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Environmental Assessment Volume C
Slurry Pipeline Table of Contents
3.6.2 Baseline Summary.........................................................................................49
3.6.3 Issue Scoping.................................................................................................52
3.6.4 Impact Assessment........................................................................................53
3.6.5 Impact Analysis ..............................................................................................58
3.6.6 Conclusions....................................................................................................60
3.7 WATER QUALITY .........................................................................................................61
3.7.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................61
3.7.2 Study Area .....................................................................................................61
3.7.3 Baseline Summary.........................................................................................61
3.7.4 Issue Scoping.................................................................................................62
3.7.5 Impact Assessment........................................................................................63
3.7.6 Impact Analysis ..............................................................................................67
3.7.7 Conclusions....................................................................................................68
3.8 VISUAL AESTHETICS ..................................................................................................69
3.8.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................69
3.8.2 Study Area .....................................................................................................69
3.8.3 Baseline Summary.........................................................................................69
3.8.4 Issue Scoping.................................................................................................70
3.8.5 Impact Assessment........................................................................................71
3.8.6 Conclusions....................................................................................................76
4 BIOLOGICAL ............................................................................................................ 77
4.1 FLORA...........................................................................................................................77
4.1.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................77
4.1.2 Study Area .....................................................................................................77
4.1.3 Baseline Summary.........................................................................................77
4.1.4 Issue Scoping.................................................................................................80
4.1.5 Key Question FL-1 What Effect Will the Slurry Pipeline Have on the
Loss or Alteration of Plant Communities?......................................................81
4.1.6 Key Question FL-2 What Effect Will the Slurry Pipeline Have on the
Introduction of Exotic and Unwanted Plant Species?....................................87
4.2 FAUNA...........................................................................................................................91
4.2.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................91
4.2.2 Study Area .....................................................................................................91
4.2.3 Baseline Summary.........................................................................................92
4.2.4 Impact Assessment........................................................................................94
4.3 FISH AND AQUATIC RESOURCES...........................................................................117
4.3.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................117
4.3.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................117
4.3.3 Baseline Summary.......................................................................................117
4.3.4 Issue Scoping...............................................................................................127
4.3.5 Key Question FA-1: What Effect Will the Project Have on Aquatic
Habitat?........................................................................................................129
4.3.6 Key Question FA-2: What Effect Will the Project Have on the
Abundance and Survival of Fish? ................................................................136
4.3.7 Key Question FA-3 What Effect Will the Project have on Artisanal
Fisheries?.....................................................................................................141
4.3.8 Conclusions..................................................................................................144
4.4 NATURAL HABITATS AND BIODIVERSITY ..............................................................145
4.4.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................145
4.4.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................146
4.4.3 Baseline Summary.......................................................................................146
4.4.4 Impact Assessment......................................................................................148
4.4.5 Conclusions..................................................................................................158
Ambatovy Project iv January 2006
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