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Summary of Assessment Report and Management Plan ASSESSMENT SUMMARIES AND MANAGEMENT PLANS For RSPO New Planting Procedure October 2017 NPP SUMMARY DOCUMENTATION FOR NATURAL HABITATS SIERRA LEONE LTD. Natural Habitats Group natural-habitats.com 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND ..................................................................................... 6 2 ASSESSMENT PROCESSES AND METHODS ................................................................... 8 2.1.1 High Conversation Value Assessment ............................................................................... 8 2.1.2 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment ................................................................ 11 2.1.3 LUCC Analysis .................................................................................................................. 13 2.1.4 Feasibility Assessment .................................................................................................... 14 2.1.5 Greenhouse Gas Assessment .......................................................................................... 15 3 SUMMARIES OF FINDINGS ............................................................................................. 17 3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT .......................................................... 17 3.1.1 Positive and Negative Environmental Effects ................................................................. 17 3.1.2 Socio-Economic Impacts to Country, Region, and Local Communities ........................... 18 3.1.3 Socio-Economic Impacts in Respect of Emergent Communities ..................................... 20 3.1.4 Issues Raised by Stakeholders and Assessor’s Comments .............................................. 22 3.2 HIGH CONSERVATION VALUE ASSESSMENT .......................................................................... 28 3.2.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 31 3.2.2 Methods .......................................................................................................................... 36 3.2.3 Findings ........................................................................................................................... 39 3.2.4 HCV Outcomes ................................................................................................................ 44 3.3 SOILS AND TOPOGRAPGHY .................................................................................................... 50 3.3.1 Identification of All Areas of Marginal, Fragile Soils and Excessive Gradients ............... 51 3.3.2 Soils ................................................................................................................................. 52 3.4 HIGH CARBON STOCK ASSESSMENT ...................................................................................... 56 3.5 CARBON STOCK ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................... 60 3.5.1 Location Maps ................................................................................................................ 60 3.5.2 Land Cover Stratification ................................................................................................ 61 3.6 LAND USE COVER CHANGE ANALYSIS ............................................................................................. 64 3.6.1 Methodology .................................................................................................................. 64 3.6.2 Maps Showing Land Use Cover Change Since Nov 2005 ................................................ 66 3.6.3 Findings and Conclusions ................................................................................................ 76 3.7 FREE PRIOR INFORMED CONSENT PROCESS ................................................................. 78 4 SUMMARY OF MANAGEMENT PLANS ......................................................................... 82 4.1 TEAM RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT PLANS ............................................. 82 4.2 ESIA MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING ............................................................................... 88 4.3 HCV MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING ............................................................................. 103 4.4 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING ........................................ 110 5 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................. 114 6 INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY ....................................................................................... 121 6.1.1 Formal Signing Off By Assessors And Company ............................................................ 121 6.1.2 Statement Of Acceptance Of Responsibility For Assessments ...................................... 121 7 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................... 123 ASSESSMENT SUMMARIES AND MANAGEMENT PLANS | For RSPO New Planting Procedure 3 TABLE OF TABLES TABLE 1 WITH LIST OF POTENTIAL POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ................................... 17 TABLE 2 LIST OF MEETINGS AND CONSULTATIONS .............................................................................................. 24 TABLE 3 HCV ASSESSMENT DETAILS ................................................................................................................... 28 TABLE 4 HCV PROJECT TEAM .............................................................................................................................. 35 TABLE 5 ESIA TEAM ............................................................................................................................................ 35 TABLE 6 MAJOR EVENTS IN ASSESSMENT CHRONOLOGY ..................................................................................... 36 TABLE 7 HCV AREAS IN THE NATURAL HABITATS CONCESSION AREA ............................................................... 44 TABLE 8 MAMMAL RED DATA SPECIES ................................................................................................................ 46 TABLE 9 AVIFAUNAL RED DATA SPECIES ............................................................................................................. 46 TABLE 10 FISH RED DATA SPECIES ....................................................................................................................... 47 TABLE 11 CARBON STOCKS PER LAND COVER TYPE (TC/HA) ............................................................................... 62 TABLE 12 ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION AND PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION .. 82 TABLE 13 RESPONSIBILITIES WITH REGARD TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ESMP ......................................... 86 TABLE 14 ESIA MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................. 88 TABLE 15 MAIN CURRENT THREATS TO THE HCVS IDENTIFIED IN THE PROJECT AREA ..................................... 104 TABLE 16 MITIGATION AND MONITORING OF HCV’S ......................................................................................... 107 TABLE 17 DESCRIPTION OF NEW DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS ............................................................................. 111 TABLE 18 SHOWING THE MAIN EMISSION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SCENARIOS ............................................ 111 TABLE 19 PROJECTIONS OF GHG EMISSIONS FROM SCENARIO ONE ................................................................... 112 TABLE 20 PROJECTIONS OF GHG EMISSIONS FROM SCENARIO TWO .................................................................. 113 TABLE 21 FINAL GHG PROJECTION CHART ........................................................................................................ 116 TABLE 22 MONITORING OF GHG EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN ......................................................................... 118 TABLE OF FIGURES FIGURE 1 LOCATION OF CONCESSION AREA IN PUJEHUN DISTRICT, SOUTHERN PROVINCE, SIERRA LEONE ........... 7 FIGURE 2 TERRESTRIAL SAMPLING POINTS ........................................................................................................... 10 FIGURE 3 REGIONAL LOCALITY ............................................................................................................................ 33 FIGURE 4 LOCAL SETTING ..................................................................................................................................... 34 FIGURE 5 BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS IN RELATION TO THE NATURAL HABITATS CONCESSION .............................. 41 FIGURE 6 ECOREGIONS IN RELATION TO THE NATURAL HABITATS CONCESSION AREA ....................................... 42 FIGURE 7 IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS ....................................................................................................................... 43 FIGURE 8 HCV REFERENCE MAP .......................................................................................................................... 45 FIGURE 9 HCV 1 AREAS ....................................................................................................................................... 48 FIGURE 10 ELEVATION MAP FOR MAKPELE CHIEFDOM (PRODUCED BY VAERSA PARTNERS) ............................... 51 FIGURE 11 AREAS OF WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN FOREST ZONES IN THE CONCESSION ......................................... 52
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