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CRITICAL BIODIVERSITY RISK SCREENING

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Critical Biodiversity Risk Screening
Internationally Recognized Areas and/or Important Biodiversity Areas
Site location information was first visually inspected through GIS, whereby the boundary of each site was demarcated based on the provided coordinates, total area, and the physical outlines/characteristics identified from satellite imagery.

The distance of the demarcated sites to internationally recognized areas and/or important biodiversity areas was then analysed using GIS tools. Data on internationally recognized areas and/or important biodiversity areas was derived from the Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT). A risk rating was subsequently allocated to each site that overlaps with or is in proximity to internationally recognized areas and/or important biodiversity areas. The risk rating is based on the sites’ relative distance to these areas. Sites that overlap are rated as very high risk; closer than 2 km are rated as a high risk; those between 2 km and within 5 km a medium risk; and those greater than 5 km are recorded as a low risk.

The site being ‘in proximity to critical biodiversity’ means that the site is located between 5 km and 2 km from the internationally recognized areas and/or important biodiversity areas. The risk criteria for assessing the risk rating for sites are shown in Table 1.

Table 1  Risk Rating Criteria

Proximity to Protected Area Risk Criteria
Internationally recognized areas and/or important biodiversity areas is greater than 5 km from the site. Low
Internationally recognized areas and/or important biodiversity areas is greater than 2 km or less than 5 km of the site. Moderate
Internationally recognized areas and/or important biodiversity areas is immediately adjacent to or within 2 km of the site. High
Site is located within the internationally recognized areas and/or important biodiversity areas. Very High
Species Screening
An initial desktop screening was undertaken for a 10 km buffer around each site to screen for species that could potentially trigger the site being in proximity to critical biodiversity. This screening was undertaken using the criteria provided in IFC PS6 paragraph 16 or GN16 (of the 2019 update of the 2012 guidance) to identify species highest risk of impact from each site using IFC PS6 Critical Habitat criteria 1, 2, and 3. The criteria used for this screening include:
  • Habitat of significant importance to Critically Endangered and/or Endangered species;
  • Habitat of significant importance to endemic and/or restricted-range species;
  • Habitat supporting globally significant concentrations of migratory species and/or congregatory species;
Critical Habitat may not be limited to pristine or highly biodiverse areas, but can include both modified and natural habitats where these meet the Critical Habitat criterion.

The screening process against the paragraph 16 criteria is informed by the additional guidance provided in GN69 to 97 of the 2019 update of the 2012 guidance. Table 2 details the quantitative qualifying requirements for Criteria 1 to 3 (i.e. thresholds). The criteria listed above have been used to complete this screening. In the absence of reliable population data, proxies such as the proportion of a species’ distribution in the area has been used to inform Critical Habitat -determination.

The criteria are ‘triggers’ in that if an area of habitat meets any one of the criteria, it will be considered Critical Habitat irrespective of failing to meet any other criterion. This approach ensures that all species of high risk of impact from a site is considered. Critical Habitat criteria therefore have two distinctive characteristics. First, components of biodiversity are essentially assigned to only two levels of conservation significance, those that trigger Critical Habitat and those that do not. Secondly, each criterion is applied separately and not in combination, meaning that the scores are not cumulative. A species may be screened in on more than one criterion (e.g., a CR species that is also endemic or range restricted).

Table 2        Critical Habitat Criteria

Criteria Thresholds
Criterion 1:
Critically Endangered (CR) / Endangered (EN) species:
  • (a) Areas that support globally-important concentrations of an IUCN Red-listed EN or CR species (0.5 % of the global population  and 5 reproductive units of a CR or EN species);
  • (b) Areas that support globally-important concentrations of an IUCN Red-listed VU species, the loss of which would result in the change of the IUCN Red List status to EN or CR and meet the thresholds in (a).
  • (c) As appropriate, areas containing nationally/regionally-important concentrations of an IUCN Red-listed EN or CR species.
Criterion 2:
Habitat of significant importance to endemic and/or restricted-range species; 		(a) Areas that regularly hold ≥ 10 % of the global population size and ≥ 10 reproductive units of a species.
Criterion 3:
Habitat supporting globally significant concentrations of migratory species and/or congregatory species;
  • (a) Areas known to sustain, on a cyclical or otherwise regular basis, ≥ 1 % of the global population of a migratory or congregatory species at any point of the species’ lifecycle.
  • (b) Areas that predictably support ≥ 10 % of the global population of a species during periods of environmental stress.
Note: 
Restricted range/ Endemic Species – Species with global distributions of less than 50,000km2
Migratory species – Any species of which a significant proportion of its members cyclically and predictably move from one geographical area to another (including within the same ecosystem)
 Congregatory Species – Species whose individuals gather in large groups on a cyclical or otherwise regular and/or predictable basis
Source: IFC, 2019
Findings
A summary of the Critical Biodiversity Risk Screening findings is summarised in Table 3.
Table 3        Summary of Critical Biodiversity Risk Screening results
S/N Site Name "Province (If Thailand) / Country" PA KBA AZE Ramsar WH Total no. of potentially qualifying species
1 Knockdhu Scotland High Low Low Low Low 0
2 Balmenach Distillery Scotland Very High High Low Low Low 0
3 Pulteney Scotland High High Low Low Low 0
4 Speyburn Scotland High Low Low Low Low 0
5 Airdrie Scotland High Low Low Low Low 0
6 Balblair Scotland High High Low Moderate Low 0
7 Mandalay Myanmar Low Low Low Low Low 0
8 Sura Piset Thipharat Co., Ltd. (not operational) Karnchanaburi, Thailand Low High Low Low Low 11
9 Thanapakdi Co., Ltd. Chiang Mai, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 7
10 Nateechai Co., Ltd. Surat Thani, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 4
11 Yangon Myanmar High High Low Low Low 1
12 Wrangyer Beverage (2008) Co., Ltd. Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 3
13 Sangsom Co.,Ltd. (Nakhon Pathom) Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 4
14 Red Bull Distillery (1988) Co., Ltd. Samut Sakhon, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 4
15 United Winery & Distillery Co., Ltd. Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 4
16 Luckchai Liquor Trading Co., Ltd. Ratchaburi, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 7
17 United Products Co., Ltd. Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 4
18 SermSuk Public Company Ltd. (Pathum Thani) Pathum Thani, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 2
19 SermSuk Public Company Ltd. (Nakhonsawan) Nakhon Sawan, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 1
20 Sangsom Co.,Ltd. (Kanchanaburi) Karnchanaburi, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 7
21 Fuengfuanant Co., Ltd. Prachinburi, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 3
22 Kanchanasingkorn Co., Ltd. Karnchanaburi, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 7
23 Surabangyikhan Co.,Ltd. Pathum Thani, Thailand Low High Low Low Low 3
24 S.S. Karnsura Co., Ltd. Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 6
25 Theparunothai Co., Ltd. Nong Khai, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 0
26 Simathurakij Co., Ltd. Nakhon Sawan, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 0
27 Oishi Trading Company Limited (Amata) Chonburi, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 0
28 Oishi Trading Company Limited (Navanakorn) Pathum Thani, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 3
29 Oishi Trading Company Limited  (Wang Muang) Saraburi, Thailand High Low Low Low Low 3
30 Oishi Trading Company Limited (Ban Bueng) Chonburi, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 2
31 SermSuk Public Company Ltd. (Chonburi) Chonburi, Thailand Low Moderate Low Low Low 0
32 SermSuk Public Company Ltd. (Surat Thani) Surat Thani, Thailand Low High Low Low Low 2
33 SermSuk Public Company Ltd. (Nakhon Ratchasima) Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 0
34 Sermsuk Beverage Co., Ltd. Chonburi, Thailand Low Moderate Low Low Low 0
35 Mongkolsamai Co., Ltd. Uttaradit, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 2
36 Red Bull Distillery (1988) Co., Ltd. (Kampaeng Petch) Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 2
37 Cosmos Brewery (Thailand) Co., Ltd. Ayutthaya, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 2
38 Beer Thip Brewery (1991) Co.,Ltd. Ayutthaya, Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 1
39 Beer Thai (1991) Public Co., Ltd. Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 2
40 Athimart Co., Ltd. Buriram, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 0
41 Kankwan Co., Ltd. Khon Kaen, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 0
42 Thai Drinks Lampang Lampang, Thailand Low Low Low Low Low 0
43 Sài Gòn - Phủ Lý (Than Hai) Vietnam Low Moderate Low Low Low 8
44 Hanoi Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 0
45 Me Linh Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 7
46 Song Lam Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 7
47 Ha Tinh Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 12
48 Quang Ngai Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 11
49 Sai Gon - Ninh Thuan Beer Company Limited Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 4
50 Sài Gòn - Binh Dương Beer Vietnam Low Moderate Low Low Low 1
51 Nguyen Chi Thanh Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 0
52 Saigon - Hoang Quynh Brewery Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 0
53 Can Tho Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 12
54 Cu Chi Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 5
55 Lam Dong Vietnam Moderate Low Low Low Low 7
56 Soc Trang Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 3
57 Nghe Tinh Vietnam Low Low Low Low Low 1
58 Borneo Springs Sdn Bhd - Bentong Malaysia Low Low Low Low Low 0
59 Borneo Springs Sdn Bhd - Matang Malaysia High Low Low Low Low 0
60 Butterworth, Penang Malaysia Low Low Low Low Low 0
61 Emerald Brewery Myanmar Ltd Myanmar Moderate Moderate Low Low Low 1
62 Everbest Printing (HK) Co. Ltd China Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient 1
63 F&N Beverages Manufacturing Sdn Bhd - Kuching Plant Malaysia Moderate Low Low Low Low 0
64 F&N Beverages Manufacturing Sdn Bhd - Shah Alam Plant Malaysia Low Low Low Low Low 0
65 F&N Beverages Marketing Sdn Bhd - Kota Kinabalu plant Malaysia Moderate Low Low Low Low 0
66 F&N Cambodia (Under Construction) Cambodia Low High Low Low Low 2
67 F&N Dairies ( Thailand ) Ltd. - Wang Muang Plant Thailand High Low Low Low Low 0
68 F&N Dairies Manufacturing Sdn Bhd - Pulau Indah Plant Malaysia Low High Low Low Low 0
69 F&N Dairies Thailand - Rojana Plant Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 0
70 F&N Foods Pte Ltd - Tuas Link plant Singapore Low Low Low Low Low 0
71 F&N Ice Cream Manufacturing (M) Sdn Bhd Malaysia Low Low Low Low Low 0
72 F&N United Company Limited Thailand Low Very High Low Low Low 0
73 F&NHB Kota Kinabalu Industrial Park Malaysia Low Low Low Low Low 0
74 Ladang Bukit Rokan - F&N AgriValley Malaysia Low Low Low Low Low 2
75 Ladang Londah - F&N AgriValley Malaysia Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient 2
76 Ladang Pasir Besar - F&N AgriValley Malaysia Low Low Low Low Low 2
77 Srinona Food Manufacturing Malaysia Low Moderate Low Low Low 0
78 Times Offset (M) Sdn Bhd Malaysia Low Low Low Low Low 0
79 Times Printers Pte Ltd Singapore Low Low Low Low Low 0
80 Yoke Food Industries Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia Low Low Low Low Low 0
81 Larsen le Cognac des Vikings SAS France High Low Low Low Low 0
82 Cardrona Distillery New Zealand High High Low Low Low 0
83 Sài Gòn - Đồng Tháp Vietnam Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient 0
84 Yunnan Yulinquan Liquor China Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient Insufficient 0
Note:
  • PA = Protected Area
  • KBA = Key Biodiversity Area
  • AZE = Alliance for Zero Extinction sites
  • Ramsar = Wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention
  • WH = World Heritage Site
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