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Draft Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) and Critical Habitat Assessment (CHA) Project Number: 50156-001 July 2016

INO: Muara Laboh Geothermal Power Project

Prepared by PT Greencap NAA Indonesia for PT Supreme Energy Muara Laboh (PT SEML)

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BIODIVERSITY ACTION PLAN

Geothermal Development of

M uara Laboh Power Plant

Solok Selatan Regency,

West Sumatra Province

25 July 2016

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................................... i

LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................ iv

LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................... v

LIST OF M AP ................................................................................................................................ vi

ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................................................... vii

1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 1-1

1.1 Project Background ................................................................................................ 1-1

1.2 Rationale for this Report ....................................................................................... 1-1

1.3 General Approach .................................................................................................. 1-1

1.4 Project Description ................................................................................................ 1-2

1.4.1 Explorat ion Stage.......................................................................................... 1-2

1.4.2 History of Project .......................................................................................... 1-2

1.4.3 Project Schedule ........................................................................................... 1-3

1.4.4 Project Configurat ion.................................................................................... 1-3

1.4.5 Analysis of Alternat ives................................................................................. 1-8

1.5 Structure of this Document.................................................................................... 1-8

2 SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................. 2-1

2.1 Project Scope ......................................................................................................... 2-1

2.2 Scope of This Report .............................................................................................. 2-1

2.3 Aim and Objectives ................................................................................................ 2-1

3 POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAM EWORK ........................................................................ 3-1

3.1 International Regulation ........................................................................................ 3-1

3.1.1 Ramsar Convent ion (1971) ........................................................................... 3-1

3.1.2 World Heritage Convent ion (1972) ............................................................... 3-1

3.1.3 Convent ion on Internat ional Trade in Endangered Species of Wild

Fauna and Flora (1975) ................................................................................. 3-1

3.1.4 Convent ion on Conservat ion of M igratory Species of Wild Animals............... 3-2

3.1.5 United Nat ions Convent ion on Biological Diversity (1992) ............................. 3-2

3.1.6 Regional Regulat ions .................................................................................... 3-2

3.2 National Regulation ............................................................................................... 3-3

3.3 Third Party Requirements ...................................................................................... 3-6

3.3.1 Overview ...................................................................................................... 3-6

3.3.2 Internat ional Finance Corporat ion (IFC) Standards and Guidance ................. 3-6

3.3.3 Asian Development Bank (ADB) Standards .................................................... 3-7

4 BIODIVERSITY BASELINE .................................................................................................. 4-1

4.1 M ethodology ......................................................................................................... 4-1

4.1.1 Study Area .................................................................................................... 4-1

4.1.2 Desktop Informat ion..................................................................................... 4-1

4.1.3 Field Surveys ................................................................................................ 4-2

4.1.4 Species Habitat M apping .............................................................................. 4-3

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4.1.5 Stakeholder Engagement on Biodiversity Values ........................................... 4-3

4.2 Environmental Setting ........................................................................................... 4-3

4.2.1 Biodiversity Study Year 2008 ........................................................................ 4-3

4.2.2 Species of Conservat ion Value ...................................................................... 4-9

4.2.3 Nat ional and Internat ional Protected Areas ................................................ 4-37

5 CRITICAL HABITAT ASSESSM ENT ...................................................................................... 5-1

5.1 Background Information ........................................................................................ 5-1

5.2 Expert Adjustment Approach................................................................................. 5-1

5.3 Discrete M anagement Unit and Assessment of Critical Habitat ............................. 5-2

5.3.1 Crit ically Endangered (CR) and/ or Endangered (EN) species at global

and/ or nat ional level; Endemic and/ or restricted-range species; and

M igratory and/ or congregatory species ........................................................ 5-3

5.3.2 Highly threatened and/ or unique ecosystems ............................................... 5-3

5.3.3 Legally Protected and Internat ionally Recognized Areas ............................... 5-4

5.4 Priority Biodiversity Features .............................................................................. 5-13

5.5 Potential Biodiversity Features ............................................................................ 5-13

6 IM PACT ASSESSM ENT AND M ITIGATION ......................................................................... 6-1

6.1 Impact Evaluation .................................................................................................. 6-1

6.2 Evaluation of Impacts on Priority Species and Associated Habitats ....................... 6-3

6.2.1 M igratory and/ or congregatory species and crit ically endangered

and/ or endangered species at global and nat ional level ............................... 6-3

6.2.2 Evaluat ion of Impacts on Protected Areas ..................................................... 6-3

6.2.3 Evaluat ion of Impacts on Ecosystem Service ................................................. 6-3

6.3 Strategy for Additional M itigations ....................................................................... 6-3

6.3.1 Avoidance..................................................................................................... 6-3

6.3.2 M inimizat ion ................................................................................................ 6-3

6.3.3 Restorat ion ................................................................................................... 6-3

6.3.4 Offsets .......................................................................................................... 6-3

6.4 Impacts on Priority Habitats .................................................................................. 6-6

6.5 Impacts on Priority Species .................................................................................... 6