E/C.12/HND/CO/2 appropriate mechanisms to evaluate the progress of such initiatives. The Committee encourages the State party to take these steps in collaboration with civil society and campesino organizations. The Committee refers the State party to its general comment No. 12 (1999) on the right to adequate food and to the Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Exploitation of natural resources 45. The Committee notes with concern the information received about the negative impact generated by some firms’ natural-resource exploitation projects, which are causing irreparable damage to the environment and impinge on the right to health and the right to an adequate standard of living of the affected communities, in particular of indigenous and Afro-Honduran peoples (arts. 1, 11 and 12). 46. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Draft clear guidelines and regulations for evaluating the social and environmental impact of natural-resource exploitation projects throughout the territory of the State party, in particular those carried out in territories of indigenous or Afro-Honduran peoples; (b) Ensure that communities, including of indigenous or Afro-Honduran peoples, affected by the exploitation of natural resources in their territory are consulted, receive compensation for damages or losses incurred and receive a share of the profits from said activities. Internally displaced persons 47. The Committee is concerned at the high number of internally displaced persons resulting from the violence and general lack of public safety in the State party, as this has a negative impact on the enjoyment of the right to an adequate standard of living, in particular with regard to access to adequate housing, to basic services such as water and sanitation, and to education (art. 11). 48. The Committee recommends that the State party take the appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures to address the root causes of the generalized situation of violence and lack of public safety in the State party. It further recommends that the State party take specific steps to prevent internal displacement and offer effective protection to internally displaced persons so they may have access to an adequate standard of living and to basic services such as water and sanitation, health, education and social assistance, including by assisting in their safe and dignified return to their place of origin wherever possible. In this regard, the Committee urges the State party to give favourable consideration to implementing the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, issued after his mission to the State party (A/HRC/32/35/Add.4), in particular with regard to economic, social and cultural rights. Returning Honduran migrants 49. While noting the passing into law of the Act for the Protection of Honduran Migrants and Their Families and the creation of the General Directorate for the Protection of Honduran Migrants, the Committee is concerned by the information received about the lack of appropriate measures to ensure the reintegration of returning migrants back into Honduran society, in particular the fact that many of them are obliged to work under poor employment conditions (arts. 7 and 11). 10 GE.16-11828