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Pakistan: Appendix C4 (Part 4) Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Project Number: 52167-001 December 2020 Regional: TAPI Gas Pipeline Project (Phase 1) Pakistan: Appendix C4 (Part 4) Prepared by the TAPI Pipeline Company Limited for the Asian Development Bank. This environmental and social impact assessment is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section on ADB’s website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. TAPI BALOCHISTAN HABITAT MAP 22 21 20 19 16 15 14 13 18 17 12 5 34 2 11 7 6 10 9 8 1 INDEX MAP DISTRICT PISHIN BALOCHISTAN DISTRICT KILLA ABDULLAH Habitat Types Habitat Percentages within Right of Way of TAPI (Balochistan) Agriculture Land Sr. Area Habitat Types Percentage Barren Land / Hill No. (Km2) (ha) Settlement 1 Agriculture Land 14.74 1,474 7.29% Shrubs / Bushes / Grasses 2 Barren Land / Hill 162.61 16,261 80.44% 3 Settlement 1.06 106 0.52% Canal C 4 Shrubs / Bushes / Grasses 5.38 538 2.66% ha Dry Temperate ma 5 Canal - - - n Flood Plain R 6 Dry Temperate 6.49 649 3.21% o Legend a d Graveyard 7 Flood Plain 0.19 19 0.09% ¯ (! Major Cities Kiln 8 Graveyard - - - 9 Kiln 0.00 0 0.00% Sheet20 of 22 Main Roads Nullah / Stream Orchard 10 Nullah / Stream 6.91 691 3.42% Waterways Scale 1:50,000 11 Orchard 0.22 22 0.11% River 01 2 4 Protected Areas 12 River 0.89 89 0.44% Riverine Forest District Boundary 13 Riverine Forest - - - Kilometers Sub-Tropical Broad-Leave Bund Khush 14 Sub-Tropical Broad-Leave 3.63 363 1.80% Note: Statistics extracted from Digitization of High Provincial Boundary Tropical Thorn Dil Khan 15 Tropical Thorn - - - Resolution Satellite Imagery at Scale of 1:2000 International Boundary Lake / Pond 16 Lake / Pond 0.02 2 0.01% TAPI BALOCHISTAN HABITAT MAP 22 21 20 19 16 15 14 13 18 17 12 5 34 2 11 7 6 10 9 8 1 INDEX MAP C ha m an R o ad DISTRICT KILLA ABDULLAH BALOCHISTAN Habitat Types Habitat Percentages within Right of Way of TAPI (Balochistan) Agriculture Land Sr. Area Habitat Types Percentage Barren Land / Hill No. (Km2) (ha) Settlement 1 Agriculture Land 14.74 1,474 7.29% Shrubs / Bushes / Grasses 2 Barren Land / Hill 162.61 16,261 80.44% 3 Settlement 1.06 106 0.52% Canal 4 Shrubs / Bushes / Grasses 5.38 538 2.66% Dry Temperate 5 Canal - - - Flood Plain 6 Dry Temperate 6.49 649 3.21% Legend Graveyard 7 Flood Plain 0.19 19 0.09% ¯ (! Major Cities Kiln 8 Graveyard - - - 9 Kiln 0.00 0 0.00% Sheet21 of 22 Main Roads Nullah / Stream Orchard 10 Nullah / Stream 6.91 691 3.42% Waterways Scale 1:50,000 Qilla 11 Orchard 0.22 22 0.11% River 01 2 4 Abdullah Protected Areas 12 River 0.89 89 0.44% (! Riverine Forest 13 Riverine Forest - - - Kilometers District Boundary Sub-Tropical Broad-Leave 14 Sub-Tropical Broad-Leave 3.63 363 1.80% Provincial Boundary Note: Statistics extracted from Digitization of High Tropical Thorn 15 Tropical Thorn - - - Resolution Satellite Imagery at Scale of 1:2000 International Boundary Lake / Pond 16 Lake / Pond 0.02 2 0.01% TAPI BALOCHISTAN HABITAT MAP 22 21 20 19 AFGHANISTAN 16 15 14 13 18 17 12 5 34 2 11 7 6 10 9 8 1 INDEX MAP BALOCHISTAN DISTRICT KILLA ABDULLAH Habitat Types Habitat Percentages within Right of Way of TAPI (Balochistan) Agriculture Land Sr. Area Habitat Types Percentage Barren Land / Hill No. (Km2) (ha) Settlement 1 Agriculture Land 14.74 1,474 7.29% Shrubs / Bushes / Grasses 2 Barren Land / Hill 162.61 16,261 80.44% 3 Settlement 1.06 106 0.52% Canal 4 Shrubs / Bushes / Grasses 5.38 538 2.66% Dry Temperate 5 Canal - - - Flood Plain 6 Dry Temperate 6.49 649 3.21% Legend Graveyard 7 Flood Plain 0.19 19 0.09% ¯ (! Major Cities Kiln 8 Graveyard - - - 9 Kiln 0.00 0 0.00% Sheet22 of 22 Main Roads Nullah / Stream Orchard 10 Nullah / Stream 6.91 691 3.42% Waterways Scale 1:50,000 11 Orchard 0.22 22 0.11% River 01 2 4 Protected Areas 12 River 0.89 89 0.44% Riverine Forest 13 Riverine Forest - - - Kilometers District Boundary Sub-Tropical Broad-Leave 14 Sub-Tropical Broad-Leave 3.63 363 1.80% Provincial Boundary Note: Statistics extracted from Digitization of High Tropical Thorn 15 Tropical Thorn - - - Resolution Satellite Imagery at Scale of 1:2000 International Boundary Lake / Pond 16 Lake / Pond 0.02 2 0.01% ENVIRONMENTAL & SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT STUDY C-PAK-TAPI-ESIA-REP-0001-06 APPENDIX C4 – ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY BASELINE 24/07/2020 Appendix C4.3. Tree Density in Balochistan ESIA_PAKISTAN P a g e C 4 - 3 ESIA for TAPI Gas Pipeline Section in Pakistan TAPI Pipleline Company Limited Density of trees along the corridor 500 meter in Balochistan 66°30'0"E 66°40'0"E 66°50'0"E 67°0'0"E 67°10'0"E 31°0'0"N 31°0'0"N ! ! !! ! ! ! Balochistan-Killa Abdullah ! PAK-1 ! !! !!!! !!!!!! ! ! 30°50'0"N ! 30°50'0"N Balochistan-Pishin Page 1 of 8 PAK-1 Balochistan !! PAK-2 PAK-3 PAK-6 PAK-7 PAK-4 PAK-5 ! !! !!!!!!!!! ! !! PAK-8 ! !!! 02.5 5 10 15 20 Kilometers PAK-2 PAK-3 66°30'0"E 66°40'0"E 66°50'0"E 67°0'0"E 67°10'0"E Legend ! Trees_PAK_ROW ! Trees_PAK_ROW Trees Density PAK Districts Boundary High Density Grid Index 75km * 40 km Medium Density Low Density High Density Medium Density Low Density No Trees Valley - water stream Valley - water stream · No Trees 1:100,000 ESIA for TAPI Gas Pipeline Section in Pakistan TAPI Pipleline Company Limited Density of trees along the corridor 500 meter in Balochistan 66°30'0"E 66°40'0"E 66°50'0"E 67°0'0"E 67°10'0"E PAK-1 !! !! !!!! ! 30°40'0"N 30°40'0"N !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!! Balochistan-Pishin PAK-2 PAK-3 Balochistan-Killa Abdullah ! 30°30'0"N 30°30'0"N Page 2 of 8 PAK-1 PAK-2 PAK-3 Balochistan PAK-6 PAK-7 Balochistan-Quetta PAK-4 PAK-5 Balochistan-Quetta PAK-8 02.5 5 10 15 20 Kilometers 66°30'0"E 66°40'0"E 66°50'0"E 67°0'0"E 67°10'0"E Legend ! Trees_PAK_ROW ! Trees_PAK_ROW Trees Density PAK Districts Boundary High Density Grid Index 75km * 40 km Medium Density Low Density High Density Medium Density Low Density No Trees Valley - water stream Valley - water stream · No Trees 1:100,000 ESIA for TAPI Gas Pipeline Section in Pakistan TAPI Pipleline Company Limited Density of trees along the corridor 500 meter in Balochistan 67°10'0"E 67°20'0"E 67°30'0"E 67°40'0"E 67°50'0"E PAK-1 Balochistan-Killa Saifullah 30°40'0"N 30°40'0"N Balochistan-Pishin !!!! !!! !! ! ! ! !!!! !! ! ! !!!! ! ! Balochistan-Loralai ! ! !!!! ! ! ! ! !!! !!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! !!! !!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!! !!! ! ! ! !! !!! !! !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! !!!!!!! !!! !!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!! !!!!!!!!! !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!! !! !!!! !!!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! !!! !!!! !! !!!!!!!!! !! !!!!! !! ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! !!!!!!! !! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!! !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! ! !! ! !!!!!! ! !!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! !! !!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!!! !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! !!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!! !! !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!!! !! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!!! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !! !! !! !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! !!!! !!!! ! ! !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !! ! !!!!!!! ! PAK-2 PAK-3 !!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! !!! !!!!! 30°30'0"N ! ! 30°30'0"N !! !! ! ! PAK-4 Balochistan-Ziarat Page 3 of 8 PAK-1 PAK-2 PAK-3 Balochistan PAK-6 PAK-7 Balochistan-Quetta PAK-4 PAK-5 PAK-8 02.5 5 10 15 20 Kilometers 67°10'0"E 67°20'0"E 67°30'0"E 67°40'0"E 67°50'0"E Legend ! Trees_PAK_ROW ! Trees_PAK_ROW Trees Density PAK Districts Boundary High Density Grid Index 75km * 40 km Medium Density Low Density High Density Medium Density Low Density No Trees Valley - water stream Valley - water stream · No Trees 1:100,000 ESIA for TAPI Gas Pipeline Section in Pakistan TAPI Pipleline Company Limited Density of trees along the corridor 500 meter in Balochistan 67°50'0"E 68°0'0"E 68°10'0"E 68°20'0"E 68°30'0"E Balochistan-Killa Saifullah !! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!! ! Balochistan-Loralai 30°30'0"N 30°30'0"N PAK-3 PAK-4 PAK-5 Balochistan-Ziarat !!! !! ! !!!!!!!! !!!! !! Page 4 of 8 30°20'0"N PAK-1 30°20'0"N PAK-2 PAK-3 Balochistan PAK-6 PAK-7 Balochistan-Harnai PAK-4 PAK-5 PAK-8 02.5 5 10 15 20 Kilometers 67°50'0"E 68°0'0"E 68°10'0"E 68°20'0"E 68°30'0"E Legend ! Trees_PAK_ROW ! Trees_PAK_ROW Trees Density PAK Districts Boundary High Density Grid Index 75km * 40 km Medium Density Low Density High Density Medium Density Low Density No Trees Valley - water stream Valley - water stream · No Trees 1:100,000 ESIA for TAPI Gas Pipeline Section in Pakistan TAPI Pipleline Company Limited Density of trees along the corridor 500 meter in Balochistan 68°30'0"E 68°40'0"E 68°50'0"E 69°0'0"E 69°10'0"E Balochistan-Killa Saifullah 30°30'0"N 30°30'0"N PAK-6 ! PAK-4 PAK-5 ! !! ! !! ! !! !!! ! !!! ! Balochistan-Loralai
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