Summary Report of Assessments and Management Plans
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Assessment Summaries and Management Plans for Proposed New Development at Impu, Morobe, Papua New Guinea Impu the proposed new development area Page 1 Issued by the Sustainability Section 02/Sept/2016 New Britain Palm Oil Ltd Contents Assessment Summaries and Management Plans for Proposed New Development at Impu, Morobe, Papua New Guinea .................................................................................................................................. 1 1. Overview and background .............................................................................................................. 5 1.1 Description of location .................................................................................................................. 5 1.2 Topography and landform ............................................................................................................ 5 1.3 Property description ..................................................................................................................... 5 2. Assessment process and methods ...................................................................................................... 8 2.1 HCV Assessment process and methods ........................................................................................ 8 Dates HCV assessments were conducted ....................................................................................... 8 HCV Assessors and their credentials ............................................................................................... 8 HCV Assessment Methods used ..................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Social Environmental Impact Assessment .................................................................................. 11 Dates SEIA assessments were conducted ..................................................................................... 11 SEIA Assessors and FPIC experts and their credentials ................................................................. 11 SEIA Methods ................................................................................................................................ 11 2.3 Soil Suitability Assessment .......................................................................................................... 12 Dates Soil Suitability Assessments were conducted ..................................................................... 12 Soil Suitability Assessment expert and credentials ....................................................................... 12 Soil Suitability Assessment Methods ............................................................................................ 12 2.4 High Carbon Stock Assessment .................................................................................................. 13 Dates High Carbon Stock Assessment was conducted ................................................................. 13 High Carbon Stock Assessment expert and credentials ................................................................ 13 High Carbon Stock Assessment Methods ..................................................................................... 13 2.5 Land Use Change Assessment ..................................................................................................... 14 Dates Land Use Change assessments were conducted ................................................................ 14 Land Use Change Assessors and their credentials ........................................................................ 14 Land Use Change Assessment Methods ....................................................................................... 14 2.6 Greenhouse Gas Analysis ............................................................................................................ 15 Dates Greenhouse Gas Analysis was conducted .......................................................................... 15 Greenhouse Gas Analyst credentials ............................................................................................ 15 Greenhouse Gas Analysis Methods .............................................................................................. 15 3. Summary of findings ......................................................................................................................... 16 3.1 SEIA Summary of findings ........................................................................................................... 16 Page 2 Issued by the Sustainability Section 02/Sept/2016 New Britain Palm Oil Ltd Positive and negative environmental effects ............................................................................... 17 Socio-economic impacts to country, region and local communities ............................................ 18 Socio-economic impacts in respect of emergent communities (workers, suppliers etc.) ............ 18 Issues raised by stakeholders and assessors comments .............................................................. 18 List of legal documents, regulatory permits and property deeds related to the areas assessed . 18 3.2 HCV assessment summary of findings ........................................................................................ 19 HCV Outcomes and Justification ................................................................................................... 23 HCV 1 – Concentrations of Biodiversity Values ............................................................................ 24 HCV 2 – Landscape Level Ecosystems and Mosaics ...................................................................... 26 HCV 3 – Ecosystems and Habitats ................................................................................................. 27 HCV 4 – Critical Ecosystem Services .............................................................................................. 28 HCV 5 - Basic Needs of Local Communities................................................................................... 31 HCV 6 - Cultural Values ................................................................................................................. 32 Stakeholder Consultation .............................................................................................................. 32 3.3 Soil and Topography ................................................................................................................... 33 Marginal or Fragile Soils ................................................................................................................ 33 Identification of all areas of excessive gradients .......................................................................... 33 3.4 Summary of Carbon Stock Assessment and GHG Emissions ...................................................... 35 Land cover stratification ............................................................................................................... 35 Map and description of all areas of significant carbon stocks including areas of peat soils ........ 35 Identification of all likely significant sources of GHG emissions and sequestration related to the proposed development ................................................................................................................. 35 3.5 LUC Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 38 3.6 FPIC process ................................................................................................................................ 40 4. Summary of Management Plans ....................................................................................................... 41 4.1 Team responsible for developing management plans ................................................................ 41 4.2 Elements to be included in management plans .......................................................................... 41 HCV Management Plan ................................................................................................................. 41 SEIA Management Plans ............................................................................................................... 42 Carbon and GHG Management Plans ........................................................................................... 52 5. References ........................................................................................................................................ 54 5.1 List of references used in the assessments ................................................................................. 54 References Used in the SEIA ......................................................................................................... 54 References Used in the Soil Assessment ...................................................................................... 54 Page 3 Issued by the Sustainability Section 02/Sept/2016 New Britain Palm Oil Ltd References Used in HCV ................................................................................................................ 55 References Used In HCS ................................................................................................................ 56 6. Internal responsibility ....................................................................................................................... 56 6.1 Formal signing off (with date) by assessors and grower.