Appendix 3: Key Biodiversity Components Matrix (KBCM) and Habitat Hectares Score, April 2008 Iteration
84
BBOP Pilot Project Case Study – Ambatovy Project
Habitat hectares lost – 40% mitigation
Total Habitat
Hectares Lost:
972
Each Site Class…
Post-Project, High Impact Sites…
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites…
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites…
#
Units/
Bands
Condition/
Level
Net
Loss
Condition/
Level
Net
Loss
Condition/
Level
Net
Loss
Pre-Project
1004.75
735.57
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
401.9
602.85
294.228
441.34
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
1004.8
735.57
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
1004.8
735.57
0
Pre-Project
23.22
14.57
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
9.288
13.932
5.828
8.742
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
23.22
14.57
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
23.22
14.57
0
Pre-Project
9.07
9.5
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
3.628
5.442
3.8
5.7
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
9.07
9.5
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
9.07
9.5
0
Pre-Project
13.57
15.17
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
5.428
8.142
6.068
9.102
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
13.57
15.17
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
13.57
15.17
0
Pre-Project
85.08
36.86
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
34.032
51.048
14.744
22.116
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
85.08
36.86
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
85.08
36.86
0
Pre-Project
0.033
0
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
0.0132
0.0198
0
0
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
0.033
0
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
0.033
0
0
Pre-Project
123.3
123.3
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
49.32
73.98
49.32
73.98
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
123.3
123.3
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
123.3
123.3
0
Pre-Project
0.025
0
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
0.01
0.015
0
0
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
0.025
0
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
0.025
0
0
Pre-Project
142.4
142.4
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
56.96
85.44
56.96
85.44
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
142.4
142.4
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
142.4
142.4
0
Pre-Project
0.007
0
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
0.0028
0.0042
0
0
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
0.007
0
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
0.007
0
0
Pre-Project
4.13
4.13
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
1.652
2.478
1.652
2.478
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
4.13
4.13
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
4.13
4.13
0
Pre-Project
0.013
0
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
0.0052
0.0078
0
0
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
0.013
0
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
0.013
0
0
Pre-Project
31.12
31.12
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
12.448
18.672
12.448
18.672
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
31.12
31.12
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
31.12
31.12
0
Pre-Project
0.8
14.05
Post-Project, High Impact Sites
0.32
0.48
5.62
8.43
0
Post-Project, Medium Impact Sites
0.8
14.05
0
Post-Project, Low Impact Sites
0.8
14.05
0
Condition Class 2:
CALCULATING BIODIVERSITY LOSS AT IMPACT SITE
(Quantifcation of Biodiversity Loss Through Project Impact, via Habitat
Hectares)
Forest
Habitat Type 1:
…of Condition
Class 3:
1. To the left, label each pre-project site condition class found.
(Three or less. e.g. "pristine", "good", "degraded", or "good", "poor", etc.)
1587.963
497.7
Disturbed
Condition Class 3:
Ponds
2. Fill in the area of …
(enter "0" for non-relevent
condition classes and
impact levels)
3. For each relevant condition class and impact level below, please fill in the condition/level of the attribute in
question…
Pre/Post-Project Conditions
Habitat
Hectares Lost
Rationale
(enter comments explaining data in
columns B to Q)
0
0
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
NT
Condition Class 1:
Trad'ble/
Non?
(T/NT)
BENCHMARK
Meter
28.75396955
30.01936064
110.0914366
Good forest is the average of : P.5,
6, 9, 12, 14, & 18; Disturbed forest
average of : P. 10 &20
No mitigation Year _0
Attribute
Square
meters/ha
22.16
0.1
105.2943699
0.025
0.1
96.18821212
0.025
Weight
Reference Level
Good forest
0.1
59.73464331
0.05
stems/ha
1118
0
… of Condition
Class 1:
0
0
0
0
0
Ponds
Good forest
Disturbed
1587.963
497.7
…of Condition Class
2:
0.1
95.22633
NT
NT
NT
Allocebus trichotis
density
0.025 number/ha
9.98
Basal area
Mean tree height
canopy
Stems
83.63 number/ha
Top height tree 14.54 Meter
Tree species density
Propithecus
diadema Density
0.033
142.4
0
0.1
101.9291218
Prolemur simus
density
0.007
62.59328907
Propithecus
diadema
vulnerability index
123.3
0
0.05 NT
0.05
62.55290347
Allocebus trichotis
vulnerability index
number/ha
Prolemur simus
vulnerability index
4.13
0
0.05
62.57364727
Indri indri density 0.013 number/ha 0.1
94.64847026
62.56554363
Indri indri
vulnerability index
31.12
0
0.05
Deforestation rate
0
Percentag
e
0.1
0
