Pearl Building Rating System - Estidama

NS-4: Habitat Creation & Restoration
Intent To restore or re-create a habitat that is self sustaining.
Credit
Requirements
GENERAL
4 Credit Points:
Demonstrates measurable strategies to increase the ecological value of the site by
creating, or restoring, pre-existing, or degraded, remnant natural areas. The creation
of habitat must use native or adaptive drought and/ or saline tolerant species.
The habitat type to be created or restored must be a Priority Habitat of a type
appropriate to the site location. Where there is no suitable area onsite for restoration
or habitat creation, suitable offsite areas may be used to meet this credit.
Credit points are awarded based on the provision/ implementation of a Habitat
Creation or Restoration Strategy with habitat creation/ restoration areas of a minimum
size/types according to below:
Onsite habitat creation or restoration
Demonstrate habitat creation/ restoration equivalent to the minimum habitat size area
for effective habitat function or two (2) times the minimum landscape area, whichever
is the greater. Habitat creation or restoration area must be within areas as identified
in NS-R1.
Offsite habitat creation or restoration
Demonstrate habitat creation/ restoration equivalent to four (4) times the area of the
minimum landscape area,
and
Demonstrate the off-site habitat creation or restoration area is:
� Located within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi;
� A degraded habitat;
� Located in an area surrounded and connected to a similar habitat to that being
created; and
� Located outside an area allocated for development within Plan 2030.
2 Credit Points:
Demonstrate that through collaboration with neighbouring land owner(s), ecological
corridors will be created linking habitat creation / restoration site(s) to similar habitat
types located near but beyond the site. Ecological corridors must be a minimum 40m
width and landscaped with native and adaptive species.
The ecological restoration or rehabilitation recommendations must be prepared by a
suitably qualified professional.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT/CLARIFICATIONS
None
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