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Environmental Assessment Volume E
Tailings Facility Table of Contents
Ambatovy Project v January 2006
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4.3.6 Key Question FA-2: What Effect Will the Project Have on the
Abundance of Aquatic Biota and Survival of Endemic or Native
Species? ......................................................................................................185
4.3.7 Key Question FA-3: What Effect Will the Project Have on Artisanal
Fisheries?.....................................................................................................191
4.3.8 Conclusions..................................................................................................194
4.4 MARINE ECOLOGY....................................................................................................195
4.5 NATURAL HABITATS AND BIODIVERSITY ..............................................................196
4.6 PROTECTED AREAS .................................................................................................197
5 SOCIAL ................................................................................................................... 198
5.1 SOCIOECONOMICS...................................................................................................198
5.2 CULTURAL PROPERTY.............................................................................................199
5.2.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................199
5.2.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................199
5.2.3 Baseline Summary.......................................................................................199
5.2.4 Issue Scoping...............................................................................................200
5.2.5 Impact Assessment......................................................................................202
5.3 LAND USE...................................................................................................................206
5.3.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................206
5.3.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................206
5.3.3 Baseline Summary.......................................................................................206
5.3.4 Issue Scoping...............................................................................................208
5.3.5 Assessment Methods...................................................................................208
5.3.6 Impact Assessment......................................................................................209
5.3.7 Mitigation......................................................................................................214
5.3.8 Conclusions..................................................................................................214
5.4 HUMAN AND ECOLOGICAL HEALTH .......................................................................216
5.4.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................216
5.4.2 Study Area ...................................................................................................216
5.4.3 Baseline Summary.......................................................................................216
5.4.4 Impact Assessment......................................................................................217
5.4.5 Conclusions..................................................................................................225
5.5 TRAFFIC......................................................................................................................226
6 RECLAMATION AND CLOSURE PLAN................................................................. 227
6.1 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................227
6.2 FACILITY CLOSURE PLANS......................................................................................227
6.3 RECLAMATION PLANS..............................................................................................229
6.3.1 Erosion Control ............................................................................................229
6.3.2 Revegetation ................................................................................................230
6.4 MONITORING .............................................................................................................230
7 ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL MANAGEMENT PLANS ................................... 231
7.1 CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS PHASE ACTIVITIES ....................................231
7.1.1 Water Management Plan .............................................................................231
7.1.2 Flora and Fauna Management Plans ..........................................................231
7.1.3 Fish and Aquatics Management Plan ..........................................................231
7.1.4 Emergency Contingency Plan......................................................................232
7.2 CLOSURE AND RECLAMATION ACTIVITIES...........................................................232
7.2.1 Water Management Plan .............................................................................232
7.2.2 Flora and Fauna Management Plans ..........................................................232
7.2.3 Fish and Aquatics Management Plan ..........................................................233