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Chapter 6: Wildlife Management System (Planning)

A detailed discussion of the wildlife management system or planning are discussed in Chapter 3 of this WMP
Guideline.

Chapter 7: Management Cost

Provide information on:

i. Cost estimation of implementing the WMP.
ii. Plan for staff training to develop competency to discharge responsibilities on wildlife management
requirements and compliance. The training areas shall include maintenance and performance monitoring,
wherever relevant.

Table 4.3: Structure of the WMP report

Chapter Details

Chapter 1: • Provides an introduction, covering the objectives,
Introduction scope and structure.

Chapter 2: • Describes an overview of project planning and
Method Statements approaches to integrate the WMP process.
• Outlines the requirements for the project cycle
and integration of WMP into project planning;
and important principles for managing a WMP.
• Provides a concise review of legislations and
policies relevant to development in national and
state and how they relate to the WMP process.

Chapter 3: • Provides an outline of the relevant baseline
Baseline Data information, such as major findings of flora and
fauna diversity highlighted in the WMP report and
gathered elsewhere from the field and other
reports, as well as interviews that were associated
with the WMP.

Chapter 4: • Provides the methodology and tools to identify,
Evaluation of Impacts predict, evaluate and assess the possible impacts
on wildlife.
• The predicted impacts are divided into three
phases; preconstruction, construction and
operation

Chapter 5: • Identifies practical measures to minimise the
Mitigation Measures potentially negative impacts arising from the
project’s development; and the types of measures
to manage residual impacts.

Chapter 6: • Provides requirements to decide if a WMP or
Wildlife Management System related development project activities need WMP.
(Planning) • Provides a framework for relevant wildlife
management programmes, monitoring
processes, methods to be implemented, cost of
implementing the plan, and practicality of the

32 GUIDANCE DOCUMENT FOR PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF WILDLIFE
MANAGEMENT PLAN (WMP) IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)