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CHAPTER 6 Identifying and evaluating potential
impacts and following mitigating measures is
PREDICTION AND EVALUATION an important issue in Wildlife Impact Study.
OF IMPACTS ON WILDLIFE The predicted impacts of the project on the
wildlife reported in the Wildlife Impact Study
6.1 INTRODUCTION Report should be elaborated in WMP and
rescue plan if required.
The prediction of changes or
alterations of biological characteristics
Site clearing, access road and project
resulting from the implementation of a
site construction, and illegal hunting are
proposed project is compulsory for wildlife
among main activities during
management or rescue plan. Accurately
pre-construction and construction phase that
predicting and evaluating the impacts is
lead to pollution, sedimentation and habitat
important in designing wildlife management
loss, significantly impacting the wildlife
and rescue plan.
diversity, distribution and movements. The
mitigation measures will be explained in the
Accurate primary and secondary data
next chapter.
gathering is the basis for reliable prediction of
impacts. These impacts should be identified in 6.2 PREDICTION METHODOLOGY
the Zone of Study (within the development
area and its surroundings) and Zone of Impact The assessment of project impacts on

according to the three development phases: wildlife includes using technology such as
pre-construction, construction and operation. camera traps, radio and satellite collars that
Zone of Impact for wildlife can vary according adapted in hand computation methods and
to the wildlife species, surrounding land uses computer methods. These models have
and types of predicted impacts. gained in popularity in recent years and are
widely used in almost any scientific field due
Many considerations are required in to their accuracy, ease of use, and rapid
the evaluation of impacts on wildlife, analysis.
including:
Computer software (e.g., ArcGIS) can
Recent data on diversity and distribution of describe the land use changes, wildlife
wildlife within the predicted impact area
A (e.g., construction area and its distribution, and wildlife movement,
surroundings);
consequently measuring the possible impact
Activities within the forested area (e.g., of project construction according to
B logging and encroachment); development phase. This allows a clearer
assessment of impacts and testing mitigation
Land use change; measures. In some cases, quantifying the
C impact is unnecessary, while the negative

impacts that have severe consequences
Topography of the proposed site and its
D surrounding; require quantification.

E Project description.

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