Deal #4717

Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected

Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected

Land is in the process of being handed back to the community in 2013

Consultation of local community

Community consultation

Not consulted

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Consent

Comment on community reaction

Local people did not consider foreign investors as intruders and new colonists but welcomed them, based on – at least partly justified – expectations of getting employment and highly needed infrastructure or other benefits as compensation for their land.

Presence of land conflicts

Yes

Comment on presence of land conflicts

There were conflicts around land issues (personal communication by Locher with former Plantation Operations Manager in 2013). Land is in the process of being handed back to the community in 2013

Displacement of people

Comment on displacement of people

Land is in the process of being handed back to the community in 2013

Promised or received compensation

Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)

10 per cent of the revenue from selling carbon credits.

Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)

Many of the promised compensations have not materialised. TF did not pay any compensation in cash, but constructed different infrastructural buildings in each village such as dispensary, village office, water tank, etc. .

Promised benefits for local communities

Health, Education, Roads

Comment on promised benefits for local communities

Community infrastructure-It was also agreed to start construction of a dispensary and a community hall, which is now under way.

Materialized benefits for local communities

Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...)

Comment on materialized benefits for local communities

Dispensary, village office, water tank,etc. Building roads and bridges-In the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, the company has built and maintains over100km of village and district roads. Forest roads within the plantations, which are often used by villagers, are also regularly maintained. In Tanga, a 10km road between Langoni and Gendagenda was graded and maintained. Education-Tanga company has assisted in building a teachers’ staff house and renovating a classroom at Langoni primary school. Health care-During 2008, TFL facilitated the construction of a village and healthcare office in Langoni, Tanga, Tanzania. TFL has also agreed to construct a dispensary in Mtango. In Bukaleba, Uganda, medicalequipment including thermometers, blood pressure readers and stethoscopes were distributed to four local health centres and the district hospital. An HIV/ AIDS awareness programme for workers and their families was agreed on and is being implemented Communuty infrastructure-It was also agreed to start construction of a dispensary and a community hall, which is now under way.