Environmental Assessment
Volume E-5.3
Tailings Facility
Land Use
Ambatovy Project
210
January 2006
Alteration of Soils, Terrain and Vegetation
The impacts of the project on areas with a variety of potential land uses are
presented in Table 5.3-2. Impact areas are mapped in Figure 5.3-1. Effectively,
all lands within the property line of the tailings facility will become unavailable
for land use during the project; the lands covered by tailings are conservatively
assumed to be unavailable for agriculture on a permanent basis, although other
land uses will likely be possible.
Table 5.3-2 Land Use Impact Areas for the Tailings Facility Local Study Area
Type of Area
Area Within
LSA
(Baseline)
(ha)
Area
Impacted
(Operations)
(ha)
Area
Impacted
(long-term)
(ha)
Proportion of
Area in LSA
Impacted
(long-term)
(%)
degraded residual coastal
woodland
0
0
0
0
azonal/transitional forest and scrub
0
0
0
0
primary zonal forest and marsh
edge
0
0
0
0
degraded primary zonal forest
0
0
0
0
agroforest/secondary forest
66
27
19
29
plantation
7
3
3
43
woodlot
44
4
4
9
beach ridge complex
0
0
0
0
coastal shrubland/grassland
complex
0
0
0
0
rice paddies
82
10
9
11
shrubland/herbaceous/pasture
0
0
0
0
tavy matrix
2,219
1,060
935
42
village/urban
14
0
0
0
wetlands
61
14
11
18
access corridor (road/rail)
18
11
11
61
industry (buildings or exploration
areas)
14
0
0
0
canal
0
0
0
0
quarry
3
1
1
33
river/water
0
0
0
0
seasonal pond
0
0
0
0
total
2,528
1,130
993
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