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Land use

We recognise that the acquisition of land can affect the livelihoods of people who live, work, or otherwise depend on the land acquired.

The mine requires land for its operation and infrastructures. Some of that land will remain in the public domain. Some will become the private property of the mine. Some will be occupied only temporarily, and some lands will be permanently acquired and transformed.

Our land use negotiations and compensation are in strict compliance with a variety of regulatory frameworks, including:

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QMM’s Environmental management plan
The Government of Madagascar’s Mining Code
The World Bank’s Safeguards Policies (OP 4.12 )

The local population of the Mandena region, where the mine is being built, will authorise our occupation and exploitation of the deposit in a land use agreement. Read about our integrated compensation programme – the overarching programme in which our social and environmental programmes run.

An in depth livelihood baseline assessment is being undertaken in 2007, which will inform the integrated compensation programme. The baseline study will identify and target particularly vulnerable groups such as women, ethnic minorities, the very poor and other socially or economically disadvantaged populations. These groups are often the most adversely affected, and the least equipped to benefit from the positive impacts of the project.

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