Case Study – Biodiversity Action Plan Al Futtaim Tarmac Shawkah Quarry

Craig Streak CMIOSHTarmac Middle East

Regional Sustainable Development Manager

Corporate Responsibility

Good citizenship - our business principlesAnglo American is a global company. As such, our 'Good Citizenship' business principles transcend national borders. That means wherever we operate we not only obey local laws but live up to consistently high standards of business integrity and ethics as well.

Sustainable Development

• Sustainable Development

– We believe in conducting business now with an eye to the needs of the future. That means minimising any negative impacts of our operations on the environment and working with local communities to ensure that they benefit from our activities.

• Biodiversity

– Anglo American owns or has rights to more than 2.5 million hectares of land on six continents. With those rights come responsibilities. Among the most important is managing and safeguarding the biodiversity to be found in those diverse environments.

• Tarmac is a leader in the construction materials business in the UK, continental Europe, the Middle East. It is principally involved in the production of crushed rock, sand and gravel, asphalt, concrete and mortar, concrete products, lime and cement.

• Tarmac within the Middle East operate as :- • Al-Dhahira Tarmac• Tarmac Zawawi LLC• Tarmac Abu Dhabi• Midmac Tarmac

SHAWKAH QUARRY

What Biodiversity ?

BIODIVERSITY REVIEW December 2006

• CONTENTS• Sources of Information• Consultation• Site Assessments• Site BAP Structure• Baseline Description• Habitats / Vegetation• Existing Biodiversity Management Commitments• Evaluation

Source of Information Existing Biodiversity Action Plan Context

• Federal Decrees (No.10 & 61 refer) which reflect the United Nation’s Biodiversity Treaty of 1992.

• No existing biodiversity assessments or conservation frameworks for the United Arab Emirates (National Level) or specifically for the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah (Local Level) practically in place.

• In isolation a preliminary ecological and environmental survey of Jebel Hafeet, undertaken by the Terrestrial Environment Research Centre in April 2003. Sponsored by the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency (ERWDA), Abu Dhabi.

• Concluded the best way forward Shawkah BAP should based upon methodology used in the United Kingdom and adopted by the Tarmac group.

Consultation

• The principal organisations and individuals consulted during the development of the BAP

• Government of Ras Al Khaimah, Environmental Protection & Industry Development Commission; Robert Llewellyn-Smith, Head of Division – Wildlife & Protected Areas.

• Dr Drew Gardner, Assistant Chair, Natural and Quantitative Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi

• Dr Brigitte Howarth - Ecologist/Entomologist ,Zayed University, Dubai.