PQP-NS Flashcards
What are the credits under NS?
see page 31
What are the important aspects of NS credit?
Encourage natural resource management and sustainable land use.
What is green gradient?
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.
The concept and policy objectives for green gradient are defined in?
Coastal Development Guidelines by UPC
What are the hierachy being followed by NS credit section?
- Protect 2. Enhance 3. Restore
Assessment of NS should be caried out on?
Project site Area of probable impact surrounding the project; sub regional and regional scale
What must be prepared to guide the design of the development?
KPI
Measurable targets against which future design or construction works can be assessed refers to _______.
KPI
What are true about KPI?
- 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
The Physical area within which activities of the project will take place.
Project Site Area
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.
Area of the probable impact
What are the strategies for NS-R2?
Protection; Onsite Mitigation; Offsite Compensation
What are the 3 strategies of NS-R2?
Protection, Onsite Mitigation, Offsite Compensation
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.
NS-R3
What type of plant should be considered in plant selection?
Only native and adaptive drought and saline tolerant species
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.
Previously Developed Land
True or False. Previously Developed Land includes agriculture or forestry and any parks or recreational grounds.
False. see page 41.
Which ESA determines the remedial steps to be taken to decontaminate , or safely encapsulate, the site prior to construction?
Phase III
Plant species not included in NS-3 requirements?
Invasive plants
It will link habitat creation/ restoration sites to similar habitat types located near but beyond the site.
Ecological Corridor
Examples of Priority Habitats
Intertidal Mudflats, Mangroves, vegetated sandy Beaches, Seagrass, Coral, Wadis, sand Sheets and Low Dunes, Interdunal Plains and High Dunes, Alluvial Plains, Jebels
When is Onsite Mitigation strategy not applicable?
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.
What is the replacement ratio for on-site/off-site re-establishment of habitat using similar species diversity as the lost habitat?
2:1
Are species within the Area of Probable Impact need to be protected under NS-R2?
No. Only species within the project boundary need to be protected.
