(PESIA) Weg naar Zee 2D Seismic - Staatsolie

P-all consultants Staatsolie Maatschappij Suriname N.V.
PESIA Weg naar Zee 2D Seismic 2012
Results
The flora of the Western Wayambo Swamp is presented and discussed in the Environmental
Impact Statement for the Western Wayambo Swamp (see E2 CANADA & GOLDER. 2000,
ANNEX A). There, a total number of 161 species was recorded.
Based on studies of coastal areas like in the Wia-Wia Nature Reserve (Lindeman, 1953;
Sterringa, 1971; Pons, 1972; and Julen, 1974), all species recorded in the Western Wayambo
Swamp seem to be rather common as this is the case elsewhere in the coastal area. Due to the
instable coastline (caused by factors such as water fluctuations, salt intrusion, grass and peat
fires), unique, rare or endangered flora species are also not expected to be found in the Western
Wayambo swamp.
At a national level, many plant species in the coastal area are confined to the narrow brackish
water zone, a zone that is covering only 1% of the Surinamese land area.
Goods and services from the flora
Plants provide useful products for man and food for animal species, including game species
(bush meat), pets (mainly birds) and food fish.
4.3.3 FAUNA
Fauna is defined as a list of animal species, present in a certain area, in this case the Eastern
Wayambo Swamp. During every fieldtrip, observations were made on fauna. The most visible
species were birds. Most observations were made in the vicinity of the sampling area on 22
August 2012, during the time of sampling, but the observations made on the earlier fieldtrips are
also listed in Annex 4. Canada & Golder, 2000 have reported a number of species observed in
the Western Wayambo Swamp (see table 7). There is little reason to assume that the list of
animal species in the eastern Wayambo Swamp will be different from the list of Canada &
Golder of the western Wayambo Swamp.
Results
The lists of mammals, birds, herpetofauna and fishes of the Western Wayambo Swamp are
presented in the Environmental Impact Statement for the Western Wayambo Swamp (see E2
CANADA & GOLDER. 2000, ANNEX B). A summary of these numbers is given in Table 8.
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