Summary Report Submitted for HCS Approach Peer Review Process
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Summary Report Submitted for HCS Approach Peer Review Process HCS Study Project Title: Identification of High Carbon Stock PT. PAPUA AGRO LESTARI Company / Organisation: PT Papua Agro Lestari Contact person: May Caesarry Rachmadini Date: June 21, 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Project description ......................................................................................... 4 1.1 Location and size of study area .................................................................................................. 4 1.2 Overview of proposed plantation development ....................................................................... 5 1.3 Description of surrounding landscape ....................................................................................... 6 1.4 Map of the site within the region ............................................................................................ 10 1.5 Relevant data sets available .................................................................................................... 11 1.6 List of any reports/assessments used in the HCS assessment ................................................. 11 2. HCS assessment team and timeline ............................................................. 12 2.1 Names and qualifications ......................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Time period for major steps in the study ................................................................................ 12 3. Community engagement/ FPIC .................................................................... 13 3.1 Summary of community engagement, FPIC, participatory mapping ...................................... 13 3.2 Summary of Social Impact Assessment ................................................................................... 14 4. High Conservation Value assessment ........................................................... 15 4.1 Summary and link to public summary report .......................................................................... 15 5. Environmental Impact Assessment .............................................................. 17 5.1 Summary .................................................................................................................................. 17 6. Land cover image analysis ............................................................................ 18 6.1 Area of Interest and how it was defined ................................................................................. 18 6.2 Description of images used for classification .......................................................................... 18 6.3 Sample image ........................................................................................................................... 18 6.4 Method of stratification and software used ............................................................................ 19 6.5 Map of initial vegetation classes, with legend ......................................................................... 19 6.6 Table of total hectares per vegetation class ............................................................................ 20 6.7 Summary of which areas are potential HCS forest, subject to further analysis ...................... 20 7. Forest inventory results ............................................................................... 21 7.1 Inventory sample design and plot rational .............................................................................. 21 2 | P a g e 7.2 Map indicating plots ................................................................................................................ 21 7.3 Forest inventory team members and roles ............................................................................. 22 7.4 Methodology used for forest sampling ................................................................................... 23 7.5 Methodology used for carbon calculations ............................................................................. 23 7.6 Indicative photos of each vegetation class .............................................................................. 23 7.7 Statistical analysis (allometric used, confidence tests, justification) ....................................... 28 7.8 Summary of statistical analysis of carbon stock results per vegetation class ......................... 28 7.9 Forest inventory results ........................................................................................................... 29 8. Land Cover Classification.............................................................................. 30 8.1 Refined land cover map with title, date, legend and any HCS forest patches identified ........ 30 9. Patch Analysis Result.................................................................................... 31 9.1 Results of Decision Tree ........................................................................................................... 31 9.2 Comments on Decision Tree outcome..................................................................................... 32 10. Indicative Land Use Plan ............................................................................ 33 10.1 Summary of results of final ground verification (if any) .......................................................... 33 10.2 Final HCS map .......................................................................................................................... 33 10.3 Overview of forest conservation management and monitoring activities to be included in the Conservation and Development (land use) Plan ............................................................................... 34 10.4 List of activities still to be carried out before Conservation and Development Plan can be finalized .............................................................................................................................................. 34 3 | P a g e 1. Project description 1.1 Location and size of study area Administratively, PT. Papua Agro Lestari (PT PAL) is located in Kampung Selil, Ulilin District, Merauke Regency, Papua Province (6041’30”SL – 7001’00”SL and 140044’30”NL – 140059’30”NL). The boundaries of PT PAL consist of concession area and natural boundary as follows: - Northern boundary: Convertible Production Forest (HPK) - Western boundary: PT. Inocin Abadi - Southern boundary: PT. Bio Inti Agrindo Blok II - Eastern Boundary: Fly River HCS study area of PT PAL is based on Registered Boundary Map of PT PAL Number 011-26.05-2016 dated May 9th, 2016 covering 28,630.46 ha. This area consists of main and plasma plantation, as well as conservation area. Figure 1. Location map of PT. Papua Agro Lestari 4 | P a g e 1.2 Overview of proposed plantation development The whole area of PT PAL is located in non-forest state area. Land clearing has started at the end of 2015 with a wide area of 358.32 hectares as land preparation for palm oil plantation development. PT. Papua Agro Lestari has obtained a location permit for palm oil plantation through the Decree of Merauke Regent No. 8 year 2007 dated January 16th, 2007 on the Granting of Location Permit covering an area of 39,800 hectares. Then on 14th, April 2007 Decree of Merauke Regent No. 525/1111, was published concerning about Palm Oil Plantation Business Permit (IUP). Afterwards, this is followed by receiving a Decree of Forestry Minister Number: SK. 552 / Menhut-H / 2012 dated October 4th, 2012 on releasing of Convertible Production Forest area for palm oil plantation covering an area of 32,347.40 Ha. Figure 2. Proposed Palm Oil Plantation Development of PT. Papua Agro Lestari 5 | P a g e 1.3 Description of surrounding landscape - If low, medium, or high forest cover landscape Based on the assignment of Papua Province territory through Decree of Forestry Minister number 782 / Menhut-II / 2012, PT PAL area is located in the Other Uses Area (APL). This area is not located on the Moratorium map (revision 10) which shows the primary forest, conservation and protection forest, and peat land. Based on the spatial plan (RTRW) map, the area of PT PAL is allocated for plantation area. Figure 3. State forest around the area of PT. Papua Agro Lestari 6 | P a g e Figure 4. Moratorium area (revision 10) Figure 5. Spatial plan map of Papua PT PAL is part of Bian Watershed and Fly River Watershed that cover the whole concession area. There is a river flowing through the area of PT PAL, namely Sungai Mandom (20 - 33 meters of wide). 7 | P a g e Figure 6. Watershed area in PT. Papua Agro Lestari Based on the bio-geographical zone of Papua Island, the plantation area of PT. Dongin Prabhawa enters the ecosystem zone of Southern New Guinea Lowlands Rain Forests or includes the Southwest Lowland Biogeography. The southwest lowland is a form of the Australian Plates fraction that is widening from west to east. This area is the largest lowland wet forest ecosystem in Papua. The endemic species in this zone are the great Cendrawasih (Paradisaea apoda) and mammal species namely Kangaroo (Macropus sp) with low endemic level. This is because the lowland zone has a wide type. In addition, very few natural barriers limit the lowland area in the southwest and the Fly-Purari area in the east. - Biodiversity features and values According to the HCV identification report in PT.PAL, 107 animal species were found which consist of 10 species of mammal (8 families), 82 species of bird (31 families), and