Deal #2376 Version #90822

Consultations with local communities were not carried out in a way as to ensure their effective participation.

Resistance to the project included setting fire to plantations and allowing cattle in to eat the saplings. In April 2012, people in Sanga District cut down 12 hectares of new trees, and 12 people were arrested.local people pulled out seedlings of 2 hectares of planted area to show their sadness against the unclear allocation of benefits, arising from the plantation projects, especially jobs.

Agreements made with village chiefs on lands to be used by the companies have not been respected.SAince the implementation several conflicts have occured with the many rural communities in the region in a country where 70-80% of the population lives in rural communities. The main conflict cause therefore is the dispute over land. Chikweti with a concession given by the national government, claims exactly the same lands as the communities have traditionally been using. Agreements made with village chiefs on lands to be used by the companies have not been respected. Also workers of the company have complained about being fired soon after been contracted, lack of transport, littly payment and discrimination

negative impact ranges from loss of access to land and water by local community, destruction of ecosystems to loss of biodiversity and impacts on soils. Environmental ImpactsVisible: Fires and Food insecurity (crop damage)

Ussumane community claim to have built 2 schools with the money from Chikweti.