Community auditing is a process of community participation in the critical analysis of the confrontation between regulations and observable facts through the demonstration of physical evidence.
The community audit process was carried out according to a methodology based on four (4) pillars, namely public community consultations, field investigations, desk research and data synthesis and analysis. Its implementation by the community was an opportunity for Natural Justice to strengthen their legal capacities in the area of environment, land and fundamental human rights.
The audit process demonstrated during its data collection phase, exactions perpetrated by the company with respect to the environment of Boké. Thus, there is heavy pollution of springheads, water points decried by communities who lack drinking water and a decrease in agricultural productivity due to pollution not only of the soil but also the deposit of dust on the leaves preventing pollination. In addition to these sources of pollution, the communities are coping with the proliferation of diseases due to the consumption of water from polluted sources and the inhalation of dust.
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