This document is the International Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the 206 MW Ruzizi III Regional Hydroelectric Power Project, including a 7-km-long 220 kV Transmission Line. The purpose of this ESIA is to demonstrate the Project’s alignment with the Environmental and Social (E&S) policies of the three contracting States (Burundi, DRC, and Rwanda) and International Financial Institutions (IFIs) that are supporting the Project, comprising AFD, AfDB, BII, EIB, KfW, and the World Bank.

A list of the ESIA main report with updated Version F. 

ESIA Main Report-English Version

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RHPP_ESIA Report_ Vol. I Summary_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ Vol. II ESIA Main Report

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 0 Cover-TOC_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 1 Introduction_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 2 Legal_version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_ Vol. II Section 3 ESIA Process_Version_F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 4 Project_Version F June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 5 Alternatives_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_ Vol. II Section 6 Public Participation Version_F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 7 Environmental Baseline_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 8 Social Baseline_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 9 Critical Habitat Assessment_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_ Vol. II Section 10 Environmental Flow Assessment_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_ Vol. II Section 11 Impacts_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 12 Cumulative Impact Assessment_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. II Section 13 References_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. III Annexes_Version F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. IV Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP)_Version_F_June 2025

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. V Resettlement Action Plan (RAP)

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RHPP_ESIA Report_ Vol. VI Quarries RPF

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RHPP_ESIA Report_Vol. VII GBVH Action Plan

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RHPP_Stakeholders Engagement Plan

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RHPP_Labour management Procedures

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RHPP_ Code of Conduct

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Ruzizi III Energy Limited (REL) is a special purpose vehicle that has been established and registered in Rwanda to develop the Ruzizi III Regional Hydroelectric project (Project). It is a key development project and will be one of the largest infrastructure projects in the region comprising Rwanda, Burundi, and eastern DR Congo. It is the first privately financed project in sub-Saharan Africa that will utilise a common regional water resource to generate power that will be shared equally between three countries.