Part 1 – A Rapid Participatory Biodiversity Assessment - IUCN

Contents
Executive Summary................................................................................................... i
Recommendations................................................................................................... iii
5.1 Recommendations to strengthen the plantation process .................................................iii
5.2 Recommendations to minimize harmful impacts of plantations on biodiversity and
related ecosystem services through implementation of appropriate guidelines and
monitoring practices........................................................................................................ iv
5.3 Recommendations for further socio-economic analysis................................................. iv
5.4 Recommendations for linking Stora Enso biodiversity management response to other
biodiversity programmes in the area............................................................................... iv
Part 1 – A Rapid Participatory Biodiversity Assessment...................................... 1
1.1 Background ...................................................................................................................... 1
1.1.1 The Stora Enso Plantation Project ........................................................................... 1
1.1.2 The Plantation Model............................................................................................... 2
1.1.3 Status of the project ................................................................................................. 3
1.1.4 Environmental and social management practices .................................................... 3
1.1.5 How this biodiversity assessment will inform the overall ESIA ............................. 4
Source: Terms of reference for biodiversity assessment ....................................................... 4
1.2 Introduction...................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 A Rapid & Participatory Assessment Methodology........................................................ 2
1.3.1 Scoping and Secondary Data Gathering .................................................................. 2
1.3.2 Field Assessment and Data Analysis ...................................................................... 4
1.3.3 Final Stakeholder Consultations .............................................................................. 4
1.3.4 Methodology Limitations......................................................................................... 4
Part 2 – Overview of the project area: Location, People and Landscapes .......... 6
2.1 Location and physical characteristics of the study area................................................... 6
2.2 People in the study area .................................................................................................. 7
2.2.1 Basic demographics ................................................................................................. 7
2.2.2 Ethnic groups and poverty ....................................................................................... 7
2.3. Representative landscapes .............................................................................................. 9
2.3.1. Nong District - Representative landscapes ............................................................. 9
2.3.2 Sepon District - Representative landscapes ........................................................... 12
2.3.3 Vilabouri District - Representative landscapes...................................................... 14
2.3.4 Taoy District - Representative landscapes............................................................. 17
2.3.5 Samoi District - Representative landscapes........................................................... 19
Part 3 – Status of biodiversity in the project area including ecosystem services
and conservation issues................................................................................ 22
3.1 General land use, vegetation and/or habitat types around villages................................ 22
3.2 Structure and composition of plants in different land-use/vegetation types............. 22
3.3 Species richness of flora in the survey areas ................................................................. 24
3.4 Species richness of fauna in the survey areas ................................................................ 25
3.5 Important localities for conservation of biodiversity in the survey area ....................... 28
3.6 Utilisation of biological resources ................................................................................. 29
3.6.1 Ecosystem services related to biodiversity of the survey area............................... 29
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