time for consultation with affected stakeholders.This can lead to the following risks to people:.A Chatham House report with perspectives from the extractives sector shows that even though setbacks from break-downs in community relations are costly, community engagement often fails because it is seen as a “distraction,” as a box-ticking exercise, or because community relations officers are marginalized or only involved when things go wrong.A survey of construction project managers shows that while they believe engagement with the local community improves relationships, they see it as a burdensome, arduous, time consuming and costly process.Oftentimes, even when companies see the importance of consulting affected communities their approaches are not effective. Research in the mining sector shows that often there is a tension between “technical time” – the time needed for the construction or completion of a project – and “social time” – the time needed to address community concerns related to the project.

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