Rev2. December 2010 PGGP-EH-SSZZZ BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY

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2 Rev2 December 2010 PGGP-EH-SSZZZ

3 Contents 1.0 Introduction The Project Area, History and Proposed Developments Oil and Gas Development in the Region Kikori Integrated Conservation and Development Project The Project and Project Areas The Upstream Project Area Marine Project Area LNG Project Area Scope of Document Related Project Documents Environmental Impact Statement Environmental and Social Management Plan Intended Users and Audience Document Control Legal and Other Requirements Laws and Regulations of Papua New Guinea International Finance Corporation ExxonMobil s environment Policy Identification of Biodiversity Values and Impacts Biodiversity Studies in the Upstream Project Area Analysis of Biodiversity Values The Upstream Project Area as a Whole Priority Ecosystems Focal Habitats Risk Analysis and Identifying Potential Impacts to Biodiversity Values Goals and Objectives Goal Objectives Avoidance of Impacts on Biodiversity Process Avoidance Measures Pipeline Routing Options Within the Upstream Project Area Priority Ecosystems Focal Habitats Identification of Mitigation Measures and Development of Management Plans Mitigating Impacts Through the Environmental and Social Management Plan Ecological Management Plan Weed, Plant Pathogen and Pest Management Plan Erosion and Sediment Control Management Plan 50

4 8.1.4 Reinstatement Management Plan Induced Access Management Plan Quarantine Management Plan Fire Management Examples of Mitigating Impacts on Values Upstream Project Area Priority Ecosystems Focal Habitats Development of a Biodiversity Offset Delivery Plan Introduction International Guidance and References Developing Biodiversity Offsets in the PNG Context Offsetting Residual Impacts Choosing Offset Projects Management Development of a Biodiversity Monitoring Plan Introduction Goal Approach Adaptive Monitoring Next Steps References Bibliography Personal Communication Abbreviations 67 Figures 1.1: Project areas 1 2.1: Indicative project development schedule 6 2.2: Project elements 6 2.3: Offshore LNG Project Gas Pipeline route 9 3.1: Guide to the EIS : Bioregions of the upstream project area : Distributions of broad vegetation groups within the upstream project area : Priority ecosystems within the Upstream Project Area : Areas of biodiversity significance recognized by WWF : Alternative pipeline alignments 43

5 Tables 2.1: Project components and phases 7 5.1: Species in different IUCN red list categories and listed under the PNG legislation in the Upstream Project Area : IUCN critically endangered and endangered species in the upstream project area : Biodiversity-related design considerations and changes in Priority Ecosystems : Residual impacts associated with the Project ranked as moderate or higher : Steps required to finalize the Biodiversity Offset Delivery Plan : Relationship of PMAs to impacts and values : Suggested adaptation rules for the biodiversity strategy s monitoring program (not exhaustive) 64 Plates 1.1: The gecko Cyrtodactylus 2 1.2: Juvenile cassowary 2 1.3: Melodinus forbesii found on Hides Ridge 2 2.1: Gobe Production Facility 5 2.2: Crude oil export pipeline ROW and access road near the Iwa Range 8 2.3: Small rugged karst terrain south of Veiru Creek 8 2.4: Grassland and cleared terrain (central part of LNG Facilities site) : Kikori Project Community Awareness and Mitigation Roadshow presentation (November 2008) : Project Awareness and Environmental Inception Report Roadshow presentation to DEC and other government officials (November 2007) : Lea Lea Project Awareness and Environmental Inception Report Roadshow presentation (November 2007) : View of Lake Kutubu : Goare Project Awareness and Environmental Inception Report Roadshow presentation (November 2007) : The Maruba River at Deviation Camp : Epiphytes in lower montane small crowned forest with Nothofagus : Begonia pseudobotrys : Lithocarpus rufovillosus : Ficus arfakensi 23

6 5.6: Rhododendron : Nyctimene aello : Superb fruit dove : Green tree python Morelia viridis at Juha : The agamid Hypsilurus modestus : The tree frog Litoria pronimia : A new species of microhylid Xenobatrachus sp. from Juha South : Unbroken low altitude medium crowned forest between Juha and Hides : Forests at Juha : Hides Ridge lower montane small crowned forest with Nothofagus : Large cave in the Upstream Project Area : Sinkhole swamp on Hides Ridge : Swamp forest complexes at Lake Kutubu : Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) : Stakeholder consultation at Benaria (October 2005) 39 Boxes 1.1: Biodiversity in Papua New Guinea 3 5.1: Habitat dynamics : Tree kangaroos : The Honeanda Complex : Bulmer s fruit-bat : Lake Kutubu : New Guinea s long-beaked echidnas : IFC Performance Standard 6 paragraph 10 (critical habitat) : Pipeline routing: upstream project area versus other regions : Routing guidelines for the upstream pipelines : Design mitigation measures in Priority Ecosystems : Limestone : Principles for the Biodiversity Offset Delivery Plan 56

7 Appendices 1 Project Developments 69 2 Environmental Impact Statement Documents 77 3 Environmental and Social Management Plan Appendices 79 4 Vegetation in the Upstream Project Area 83 5 Determining Magnitude of Residual Impacts 87 6 Route Choices 91 7 Calculation of Offset Debt 93 8 Details of Programmed Monitoring Activities (PMAS) 97 9 Biodiversity Monitoring Targets and Endpoints 103

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