New Planting Procedure - Summary of Integrated Management Plan

NPP Reference Number

CU-890216-NPP

Country of the NPP submission:

Papua New Guinea

RSPO Membership Number

1-0008-04-000-00

Reference to the management unit
management plan

West New Britain Integrated Management Plan - NPP

Name(s) of estate(s) covered under thismanagement plan:

Location

Tapakasi North*
Tapakasi South*
Lingalinga
Kintakiu
Balave North
Balave South
Kandoka
Richard’s Block
Otto’s Block*Tapakasi North and Tapaksi South is removed from the proposed NPP since both areas are within an existing certifiedarea. Both Tapaksi North and South are mentioned in this NPP as per company’s initiative to be transparent on its landdevelopment. Therefore, total proposed land development area that is undergoing the RSPO NPP process is 964.86Ha(After deducting both Tapaksi North and South’s proposed land development which is already within a certified area,
where RSPO NPP process is not required).

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Guidance Notes:
This summary management plan shall indicate at a minimum but not be limited to the following:●Key findings of the various assessments (e.g., potential minor environment and/or social risk requiring mitigation
actions; total conservation areas).

●

Key mitigation and monitoring regime, covering both the environmental and social aspects.

●

Evidence of FPIC and key agreements with local communities (if any).

●

An action plan describing operational actions consequent to the findings of the various assessments, referencing
the grower’s relevant operational procedures.

●

Designation of the management team and responsible person for the implementation.

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SEIA

The key findings of the NPP were that NBPOL had a suite of procedures for management of miniestates and smallholder blocks. There was an intention to roll these procedures out to theadditional blocks.
The general conclusions from the SEIA assessor are that:---NBPOL has undergone a very thorough FPIC process. The landowners have a goodunderstanding of the requirements and benefits of development. Furthermore, wherenecessary, they have established ILGs ( Incorporated Land Group).
An HCV and HCS assessment ( refer to the Integrated HCV / HCS Assessment Report)
has been completed that sets aside any areas of high biodiversity value.
NBPOL has had considerable experience dealing with social and environmental issues.
The company has a suite of SOPs and is routinely subjected to audits against itscommitments.
NBPOL has agreements in place with smallholders and landowners that have resulted
in tangible benefits. If these agreements are implemented in the additional blocks thelandowners will benefit.

In the context of this, the assessor considers this a LOW RISK project form both a social andenvironmental perspective.

The key question that the SEIA is designed to answer is: what differences will there be in thequality of life of the communities as a result of the proposed development. It is the assessor’s
opinion that provided the existing environmental and social safeguards are applied thecommunity will benefit from this project.

The SOPs include dispute resolution procedures where there are issues between the company
and the community. Similarly NBPOL has a community engagement team that can assist
resolving internal disputes within the community.
Objective(s)Action(s)Timeline

Establish a development Get the landowners to sign a Prior to land
agreement with landowners. mutually developed agreement clearing.
Ensure the whole community Socialisation of SOPs
understands social SOPs
community meetings

at Prior to landclearing.

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EnsuretheILGs( Assist with the functioning of Every
Incorporated Land Group) ILG ( Incorporated Land Group) months.
are being properly managed. where relevant.

The HCV / HCS assessment (refer to the Integrated HCV / HCS Assessment Report ) has mappedareas that are suitable for development and areas that cannot be developed ( refer to . The
area statement is included in Table 1. The key findings were that a very high proportion of thearea proposed for development had to be set aside for conservation. The reasons for this are
that:Table 1. Summary of environmental and social values (in hectares) identified during this assessment
Ritchies Block

TotalOttos Block

Environm
ental andsocialvalues tobeconserved
HCS forest
areas

Linga Linga-Kintakiu-

This is very high forest cover landscape and finding areas that are scrub or less are very
difficult. Ex-garden areas are a potential, but even these, once left for 5 years or moreare considered YRF.
Additionally, it is a very wet environment, so there are a lot of swamps and rivers.
Socially people relied heavily on the environment for their day-to-day needs. Though
the community had a lot of land elsewhere that they could source these things. The
exceptions are Lingalinga and Richie’s Block where the owners were professional
people working in town.
Regarding FPIC, NBPOL had been very thorough about ensuring that the principles ofFPIC were upheld. This involved multiple meetings and discussions with thecommunities prior to the assessment. During the assessment the assessor ensured that
all meetings had a good representation of the community and they provided input tothe development plan. An additional layer of security was provided by the ILG (Incorporated Land Group) process – which is a legal requirement to ensure that theland is in fact owned by the community and the community has bureaucratic processes
to manage the land following development. The evidence of FPIC is the suite ofMinutes of Meeting, interchange of letters between the company and the communityand finally development plan maps that are signed by the community.

Kandoka-Balave SouthHCV
areasand HCS
forests

Balave North26271.82

87.3

221.3991.55

466.81--

1,138.87

HCV 1

256.2

73.63

55.38

36.15

461.51--882.87

HCV 2-------

HCV 3

269.24

87.3

55.38

-

270.68

-

-

682.6

HCV 4

82.14-

113.57-280.23--475.94

HCV 5-

-

1.71

----

1.71

HCV 6----

21.13

-

-

21.13

Total HCV
area (alloverlaps
removed)

307.1

87.32

115.2936.15

578.43-

1,124.29

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Area
enclavedforcommunit
y usage
Totals(ha).
Conservati
on+enclave
areas withall
overlaps
removed.
Total Area-

TotalDevelopable Area

56.18-

9.73-

7.29-

17.02

307.1

87.32

267.96

91.55

633.7100

1,387.64

363.28

176.0
1
88.69

618.49211.55957.96

15.32

12.89

350.53120

324.25

15.32

12.89

2355.5967.86

Mitigation and Monitoring Regime
The mitigation and monitoring regime is described in detail in the HCV HCS report but broadly
consists of Social and Biodiversity Monitoring.
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Biodiversity monitoring – the most basic thing is that the areas set aside forconservation are not disturbed. Particularly that the community does not go in anddisturb these areas (e.g. hunting, cutting timber, opening gardens). Gardens being
opened would stick out on satellite images but hunting and cutting of individual trees
would have to be done by annual surveys. It is recommended that a bird specialist goesand does an annual survey of the conservation areas. In the process would see whether
trees had been cut and from the species list would see whether birds were being
hunted.
Social monitoring - river buffers are usually the first areas to be encroached. For thisreason these areas should be checked annually and 6 monthly using satellite images.
The other element is disputes – ensuring that disputes are quickly addressed and do
not affect the development. For this reason there should be a dialogue between theland owners and the Community Engagement person. During an annual visit any HCV
6 areas should be checked for disturbance.

Management TeamThe management team consists of:-Lands Manager – developing the agreements between the communities and thecompany.
Sustainability Manager – managing the conservation areas and communityengagement. Implementing the recommendations of the HCV / HCS report.
Operational Manager – Physical development of the oil palm estate within the assigned
blocksObjective(s)Action(s)Ensure no clearing
conservation areas

Timelineof Mark out all conservation Priortoareas prior to development. developmen
Initially with flagging tape and t
withannual on

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then with signs

the groundmonitoring.

Ensure that the communities Six monthly meetings with the Six monthly
benefitfromthe communities. Asist in resolving
development
disputes34

Stakeholder andlocal
peopleengagement (FPICprocess)Within the HCV HCS report there are annexes which detail the FPIC that took place prior to theassessment ( refer to full report - Integrated High Conservation Value / High Carbon Approach
Assessment Report) . Then within the body of the report are details of the many meetings withthe communities and land owners. The culmination of this process was the development /conserve map which was signed-off by the respective parties.

Objective(s)Action(s)Timeline

Ensure that the FPIC process
hasbeenundertaken
adequatelyand
thedevelopment is agreed to bythecommunities/landowners.

Undertakeinformation Already taken
sessions with the respective placeparties.
Ensure the parties that claim
to own the land, do in factown it and it is free fromdisputes.

Soil andThe Sustainability Department will be responsible for ensuring the NO GO areas are clearly
Topograp marked out.
hy
Objective(s)Action(s)Timeline
Ensure no land clearing ofsteep, fragile or marginal
soils.

These areas have beenmarked out in the HCV / HCS
report and are included in
the conservation area. Markout with flagging tape prior
to land clearing.

Prior to landclearing

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The Sustainability Department will be responsible for GHG monitoring in collaboration withoperations to ensure emissions are minimised.

Objective(s)Action(s)Timeline

To minimise the emissions of Minimise the use of diesel and On-goingGHGs
fertiliser.
monitoring
Maximise the sequestration Ensure the conservation areas On-goingof GHG
are not disturbed in order to monitoring
ensure the best growth
possible.
Produce annual accounts

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Acceptan Name of Person
ce ofResponsible
ManagementDesignation
Plans

Use GHG calculator to produce Annuallyannual carbon accounts

Zaralyn Yakopa

Sustainability Manager – NBPOL WNB

SignatureDate

09/10/23

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