No Potential Adverse Project Impact Comment on Impact Intensifying Impacts Significance Factors Before Mitigation 1 Physical Environment 1.1 Soil Erosion, Sedimentation ×× The existing land use and Runoff pattern, prevailing climatic and physical environmental condition signifies the impact 1.2 Slope Instability and × The prevailing climatic and Landscape Intrusion physical environmental condition 1.3 Impact on Soil and Water ××× As signifies there is high rainfall soil Quality erosion and siltation problem in the area can be exacerbated 1.4 Nuisance Noise × (rural) Settlement areas (towns and 1.5 Impact on Air Quality xx (urban) villages will be impacted more than rural areas) 2 Biological Environment 2.1 Impact on Vegetation and ××x Special attention in areas of natural Forest 2.2 Impact on Protected × Encroachment and new settlers moving from the central part of the country will cause the impact 2.3 Impact on Fauna ×x Reduction of forest coverage from time to time due to population pressure 3 Socio-Cultural Environment 3.2 Impact on Property and xx Not possible to know the and Service Utilities magnitude at this stage of the project 3.3 Vulnerability for HIV/AIDS ×× Isolation from family and and STDs increased mobility of construction workers 3.4 Gender Impacts Lack of awareness, isolation from ×× the central part of the country where education is relatively available
No Potential Adverse Project Impacts Impact Significance Before Mitigation Comment on Impact Intensifying Factors 1 Physical Environment 1.1 Soil Erosion, Sedimentation and Runoff ×× The existing land use pattern, prevailing climatic and physical environmental condition signifies the impact 1.2 Slope Instability and Landscape Intrusion × The prevailing climatic and physical environmental condition signifies 1.3 Impact on Soil and Water Quality ××× As there is high rainfall soil erosion and siltation problem in the area can be exacerbated 1.4 Nuisance Noise × (rural) xx (urban) Settlement areas (towns and villages will be impacted more than rural areas) 1.5 Impact on Air Quality 2 Biological Environment 2.1 Impact on Vegetation and ××x Special attention in areas of natural Forest 2.2 Impact on Protected × Encroachment and new settlers moving from the central part of the country will cause the impact 2.3 Impact on Fauna ×x Reduction of forest coverage from time to time due to population pressure 3 Socio-Cultural Environment 3.2 Impact on Property and Service Utilities xx Not possible to know the and magnitude at this stage of the project 3.3 Vulnerability for HIV/AIDS and STDs ×× Isolation from family and increased mobility of construction workers 3.4 Gender Impacts ×× Lack of awareness, isolation from the central part of the country where education is relatively available