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Deal #2006 Version #56621
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Created at
2013-02-15
Last update
2021-01-07
Last full update
2023-03-13
Recognition status of community land tenure
Recognition status of community land tenure
Community traditional or customary rights recognized by government
Consultation of local community
Comment on consultation of local community
In late October/early November representatives from the company visited the local communities and heard their concerns.
How did the community react?
Community reaction
Rejection
Displacement of people
Displacement of people
Yes
Comment on displacement of people
deprived them of their customary access to forests and water
Negative impacts for local communities
Negative impacts for local communities
Cultural loss, Displacement
Materialized benefits for local communities
Materialized benefits for local communities
Health, Education, Other
Comment on materialized benefits for local communities
Potable water
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
A formal complaint by the Congolese land rights campaigners RIAO-RDC on behalf of the communities was filed in 2018 with Germany’s aid bank, leader of a continental group of development lenders to the business. An investigation is under way. CDC Group has said that it supports an independent mediation arising from the complaint.