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Environmental Assessment Volume B
Mine Table of Contents
Ambatovy Project viii January 2006
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Table 3.10-2 Impact Description Criteria for Visual Aesthetics.................................................140
Table 3.10-3 Potential Effects and Residual Impacts for Visual Aesthetics .............................147
Table 3.10-4 Residual Impact Classification for Visual Aesthetics ...........................................149
Table 4.1-1 Numbers of Species of Concern for Different Levels of Endemism ....................154
Table 4.1-2 Total Tree Species Richness by Vegetation Type Within Forest Plots and
Subplots ...............................................................................................................155
Table 4.1-3 World Health Organization Guideline Values for the Effects of Individual
Substances on Terrestrial Vegetation..................................................................159
Table 4.1-4 Impact Description Criteria for Plant Communities, Structure and Diversity .......161
Table 4.1-5 Change in Vegetation Type Area as a Result of Site Clearing Within the
Mine Local Study Area.........................................................................................163
Table 4.1-6 Residual Impact Classification for Loss or Alteration of Plant
Communities, Forest Structure and Diversity ......................................................173
Table 4.1-7 Azonal and Transitional Vegetation Type Conservation Areas (On-Site) ...........176
Table 4.1-8 Impact Description Criteria for Species Loss.......................................................186
Table 4.1-9 Endemic Species of Concern in Priority Categories 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b
Found Within the Mine Site Project Area.............................................................188
Table 4.1-10 Residual Impact Classification for Loss of Plant Species....................................188
Table 4.1-11 Impact Description Criteria for Exotic and Unwanted Plant Species...................192
Table 4.1-12 Residual Impact Classification for Exotic and Unwanted Plant Species .............193
Table 4.2-1 Impact Description Criteria for Fauna ..................................................................206
Table 4.2-2 Change (%) in Habitat Area as a Result of Site Clearing from the Mine
Site in the Local Study Area ................................................................................207
Table 4.2-3 Species Observed in a Single Habitat .................................................................209
Table 4.2-4 Residual Impact Classification for Impacts Related to Direct Habitat Loss.........210
Table 4.2-5 Impact (ha) on Habitats as a Result of Project-Generated Noise Within
the Local Study Area ...........................................................................................217
Table 4.2-6 Habitats (ha) Within a 100 m Edge Effects Zone of the Mine Site Local
Study Area ...........................................................................................................218
Table 4.2-7 Residual Impact Classification for Fauna due to Indirect Habitat Loss ...............219
Table 4.2-8 Potential Impacts to Lemur Populations Due to Site Clearing.............................224
Table 4.2-9 Residual Impact Classification for Fauna due to Direct Mortality ........................225
Table 4.2-10 Residual Impact Classification for Fauna due to Fragmentation and
Barriers to Movement ..........................................................................................232
Table 4.2-11 Residual Impact Classification for Fauna Health.................................................237
Table 4.3-1 Habitat Characteristics of Stream Sample Sites in the Mine Local Study
Area .....................................................................................................................242
Table 4.3-2 Fish Species Recorded at the Mine Local Study Area During the 1998
and 2004-2005 Surveys.......................................................................................244
Table 4.3-3 Aquatic Invertebrate Taxa Present at the Mine LSA; 2004-2005 Survey............246
Table 4.3-4 Ecosystem Components, Parameters and Criteria for Fish and Aquatic
Resources............................................................................................................252
Table 4.3-5 Impact Description Criteria for Fish and Aquatic Resources...............................255
Table 4.3-6 Aquatic Habitat Loss as a Result of the Displacement of Streams and
Ponds by Mine Disturbance (a) ..............................................................................257
Table 4.3-7 Potential Effects and Residual Impacts for Aquatic Habitat ................................260
Table 4.3-8 Residual Impact Classification for Effects on Aquatic Habitat.............................261
Table 4.3-9 Potential Effects and Residual Impacts for Aquatic Species Abundance
and Survival .........................................................................................................271
Table 4.3-10 Residual Impact Classification for Effects on Aquatic Species Abundance
and Survival .........................................................................................................272
Table 4.3-11 Potential Effects and Residual Impacts for Artisanal Fisheries ...........................275
Table 4.3-12 Residual Impact Classification for Effects on Artisanal Fisheries........................276