Environmental Impact Assessment Project Number: 52320-002 July 2021 Final Timor-Leste: Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project Volume 2 Appendices (Part 1) Prepared by the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental 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. Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix A Appendix A – Borehole Logs A-1 Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix A A-2 Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix A A-3 Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix A A-4 Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix A A-5 Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix A A-6 Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix A A-7 Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix B Appendix B – Biodiversity Action Plan Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix B TA-9925 REG: Southeast Asia Transport Project Preparatory Facility Phase 2 Presidente Nicolou Lobato International Airport Expansion Project: Biodiversity Action Plan Drafted for the Asian Development Bank by John Pilgrim Limited – 25th February 2021 B-1 Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport Expansion Project, Timor-Leste Environmental Impact Assessment – Appendix B TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................. 4 2 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................. 6 2.1 PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 APPROACH ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 2.3 KEY INFORMATION GAPS .............................................................................................................................................................. 7 3 BIODIVERSITY ................................................................................................................................................................. 7 3.1 CONTEXT ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.2 PRIORITY BIODIVERSITY ............................................................................................................................................................... 7 4 POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON PRIORITY BIODIVERSITY ....................................................................................... 15 4.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 4.2 DIRECT HABITAT LOSS THROUGH MARINE RECLAMATION .................................................................................................... 15 4.3 HABITAT DEGRADATION ............................................................................................................................................................. 17 4.4 HABITAT FRAGMENTATION ........................................................................................................................................................ 17 4.5 DISPLACEMENT OF SPECIES DUE TO CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY AND NOISE ........................................................................ 17 4.6 MORTALITY OR INJURY TO SPECIES DUE TO UNDERWATER NOISE OR VIBRATION ............................................................. 18 4.7 DISPLACEMENT OF SPECIES DUE TO INCREASED OPERATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC .................................................................... 18 4.8 MORTALITY OR INJURY TO SPECIES DUE TO INCREASED OPERATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC ....................................................... 18 4.9 INTRODUCTION OF INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES ........................................................................................................................... 18 5 MITIGATION AND CONSERVATION MEASURES FOR IMPACTS ON PRIORITY BIODIVERSITY ........... 19 5.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................................................... 19 5.2 MINIMIZE MARINE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES IN THE PEAK CETACEAN MIGRATION SEASON ....................................... 18 5.3 TAKE CARE TO AVOID INTRODUCTION OF INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES TO THE PROJECT AREA ............................................ 18 5.4 UPDATE AND IMPLEMENT THE AIRPORT’S WILDLIFE HAZARD MANAGEMENT PLAN ..................................................... 19 5.5 ADDITIONAL MITIGATION FOR WILDLIFE HAZARDS ............................................................................................................... 19 5.6 RESIDUAL IMPACTS ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 6 BIODIVERSITY MONITORING .................................................................................................................................. 23 6.1 CORAL REEF CONDITION SURVEYS ............................................................................................................................................ 23 6.2 INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES SURVEYS ............................................................................................................................................ 29 6.3 AIRPORT WILDLIFE SURVEYS ..................................................................................................................................................... 29 6.4 WILDLIFE STRIKE RECORDING ................................................................................................................................................... 30 7 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................................. 31 APPENDIX A. SUMMARY OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY SURVEYS ............................................................................ 35 A.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................................ 35 A.2 SURVEY METHODS ....................................................................................................................................................................... 38 A.3 SURVEY RESULTS ......................................................................................................................................................................... 40 A.4 MISSION SCHEDULE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 49 A.5 SURVEY AREA DESCRIPTIONS .............................................................................................................................................................. 50 A.6 GPS LOCATIONS FOR SURVEY AREAS ................................................................................................................................................. 65 A.7 CORAL SPECIES CHECKLIST ........................................................................................................................................................ 66 APPENDIX B. CRITICAL AND NATURAL HABITAT ASSESSMENT ......................................................................... 69 B.1 AREAS OF ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................................................... 69 B.2 ASSESSMENT OF BIODIVERSITY WHICH MAY QUALIFY THE AREA AS CRITICAL HABITAT ................................................. 70 B.3 ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL HABITAT ......................................................................................................................................