Environmental Assessment
Volume B-5.3
Mine
Land Use
Ambatovy Project
366
January 2006
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Reclaiming mine areas following the completion of the project, to
function ecologically in accordance with regional land use objectives
(described in Volume B, Section 6 and Volume H, Appendix 7).
5.3.7
Conclusions
The project will have a small effect on land uses in the immediate area of the
project due to direct disturbance of lands used for grazing, rice and tavy
agriculture. These impacts relate to very small proportions of the land available
for these purposes in the LSA, and compensation will be provided for these
impacts where they occur. The project may also have indirect effects on land use
in areas surrounding the mine due to alterations in air and water quality, as well
as water quantity, but mitigations will largely eliminate these impacts. The
greatest effects on land use may be due to increases in the local population due to
in-migration resulting from real or perceived economic opportunities provided by
the project. The magnitude of these impacts in socioeconomic terms is evaluated
in Volume B, Section 5.1.
