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Item Enviornmental impact assessment for island access and jetty construction project in Fehendhoo, Baa. Atoll(2017-07) މަހްމޫދު ރިޔާޒް; Riyaz, Mahmood; މުޙައްމަދު ޝިހާމް އާދަމް; Adam, Mohamed Shiham1. The proponent of B. Fehendhoo Island access and Jetty development project is the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure (MHI). The Ministry is the government’s responsible body for the development and regulate the housing and infrastructure of the country. Maldives Road Development Cooperation (MRDC) has been contracted to undertake the jetty and access channel construction work in B. Fehendhoo. 2. Two freelance EIA consultants has been contracted through public bidding process to provide preparation services of an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) by (MHI) for the jetty and access channel construction work project in B. Fehendhoo Island. 3. The assessment addresses specific key issues stated in the Terms of Reference (ToR) as agreed between EPA and the Proponent following the scoping meeting held on the matter. 4. The island community constructed a Jetty and an access channel in B. Fehendhoo in early 2010 on the northern side of the island. They have always been using the northern side to access the island. Access from the southern side is extremely rough and far from the remaining islands in B. Atoll. Even though an access channel through the reef flat has been developed, island access issue has never been solved as the lagoon on the northern side is very shallow covered with thick seagrass which is exposed at low tide also the approach channel exposed to strong swells particularly during the onset of SW Monsoon. Due to this, boats and Dhonies that carry goods and people (island and atoll ferries) don’t access Fehendhoo directly. They usually dock at the harbour in Goidhoo, then people and goods are transported to Fehendhoo is small Dinghy’s through the manually deepened pathways in the lagoon. 5. The need for an access for the island has been recognised by the government and decided to develop a jetty and cut an access channel on the northern side to provide safe access for the vessels operating to and from B. Fehendhoo Island. 6. The study investigates impacts associated with the channel dredging and jetty construction of B. Fehendhoo and areas for disposal of dredged material. The proposed access channel will have a width of 24m and a length of 417m and the entrance channel which will be cut through the reef into the ocean ward will lead to a small rectangular shaped dredged area (harbour basin ) 40m wide and 40m long, for vessel turning and temporary mooring purposes. The proposed mooring basin and the access channel will be dredged to maintain an average depth of -3m with respect to the MSL. A total of approximately 28280m3 of dredged material is expected to be produced. This material will be used for jetty backfill and the excess will be used for the nourishment of the beach on the northern coast of the island which at present is undergoing severe erosion. 7. Main focus this reports is to document the general baseline condition surrounding island and particularly the proposed area for channel dredging and jetty construction. The following studies have been carried out as part of this assessment. a. Assessment of the marine and coastal species and habitats in surrounding impact areas. b. Coastal beach profiles to set baseline conditions of coastal processes. EIA for B. Fehendhoo island access & Jetty Project | Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure | July 2017 Page 13 of 76 c. Wave and shoreline assessment study to evaluate the potential for the proposed channel dredging and jetty construction to impact adjacent shorelines. d. Climatic and oceanographic conditions of the project site. 8. Findings from the environmental studies are summarized as follows; a. Access to the island is extremely difficult from the southern side sea roughness and long distance from the remaining islands in B. Atoll. b. Northern side is very shallow covered with thick seagrass which is exposed at low tide c. Approach channel exposed to strong swells particularly during the onset of SW Monsoon. d. Due to this, boats and Dhonies that carry goods and people (island and atoll ferries) don’t access Fehendhoo directly. They usually dock at the harbour in Goidhoo, then people and goods are transported to Fehendhoo is small Dinghy’s through the manually deepened pathways in the lagoon. e. Fehendhoo probably is the only island without a primary school. At present there are primary 12 students in Fehendhoo who are attending the Primary school in Goidhoo located two Kilometres west. Students and their parents commute between the Goidhoo and Fehendhoo twice a day on small Dinghies. 9. This EIA has been carried out on the basis that it is necessary to carry out the jetty construction and island access project at the northern side of B. Fehendhoo to facilitate socioeconomic development and easy access to the island. 10. During the preparation of the EIA report an impact matrix, which is a standard tool for identifying the possible impacts of project activities, has been created for proposed development project in B. Fehendhoo Island. The activities carried out during the construction and post-construction or operational phases are arrayed against a selection of environmental factors that may be affected directly or indirectly as a result of project activities. 11. The environmental impact assessment study shows there are two main activities that would cause minor to moderate negative environmental impacts. Those, in order of minor to moderate impact, are: 1. Channel and mooring basin dredging 2. Jetty construction and backfilling 12. Of these a long term impact would be from dredging and beach backfilling of jetty area and nourishment of Kattihuraa at the East of entrance channel and the excess to replenish the eroding areas on the northern side of the island. These impacts would be cumulative occurring over long period of time and so can be managed through proper monitoring and addressing them in a timely manner. Based on the scale of dredging and beach nourishment work projects that is taking place in Maldives, impacts associated with the proposed dredging activity is insignificant. The positive socio economic impacts from the proposed development outweigh the temporary negative impacts of dredging. 13. The study has evaluated alternative locations for the jetty and suggested shifting the jetty 20m east of the existing one for the convenience of the island community. Even though there is no significant impact from this project particularly with the recommended T-jetty construction, EIA for B. Fehendhoo island access & Jetty Project | Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure | July 2017 Page 14 of 76 the report has come-up with an extensive monitoring programme that will keep on monitoring coastal and marine environmental changes associated with the development to make necessary adjustment based on the findings of various measured environmental parameters suggested in the monitoring plan. 14. Therefore, on the basis of this environmental impact assessment study and the impact mitigation measures in the report will be duly implemented, it is concluded that the benefits of island access development project in B. Fehendhoo will substantially outweigh its imposition on the environment.Item Environmental impact assessment for island access and jetty construction project in Fulhadhoo, Baa. Atoll(2017-07) މަހްމޫދު ރިޔާޒް; Riyaz, Mahmood; މުޙައްމަދު ޝިހާމް އާދަމް; Adam, Mohamed Shiham1. The proponent of B. Fulhadhoo Island access and Jetty development project is the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure (MHI). The Ministry is the government’s responsible body for the development and regulate the housing and infrastructure of the country. Maldives Road Development Cooperation (MRDC) has been contracted to undertake the jetty and access channel construction work in B. Fulhadhoo. 2. Two freelance EIA consultants has been contracted through public bidding process to provide preparation services of an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) by (MHI) for the jetty and access channel construction work project in B. Fulhadhoo Island. 3. The assessment addresses specific key issues stated in the Terms of Reference (ToR) as agreed between EPA and the Proponent following the scoping meeting held on the matter. 4. A jetty has already been developed in the Southern side of Fulhadhoo in 2010. The existing jetty was built by the island community when the Government provided construction material harbour. The existing jetty is difficult to use during the SW Monsoon when the sea is rough and the lagoon on the western side is exposed to refracted fetch waves during the westerly monsoon period. Therefore the island is inaccessible during rough weather condition. To overcome the accessibility issues of the island community has requested the Government to develop proper island access facilities (jetty and an access) on the island. This project is implemented to develop island access and a jetty on the southern side of the island to enable an alternative island access to use during rough weather conditions. 5. The need for access for the island has been recognised by the government and proposed to develop a jetty and cut an access channel on the southern side to provide safe access for the vessels operating to and from B. Fulhadhoo Island. 6. The study investigates impacts associated with the proposed channel dredging and jetty construction of B. Fulhadhoo and areas for disposal of dredged material. The proposed access channel will have a width of 24m and a length of 624m and the entrance channel which will be cut through the reef into the atoll lagoon will lead to a small rectangular shaped dredged area (mooring basin ) 40mx40m, for vessel turning and temporary mooring purposes. The proposed mooring basin and the access channel will be dredged to maintain an average depth of -3m with respect to the MSL. A total of approximately 16660m3 of dredged material is expected to be produced. This material will be used for jetty backfill and the excess will be used for the nourishment of the beach on the northern coast of the island which at present is undergoing severe erosion. 7. Main focus this reports is to document the general baseline condition surrounding island and particularly the proposed area for channel dredging and jetty construction. The following studies have been carried out as part of this assessment. a. Assessment of the marine and coastal species and habitats in surrounding impact areas. b. Coastal processes. c. Wave and shoreline assessment study to evaluate the potential for the proposed channel dredging and jetty construction to impact adjacent shorelines. EIA for B. Fulhadhoo island access & Jetty Project | Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure | July 2017 Page 14 of 76 d. Climatic and oceanographic conditions of the project site. 8. Findings from the environmental studies are summarized as follows; a) Southern side of the island is very rough throughout the year, particularly during the onset of SW monsoon where the moored vessels on the southern side may have to be manned 24/7 during the period b) Difficult to use the existing jetty on the southern side, particularly cannot stay alongside with the jetty due to the strong wave action. c) A normal trip by a normal Dhoni from the access on the southern side will take approximately 2 hours to go from Fulhadhoo to Goidhoo and over 2.30 hour to Eydhafushi. d) Usually people travel to Goidhoo Island in small boats Dinghy’s through the deep lagoon on the southern side, during rough weather the southern side is extremely rough and cannot be used for small Dinghy’s. The alternative route for them to go to Goidhoo is through the shallow lagoon on the northern side. The northern side can be used most of the time but due to the shallowness it may become unusable at low tide. 9. With the above mentioned concerns and grievances the island community requested to shift the proposed island access channel and small mooring basin to northern side of the island 10. This EIA has been carried out on the basis that it is necessary to carry out the jetty construction and island access project in B. Fulhadhoo to facilitate socio-economic development and easy access to the island. 11. During the preparation of the EIA report an impact matrix, which is a standard tool for identifying the possible impacts of project activities, has been created for proposed development project in B. Fulhadhoo Island. The activities carried out during the construction and post-construction or operational phases are arrayed against a selection of environmental factors that may be affected directly or indirectly as a result of project activities. 12. The environmental impact assessment study shows there are two main activities that would cause minor to moderate negative environmental impacts. Those, in order of minor to moderate impact, are: 1. Channel and mooring basin dredging 2. Jetty construction and backfilling 13. Of these a long term impact would be from dredging and backfilling of jetty area and nourishment of eroded beach on the northern side of the island. Potential erosion/accretion and adjustment of the existing beach to create a new equilibrium with the surrounding environmental conditions are likely to extend to medium to long term. These impacts would be cumulative occurring over long period of time and so can be managed through proper monitoring and addressing them in a timely manner. Based on the scale of dredging and beach nourishment work projects that is taking place in Maldives, impacts associated with the proposed dredging activity is insignificant. The positive socio economic impacts from the proposed development outweigh the temporary negative impacts of dredging. 14. The study has evaluated alternative locations for the project and recommended shifting the project from the proposed location from southern side to northern side of the island. Even though there is relatively insignificant impact from this project the report has come-up with an extensive monitoring programme that will keep on monitoring coastal and marine environmental changes associated with the development to make necessary adjustment based on the findings of various measured environmental parameters suggested in the monitoring plan. 15. Therefore, on the basis of this environmental impact assessment study and the impact mitigation measures in the report will be duly implemented and recommendations are given due consideration, it is concluded that the benefits of island access development project on the selected location in northern side of in B. Fulhadhoo will substantially outweigh its imposition on the environmentItem Environmental impact assessment for island access and jetty construction project in Rasgetheemu, Raa. Atoll(2017-07) މަހްމޫދު ރިޔާޒް; Riyaz, Mahmood; މުޙައްމަދު ޝިހާމް އާދަމް; Adam, Mohamed Shiham1. The proponent of R. Rasgatheemu Island access and Jetty development project is the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure (MHI). The Ministry is the government’s responsible body for the development and regulate the housing and infrastructure of the country. Maldives Road Development Cooperation (MRDC) has been contracted to undertake the jetty and access channel construction work in R. Rasgatheemu. 2. Two freelance EIA consultants has been contracted through public bidding process to provide preparation services of an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) by (MHI) for the jetty and access channel construction work project in R. Rasgatheemu Island. 3. The assessment addresses specific key issues stated in the Terms of Reference (ToR) as agreed between EPA and the Proponent following the scoping meeting held on the matter. 4. The Government has already developed a harbour in Rasgatheem in 2007. The existing harbour is 60m wide and 120m long and located on the western side of the island. The existing harbour is difficult to access during the SW Monsoon where the access channel on the western side is exposed to strong swells during the westerly monsoon period. Therefore the island is inaccessible during rough weather condition. To overcome the accessibility issues of people of the island has requested the Government to develop alternative island access facilities (jetty and an access channel) on the eastern side of the island. This project is implemented to develop island access and a jetty on the north eastern side of the island to enable an alternative island access to use during rough weather conditions. 5. The need for an alternative access for the island has been recognised by the government and decided to develop a jetty and cut an access channel on the eastern side to provide safe access for the vessels operating to and from R. Rasgatheemu Island. 6. The study investigates impacts associated with the channel dredging and jetty construction of R. Rasgatheemu and areas for disposal of dredged material. The proposed access channel will have a width of 24m and a length of 28m and the entrance channel which will be cut through the reef into the ocean ward will lead to a small rectangular shaped dredged area (mooring basin ) 30m wide and 40m long, for vessel turning and temporary mooring purposes. The proposed mooring basin and the access channel will be dredged to maintain an average depth of -3m with respect to the MSL. A total of approximately 5616m3 of dredged material is expected to be produced. This material will be used for jetty backfill and the excess will be used for the nourishment of the beach on the north eastern coast of the island which at present is undergoing severe erosion. 7. Main focus this reports is to document the general baseline condition surrounding island and particularly the proposed area for channel dredging and jetty construction. The following studies have been carried out as part of this assessment. a. Assessment of the marine and coastal species and habitats in surrounding impact areas. b. Coastal beach profiles to set baseline conditions of coastal processes. c. Wave and shoreline assessment study to evaluate the potential for the proposed channel dredging and jetty construction to impact adjacent shorelines. EIA for R. Rasgetheemu Access and Jetty construction project | Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure | June 2017 Page 14 of 76 d. Climatic and oceanographic conditions of the project site. 8. Findings from the environmental studies are summarized as follows; a. Access to the existing harbour is extremely difficult particularly at the onset of SW monsoon during the Months of May June and July. Therefore based on this assessment and experience the locals are opting to have an alternative access to the island on the NE side of the island. b. Field verification of the project site has revealed that the dimensions given in the MHI proposal does not fit into the location as the reef edge is closer and there is no need for channel dredging in the proposed location at end of Kanneli Magu, Rasgatheemu. c. Based on the discussion with the people of the island and in-situ wave measurements has suggested to shift the location of the jetty and the access channel further south for various reasons detail are evaluated in the alternatives section of this report which would be the preferred location to develop island access in R. Rasgatheemu. 9. This EIA has been carried out on the basis that it is necessary to carry out the jetty construction and island access project at the eastern side of R. Rasgatheemu to facilitate socio-economic development and easy access to the island. 10. During the preparation of the EIA report an impact matrix, which is a standard tool for identifying the possible impacts of project activities, has been created for proposed development project in R. Rasgetheemu Island. The activities carried out during the construction and post-construction or operational phases are arrayed against a selection of environmental factors that may be affected directly or indirectly as a result of project activities. 11. The environmental impact assessment study shows there are two main activities that would cause minor to moderate negative environmental impacts. Those, in order of minor to moderate impact, are: 1. Channel and mooring basing dredging 2. Jetty construction and backfilling 12. Of these a long term impact would be from dredging and beach backfilling of jetty area and nourishment of eroded beach on the NE side of the island. Potential erosion/accretion and adjustment of the existing beach to create a new equilibrium with the surrounding environmental conditions are likely to extend to medium to long term. These impacts would be cumulative occurring over long period of time and so can be managed through proper monitoring and addressing them in a timely manner. Based on the scale of dredging and beach nourishment work projects that is taking place in Maldives, impacts associated with the proposed dredging activity is insignificant. The positive socio economic impacts from the proposed development outweigh the temporary negative impacts of dredging. 13. The study has evaluated alternative locations for the project and recommended shifting the project 150m south of the proposed location. Also the study has evaluated two options to develop island access in the new location. Based on the alternative option evaluation, the preferred option is to construct a 65m long 4m wide T jetty with 40m long-T, standing on pad-column foundation. The recommended access jetty will eliminate the most of the impacts envisaged with the proposed development. Even though there is no significant impact from this project particularly with the recommended T-jetty construction, the report has come-up with an extensive monitoring programme that will keep on monitoring coastal and marine environmental changes associated with the development to make necessary adjustment based on the findings of various measured environmental parameters suggested in the monitoring plan. 14. Therefore, on the basis of this environmental impact assessment study and the impact mitigation measures in the report will be duly implemented and recommendations are given due consideration, it is concluded that the benefits of alternative island access development project in the selected alternative location in this study at the eastern coasts of R. Rasgetheemu will substantially outweigh its imposition on the environment.Item Environmental impact assessment for island access jetty reconstruction project Inmandhoo, South Ari Atoll(2017-07) މަހްމޫދު ރިޔާޒް; Riyaz, Mahmood; މުޙައްމަދު ޝިހާމް އާދަމް; Adam, Mohamed Shiham1. The proponent of ADh. Mandhoo Island access Jetty reconstruction and maintenance dredging project is the Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure (MHI). The Ministry is the government’s responsible body for the development and regulate the housing and infrastructure of the country. Maldives Road Development Cooperation (MRDC) has been contracted to undertake the access jetty reconstruction and maintenance dredging work in ADh. Mandhoo. 2. Two freelance EIA consultants has been contracted through public bidding process to provide preparation services of an Environmental Impact Study (EIA) by (MHI) for the access jetty reconstruction project in ADh. Mandhoo Island. 3. The assessment addresses specific key issues stated in the Terms of Reference (ToR) as agreed between EPA and the Proponent following the scoping meeting held on the matter. 4. ADh Mandhoo is an inhabited island located on the southern half of south western side of Ari Atoll. The island lies on huge reef system with fairly large deep lagoon with large number of patch reefs. The lagoon is accessible from the eastern side and can reach very close to the island shoreline. 5. The island can be accessed by using two jetties constructed from the shore and extend into the deep lagoon on the eastern side of the island. The jetty on the south eastern end of the island was constructed by the management of Conrad Maldives (Rangali) to use to access the land plot (southern part of the island) during the period they rented land from the council to establish resort support facilities. The second jetty is located approximately 190m north of the jetty, constructed by the island community in early 2008 to access the island. This is the main jetty that is used by the island community to go in and out of the island. 6. The existing jetty was built manually by the people of the island. Hence pad columns structures are not placed deep enough consequently they started scouring at the base, particularly columns in deeper water and the sandy slope. Columns are slowly collapsing and the whole structure is unstable at present. The concrete sheet on top of the pillars has crashed leaving large holes and making the jetty unsafe and risky for the public to use. The people of Mandhoo requested for Government’s assistance to reconstruct a jetty to access the island. As a response for their request the Government proposed this project to reconstruct a T- jetty at the footprint of the existing jetty. The project involves development of a T-jetty, maintenance dredging of areas near the jetty. 7. The study investigates impacts associated access jetty reconstruction and proposed maintenance dredging neat the jetty area of ADh. The access jetty will be 35 long and 6m wide the project also proposes to do some maintenance dredging in the vicinity of the jetty. 8. Main focus this reports is to document the general baseline condition surrounding island and particularly the proposed area for jetty reconstruction and maintenance dredging. The following studies have been carried out as part of this assessment. a. Assessment of the marine and coastal species and habitats in surrounding impact areas. b. Coastal conditions and coastal processes. c. Wave and shoreline assessment study to evaluate the potential for the proposed jetty reconstruction and maintenance dredging to impact adjacent shorelines. d. Climatic and oceanographic conditions of the project site. 9. Findings from the environmental studies are summarized as follows; e. The pillars in the deeper water at the slope of lagoon have already collapsed and the concrete sheet on top of the pillars has crashed leaving large holes thus, making the jetty unsafe and risky for the public to use. f. Jetty area is very deep within the range of 5-7m, therefore, it is not necessarily required to undertake maintenance dredging as proposed in the project. g. Based on the discussion with the people of the island they have requested to shift the location of the new jetty 20m south of the existing one and lengthen the jetty 4-5m into the deep lagoon and extend the shore parallel section of the T-jetty 30-40m to accommodate larger vessels. 10. Field investigation during the EIA report preparation process has identified that the initially proposed maintenance dredging of the jetty area can be excluded from the scope of the project as the area is deep enough to accommodate larger vessels. With this finding the major activity that will cause significant environmental impact has been eliminated. The proposed method for reconstruction of jetty will have very negligible environmental impact on the nearshore areas of the Mandhoo Island. In fact environmental impact assessment is not required as per the EIA regulation schedule (Raa) for jetties standing on pillars that allows water and sediment flow underneath it. However, this EIA has been completed to fulfil the requirements of the ToR issued by the EPA on 13th June 2017 based on the discussions at the scoping meeting held on the 11th of June 2017. 11. Based on the scale of the proposed development project, environmental impacts associated with the proposed jetty reconstruction work is insignificant and negligible. The positive socio economic impacts from the proposed development outweigh the temporary negligible impacts related to jetty construction work. 12. Even though the impact is negligible and of short-term the report has come-up with a monitoring programme that will keep on monitoring coastal and marine environmental changes associated with the development to make necessary adjustment based on the findings of various measured environmental parameters suggested in the monitoring plan. 13. Therefore, on the basis of this environmental impact assessment study and the impact mitigation measures in the report, it is concluded that the benefits of the access jetty reconstruction project in ADh. Mandhoo eastern coast will substantially outweigh its imposition on the environment.Item ރާއްޖޭގެ ފާނަ މަސްވެރިކަމުގެ ޙާލަތު : އަދި ފ.އަތޮޅުގެ މަސްވެރިކަމާބެހޭ ނޯޓްސް(Marine Research Center, 2005-04) ޝަހާމާ ޢަބްދުއްސައްތާރު; މުޙައްމަދު ޝިހާމް އާދަމް; AbdulSattar, Shahaama; Adam, Mohamed ShihamItem އަޑީގައި ދިއްލައިގެން ކުރާ އެންވެރިކަން ބަލާލުމަށް 2007 މެއި މަހުގެ 02 ން 09 އަކަށް ޖަޕާނަށް ކުރެވުނު ސްޓަޑީ ޓުއަރގެ ރިޕޯޓް(މެރިން ރިސާރޗް ސެންޓަރ, 2007-05-21) މުޙައްމަދު ޝިހާމް އާދަމް; Adam, Mohamed ShihamItem މަސްވެރިކަން ފުށުއެރުން : ލާރޖް މެރީން އިކޯސިސްޓަމްގެ ނަޒަރަކުން ބަލާލުމެއް(Ministry of Fisheries, Agriculture and Marine Resources, 2003-12) މުޙައްމަދު ޝިހާމް އާދަމް; Adam, Mohamed Shiham