Ambergris Caye Belize Resort Development - Department of ...

Development
Activity
2. Resource use
conflicts
3. Operational
Phase of
Development.
General Social
Concerns or
Impacts
1c. Employment of
foreigners and
persons that are not
from immediate
areas.
2a. Loss of habitat
for lobster and
conch in nearshore
seagrass beds at
project site and
Nova pier from
physical destruction
of seafloor biota,
and sedimentation
and turbidity effects
from dredging.
2b.Potentianl
disruption of boat
traffic traveling in
the vicinity of the
dredging operation,
including fishermen,
tour guides and the
staff of the
BCNP/MR.
3a. Employment of
foreigners and
persons not from
San Pedro and
immediate environs.
Specific Social
Concerns of
Impacts
1c1. Lack of
economic
opportunities for
people in proximity
to the development
site.
2a1. Potential
decline in
recruitment of
lobsters and conch
with consequent
decrease in
landings.
2b1. Potentials for
collisions with
consequent injury
and loss.
3a1. Lack of
economic
opportunities.
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Mitigation Measures
1c1a. Hiring people from
San Pedro and its
environs in circumstances
where requisite skills and
competencies are
available will be a priority
of ABR.
2a1a. Deployment of ‘silt
curtains’ during dredging
operations greatly erodes
or eliminates broadcasting
of sediment plume in area
thus circumventing or
ameliorating damage to
nearshore habitats.
2b1a. Installation of
buoys, beacons and other
navigational aids to ward
off marine traffic from the
silt curtains and spoil
discharge pipes: Also
relevant is relatively
small volumes and short
duration of dredging
operation.
3a1a. Hiring people from
San Pedro in
circumstances where
requisite skills and
competencies are
available.