PQP-NS

Question 1

What are the credits under NS?

Answer 1

see page 31

Question 2

What are the important aspects of NS credit?

Answer 2

Encourage natural resource management and sustainable land use.

Question 3

What is green gradient?

Answer 3

It designates level of conservation, preservation and restoration, and development of five zones, ranging from most intensely developed urban core to the natural areas that must be preserved.

Question 4

The concept and policy objectives for green gradient are defined in?

Answer 4

Coastal Development Guidelines by UPC

Question 5

What are the hierachy being followed by NS credit section?

Answer 5

1. Protect 2. Enhance 3. Restore

Question 6

Assessment of NS should be caried out on?

Answer 6

Project site Area of probable impact surrounding the project; sub regional and regional scale

Question 7

What must be prepared to guide the design of the development?

Answer 7

KPI

Question 8

Measurable targets against which future design or construction works can be assessed refers to _______.

Answer 8

KPI

Question 9

What are true about KPI?

Answer 9

1. must be prepared to guide the design of the development; 2. must include indicators and targets relating lto soil, flora, fauna, etc. ;3. simple, clear, measurable targets against future design or construction works can be assessed; 4. need to be site specific and reflec the particular attributes of the site

Question 10

The Physical area within which activities of the project will take place.

Answer 10

Project Site Area

Question 11

The extent of the physical area occupied by an environmental component that is likely to be impacted by at least one of the phases of the proposed project.

Answer 11

Area of the probable impact

Question 12

What are the strategies for NS-R2?

Answer 12

Protection; Onsite Mitigation; Offsite Compensation

Question 13

What are the 3 strategies of NS-R2?

Answer 13

Protection, Onsite Mitigation, Offsite Compensation

Question 14

It is intended to minimize the demand for resources, promote soil protection and enhancement and long term survival and management of landscape and habitat areas.

Answer 14

NS-R3

Question 15

What type of plant should be considered in plant selection?

Answer 15

Only native and adaptive drought and saline tolerant species

Question 16

Any land that is or was occupied by a permanent structure including the land up to the plot boundary of the permanent structure and any associated fixed surface infrastructure.

Answer 16

Previously Developed Land

Question 17

True or False. Previously Developed Land includes agriculture or forestry and any parks or recreational grounds.

Answer 17

False. see page 41.

Question 18

Which ESA determines the remedial steps to be taken to decontaminate , or safely encapsulate, the site prior to construction?

Answer 18

Phase III

Question 19

Plant species not included in NS-3 requirements?

Answer 19

Invasive plants

Question 20

It will link habitat creation/ restoration sites to similar habitat types located near but beyond the site.

Answer 20

Ecological Corridor

Question 21

Examples of Priority Habitats

Answer 21

Intertidal Mudflats, Mangroves, vegetated sandy Beaches, Seagrass, Coral, Wadis, sand Sheets and Low Dunes, Interdunal Plains and High Dunes, Alluvial Plains, Jebels

Question 22

When is Onsite Mitigation strategy not applicable?

Answer 22

When the Natural System asset to be impacted is located within a protected or proposed protected area or national parl, a coastal park or ecological hotspot, or costal conservation zone, as defined by UPC Coastal Development Guidelines.

Question 23

What is the replacement ratio for on-site/off-site re-establishment of habitat using similar species diversity as the lost habitat?

Answer 23

2:1

Question 24

Are species within the Area of Probable Impact need to be protected under NS-R2?

Answer 24

No. Only species within the project boundary need to be protected.

Question 25

To qualify for NS-1 credit, what should be the area of the land which is developed?

Answer 25

75% of site area

Question 26

What must be followed in order t evaluate hazardous material pollution?

Answer 26

site contamination assessment protocol

Question 27

Give an example of site contamination assessment protocol

Answer 27

ASTM Environmental Site Analysis Process