Biodiversity Action Plan and Biodiversity Off-set Management Plan Project Number: 42916 31 January 2015 Sarulla Geothermal Power Development Project (Republic of Indonesia) Prepared by Sarulla Operations Limited for the Asian Development Bank This report 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 of this website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation on 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. Sarulla Geothermal Power Project Biodiversity Action Plan & Biodiversity Off-set Management Plan January 2015 Sarulla Operations Ltd Sarulla Geothermal Power Project Biodiversity Action Plan & Biodiversity Off-set Management Plan January 2015 Sarulla Operations Ltd Mott MacDonald, Orchard Building, 1 Grange Road, #07-01, Singapore, 239693 T+65 6293 1900 F +65 6293 1911 W www.mottmac.com Sarulla Geothermal Power Project Biodiversity Action Plan & Biodiversity Off-set Management Plan Issue and revision record Revision Date Originator Checker Approver Description Standard A 27/11/2013 Iain Bray Poppy McDonald Neil Macdonald Draft for client review B 29/11/2013 Iain Bray Poppy McDonald Neil Macdonald Updated with clarifications C 03/01/2014 Iain Bray Poppy McDonald Neil Macdonald Updated baseline sections and CHA D 06/2/2014 Iain Bray Mihai Coroi Neil Macdonald Updated CHA, report layout and BAP E 11/07/2014 Iain Bray Mihai Coroi Euan Low Revised CHA, updated biodiversity baseline, updated BAP actions F 29/01/2015 Francesco Mihai Coroi Kirsty Haymon Updated with information from the Ricciardi latest biodiversity monitoring reports and comments by SOL This document is issued for the party which commissioned it and We accept no responsibility for the consequences of this for specific purposes connected with the above-captioned project document being relied upon by any other party, or being used only. It should not be relied upon by any other party or used for for any other purpose, or containing any error or omission any other purpose. which is due to an error or omission in data supplied to us by other parties. This document contains confidential information and proprietary intellectual property. It should not be shown to other parties without consent from us and from the party which commissioned it. 326959 /TRD/TRS/06/F January 2015 . Sarulla Geothermal Power Project Biodiversity Action Plan & Biodiversity Off-set Management Plan Contents Chapter Title Page Executive Summary i Abbreviations iii 1. Introduction 1 1. Introduction 1 1.1 Sarulla Geothermal Power Project ______________________________________________________ 1 1.1.1 Overview _________________________________________________________________________ 1 1.1.2 Project Description __________________________________________________________________ 1 1.2 The Purpose of the BAP and BOEMP ___________________________________________________ 1 2. Scope of the Sarulla Geothermal Power BAP 3 2.1 Aims and Objectives of the BAP ________________________________________________________ 3 2.2 Formulation of the Project BAP ________________________________________________________ 4 2.3 Consultation with Stakeholders and Biodiversity Experts _____________________________________ 5 2.3.1 Overview _________________________________________________________________________ 5 2.3.2 Key Stakeholders ___________________________________________________________________ 5 2.4 Project Area _______________________________________________________________________ 6 3. Legal, Regulatory, Planning and Third Party Requirements 7 3.1 Legal and Regulatory Requirements ____________________________________________________ 7 3.1.1 International Legislation and Policy _____________________________________________________ 7 3.1.2 National Legislative and Policy Framework _______________________________________________ 7 3.2 Planning and Permitting Requirements __________________________________________________ 7 3.2.1 Environmental and Social Impact Assessment _____________________________________________ 7 3.3 Third Party Requirements ____________________________________________________________ 11 3.3.1 Overview ________________________________________________________________________ 11 3.3.2 International Finance Corporation (IFC) Standards and Guidance _____________________________ 11 3.3.3 Asian Development Bank (ADB) Standards ______________________________________________ 12 4. Biodiversity Baseline 14 4.1 General Approach and Methodology ___________________________________________________ 14 4.1.1 Desktop Study ____________________________________________________________________ 14 4.1.2 Field surveys _____________________________________________________________________ 14 4.1.3 Protected and Nature Conservation Areas _______________________________________________ 18 4.1.4 Key Biodiversity Areas ______________________________________________________________ 19 4.2 Habitats of Conservation Value _______________________________________________________ 20 4.3 Flora of Conservation Value __________________________________________________________ 22 4.4 Birds of Conservation Value __________________________________________________________ 23 4.5 Mammals of Conservation Value ______________________________________________________ 25 4.6 Reptiles and Amphibians of Conservation Value __________________________________________ 26 326959 /TRD/TRS/06/F January 2015 . 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Critical Habitat Assessment 28 5.1 Background Information _____________________________________________________________ 28 5.2 Determination of Critical Habitat _______________________________________________________ 28 5.2.1 Introduction _______________________________________________________________________ 28 5.3 C1: Critically endangered and endangered species; C2: Endemic species and/or restricted range species3 5.3.1 Sumatran Tiger (Critically Endangered; Endemic) _________________________________________ 33 5.3.2 Sumatran Orang-utan (Critically Endangered; Endemic) ____________________________________ 33 5.3.3 Agile Gibbon (Endangered) __________________________________________________________ 34 5.3.4 Siamang (Endangered) _____________________________________________________________ 35 5.3.5 Mitred Leaf Monkey (Endangered; Endemic) _____________________________________________ 35 5.3.6 Malayan Pangolin (Critically Endangered) _______________________________________________ 36 5.3.7 Asian tapir (Endangered) ____________________________________________________________ 36 5.3.8 Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant (Vulnerable; Endemic) ____________________________________ 37 5.3.9 Sumatran Drongo (Near Threatened; Endemic) ___________________________________________ 37 5.3.10 Cream-striped Bulbul (Vulnerable; Endemic) _____________________________________________ 38 5.3.11 Spot-necked Bulbul (Vulnerable; Endemic) ______________________________________________ 38 5.3.12 Sumatran Laughingthrush (Vulnerable, Endemic) _________________________________________ 38 5.3.13 Asian forest Tortoise (Endangered) ____________________________________________________ 39 5.3.14 Other reptiles and amphibians ________________________________________________________ 39 5.3.15 Plants ___________________________________________________________________________ 39 5.4 Highly-threatened and unique ecosystems _______________________________________________ 41 5.5 Key evolutionary processes __________________________________________________________ 41 5.6 Internationally recognised areas _______________________________________________________ 41 5.7 Critical habitat impacts and project requirements __________________________________________ 41 5.7.1 Overview ________________________________________________________________________ 41 5.7.2 Critical Habitat trigger species ________________________________________________________ 42 5.7.3 Highly-threatened and unique ecosystems _______________________________________________ 45 5.7.4 Key evolutionary processes __________________________________________________________ 45 5.7.5 Internationally recognised areas _______________________________________________________ 46 6. Priorities for Biodiversity Conservation 47 6.1 Selection criteria ___________________________________________________________________ 47 6.2 Priorities _________________________________________________________________________ 47 6.2.1 Habitats _________________________________________________________________________ 47 6.2.2 Species __________________________________________________________________________ 47 7. BAP Actions 50 7.1 Overview ________________________________________________________________________ 50 7.2 BAP Actions ______________________________________________________________________ 50 8. Biodiversity Monitoring and Evaluation Plan 74 8.1 Short-term Biodiversity monitoring _____________________________________________________ 74 8.2 Long-term Biodiversity Monitoring _____________________________________________________ 75 8.3 Evaluation ________________________________________________________________________ 75 326959 /TRD/TRS/06/F January 2015 . Sarulla