Cameroonian Groups Complaint Against Pipeline Project Filed With World Bank
- Author:
- Center for the Environment and Development
- Publisher:
- Center for the Environment and Development
- Publication Date:
- 25 Septembre 2002
- Tags:
- Cameroon, Chad, Environment, Petroleum
Communities in Cameroon affected by the World Bank financed Chad-Cameroon Pipeline filed this complaint (in French) with the World Bank's independent Inspection Panel. The claimants charge that several World Bank policies are violated during the ongoing construction of the pipeline, which traverses their villages, lands and, in the case of the Bakola pygmy communities, their traditional hunting areas in the coastal rainforest. The claim includes cited violations of World Bank policies on Natural Habitats, Indigenous Peoples, Environmental Impact Assessment, Poverty Reduction, Public Disclosure and Consultation and Project Supervision