Environmental Assessment
Volume B-5.1
Mine
Socioeconomics
Ambatovy Project
309
January 2006
5.1
SOCIOECONOMICS
5.1.1
Introduction
The five communes of Morarano Gare, Ambohibary, Moramanga,
Ampasimpotsy and Andasibe are the primary areas of mine impact. These
communes are nearest to the mine site and can expect to see significant
interaction with the mine in regard to economic opportunities, given agreement to
provide training and employment locally. Moramanga, where all mine
recruitment activities will occur, has a more diversified economy than other more
rural communities and as a result may see comparatively more economic
benefits. Because of their propensity to experience more negative impacts as
well, it is these communes that will benefit from social mitigation and potential
investments by the Ambatovy Project (the project) in the mine area. These
communes also use land, water and forest resources with some potential to be
negatively affected by the mine. Residents of these five communities will also be
subject to the potentially negative project effects associated with in-migration.
Fokontany within these communes that are closest to the mine site are more
likely to experience negative effects. Baseline socioeconomic information has
been provided in Volume K, Appendix 1.1.
5.1.2
Impact Mitigation and Benefit Enhancement
Socioeconomic mitigation and benefit enhancement will largely be planned and
implemented for the project as a whole. While there are initiatives that are
required specific to certain project components, and the potential for effects these
components may individually have, most measures the proponent will undertake
are applicable to all or almost all of the project components, at least in terms of
objectives, principles and approaches. This section is general to all five project
components, however where it is necessary to differentiate between components,
this is noted. The impact mitigation and benefit enhancement matrix in
Table 5.1-1 also provides additional detail on how the measures described below
relate to the mine specifically.
