THE PROPOSED 297.70 HECTARES (735.63 ACRES) OF FOREST PLANTATION IN TERSANG PERMANENT FOREST RESERVE, , DISTRICT OF RAUB, DARUL MAKMUR

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 INTRODUCTION

The title of the project is “The Proposed 297.70 Hectares (735.63 Acres) of Forest Plantation in Tersang Permanent Forest Reserve, Mukim Batu Talam, District of Raub, Pahang Darul Makmur”. The detail of project proponent and environmental consultant for the proposed project is as below:

PROJECT PROPONENT EIA CONSULTANT

MLC TIMBER ENTERPRISE ECO SYNERGY SOLUTIONS SDN BHD No. 60, Tingkat 1, No. 3374 Jalan 18/31, Jalan Tengah Mersing Kecil, Taman Sri Serdang, 86800 Mersing, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Darul Takzim. Darul Ehsan. Attention: Mr. Moh Kian Heng Tel: 03-8942 3495 Fax: 03-8948 5912 Attention: Mr. Shamsul Azhar bin Ismail

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2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION

MLC Timber Enterprise as the project developer plans to re-establish forest through the forest plantation activity as initiative to ensure the sustainable of Malaysian forest resource and other intangible benefit especially for timber industries.

a) Project Location

The project site is located in Tersang Permanent Forest Reserve approximately between latitude 04° 03‟ 30.0” N to 04° 05‟ 30.0” N and longitude of 101° 45‟ 30.0” E to 101° 46‟ 20.0” E in Mukim Batu Talam, District of Raub, Pahang Darul Makmur (Figure 2.1). The nearest town is Bandar Raub which is located approximately 39 km from the project site. While the nearest settlement around the project site is located about 3 km radius eastern part of the boundary of the project site called Kemajuan Tanah Tersang (FELDA).

b) Access Road

The project site can be accessed from through Federal Route 8 and further to Bandar Raub then take Route C5 (Jalan - Batu Malim). The access to the project site is located on the left side of Jalan Cheroh - Batu Malim which is about 39 km from the Bandar Raub. The road will continue with the existing logging road for about 3 km (plantation road with coordinate: 04° 01‟ 56.72” N and 101° 46‟ 47.84” E) to the project site. The access road is located to the south of the project site and will be used during the construction phase and operation phase.

c) Project Concept

The project involves a total of 297.70 hectares (735.63 acres) of land area. The project site will be logged first and then will be developed as forest plantation and planted with recommended forest species which suggested by Department of Forestry (DOF) and Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB).

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d) Phase Development

The proposed development will be carried out in two (2) phases and seven (7) blocks where the acreage of the development for each phase and block are shown in Table 2.1.

Table 2.1: Area of Phase Development

PHASE BLOCK AREA (HECTARE) 1 39.05 PHASE 1 2 40.41 (167.61 Ha) 3 43.33 4 44.82 PHASE 2 5 44.49 (130.09 Ha) 6 43.52 7 42.08 TOTAL 297.70

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Figure 2.1: Project Location of the Proposed Project Site

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3.0 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT: PHYSICAL

a) Land Use

i. Forest Land

The existing condition of the project site is a Permanent Forest Reserve; Hutan Simpan Kekal Tersang.This forest reserve dominates the northern, northwest, west and southern part of the project site. The distance of the Batu Talam Forest Reserve boundary and the project site boundary is approximately 3 km.

ii. Agriculture

Other than forests, the main landuse surrounding the project site is oil palm plantations. These oil palm plantations are mostly located to the northeast, east and southeast of the project site which is owned by FELDA. This oil palm plantation (FELDA Tersang) located about ±1 km from the project boundary.

iii. Settlements

The nearest village located about 3 km to the north of the project site is a traditional Orang Asli village (Kg. Kabang and Kg. Belau Sinderut). The FELDA residence i.e. Felda Tersang 1, Felda Tersang 2 and Felda Tersang 3 is located at the eastern part while Taman Dato' Tg. Paris is located at the southern part.

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b) Topography

The project site located between longitude101° 45‟ 30.0” E to 101° 46‟ 20.0”E and latitude 04° 03‟ 30.0” N to 04° 05‟ 30.0” N. The highest elevation in the project site is 300 m while the lowest is 60 m above mean sea level. There is one major river systems within the project site which is Sg. Tersang.

c) Geology

The project site lies under Devonian. This event is characterized by phyllite, schist and slate; limestone and sandstone locally prominent.

d) Soil

Four mapping unit have been mapped in the area which were BGR/3, BGR/4, BGR/5 and steepland. The value of the soil erosion potential under existing conditions for both methods (DOA and DID) are shown in Table 3.1. Whilst the estimated sediment yield is 19.65 mt/event.

Table 3.1: Estimation of Soil Loss under Existing Condition PHASE BLOCK AMOUNT OF SOIL LOSS (METRIC TONNE) DOA METHOD DID METHOD 1 0.0458 0.3321 1 2 0.0464 0.3497 3 0.0434 0.3267 4 0.0467 0.3516 Sub-Total (A) 0.1823 1.3601 5 0.0573 0.4313 2 6 0.0532 0.4007 7 0.0441 0.3320 Sub- Total (B) 0.1546 1.164 GRAND TOTAL (A+B) 0.3369 2.5241

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e) Hydrology

There is one major river flowing through the project site from the northwest to southeast named Sg. Tersang. The length of Sg. Tersang is approximately 10 km and this river finally will drained/discharge into Sg. Lipis.

f) Climate and Meteorology

The description of the climate in the project site and its surroundings is based on data obtained from the nearest meteorological stations i.e. at Felda Tersang 1(4° 00‟ N; 101° 47' E) and in Batu Embun (3° 58‟ N; 102° 21' E). The mean total annual rainfall for the years 2005-2014 was 2190.8 mm. The percentage of calm is 32.8 %. The highest and lowest percentages of wind blow were 14 % and 3.6 % come from the north and southwest respectively. The highest mean temperature was about 27.53 °C which occurred in May while the lowest mean temperature was 25.65 °C (in December). The highest mean relative humidity for year 2013 which was about 86.57% while the lowest mean relative humidity occurred in 2010 at 82.58%.

g) Ambient Air Quality

There are three ambient air quality monitoring stations selected for the study. The parameter measured was Total Suspended Particulate (TSP) and the baseline values for TSP ranging between 28µg/m3 to 41µg/m3. Only vehicular movements that produce exhaust emissions can contribute to temporary air pollution in the area.

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h) Ambient Noise Level

Three locations of ambient noise level monitoring stations were selected. The results of the analysis LAeq ranged between 45.3 dBA to 54.6dBA for day time. For night time, the LAeq ranged between 39.6 dBA to 41.8dBA. Therefore, all the sampling stations comply with the recommended limit.

i) Water Quality

Ten water samples were collected within and outside the project site to obtain the existing conditions of water quality before any logging activities and other development take place. Based on the calculations of the WQI the range of WQI for all stations is between 79.03 to 90.97 (Clean to Slightly Polluted).

4.0 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT: BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM

a) Terrestrial Flora

The flora assessment has been conducted in one transect line along the trekking trail which start from coordinate 04° 04 '15" N and 101° 45' 58" E to 04° 05 '11" N and 101° 45' 42"E between elevation 100 m to 167m above sea level. Results of floristic composition for the study area are divided into five categories in terms of habit of the plants which is trees, shrubs, climbers (lianas), fern/fern-allies, herbaceous and rattans/palm. The overall assessment found that the tree composition in study area contained 125 species derive from 92 genus and come from 51 family.

The average total estimated aboveground biomass (TAGB) at the project site was 130t/ha.

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b) Terrestrial Fauna (Mammals and Avifauna)

The survey conducted by the consultant team recorded 10 species of mammals and 1 species of reptiles. There are 4 species of big mammals being present in the project area (sunbear, tapir, barking deer and wild boar).A total of 42 species from 23 families of birds were recorded at the survey sites.

5.0 EXISTING ENVIRONMENT: SOCIO ECONOMY

The overall economic activity of this Mukim is agriculture. Bandar Raub is the nearest town, approximately 39 km from project site where population is dispersed and dominated by Malay community. Most of the population work as farmers and some working in smallholding rubber plantation or oil palm plantation. There are several small Orang Asli villages found within the North part of the study area such as Kg Orang Asli Belau Sindrut and Kg Orang Asli Kabang. As of 2010, total population of the Mukim Batu Talam was about 12,381 people (13.5% from population).

About 138 respondents were drawn randomly from several villages within the 5-km radius of the project site using a random sampling technique. The affected villages namely Taman Dato‟ Tengku Paris, Felda Tersang 1, 2 and 3, and Kampung Orang Asli (Belau Sinderut and Kabang).

About 70% of the villagers agreed, 25% respondents not agreed and 5% of the respondents not sure of their acceptance to the project.

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6.0 POTENTIAL IMPACTS & MITIGATION MEASURES (DURING CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY)

ACTIVITY CONSTRUCTION SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES PHASE Soil Erosion and  Sedimentation may arise during the land  Scheduling and staging of the development. Sedimentation development stage due to heavy rainfall and runoff.  Implementation of Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Measures (ESCP):  Increment in turbidity level, changes in colour and reduction in water visibility.  Minimizing Soil Erosion  Preserving Top Soil &Other Assets  Cause disturbance of aquatic ecosystem  Access Route & Site Management such reduction of fish spawning areas.  Runoff Control & Management  Earthwork & Erosion Control  Reduce river depth or drain capacity and  Sediment Prevention Control aggravate higher flood peak that causes  Slope Stabilization higher flood damages.  Site Maintenance

Waste Management Biomass Waste Biomass Waste

 Land clearing could create a blockage of  Apply zero burning technique. the natural system of drainage.  Signage “No Burning” shall be erected at the  Burning of biomass could create health suitable place. hazard and nuisance.  Felled trees must be shredded and piled in between planting rows.

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ACTIVITY CONSTRUCTION SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES PHASE

Solid Wastes Solid Wastes  Provides garbage bins for the solid waste.  Generation of degradable and un- degradable materials can cause pollution  Composting is recommended for handling the to environment. food waste.

 Workers are prohibited to throw the solid wastes into the river system.

Scheduled Waste Scheduled Waste

 Generation of lubricant oil, grease and  Proper storage area must be built to store contaminated soil, etc. empty agrochemical and fertilizer containers.

 Improper storage, handling and disposal  Lubricant oil must be stored in containers will lead to ground contamination, which are compatible with the Scheduled potential water pollution and toxicity to soil Waste to be stored. organisms.  The containers shall always be closed during storage.

 The scheduled waste collected must be disposed at the licensed premise.

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ACTIVITY CONSTRUCTION SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES PHASE Water Pollution  Fertilizers, Pesticides and Agricultural  Fertilizers, Pesticides and Agricultural Chemicals Chemicals

 Applying overdose the fertilizers cause  Use fertilizers and agrochemicals following adverse effects such as contamination the prescribed dosage. in surface water and groundwater.  Mulching, grow cover crops and intercrops to minimize weeds growth and  Phosphate lead to the eutrophication maintain soil fertility. causing an excessive algae growth  Provide a material safety data sheet and preventing sunlight from reaching (MSDS) to employees. aquatic life in deeper water.

 Sewage  Sewage

 Potentially harmful to nearest river by  Ensure the contractors provided a proper lowering the water quality- cause sanitary toilet, bathing facilities and proper eutrophication and emit a bad odour. piping system.  Impact to aquatic life.  The project proponent and contractors shall comply with all regulations stipulated in Environmental Quality (Sewage) Regulations 2009.

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ACTIVITY CONSTRUCTION SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES PHASE  Accident Spillage from Skid Tanks, Oil and  Accident Spillage from Skid Tanks, Oil and Grease Grease

 Potentially cause water pollution to the  Used oil and grease and lubricants from river and water channel nearby due to machineries or other equipment should the improper management/handling NOT be disposed into the river, water of skid tank, fuel tank, maintenance of channel nearby or ground. Used oil must machineries, waste oil and lubricant – be stored in container and managed as oil and grease leakage. scheduled waste and disposed only at the licensed facility.  Degrade the water quality and affect the aquatic lives.  The maintenance area where oil change and repair are carried out will have concrete flooring.

 Skid/storage tanks if any, must be located on stable ground with bund and sited at least 50 m away from the waterway.

Air Pollution  The impact predicted to occur temporarily  Vehicles speeds shall be limited and in short term.  Access road must be paved with crusher run  Air pollutants emitted from exhaust of or gravel vehicles can pose significant risk to human health.  Vehicles should be service and maintained regularly.

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ACTIVITY CONSTRUCTION SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES PHASE  Open burning is prohibited on the proposed project site.

 Project activity shall comply with the Environmental Quality (Clean Air Regulations) 2014.

 The frequency, dosage and timing of chemicals application must be closely monitored.

Noise Pollution  Uses of machineries, equipment and the  Silencer shall be installed or using quieter mechanical works will increase the machinery. ambient noise level in the project site.  Modifying existing old equipment with mufflers.  However the impacts predicted to occur in short term.  Works should be limited to daytime.

 Noise barrier should be retained.

 Vehicles and machineries shall be regularly serviced and maintained.

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ACTIVITY CONSTRUCTION SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES PHASE Terrestrial Flora & Fauna Terrestrial Flora Terrestrial Flora  The direct impact of vegetation removal is  Land clearing shall be done in stages and soil erosion, sedimentation, elevated phase. surface runoff and water flow which affect the river water quality.  Vegetative cover along the river and stream must be retained.

 Bare areas shall be stabilized and planted with cover crops.

Terrestrial Fauna Terrestrial Fauna

Mammals Mammals  Impact on forest edge.  Prohibition of Wildlife Poaching

 Habitat-Fragmentation.  Phasing/Directional Clearing

 Human-wildlife Conflict & Food Shortage.  Wildlife-Human Conflict Management Strategies

Avifauna Avifauna  Loss of habitat, food source, socializing  Incident Reporting. venue and focal point.  Signage on Prohibition of Wildlife Hunting or  Increase chances of illegal bird trapping; Trapping.

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ACTIVITY CONSTRUCTION SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES PHASE  Noise emitted which either directly or  Use silencer. indirectly cause disturbance to existing birds.  Monitoring and Auditing Program

Flood  Land clearing will decrease the rain  Establishment of silt pit and natural cover. interception and surface retention of rain water.  Installation of silt trap, temporary earth drain and check dam.  Improper management of biomass will cause the clogging of drainage system.  Maintained the drains and culvert.

 Unsuitable drainage design will contribute  Designed of the drainage must practical to to the overflow issues. cater the volume of water.

 Adopt proper management practices.

Socio Economy  Job Opportunities Job Opportunities  Human-wildlife Conflict  Orang Asli Roaming Area  Project proponent should advertise the job  Foreign Workers offer to the community.  Access Road Management of Wildlife

 Prior to conduct any actions, consultation from Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) would first be sought.

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ACTIVITY CONSTRUCTION SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES PHASE

Sharing of Road Access with Local Users

 Existing road condition needs to be upgraded by having proper signage and traffic guider.

Foreign Workers Base Camps and Code of Conducts

. Workers must be given sufficient instructions, training and advice and information of good work procedures, work ethics, and code of conduct and safety rulings during working and after working hours.

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7.0 POTENTIAL IMPACTS & MITIGATION MEASURES (DURING OPERATION PHASE)

ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES OPERATIONAL PHASE Soil Erosion  The soil has been fully stabilized with existing  All Erosion Control tools should be maintained vegetation, additional cover crops and forest regularly trees.  Vegetation along the rivers must be retained as buffers.

 The fertilizer and herbicide used shall comply the guidelines established by Department of Agriculture.

Water Pollution  Overuse of agrochemicals and fertilizers can  A proper storage facility must be built to store result in water pollution and groundwater agrochemicals and fertilizers. contamination.  All manuring process must be scheduled and avoided during wet weather and rainy days.

 Chemicals application only when the outbreak severe.

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ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES OPERATIONAL PHASE Waste Management Solid Waste Solid Waste

 Improper solid waste management also  Sufficient and adequate number of dustbin causes the outbreak of disease spread. need to be provided.

 The aesthetic sensibility is offended by the  No open burning is allowed. unsightliness of waste.  Regular inspection of the workers shall be carried out so that immediate action can be taken as to control the disease.

 Public awareness campaign can be conducted.

 Highly recommended to recycle the wastes

Biomass Wastes Biomass Wastes

 Wastes generated during the harvesting  Application of zero burning technique. phase and field maintenance.  Implementation of stacking and mulching by  Lead to the clogged in rivers and water using the unusable cutting trees, branches and body. twigs.

 Project initiator need to ensure that there are no blockage of the natural and man-made

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ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES OPERATIONAL PHASE drainage system.

Scheduled Wastes Scheduled Wastes

 Spillage of agrochemical wastes will have  Well understanding and follow the rules of adverse impacts on river water and Environment Quality (Scheduled Wastes) 2005. groundwater quality if not managed properly.  All the on-site repairs and maintenance process must be handled with care and caution to  Improper management of skid tank and avoid any spillage. waste oils also lead to the contamination of the water body/rivers.  Skid/storage tanks, if any, must be located on stable ground with bunding and sited at least  Oil sheen on the river may degrade the 50 m away from the waterway. aesthetic values.

Sewage Sewage

 All type of sewage are likely to  The project proponent shall comply with all the carry pathogenic organisms that can regulations in the Environmental Quality transmit disease especially to humans; (Sewage) Regulations, 2009. organic matter that can cause odor and nuisance problems; hold nutrients that may  The base camp operator has to maintain the cause eutrophication of receiving water toilets in accordance to the sound engineering bodies; and can lead to eco-toxicity. practice for the treatment of sewage and ensure all the components of the sewage

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ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES OPERATIONAL PHASE treatment systems are in good working condition. Air Quality & Noise  Movement of vehicles and machinery during  Agrochemicals should only be used when estate maintenance is reduced and dust absolutely necessary. dispersion and noise emission will not be significant.  Workers involved in spraying activities must be equipped with appropriate protective gears.

 The frequency, dosage and timing of chemicals application must be closely monitored. Spraying should be forbidden on rainy and windy days.

 Chemicals used must be registered under Pesticides Act 1974.

 Biological control measures shall be adopted whenever possible.

Terrestrial Flora and Fauna Terrestrial Flora Terrestrial Flora

 No significant impact on flora during  No specific control measures suggested. operational phase.

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ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES OPERATIONAL PHASE Terrestrial Fauna Terrestrial Fauna

Mammals Mammals

During the operations phase, the availability of  The newly planted seedlings need to be food would attract wild animals especially the fenced properly. wild boar and monkeys to enter the area searching for food.  Appropriate warning posts „No Hunting‟ should be erected at the approach and at strategic locations along the access road to alert workers.

 Information of illegal hunting shall be reported to DWNP.

Avifauna Encourage Bird Diversity The construction phase would result in loss of  Plant native flowering and fruit-bearing trees in fauna and avifauna which tend to migrate to waterways areas and around the office and new breeding places. quarters areas.

 Improve water quality in waterways.

 Apply moderate or reduce agrochemicals use.

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ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATING MEASURES OPERATIONAL PHASE Socio Economic  Labour Requirement  The labour requirement comprise those are related to forest plantation include nursery  Human Wildlife Impacts jobs, supply and planting of seedling, and supply of provisions to logging camps.

 The project proponent and the Wildlife Department have to work together to ensure the conflict is minimized.

Abandonment &  Project abandonment can occur at any  Project proponent must endeavor to vacant Rehabilitation stage of the project, which may due to the the project site in an environmentally down turn of the nation‟s economy, social responsible manner and prepare a Project acceptability of the project in the community, Abandonment Plan for the main stages of or unforeseen management and technical development. problems.  All abandoned sites must be properly fenced off.  Installed warning signs to prevent unauthorized entry.  All vehicles involved in the project development must be taken out of the sites.  All environmental control measures must be initiated.  Provide regular inspection of the sites and take necessary measures to ensure their sanctity.

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8.0 RESIDUAL IMPACTS

Due to negligence, unforeseen circumstance or beyond the control of Best Management Practices (BMPs), the mitigation measures suggested countering the problem of soil erosion, sediment pollution, solid waste littering, scheduled waste spillage, transportation, sewage and effluent contamination may be inefficient and will trigger some forms of water, air and noise pollution as well as the threatening the ecosystem of flora and fauna. The degree of compliance by the initiator to the mitigation measures proposed will affect the significance of these residual impacts. However, if all the suggested measures were incorporated into the development plan, residual impacts as mentioned above would be minor and less threatening.

9.0 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (EMP)

Issues identified to have a significant impacts and may arise along the entire development could be addressed by the Environmental Management Plan (EMP). The EMP has been designed to ensure appropriate measures are taken to handle significant impact issues that most likely to arise throughout the whole development stages. In order to achieve the EMP target, thus the environmental specifications or recommendations are made.

It comprises a structured plan for the mitigation measures of predicted environmental impacts, Environmental Monitoring Program, Environmental Audit and remedial action. To ensure that control measures are implemented effectively in terms of time and place, the EMP can be developed in conjunction with the planning and coordination of construction work. The EMP will be applicable to all the labour and site office staff who works in the project site.

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10.0 CONCLUSION

In conclusion, the potential environmental impacts that would be created by the various project activities during logging, land clearing, establishment, planting and plantation maintenance stages which will be mostly manageable. Some of the more significant issues can be mitigated to acceptable levels if all control measures being implemented systematically and pro-actively to preserve the existing environmental quality. The project‟s potential beneficial impacts far outweigh the residual impacts. Therefore, the success of the development in integrating with the surrounding areas will contribute towards the social acceptability of the project. Through strict commitment and supervision on-site, it is anticipated that the development can be carried out with the context of a sustainable development.

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