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CHAPTER 3 Impact Study, impact assessment and
evaluation of significance are prepared in this
WILDLIFE IMPACT STUDY Guidance Document, as described in Chapter
REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURE 4 and 5.

3.1 QUALIFIED PERSON FOR 3.3 WILDLIFE IMPACT STUDY
WILDLIFE IMPACT STUDY PROCEDURES

A Wildlife Impact Study shall only be At the beginning of a project’s development,
carried out by a team of Qualified Persons the Project Proponent shall provide a brief,
who hold a valid registration with the DOE as covering basic information and the location of
stipulated under Section 34A (7) of the EQA, the project and a list of the Qualified Person
1974 (Act 127). A Qualified Person are (consultants) to conduct the Wildlife Impact
commonly referred as EIA Consultant or Study. The types of information and details

Subject Consultant. The Wildlife Impact Study required to determine the scope and
team shall be led by consultants with Area of requirements of Wildlife Impact Study is listed
Expertise in Terrestrial Fauna, Aquatic in Table 2.1.
Ecology or Forestry, who attended all
compulsory training and workshops for A Wildlife Impact Study shall follow the
Wildlife Impact Study organized by following typical steps or phases followed by
PERHILITAN. A team leader must be EIA and Wildlife-practitioners and widely
competent and experienced in the technical adopted by wildlife protection agencies
field related to the Wildlife Impact Study, to worldwide:
ensure the Wildlife Impact Study Report is
Screening and Scoping
written with clear, coherent, balanced, and 01 towards formulation of
Terms of Reference for EIA
impartial for decision making process.
Application of research
3.2 ADHERES TO TERMS OF 02 permit
REFERENCE

Baseline study
03
Consultants conducting Wildlife
Impact Study must adheres to all terms
Impact assessment and
agreed in Terms of Reference (TOR) that 04 evaluation of significance
verified by DOE. Typically, the TOR will define
the types of information obtained from the Identification of
05 appropriate mitigation
scoping process to be presented in the EIA measures
Report and specify what studies need to be
Wildlife Impact Study
performed. Any project that may impact 06 report preparation
wildlife that aligns with latest amendments in
the Environmental Quality (Prescribed Wildlife Impact Study
07 report review
Activities) (Environmental Impact
Assessment) Order 2015, of the
Decision making
Environmental Quality Act (EQA) 1974 (Act 08
127), must conduct a wildlife survey and
report it to PERHILITAN for approval. Compliance Monitoring
Appropriate methodologies for Wildlife 09

GUIDANCE DOCUMENT ON WILDLIFE 11
IMPACT STUDY FOR IN ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA)