Environmental Assessment
Volume C-4.4
Slurry Pipeline
Natural Habitats and Biodiversity
Ambatovy Project
148
January 2006
Table 4.4-2 Land Classification for the Slurry Pipeline Local Study Area
Land Class
Area (ha)
Proportion of Total Area (%)
azonal habitats
81
0.2
azonal type transitional forest
36
0.1
transitional forest
151
0.4
marsh edge forest
26
0.1
primary forest
1,403
3.9
wetlands
406
1.1
degraded primary forest
1,537
4.2
clearing / tavy
30,778
84.9
woodlot / plantation
693
1.9
pasture
308
0.9
rice paddies
278
0.8
coastal shrub
227
0.6
water
128
0.4
human settlement
120
0.3
beach ridge
70
0.2
industrial
25
0.1
road
6
<0.1
railway
2
<0.1
4.4.4
Impact Assessment
4.4.4.1 Issue Scoping
The following issues related to the slurry pipeline-related impacts on natural
habitats and biodiversity were based on public consultation and the Terms of
Reference (Volume A, Section 6; Volume H, Appendix 1):
•
potential impacts from construction on natural habitats and biodiversity;
•
potential impacts of pipeline corridor construction on rare, endangered
or locally endemic species;
•
indirect effects during construction and operations on natural habitats
and biodiversity from increased access along the corridor; and
•
any fragmentation or loss of core habitat in areas recognized as being of
special importance, including the Torotorofotsy wetlands and the
Mantadia-Zahamena corridor.
