Public Consultation - Enviro Dynamics Namibia

Chapter 6 : Public ConsultationSUMMARY OF ISSUES raised by publicSocio-EconomicimpactsProject MattersGeneral• Employment opportunities on land and onboard the vessel.• Skills transfer.• Impact on marine fauna and flora and associated impact on economics suchas job loss in the fishing and aquaculture industries.• Benefits to ordinary Namibians and local economy.• IRR of 25% is low. There is a vast resource, but NMP only intends to minesmall quantities. Over supply and price collapse.• Influx of workers adding to the burden on already pressurized resources.• Fishing has been many people’s livelihood for many years, thus a negativeimpact on marine life can impact this livelihood strategy.• The mining operational area coincides with fishing operations.• Tourism and the new eco-tourism venture near the project site on land.• Possibility of small-scale pilot operation.• Identify financiers of the project.• Impact of operations on the Kuiseb Delta.• We are attempting something in a third world country that has never beendone elsewhere in first world countries. Lack of benchmark to compareproject with.• Synergies with Gecko.• Impacts of beneficiation processes.• Limitation at the harbour with bulk handing facilities.• Consider Clostridium botulinum.• Visual pollution.• This information can contribute to the knowledge base of that area sincewe are now heading towards ecosystem management rather than singlestock assessments.6.2 THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORTThis report addressed the full scope of activities of the marine component of the project. Theprincipal components of this report are:• The description of the identified impacts (Environmental Impact Assessment);• The determination of the severity of the impacts (Environmental Impact Assessment), and• The establishment of mitigation measures (including pre dredging environmentalverification surveys) for those impacts determined to have a significant impact, wheresuch measures mitigate the negative impacts of the project to acceptable levels(Environmental Management Plan Report).Final ReportNamibian Marine Phosphate (Pty) Ltd.Page 6-5