Local communities / indigenous peoples
This section captures potential socio-economic impact variables based on the experiences of local communities and/or indigenous people affected by the land deal.
NameLocal ofCommunities/indigenous communitypeoples
1. Label:
Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected
Name of community
2. Definition and description: The names of the communities affected by the land deal.
3. Value range and format: Zero to many free text values.
Multiple values separated by the delimiter '#'.
<name(1)>#<name(2)>#...
Name of indigenous people
1. Label: Names of communities / indigenous peoples affected
Name of indigenous people
2. Definition and description: The names of the indigenious peoples affected by the land deal.
3. Value range and format: Zero to many free text values.
Multiple values separated by the delimiter '#'.
<name(1)>#<name(2)>#...
Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected
1. Label: Comment on communities / indigenous peoples affected
2. Definition and description: Additional context or clarifications regarding the local communities and/or indigenious people affected by the land deal.
3. Value range and format: Free text
Recognition status of community land tenure
1. Label: Recognition status of community land tenure
2. Definition and description: Indicates whether the traditional or customary land tenure rights of affected communities and/or Indigenous Peoples are recognised by the national government of the deal´s target country.
3. Value range and format: Allowed values (enum; multiple values separated by delimiter '|'):
Indigenous Peoples traditional or customary rights recognized by government; Indigenous Peoples traditional or customary rights not recog-nized by government; Community traditional or customary rights recognized by government; Community traditional or customary rights not recognized by government
Comment on recognitions status of community land tenure
1. Label: Comment on recognitions status of community land tenure
2. Definition and description: Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the recognition status of community land tenure.
3. Value range and format: Free text
Community consultation
1. Label: Consultation of local community
Community consultation
2. Definition and description: Extent and quality of the consultation process with local communities and/or Indigenous Peoples prior to the land acquisition.
3. Value range and format: Allowed values (enum / single-select):
Not consulted = no community consultation at all reported;
Limited consultation = One part of the community was consulted, while another part was not and/or the community was consulted, but not adequately (the standard of free prior and informed consent was not met)
Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) = FPIC process reported - consent was reached complying with the standard of free prior and informed consent
Other (see comment on consultation of local community)
Comment on consultation of local community
1. Label: Comment on consultation of local community
2. Definition and description: Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the community consultation process.
3. Value range and format: Free text
Community reaction
1. Label: Community reaction
2. Definition and description: Indicates how local communities reacted to the land deal.
3. Value range and format: Allowed values (enum / single-select):
Consent = affected community expressed consent/approval; Mixed reaction = both supportive and opposing reactions are reported;
Rejection = opposition/rejection by affected community is reported.
Comment on community reaction
1. Label: Comment on community reaction
2. Definition and description: Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the community reaction.
3. Value range and format: Free text.
Presence of land conflicts
1. Label: Presence of land conflicts
2. Definition and description: Indicates whether land conflicts are associated with the land acquisition.
3. Value range and format: Allowed values (enum / single-select):
Yes; No; Unknown.
Comment on presence of land conflicts
1. Label: Comment on presence of land conflicts
2. Definition and description: Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the presence of land conflicts.
3. Value range and format: Free text.
Displacement of people
1. Label: Displacement of people
2. Definition and description: Indicates whether people have been displaced or are expected to be displaced as a result of the land acquisition.
3. Value range and format: Allowed values (enum / single-select):
Yes; No; Unknown.
Number of people actually displaced
1. Label: Number of people actually displaced
2. Definition and description: Number of people displaced due to the land acquisition.
3. Value range and format: Single positive integer number.
Number of households actually displaced
1. Label: Number of households actually displaced
2. Definition and description: Number of households displaced due to the land acquisition.
3. Value range and format: Single positive integer number.
Number of people displaced out of their community land
1. Label: Number of people displaced out of their community land
2. Definition and description: Number of people displaced out of their community land due to the land acquisition.
3. Value range and format: Single positive integer number.
Number of people displaced staying on community land
1. Label: Number of people displaced staying on community land
2. Definition and description: Number of people displaced due to the land acquisition who continue to live on their community’s land.
3. Value range and format: Single positive integer number.
Number of households displaced "only" from their agricultural fields
1. Label: Number of households displaced "only" from their agricultural fields
2. Definition and description: Number of households displaced from their agricultural fields due to the land acquisition, but not from their homes.
3. Value range and format: Single positive integer number.
Number of people facing displacement once project is fully implemented
1. Label: Number of people facing displacement once project is fully implemented
2. Definition and description: Number of people expected to be displaced once the deal project is fully implemented.
3. Value range and format: Single positive integer number.
Comment on displacement of people
1. Label: Comment on displacement of people
2. Definition and description: Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the displacement of people.
3. Value range and format: Free text
Negative impacts for local communities
1. Label: Negative impacts for local communities
2. Definition and description: Negative impacts of the land deal on local communities.
3. Value range and format: Allowed values (enum; multi-select; multiple values separated by '|'):
Environmental degradation — Environmental degradation (e.g. soil degradation, contamination, pollution etc.).
Socio-economic — Negative socio-economic impacts on local people and communities (e.g. loss of employment/livelihood).
Cultural loss — Cultural loss (e.g. loss of traditional cultivation methods and knowledge of local vegetation patterns).
Eviction — Forced eviction of people/communities from their land.
Displacement — Displacement of local people/communities from their land as a result of the land deal.
Violence — Local people/communities experience violence as a result of the deal.
Other — All other negative impacts on local people/communieties as a result of the land deal. Specified in the comment.
Comment on negative impacts for local communities
1. Label: Comment on negative impacts for local communities
2. Definition and description: Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding negative impacts for local communities.
3. Value range and format: Free text.
Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
1. Label: Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
2. Definition and description: Description of the compensation or indemnification promised to local people and communities for the land acquisition and its consequences.
3. Value range and format: Free text.
Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
1. Label: Received compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)
2. Definition and description: Description of the compensation or indemnification already received by local people and communities for the land acquisition and its consequences.
3. Value range and format: Free text.
Promised benefits for local communities
1. Label: Promised benefits for local communities
2. Definition and description: Indicates types of benefits for local people and communities promised by the investor and/or the government.
3. Value range and format: Allowed values (enum; multi-select; multiple values separated by '|'):
Health — Improvement of health care services (e.g. building of hospitals, health insurance for employees, medical attendance of employees)
Education — Improvement of educational facilities and opportunities (e.g. building of schools, scholarships for children of employees)
Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery…) — Improvement of productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery)
Roads — Improvement or expansion of the public road system
Capacity Building — Capacity building opportunities and offers
Financial Support — Financial support (e.g. loans)
Community shares in the investment project — Local communities are promised an ownership stake or profit-sharing arrangement in the investment project.
Other — All other types of benefits for local people/communieties as a result of the land deal. Specified in the comment.
Comment on promised benefits for local communities
1. Label: Comment on promised benefits for local communities
2. Definition and description: Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the promised benefits for local communities.
3. Value range and format: Free text.
Materialized benefits for local communities
1. Label: Materialized benefits for local communities
2. Definition and description: Indicates types of benefits for local people and communities already materialized as a result of the land deal.
3. Value range and format: Allowed values (enum; multi-select; multiple values separated by '|'):
Health — Improvement of health care services (e.g. building of hospitals, health insurance for employees, medical attendance of employees)
Education — Improvement of educational facilities and opportunities (e.g. building of schools, scholarships for children of employees)
Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery…) — Improvement of productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery)
Roads — Improvement or expansion of the public road system
Capacity Building — Capacity building opportunities and offers
Financial Support — Financial support (e.g. loans)
Community shares in the investment project — Local communities are promised an ownership stake or profit-sharing arrangement in the investment project.
Other — All other types of benefits for local people/communieties as a result of the land deal. Specified in the comment.
Comment on materialized benefits for local communities
1. Label: Comment on materialized benefits for local communities
2. Definition and description: Additional context, clarifications, and/or discussion of conflicting information regarding the materialized benefits for local communities.
3. Value range and format: Free text.
Presence of organizations and actions taken
(e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
1. Label: Presence of organizations and actions taken (e.g. farmer organizations, NGOs, etc.)
2. Definition and description: Names of organisations present locally and descriptions of actions taken in connection with the land acquisition (e.g., farmer organisations, NGOs).
3. Value range and format: Free text.