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Corporation and State Forestry Departments. fields relevant to the Wildlife Impact Study.
The team shall be led and supervised by a
In assessing the species and habitat in team leader who shall be responsible for
a Wildlife Impact Study in Peninsular Malaysia, coordinating the Wildlife Impact Study and
the consultants must provide relevant for ensuring the quality of Wildlife Impact
information on regional and local endemism, Study Report is written to facilitate
and wildlife conservation and protection decision-making.

status following the global IUCN red list, WCA
2010, and Red List of Mammals for Peninsular The Wildlife Impact Study Report must
Malaysia (2017). be submitted to the Director General of
PERHILITAN within the stipulated periods for
Most studies on the terrestrial fauna in approval. The Wildlife Impact Study Report
Peninsular Malaysia focused on the forests or Review for the project under First and Second
other wildlife habitats (e.g., wetlands, Schedule will be conducted at the State
marshes, coastal (including islands), mudflats, PERHILITAN and PERHILITAN Headquarters,
etc.). The assessment of Biological Diversity in respectively. After the Review Meeting, a
such habitats may differ in altitude, substrate letter of approval will be issued with a
types and climate. Identification of forest or statement of Wildlife Management Plan
wildlife habitat in proposed project area requirements. Compliance with the
should be carefully considered in a Wildlife requirements in this Guidance Document will
Impact Study because certain species may fulfil the Project Proponent’s obligation to the
not or can only be found in particular habitat. Wildlife Conservation Act (WCA) 2010 (Act
716). A general overview of the Wildlife
1.5 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF Impact Study procedure in Peninsular
WILDLIFE IMPACT STUDY IN Malaysia is illustrated in Figure 1.2.
EIA PROCEDURES

The Wildlife Impact Study, is a part of
EIA study and must be conducted by
consultants as required by Department of
Environment (DOE), under jurisdiction of
PERHILITAN, at the pre-submission of EIA
Report stage, particularly after the Term of
Reference Adequacy Check (TORAC)
Meeting, as illustrated in Figure 1.1. A research
permit is required before conducting a
Wildlife Impact Study, after Term of Reference
(TOR) has been verified by the DOE. Wildlife
Impact Study shall only be carried out by a

team of Qualified Persons who hold a valid
registration with the DOE and endorsed by
PERHILTAN as Wildlife Qualified Person (see
Chapter 3). The Wildlife Impact Study team
shall comprise competent and experienced
professionals in the technical

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