Baseline Status

Predevelopment measurements of environmental quality through select attributes in the study area are essential requirements for post development audits and impact monitoring. In each representative unit of the study area, information on site features, faunal and floral characteristics and potential threats to wildlife values due to already existing detrimental factors was recorded. Observations on direct measurements of wildlife species and habitat attributes during field investigations were also recorded. The magnitude of anticipated direct impacts of the proposed pipeline were then largely determined on the basis of probable changes in the habitat (both spatial and qualitative), behavioral, response of wild animals, movement/migration, feeding and breeding of some keystone species in the areas enroute the proposed pipeline. |
Last Updated: October 8, 2015