PT AGRO MUARA RUPIT (Phases III & IV)

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil New Planting Procedure SUMMARY OF ASSESSMENT REPORTS AND MANAGEMENT PLANS PT AGRO MUARA RUPIT (Phases III & IV) South Sumatra, Indonesia 2021 1 Contents 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................... 7 1.1 General outline ................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 New Planting Development Planning ................................................................................................. 12 2. ASSESSMENT PROCESS AND METHOD ............................................................................................................. 14 2.1 Social and Environmental Impact Assessment (SEIA) .......................................................................... 14 2.1.1. Implementation of SEIA and Assessor Credentials ............................................................................... 14 2.1.2 SEIA Implementation Methods .............................................................................................................. 14 2.2 HCV assessment ................................................................................................................................ 17 2.2.1. HCV Assessment and Assessor Credentials .......................................................................................... 17 2.2.2. HCV Implementation Methods ............................................................................................................. 18 2.2.2.3. HCV Full Assessment - AoI Boundaries ..................................................................................................... 29 2.3. Land Use Change Analysis ................................................................................................................ 37 2.3.1. Assessor Credentials ............................................................................................................................. 37 2.3.2. LUCA Method ........................................................................................................................................ 37 2.4 Carbon Stock Assessments and Estimates of GHG Emissions ............................................................ 38 2.4.1. Implementation of Carbon Stock Assessment and GHG emissions, and Assessor Credentials ........... 38 2.4.2 Method .................................................................................................................................................. 39 2.5 Soil and Topography Studies.............................................................................................................. 42 2.5.1 Implementation of soil studies and the assessors’ credentials ............................................................. 42 2.5.2. Method ......................................................................................................................................... 42 2.6. Community Engagement and FPIC .................................................................................................... 43 2.6.1. Implementing the FPIC Process and assessor credentials .................................................................... 43 2.6.2 Method .................................................................................................................................................. 44 3. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS ................................................................................................................................... 45 3.1 SEIA Findings and Results .................................................................................................................. 45 3.2 LUCA Findings and Results ................................................................................................................. 47 3.3. Findings and Results of the HCV Assessment ..................................................................................... 52 3.3.1. National and Regional Context ............................................................................................................. 52 3.3.2. Landscape Context ................................................................................................................................ 54 3.3.3. Results of the HCV Assessment and Justification ................................................................................. 58 3.3.4. HCV summary ....................................................................................................................................... 72 3.3.5. Public Consultation ............................................................................................................................... 75 2 3.5. Findings and Results of Assessment of Carbon Stocks and GHG Emissions.......................................... 84 3.5.1. Evaluation of Carbon Stocks ................................................................................................................. 84 3.5.2 GHG Calculation Results ........................................................................................................................ 85 3.6. Community Engagement and FPIC Process Findings and Results ........................................................ 87 Findings regarding land tenure ...................................................................................................................... 87 4. SUMMARY OF MANAGEMENT PLAN ................................................................................................................ 94 4.1. Team Responsible for Development Plans ........................................................................................ 94 4.2 SEIA Management Plan ..................................................................................................................... 94 4.3. HCV and HCS Management and Monitoring Plans ........................................................................... 102 4.4. Management Plan for GHG Emission Mitigation .............................................................................. 109 5. REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................. 111 6. INTERNAL RESPONSIBILITY .......................................................................................................................... 112 3 LIST OF TABLES TABLE 1 NEW PLANTING PLANS AT PT AMR III & IV 2022-2025............................................................................................... 13 TABLE 2 THE COMPOSITION OF THE MEMBERS OF PT AMR'S AMDAL AND THEIR EXPERTISE ................................................ 14 TABLE 3 LIST OF SIA TEAM PERSONNEL AT PT AMR PHASE III & IV, MUSI RAWAS REGENCY .................................................. 14 TABLE 4 PT AMR III & IV HCV ASSESSMENT TEAM ................................................................................................................... 17 TABLE 5 SCHEDULE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PT AMR III & IV HCV ASSESSMENT ACTIVITIES ................................................ 18 TABLE 6 SCOPING STUDY SCHEDULE ........................................................................................................................................ 23 TABLE 7 INITIAL CONSULTATION WITH EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS ........................................................................................ 23 TABLE 8 DESCRIPTION OF LANDCOVER ................................................................................................................................... 30 TABLE 9 DATA AND INFORMATION COLLECTED IN PRE-ASSESSMENT STAGE ........................................................................ 34 TABLE 10 DATA AND INFORMATION COLLECTED FOR THE FIELD SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION .................................................... 36 TABLE 11 COMPOSITION OF THE LUCA ANALYSIS TEAM OF PT AMR III & IV ........................................................................... 37 TABLE 12 COMPOSITION OF THE DRAFTING TEAM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CARBON STOCK AND GHG EMISSIONS AT PT AMR III & IV ...................................................................................................................................................................... 39 TABLE 13 GHG EMISSION SOURCES AND SEQUESTRATION ..................................................................................................... 42 TABLE 14 LIST OF PERSONNEL IN THE FPIC ASSESSMENT TEAM AT PT AMR III & IV .............................................................. 44 TABLE 15 SOCIAL ISSUES FROM THE PT AMR III & IV OIL PALM PLANTATION DEVELOPMENT PLAN ...................................... 47 TABLE 16 TEMPORAL SATELLITE IMAGERY DATA FOR LAND COVER ANALYSIS IN THE PT AMR III & IV LOCATION PERMIT AREA ................................................................................................................................................................................. 48 TABLE 17 RESULTS OF LAND COVER ANALYSIS IN 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2018 AND 2021 IN THE PT AMR III & IV LOCATION PERMIT AREA ................................................................................................................................................. 49 TABLE 18 SUMMARY OF HCV FINDINGS AT PT AMR III & IV ...................................................................................................

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