Land Acquisition, Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Indigenous Peoples’ Policy, 3rd edition (2007) interference and coercion and must give special attention to the concerns of Indigenous women, youth, and children. There must be full disclosure of the intent, scope, benefits, potential adverse effects of the project, and measures to avoid, reduce, minimize, and mitigate these effects in a language and manner that is culturally appropriate and understandable to the affected Indigenous Peoples’ Communities. The proponent shall also disclose this LARRIPP to the affected ICCs/IPs. If necessary, separate consultations will be held with IP women and children and with ICC’s leaders. A representative of the NCIP will be invited and should be present in the meeting. 1. IPs are to be resettled. The project proponent shall disclose during the IP meeting the necessity of relocating the whole or large portion of the IP community or individual IP families. If the IP community were migrants in the place and would have to be resettled, the project proponent can present the option of returning to their place of origin. If this option were chosen, transportation allowance or assistance would be provided along with compensation and other types of entitlements due to those to be resettled as found in Chapter III of this LARRIPP. The project proponent with the NCIP will prepare the hosting community. If the place of origin and re-settlement of the affected IPs were an ancestral domain or an area with a pending application to be declared such, the Free and Prior Informed Consent (FPIC) of the receiving ICC/IPs would be obtained first following the FPIC Guidelines of 2006. If the IPs refuse this option, the proponent in cooperation with the relevant government agencies will fully disclose the resettlement site, aware of their possible preference to relocate and reside as a separate and distinct group in one neighborhood to preserve kinship and identity. The resettled IP community shall be compensated and enjoy entitlements the same as those given to non-IPs as spelled out in this LARRIPP. The IP community may opt to receive the compensation and entitlements in culturally appropriate form consistent with their traditions and customary law. The project proponent will prepare the hosting or receiving community. The proponent in collaboration with government agencies will ensure that by resettling the IPs (and non-IPs as well), the latter will at least maintain the level of wellbeing they enjoyed without the project. For this purpose, the proponent with the NCIP, other government agencies, and the affected IP community will draft an Indigenous Peoples’ Action Plan (IPAP) will contain safeguards to ensure gender equity, participation, transparency and accountability. If resettlement would require a few IP families to be relocated but not others, and if the affected IPs so prefer, the project proponent will explore resettlement options Environmental and Social Services OfficeDepartment of Public Works and Highways February 2007 25