Auluta Oil Palm Project Land Suitability Assessment Report 2016
**Project : AULUTA OIL PALM PROJECT, EAST MALAITA (AULUTA BASIN & EAST FATALEKA)** Land use planning assessments is important in that it visualizes landscape and environment features of sites including soils and population pressure on the use of land. Helps decision making at multiple levels in projects planning: at the national, provincial, constituency, ward, community and tribal levels, corresponding to the levels of governance at which decisions about land use are formalized. The purpose of the assessment survey mission is to provide conduct land use assessment of the said registered lands using landscape scoping methods using overhead satellite imageries, GPS and to map these findings out; and make constructive recommendations for secession making and serious farm planning, and decision makin
Solomon Islands Ministry of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology
To provide an enabling environment for the socio-economic development of the Solomon Islands through the application of necessary safeguards with regard to:sustainable use of natural resources, the provision of meteorological services, reducing the risk and impact of climate change and other hazards to communities, leading and managing disaster preparedness and their consequences. The MECDM has 4 Divisions and 1 Office which include: Climate Change Division (CCD), Corporate Services Division, Environment & Conservation Division (ECD), Meteorological Services Division, National Disaster Management Office (NDMO)
The objectives of the land use assessment are to: * conduct land use field assessment * identify suitable land areas against unsuitable land for oil palm development in surveyed and registered PEs (Perpetual Estates) * set baseline soil tests data of sites for future comparisons and reference
Auluta Oil Palm Project Land Suitability Assessment Rheport 2016