MDTTrainingReportMDTTraining#2forEBRDProject(March2016)

TableofContentsIntroduction.............................................................................................................................................2

ObjectiveofTrainings...............................................................................................................................3

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Unit1–MDTBackground....................................................................................................................3

Unit2–DisturbanceandImpactAreaDetails.....................................................................................3

Unit3–OffsetCalculationDetails.......................................................................................................3

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CourseMaterials......................................................................................................................................3

ClassEvaluations......................................................................................................................................4

QuestionsAsked...................................................................................................................................4

Responses.............................................................................................................................................4

LocationofTraining..................................................................................................................................8

Attendees.................................................................................................................................................8

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StudentList-MDTtrainingforgovernmentofficials............................Error!Bookmarknotdefined.

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RecommendationsandFutureTraining.................................................................................................10

AppendixA–AttachedExerciseswithAnswers.....................................................................................11

Exercise#1..........................................................................................................................................11

Exercise#2..........................................................................................................................................18

Exercise#3..........................................................................................................................................23

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IntroductionWithinMongolia,companieswhosebusinesspracticesimpactthelandandalterthenaturalstateoftheenvironmentarerequiredbylawtooffsetthoseimpacts.CompaniesmayworkdirectlywithMinistryofEnvironmenttocreateanextensiveanddetailedoffsetplanortheycanfollowSection3.3.6oftheMongolianOffsetRegulation(MOR)tofulfiloffsetrequirementsthroughcompensation.Followingthissection,companiescalculaterequiredoffsetmeasuresinthreemainsteps:1)Identifytheareathatislikelytobeaffectedbytheproposedproject(i.e.mapthedevelopmentfootprintanditsdirectsupportinginfrastructures,delineateanimpactarea,anddeterminethemagnitudeoftheseimpacts);2)Usethisimpactareatocalculatethetotaloffsetunitsnecessarytomeettheoffsetregulation;and3)Calculatetotalyearlyoffsetcompensationvalue.Foreachstep,theMORdefinesmethodsforcalculatingandfulfillingtheserequirements.Inordertofollowthesesteps,itishowevernecessarytobewellversedinusingGISandfullyunderstandalldatausedintheanalysis.Withoutthisknowledge,theregulationcanbedifficulttoimplementleadingtoinconsistenciesinthosetryingtofollowthelaw.Tomeetthisimplementationgap,TheNatureConservancy(TNC)inpartnershipwiththeMongoliaMinistryofEnvironmentandGreenDevelopment(MEGD)producedaseriesofdocumentsandGIStoolstoprovidecompanieswiththeabilitytoeasilyandefficientlydeterminetheiroffsetcompensationrequirements.OverallthiseffortproducedtheMitigationDesignTool(MDT)whichisnowavailableasadesktop,ArcGISapplication(MDT-Desktop)andasanopen-source,internetapplication(MDT-Web).TheMDT-DesktopisatoolboxwithacollectionofcustomizedtoolssupportingtheMOR.Ithasfourmaintoolsets;LandDisturbanceandImpactTools,OffsetTools,SupplementaryAvoidanceTools,andUpdateTools.TheLandDisturbanceandImpactToolsassistusersinfollowingstandardssetforcreatingLDssuchasprojectionandattributionandthenallowforusingtheseLDstocreateaprojectimpactdataset.TheOffsetToolsusetheprojectimpactdatasettoderiveanoffsetcostreportandidentifypotentialoffsetlocations.TheSupplementaryAvoidanceToolsallowuserstorelativelycomparepotentialoffsetcostsforeitherleasesandorplannedlanddisturbances.Byprovidingthesetools,userscanlookatwaystopotentiallylimittheiroffsetcostswhilealsoavoidingimportantlandscapesandhabitatwithinMongolia.FinallytheUpdateToolshelpusersstaycurrentwiththeapplicationdatabasewithouthavingtoreinstalltheMDTapplication.Theweb-basedmitigationtoolallowsusersviatheInternettoproducedataandreportsnecessarytocomplyfullywiththeMOR.Userswillberequiredtocreateinputdata(i.e.landdisturbances)anduploadthesedatainashapefileformat.ThisdocumentdescribeshowtoaccomplishthistaskusingQGIShoweveranyavailablemappingordesignsoftwarecanbeusedwhichallowsfordatatobeexportedinashapefileformat.TheinputdataareprocessedbyaremoteTNCserverwiththewebapplicationemailingusersazippedfilecontainingarasterdatasetrepresentingtheprojectimpactarea,anhtmlfilecontainingtheMDToffsetreport,andallsupportingshapefiles(i.e.offsetsiteselectionsandinputlanddisturbances).Noneofthedatauploadedbytheusersissavedtotheserverexcepttemporarilyduringtheprocessingofdata.AfulldescriptionoftheMDT-WebandhowtouseitisavailableintheMDT-WebHelpdocumentation.BothapplicationsandtheirrespectivedocumentationcanbefoundattheMongoliaMitigationDesignToolWebPortal.ThisendeavourwaspartofalargereffortofbuildingcapacitywithinMEGDtosupportlandscape-levelconservationinthesouthernGobiandwasdirectlyfinancedbytheEuropeanBankforReconstructionandDevelopment(EBRD)ShareholdersSpecialFunds.SpecificallyTNCassistedMEGDandotherstakeholdersintheidentification,review,assessment,implementation,andmonitoringofmitigationandotherconservationmeasures.Fourmaintaskswereidentifiedwithinthisproject:1)conductananalysisofhabitatconnectivityofAsiaticWildAss(Equushemionus,orkhulan)intheEasternGobi

Desertregion;2)createthemitigationdesigntool(MDT);3)assessalternativesandlogisticalconstraintsofregionaltraffic;and4)providetrainingfora)performinghabitatconnectivityanalyses,b)usingMDT,andc)assessingregionalsoilconditionsinthemineralizedzonesoftheGobiDesert.ThisreportfocusonthetrainingprovidedduringtheweekofMarch28th,2016specifictounderstandingandusingtheMDT-Desktop.Twodifferentgroupsofpeopleattendedthetrainings(seeAttendeessectionofthisreport):federalandprovincialgovernmentemployees(i.e.MEGD&AimagEnviornmentalAgenciesresponsibleforEIAlawinAimag),andprivateminingandenvironmentalcompaniesrequiredtocomplywiththeoffsetregulation.Thisrequiredone-dayclassroomtrainingsoccurringontwoseparatedaysforgovernmentemployees(March30th)andprivateemployees(March29th).

ObjectiveofTrainingsFortheone-daytrainings,wehadoneoverallobjectiveofprovidinguserswiththeknowledgeandexpertisetobeabletouseboththeMDT-DesktopandMDT-Web.Weaccomplishedthisbyprovidingonelecture,twodemonstrations,andthreeexercises.AlloftheexerciserequiredstudentstoeitheruseMDT-DesktoptooldirectlywithinArcGISoruseQGIStoprepareanduploaddatatotheMDT-Web.AllexerciseswerealsotranslatedtoMongoliapriortothetrainings.Unit1–MDTBackground

• Lecture–BackgroundonMDT• Exercise–None

Unit2–MDT-Desktop

• Demonstration–DemonstratedhowtoapplytheMDT-Desktop.• Exercises–StudentsusedArcGISandtheMDT-Desktoptoolboxtocalculateoffsetrequirements

andgothroughmodifyingafakemineplantoaddressavoidanceareas.Unit3–MDT-Web

• Demonstration–DemonstratedhowtousetheMDT-Webapplication.• Exercise–StudentsusedQGISandMDT-Webtocalculateoffsetrequirementsandidentify

avoidanceareas.

CourseMaterialsAllstudentsreceivedaUSBdrivewithdocuments,data,tools,exercisesandpresentations.PresentationsandexerciseswereprovidedinbothEnglishandMongolian.Thisallowedforstudentstoshareallinformationwithothersandhavetheabilitytoperformtheexercisesatlaterdates.TheUSBhadfourmaindirectoriesnamedDocuments,Exercises,MDT_Mongolia,andPresentations.TheDocumentsdirectorycontainedalldocumentscurrentlycreatedforthiseffort,bothinEnglishandMongolian.TheExercisesdirectoryhadaseriesofMXDfilesassociatedwitheachexercises,datausedintheexerciseandallthesolutionstotheexercises.Theexerciseswithoutsolutionsandtranslatedwerehandedoutaspapercopiestoeachofthestudentstomakeiteasierforthemtodothetraining.TheMDT_MongoliadirectorywasthefoldercontainingtheMDT-Desktopwhichwasusedinthefirst

twoexercises.ThisdirectoryalsocontainedhelpdocumentationforthetoolbothinEnglishandMongolian.ThePresentationsdirectoryhadallthepresentationsusedforthelecture.

ClassEvaluationsAllthoseattendingtheone-daytrainingswereaskedaseriesofquestionsattheendofthetrainingtogainfeedbackandevaluateourperformance.

QuestionsAsked1) Whatwasmostimportantwiththetraining?2) Whatwasleastimportantwiththetraining?3) Whatwouldyouremovefromthetraining?4) Weretheexerciseshelpfulandwhy?5) Arethereitemsyouwouldchangewiththeexercises?6) DoyoufeelyoucannowsuccessfullycalculateayearlyoffsetcostasdefinedbytheMongolia

OffsetRegulation?7) Ifyouanswerednotoquestion6,pleaseexplainwhy?8) From1(lowest)to10(highest)pleaserankthevalueofthetraining?9) HaveyouheardtheMDTbefore?10) Willyouusethistoolfurther?

ResponsesMDTTrainingMarch31-April1,2016-----CompanyFeedback

1) Whatwasmostimportantwiththetraining?• Exerciseswereimportant.-2• DefinitionofImpactarea• Theoryandpractice.-2• TrainingwashelpfulandGISmethodforoffsetanalysisandMDTwereveryimportant-2• Workingwiththetoolanddatasupport.• Exercises• Calculation,practicework,datasupportincludingtoolsandusefuldocuments.• MDTwebversion-2• Ilearnedhowtoidentifyoffsetareasandcostreportusingdisturbancedata.• MDTtool• Allthingswereuseful.• Tutorialanddemo.

2) Whatwasleastimportantwiththetraining?• n/a-14• Firstintroduction• Otherquestionsnotrelatedtraining

3) Whatwouldyouremovefromthetraining?• n/a-16• Needtoimprovethetrainingandincludemoreofficersandparticipants.• Reducelecturetime

4) Weretheexerciseshelpfulandwhy?• BecauseIworkattheEIAcompany• Yes,itwashelpfulbecauseIcanworkaccordingtothepracticenexttime.• Yes-5• Exercisesandexampleswereimportant.• Veryhelpful.Iwillusethistoolwithprojectassessment.• Helpful.WhenIusedthistoolbeforeatmyofficeIhadmanyquestionsbutnowIgotanswers

byattendingthistraining.• Ididexercisesmorecarefulbecauseallexerciseswerehavingquestions.Itriedtounderstand

morebasedontheseQ/A.• Itwaseasytounderstand.-2• Veryhelpful.NowIcanworkbymyselffurther.-2• ItwashelpfulbecauseIdidexercises.• Now,thistoolseemstomeeasier.

5) Arethereitemsyouwouldchangewiththeexercises?• N/a-12• ItisbetterIfexercisesweremanagedfromthemainPC.• Allstudentscanpracticewiththetoolusingdifferentprojectsandthenaskandcomparetheir

problems.• Needtoclarifymaindata(ecologicalfactors).• Ithinkitwashelpfulifweuseddifferentdatafromdifferentlocations.• Maybe.

6) DoyoufeelyoucannowsuccessfullycalculateayearlyoffsetcostasdefinedbytheMongoliaOffsetRegulation?

• IcanifIusehelpdocuments.• Icanifanyerrorswouldnotoccur.• Yes,Ican-11• Icanafterpracticingmanytimes.-2

7) Ifyouanswerednotoquestion6,pleaseexplainwhy?

8) From1(lowest)to10(highest)pleaserankthevalueofthetraining?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7-2 8-4 9-2 10-9

9) HaveyouheardtheMDTbefore?

• No-7• Ihaveknownbecauseparticipatedprevioustraining-2• IhaveheardbutdidnotusewithGISsoftware.• Yes

10) Willyouusethistoolfurther?• Yes–1(miningcompany)• Yes-11(EIAcompanies)

MDTTrainingMarch31-April1,2016-----FeedbackfromAimagsandMEGD

1) Whatwasmostimportantwiththetraining?• PracticetouseMDT.-4• AchancetolearnMDTforEIAofficerswhoisresponsibleforreceivingoffsetreport.• GotunderstandingaboutMDTwiththehelpdocs.• Automaticcalculation.• Identifyingofpotentialoffsetareas,mitigationdesign,rehabilitation.• MonitoringofoffsetproceduresofcompaniesusingMDT• OffsetprocedureandMDT.• ItwasimportantthatMDTwebiscreatedtocalculateimpactarea.• Trainingwasveryefficient.• Offsetprocedureincludingcostreportandoffsetlocationusingmodernsoftware.• ThistrainingisimportantforEIA.Thankyouverymuch.Success!• PracticeandexerciseswithMDTversions.

2) Whatwasleastimportantwiththetraining?

• n/a-15• Trainingwashardtounderstand.

3) Whatwouldyouremovefromthetraining?• n/a-15• lawimplementationrelatedmitigation.• Thepresentationthatprovidedduringprevioustraining.

4) Weretheexerciseshelpfulandwhy?• Yes,itwasuseful-5

• Veryhelpful.Iwillusethistoolformyeverydaywork.-4• Itwaseasytolearnbecauseofexerciseworkwithrealcases.• ItwashelpfulbutIamlate.• Itwashelpfulbecauseweworkedwiththetool.• Iaskedsomeunclearthingsandgotananswer.• Exerciseswerehelpfulandweaskedquestionsdirectly.

5) Arethereitemsyouwouldchangewiththeexercises?• Needtoreducedata.• n/a-11• Needtoextendexercisetime.• Ifitwasincludinglocalprotectedareasitwouldbemoreuseful.Ifthegovernmentconfirm

someoffsetprocedureswewillfollow.Forexample:offsetunit5$.• ThistoolandproceduredocumentsmustincludeoffsetimplementationmethodofEIAreport.

Needtomakeaplan.Ifdisturbanceofexercisedatawasoverlappedwithrestrictedareas,itwouldbemorehelpful.

• Needtoimprovemore.

6) DoyoufeelyoucannowsuccessfullycalculateayearlyoffsetcostasdefinedbytheMongoliaOffsetRegulation?

• Icanuseitafterdoingexerciseswell.-2• Yes,Ican.-9• IfIusehelpdocumentsIcan.• Confusing.• Needmorepractice.

7) Ifyouanswerednotoquestion6,pleaseexplainwhy?

8) From1(lowest)to10(highest)pleaserankthevalueofthetraining?

1 2 3-1 4 5-1 6 7 8-2 9-5 10-6

9) HaveyouheardtheMDTbefore?• No-5

10) Willyouusethistoolfurther?

• Yes–5

LocationofTrainingOne-daytrainings:NationalUniversityofMongolia,GISLab–Dr.Bolorchuluun

AttendeesParticipants:EIAandMiningcompaniesTotal22people

No Name Title Company Phone Mailaddress EIAcompanies1 Narangarav Environmentalofficer EHSMХХК 99937188 ehsmmongolia@gmail.com

2 Turmunkh GISofficer TECOLХХК 95229000 tecol_77@yahoo.com3 Delgermaa Environmentalofficer EkhMongoliinBaigaliLLC 95343439 deegii_emb@yahoo.com

4 Davaasuren Environmentalofficer EACCХХК 99138170 davaasuren.eacc@gmail.com5 Altansukh Lectureranddirector EcoTushigKhugjilLLC 91993096 altansukh22@yahoo.com6 Zayatogtokh Environmentalofficer MECSХХК 98113163 mecszb.company@gmail.com

7 Chintuul Environmentalofficer GazarchandmaniLLC 99983397 chintuul_lff@yahoo.com

8 Davaajargal Environmentalofficer MonGazarEcologyLLC 86007706 davkabold@yahoo.com

9 Byambatseren Environmentalofficer EcoSeriviceLLC 99076414 byambatseren@gmail.com

10 Ochmaa Executivedirector OiBusLLC 99099961 11 Chimegbayar Environmentalofficer AsianecologicresourceLLC 99811720 chimegbayar90@gmail.com

12 Erdenebat Environmentalofficer UnderkhaantradeLLC 88076774 erdenebat.batsaihan@gmail.com13 Nyamsuren Environmentalofficer MongazarecologyLLC 96565373 nyamsuren.eco@gmail.com

14 Uransaikhan Environmentalofficer EcoTonLLC 99222100 15 Erdenebat Environmentalofficer EcoServiceLLC 86110016 eba0504@yahoo.com

Miningcompanies16 Anudari Environmentalofficer OyuTolgoiLLC 99773647 anudarig@ot.mn

17 Iderkavkhlan GISofficer EnergyResourceLLC 88000455 iderjavkhlan.s@mmc.mn18 Ichinnorov Environmentalofficer MMCLLC 99054015 g_chinee@yahoo.com

19 Narangerel Environmentalofficer BoroogoldLLC 99820788 Narangerel.S@centerragold.mn20 Buyan-Ulzii Environmentalofficer NumanAltaiLLC buyanulzii@numan.mn21

EnkhboldEnvironmentalofficer Mongoliinecologiin

nootsiinsanLLC91918376

yavaadirlee@gmail.com

22 Davaatseren GISofficer MAKLLC 99003531 mdavaa@mak.mn

March31,2016Participants:AimagstaffandMEGDTTotal27people

No Name Title Province Tel Mail1 Tserenlkham EIAofficer Arkhangai 98115529 2 Naranbaatar EIAofficer Bayankhongor 99048004 naraa_83@yahoo.com

3 Mart EIAofficer Bulgan 99443495 4 Jargaltsetseg EIAofficer Gobi-Altai 99029980 5 Amkh-Amgalan EIAofficer Gobisumber 89008524 amgaa518@yahoo.com

6 Batmunkh EIAofficer Darkhan-Uul 99407644 7 Bolormaa EIAofficer Dornogobi 99043151

8 Erdenebayar EIAofficer Dornod 88007804 9 Ankhbayar EIAofficer Dundgobi 88059031 ankhaa0217kh@yahoo.com

10 Enkhee EIAofficer Zavkhan 91669229 nh1006b@yahoo.com

11 Odonchimeg EIAofficer Orkhon 99024732 odnoo_0527@yahoo.com

12 Boldbaatar EIAofficer Uverkhangai 99948990 nt_boldoo@yahoo.com

13 Orgilmaa EIAofficer Umnugobi 99074877 orgio_78@yahoo.com

14 Nyamkhuu EIAofficer Sukhbaatar 96899366 nyamkhuusharkhuu@gmail.com

15 Oyun-Erdene EIAofficer Selenge 99492050 16 Dash-Yachil EIAofficer Tuv 88050200 17 Bilguun EIAofficer Uvs 96449940 18 Ariundolgor EIAofficer Khovd 99859438 b_ariuka270@yahoo.com

19 Unenbat EIAofficer Khuvsgul 99411414 khuvsgul_boa@ymail.com

20 Munkh-Erdene EIAofficer Khentii 96480704 muugii_best@yahoo.com

21 Batsukh EIAofficer smallGobi 88030903 batsuh44@yahoo.com

22 Batdorj EIAofficer TNC 97185888 batdorj72@yahoo.com

23 Otgontugs GISofficer MEGDT 99190844 otgontugs@mne.gov.mn

24 Erdenekhu GISofficer MEGDT 99248887 erdenekhuu_e@yahoo.com

25 Javzandulam GISofficer MEGDT 88020617 b.jawzaa86@yahoo.com

26 Ankhbayar GISofficer MEGDT 266312 27 Buyannemekh DirectorofET Dornogobi 99084657 g_nemehee@yahoo.com

RecommendationsandFutureTrainingTrainingwithregardstotheMDTwillcontinuetobeimportantastheMORisimplemented.AftertheEBRDprojectiscompletedhoweveritwillbeimportantforMEGDtoidentifysomeoneorsomegroupsuchasTNCMongoliaresponsibletocontinuetoeducatepotentialusers.Allteachingmaterialscreatedforthiseffortareopentoanytousewithfullrightstoupdate,modifyandadaptanyofthesetrainingmaterialsinthefuture.Additionallyalltrainingmaterialswillbeon-lineallowingforuserstolearnhowtoapplytheMDTontheirown.OneitemthatbecameapparentwhenteachingtheprovincialEIAofficersisthereisalackofskillandknowledgeonhowGIScanbeusedtohelpthemdotheirjobs.ThiswillleadtomanyoftheAimagofficialsnotbeingabletofullyinterprettheoutputfromtheMDT.Withthehtmlreport,theywillhavefullunderstandingontheyearlyoffsetcompensationvaluehowevertakingthenextsteponidentifyingwhattodoforoffsettingandwheremaybedifficult.FurtherworkneedstobedonewiththesefolkstohelpthemfullyunderstandhowtouseoutputfromtheMDTinordertoworkwiththecompaniesanddevelopafairandappropriateoffsetstipulations.AdditionallyfurtherGIStrainingwouldbeappropriatehelpingthesefolksunderstandhowtobetteruseavailabledatafortheirjobs.

AppendixA–AttachedExerciseswithAnswers

Exercise#1Exercise1a–SetupofMDTandTraining

¨ PlaceexternaldriveintoUSBportandmakesureyourcomputercanreadtheexternaldrive.

¨ OpenanewsessionofArcMapusetheCustomizemenuandselectExtensions.MakesurethereisacheckinfrontofSpatialAnalyst,ifnotcheckthisbox.

¨ UsetheCatalogwindowtocreateanewfolderconnectiontotheMDT_Trainingfolderonyourexternaldrive.

¨ ExpandtheMDT_Mongoliafolder,howmanytoolboxesarewithinthisdirectory?2

¨ OpentheArcToolboxwindow(e.g.clickonToolboxbutton ).Withinthiswindow,rightclickonthetopitemnamedArcToolboxandselectAddToolbox.SelectthefolderyoumappedaboveandopentheMDT_Mongoliafolder.SelecttheMDTToolbox(i.e.MDT.tbx)andclickontheOpenbutton.

¨ ThisshouldaddthetoolboxMDTtoyourlistoftoolboxes.NowagainrightclickonthetopitemnamedArcToolboxandselectSaveSettings>ToDefault.ThisaddsthetoolboxtofutureArcMapsessions.

¨ ExpandtheMDTtoolbox.Howmanytoolsetsarewithinthistoolbox?4¨ ExpandtheUpdateToolstoolsetanddoubleclickontheCheckforApplicationandDatabase

Updatestool.PlaceacheckinfrontofAccessupdates,ifneeded.ClicktheOKbutton.IsyourMDTdatabasecurrent?yes

¨ ExpandalltheothertoolsetswithintheMDTtoolbox.Whichtoolsethasthemosttools?Land

DisturbanceandImpactTools

¨ UsingtheCatalogwindow,createanewfolderwiththenameMDT_Outputonalocaldrivehavingread/writepermissions(e.g.C:\MDT_Output).YouwillusethisfolderforallthedataandfilesgeneratedwiththeMDTtool.

Exercise1b–IdentifyingOffsetCostsandPotentialLocations.

¨ UsingthecurrentArcMapsessionopenEX1.mxd(i.e.File>Openmenu)withintheMDT_Training/Exercisesfolder.

¨ Youwillseethreelayers;LandDisturbances-Linear,LandDisturbances-AreaandFakeMinePlan.TheFakeMinePlanisaplanwhichwasneverdevelopedhoweverithasbeengeo-referencedtosimulateapotentialminingplanwithintheGobiregion.

¨ Usingthemeasuretool ,whatistheapproximateareainKM2ofthisplanneddevelopment?

Answerswillvarybutroughly5-7km2

¨ IfyouweregoingtodigitizethelanddisturbancesofthissiteplanwithArcMap,thefirststep

wouldbetocreatelanddisturbancesdatausingtheStep1a–CreateLandDisturbanceDatatool.OpentheArcToolboxwindowandselecttheMDTtoolboxandopenthistool.

¨ SelectyourMDT_OutputfolderforaprojectFolderLocationandkeepthedefaultsettingfortherestofthetool.

¨ ClicktheOKbutton.

¨ HowmanylayersareaddedtoArcMap?8

¨ MakevisiblealllayerswithinthegrouplayerDevelopmentRestrictionAreas.Arethereany

mappeddevelopmentrestrictionsinthisarea?No

¨ TheCumulativeOffsetFactorlayergivesuserstheabilitytoseeestimateratiosforoffsetrequirementswhilecreatingyourlanddisturbancelayers.Thisallowsuserwhenpresentedwithoptionstochooseloweroffsetcostareastodevelop.PlacethislayerbelowtheFakeMinePlanlayer.Whichlanddisturbanceappearstohavethepotentialforthehighestoffsetcost?OverburdenPilesinthesouthpartoftheplanneddevelopment

¨ RemoveallDevelopmentRestrictionArealayersandCumulativeOffsetFactorlayersfrom

ArcMap.

¨ UsingtheCatalogwindow,navigatetotheMDT_Outputfolder,rightclickonmdt_land_disturbances.gdbandselectthePropertiesmenu.ClickontheDomainstabintheDatabasePropertieswindow.Howmanydomainsareassociatedwiththisfilegeodatabase?2

¨ HowmanycodedvaluesareavailablefortheMDT_LD_Area_Domain?19

¨ ClosetheDatabasePropertieswindowanddisplaythelayerpropertiesassociatedwiththeLD_ArealayerbyrightclickingonthelayernameintheArcMapTableofContentsandselectingthePropertiesmenu.ClickontheFieldstabwithinthePropertieswindowandselecttheLD_Codefieldbyclickingonitsnameinthelistoffieldnames.WhatisthenameoftheCodedvaluedomainassociatedwiththisfield?MDT_LD_Area_Domain

¨ WhatfieldwillthereforcontainyourlanddisturbancecodesassociatedwiththeMDT?LD_Code

¨ NowclickontheSourcetabwithintheLayerPropertieswindow.Whatprojectionhasbeen

assignedtothesedata?UTMZone48NorthusingtheWGS1984datum

¨ RemovetheLD_LinearandLD_Arealayers.NormallyyouwouldusethesedatasetstobegindigitizinglanddisturbanceshowevertheyhavealreadybeendigitizedforyouandarenamedLandDisturbances–LinearandLandDisturbances–Area.

¨ Nowtocheckthesedatasetswhichhavealreadybeendigitized,wewillruntheStep1b–CheckLandDisturbanceDatatool.OpenthistoolwithintheMDTtoolbox.Inputtheappropriatevalueswithinthisdialog.Itshouldlookexactlylikethedialogbelow.

¨ HowmanyerrorswerefoundwithinLandDisturbances–Linearlayer?3

¨ HowmanyerrorswerefoundwithinLandDisturbances–Arealayer?8

¨ Basicallynoneoftheattributeshavebeenassigned.Wewillnowfixtheseerrorsbyattributingfeatureswhichcausedtheerrors.MaketheLandDisturbances–Linearlayertheonlyvisiblelayer.

¨ Startaneweditsession.ThiscanbedonebyclickingontheEditorbutton whichdisplaystheEditorToolbar.ThenbyclickingontheEditormenuandselectingtheStartEditingmenu,youwillstartaneditsession.

¨ AddtheAttributeseditingwindowbyclickingontheAttributesbutton ontheEditorToolbar.

¨ NowusetheEditorSelectiontool andselectthemainroadrunningontheWestandNorthsideoftheplanneddevelopment.WithintheLD_CodefieldclickonthedropdownmenuandselectRoads-Paved.

¨ AssumetheotherlinearfeaturesareRoads–ImprovedDirtandcodethemfollowingthesameprocedureasabove.

¨ SaveyoureditsbyclickingontheEditormenuandselectingSaveEdits.Clearallselectfeatures.

¨ NowmakevisibletheLandDisturbances–AreaandFakeMinePlanlayers.Followthesameproceduresbutthistimeselectpolygonsandassigntheappropriatelanddisturbancecodestotheseareafeatures.IftheFakeMinePlanmapisdifficulttoread,usethefollowingguide:

Lightblue–minepitLightbrown–overburdenpilesDarkgreen–growthmediapilesBlue–heapleachpadsDarkbrown–processingfacilitiesexceptfortheonenearesttheentrancewhichisanofficefacility

¨ Saveyouredits,clearallselectedfeatures,andstopyoureditsessionbyclickingontheEditormenuandselectingStopEditing.

¨ NowdisplayeachlayersettingthesymbologyofeachtouseLD_CodefieldwithaUniqueValuescategorization.Lookatthescreencapturebelow,yourcolorsmaybedifferentbutyourArcMapdisplayshouldlooksimilarwiththelayersoverlappingallthelanddisturbancesfoundinthegeoreferencedsiteplan.NOTE:DuetotheDomainCodesassociatedwiththeLD_Codeattributes,ArcMapautomaticallyaddsalegendwithallpossibledomaincodes.Youwillneedtoremovefromthesymbologythosedisturbanceswhicharenotpartofthisplanned

development.

¨ Ifyoumissedonestartaneweditsessionandattributethefeatureyoumissedandsaveyouredits.

¨ Nowtodoublecheckourwork,wewillruntheStep1b–CheckLandDisturbanceDatatool.OpenthistoolwithintheMDTtoolbox.Inputtheappropriatevalueswithinthisdialog.Itshouldlookexactlylikethedialogbelow.

¨ Youshouldhavereceivedamessagesaying:“Therewerenoerrorsorwarningswithyourdata.ThesedatacanberunsuccessfullywiththeStep2–CalculateProjectImpacttool.”

¨ OpentheStep2–CalculateProjectImpactAreatoolwithinArcToolbox>MDT>LandDisturbanceandImpactTools.SettheLandDisturbance-LinearlayerastheLandDisturbances–LinearFeaturesandselecttheLD_CodefieldfortheFieldNameforLandDisturbanceType.SettheAreaFeaturestotheLandDisturbance-ArealayerandselectitsLD_CodefieldfortheFieldName.FinallynametheProjectImpactRasterDatasetasEx1ProjectImpact.imgmakingsuretolocatethisoutputtoyourMDT_Outputfolder.Yourdialogshouldlookthesameastheonebelow.NOTE:Makesurenoneofthelanddisturbancefeaturesareselectedbeforerunningthetool.

¨ ClicktheOKbutton.Hint:Thistookmycomputerapproximately3minutessograbashortbreakwhilethisisrunning.

¨ Examinetheoutputimpactraster,Ex1ProjectImpact.imgandanswerthefollowingquestions:o Whatistheresolutionofthedataset(Hint:usethesourcetabwithinthelayer

propertiesdialog)?10mo Whichimpactareacoversthelargestarea(Hint:openattributetableandselectthe

impactwithhighestcellcount)?30-HighImpacto Howmanysqmetersdoesthehighimpactcategorycover(Hint:resolution*resolution

*cellcount)?5,661,100m2or5.661km2

¨ Withtheprojectimpactareacalculated,wecannowcalculatethepotentialoffsetcostsassociatedwiththisdevelopment.OpentheStep3–CalculateOffsetCostReporttoolwithinToolbox>MDT>OffsetTools.SettheProjectNametoOakleaf,selecttheEx1ProjectImpact.imglayerfortheProjectImpactAreaRaster,settheProjectDurationtoMedium(5–20years)andfinallysettheoutputfilenametoOakleaf_Report.html.Yourdialogshouldlookexactlyliketheonebelow.

¨ ClicktheOKbutton.

¨ Usingthereportgenerated,scrollthroughitandanswerthesequestions:

o Whatisthetotaloffsetcostperyearforthisproject?$25,370o Whatisthetotaloffsetunitsperyearforthisproject?5,074o Whatarethetotalhectaresoftheareaimpacted?1,016.38hao Whatisroughlytheoveralloffsetratioforthisproject?5to1o Whichoffsetfactor(i.e.EcosystemCategory,HabitatType,LandscapeCondition,Landscape

Priority,ProjectDuration)contributedthemosttotheoveralloffsetcost?HabitatType&LandscapePriority–1,353offsetunits

o WhatSoumaretheseimpactslocatedin?Xu’rmenSoumo Whatistheecosystemimpactedbythisdevelopment?SemiDesert

¨ Nowtoidentifywherebesttopotentiallyapplytheseoffsetactions,OpenStep4(optional)–

IdentifyPotentialOffsetSiteswithinMDT>OffsetTools.SelecttheEx1ProjectImpact.imgastheProjectImpactAreaRaster,selectyourMDT_OutputfolderastheOutputFolderandkeepbothitemschecked.Yourdialogshouldlookthesameasbelow.

¨ ClickontheOkbutton.

¨ HowmanypotentialoffsetsiteswereselectedwithintheXu’rmenSoum?3

¨ OpentheattributetableoftheOffSites4_Xu-rmen_Soum_inGobilayer,usingthedist_awayfieldidentifybytheAREANAMEfieldtheclosestpotentialoffsetsitefortheprojectimpactarea?Tavansuhainhundii

¨ HowmanypotentialoffsetsitescanbefoundwithinO’mnogoviAimag?18

¨ OpentheattributetableoftheOffSites4_O_mnogovi_Aimag_inGobilayer,usingthedist_awayfield

identitytheAREANAMEoftheclosestpotentialoffsetsitefortheprojectimpactarea?Tavansuhainhundi

¨ Howarethesetwopotentialclosestoffsetsitesdifferent?

TheTavansuhainhundiisitewithintheOffSites4_O_mnogovi_Aimag_inGobiincludestheentireexpertsitewhiletheotheronlyincludesthoselandslocatedwithinXu-rmenSoum.

¨ CloseArcMAPwithoutsaving.

Exercise#2Exercise2–Avoidance

¨ OpenEX2.mxdwithintheMDT_Training/Exercisesfolder

¨ OpentheOakleafFakeMine–LinearLandDisturbanceattributetable.Writedownhowmanyfeaturesarefoundinthislayer.4(featuresdon’talwaysmatchthelegendforexampletherearetwodifferentimproveddirtroadswithinthislayer)

¨ OpentheOakleafFakeMine–AreaLandDisturbanceattributetable.Writedownhowmany

featuresarefoundinthislayer.5

¨ OpentheArcToolboxwindowandselecttheMDTtoolbox.UndertheLandDisturbancesand

ImpactTools,double-clickonStep2–CalculateProjectImpactArea.

¨ SelecttheOakleafFakeMine–LinearLandDisturbancesfortheLinearFeaturesandtheLD_CodefieldfortheFieldName.DothesameforAreaFeaturesusingtheOakleafFakeMine–AreaLandDisturbanceslayerfortheinput.FinallysettheOutputtothenameOakleaf_Project_Impact.imgandplaceitwithintheMDT_Outputfolder.Yourdialogshouldlooksimilartotheonebelow.

¨ ClicktheOkbuttontorun¨ Examinetheoutputdialogasthistoolruns.ItwillinformyouaseachLDfeatureisusedin

creatingaProjectImpactArea

¨ Ifyoudrinkcoffeeortea,thiswouldbeagoodtimetogoandgetitJ

¨ Oncetheapplicationisfinishedwritedownhowlongittooktocalculatetheprojectimpactareaforthesedisturbances.Willvarybutranfor10minutesonmycomputer.

¨ MaketheOakleaf_Project_Impact.imgtheonlyvisiblelayerandopenitsattributetable.Whichimpactcategoryhasthemostareaassociatedwithit?10-Low

¨ WithintheMDTToolboxundertheOffsetToolsselecttheStep3–CalculateOffsetCostReporttoolandsetProjectNametoOakleafFakeMine,selecttheOakleaf_Project_Impact.imglayerfortheProjectImpactAreaRaster,selectMedium(5-20years)forProjectDuration,andoutputtheHTMLFiletoyourMDT_OutputfoldernamingitOakleaf.html.Itshouldmatchthedialogbelow.

¨ ClicktheOKbutton

¨ Examinetheoutputdialogasthetoolruns

¨ Whenthereportopens,scrollthroughitandanswerthesequestions:

o Whatisthetotaloffsetcostperyearforthisproject?$212,490

o Whatarethetotalhectaresoftheareaimpacted?9,477.48ha

o WhatisthepercentofimpactsfoundwithinXovsgolSoum?0.31%

o WhatistheecosystemwhichismostimpactedwithinUlaanbadraxSoum?Desertsteppe

¨ Wearenowgoingtolookatwaystolowerthecostsassociatedwiththisproject.OpentheLandDisturbances–LocationalOffsetCostandRestrictionsAssessmentToolfoundwithin

ArcToolbox>MDT>SupplementaryAvoidanceTools.InputtheappropriatevaluesandoutputyourAssessmenttothenameLC_CostAssessment.shp.Keepdefaultitemschecked.Yourdialogshouldlookliketheonebelow.

¨ ClickontheOKbutton.

¨ Howlongdidthistooltaketocomplete?Answerswillvarybutitwasonly40secsforme

¨ WhatwasthetotalsummaryCOFvalueforalllanddisturbances(Hint:Thisisdisplayedinthegeoprocessingresultsdialog)?83,102

¨ Whichtwodisturbancesresultinthehighestoffsetcosts?1)Road–Dirtmulti-trackand2)TemporaryCamp

¨ ComparingtheTemporaryCampwiththeCumulativeOffsetFactors,whatcouldyoudotoloweryouroffsetcostswiththislanddisturbancegivenitmuststayconnectedtothesameroad?

Moveittothewesttoplacetheentirefeatureand1000meterbuffercompletelywithinthegreenarea.

¨ Listanyotherpotentialspatialmodificationwhichcouldlessenoffsetcosts?

1. Designmulti-trackroadgostraighteasttomainroad2. Createonlyoneroad3. Movethetemporarycamptotheeastsideoftheprojectarea.etc

¨ Arethereanylanddisturbancescrossingdevelopmentrestrictionareas?Yes,thetransmissionline,temporarycamp,allroads

¨ CloseArcMapwithoutsaving.

¨ NowopenEX2_modified.mxd.¨ Thelanddisturbancefeaturesweremodified,listthechangesyousee:

o MovedtheTemporaryCamptothewestmakingsurethecampistothewestenoughto

completelyhaveitsimpactareawithinthegreenarea(i.e.COFvalueof6.2)oftheCumulativeOffsetFactors.

o Nowonlyoneroad.

o Transmissionlinerunsnexttothesingleroad.

¨ NowreruntheLandDisturbances–LocationalOffsetCostandRestrictionsAssessmentusingthemodifiedlanddisturbancesandassignthenameofyourassessmentoutputtoModified.shp.ThistimeunchecktheAddCumulativeOffsetFactorsandDevelopmentRestrictionsLayers.Yourdialogshouldlooksimilartotheonebelow.

¨ ClicktheOKbutton.

¨ WhatisthenewoverallCOFvalue?46,042

¨ Whichlanddisturbancefeaturenowhasthehighestpotentialcostvalue?Minepit

¨ Nowgothroughthestepsandusetheappropriatetoolstocreateanoffsetcostreportforthesemodifiedlanddisturbances.

¨ Whatisthenewtotaloffsetcostperyearwiththemodifiedlanddisturbancesusingthesamedurationvaluesasbefore(i.e.Medium)?$147,320

¨ Howmuchdidthatsaveinoffsetcosts?Roughly$65,170/year

¨ Wouldtherestillbeotherwaystopossiblysaveadditionaloffsetcots?PossibleAnswers:

o Maketheparkinglotsmallerandwithinsomeofthebufferedminepitimpactso Haveparkinglotsadjacenttothetemporarycamp.

¨ CloseArcMapwithoutsaving.

Exercise#3Exercise3–QGISandMDTWeb

¨ OpenEx3.qgswithintheMDT_Training/Exercisesfolder¨ UseQGIStoanswerthefollowingquestions.

o Howmanyarealanddisturbancesarethere?25o Whichlanddisturbanceismostpresentinthistable?OfficeFacilitieso Justbylooking,whattypeofareadisturbancewillmodifythelandthemost?Pileso Roughlywhatisthetotalsizeoftheareadisturbed?Answerswillvarybetween13–16

km2o Whatisthesizeoftheminingpit?1.342km2o Howmanylinearlanddisturbancesarefoundatthissite?8

¨ CloseEx3.qgswithoutsaving¨ WearenowgoingtousetheMDTWebtoexamineavoidanceneedsandloweroveralloffset

costsrequiredforthissite.¨ Usingyourfavoritebrowserwindowopenthefollowingurl:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/DevByDesign-Web/MappingAppsVer2/MDT_Mongolia/index.html¨ BeforerunninganyMDTAnalysis,usethewebsitetoanswerthefollowingquestions:

o Howmanymaptoolsareavailable?10o Howmanyinputdatamapsareincluded?7o TurnontheLocalProtectedAreaslayerandtheAimagBoundarieslayer.Justbylooking

whichtwoAimagshavethehighestpercentoftheirlanddesignatedaslocallyprotected?BayanxongorandO'vorxangai

o WhatyearwastheLocalProtectedAreaslayercreated(Hint:Clickoninfobuttontotherightofthelayername)?2015

o ZoomtoaLatitudeof47andLongitudeof93,answerthesequestions:§ Whichecoregionalassessmentboundaryisthislocationin?West-Central§ Whatecosystemtypeisfoundatthispoint?desertsteppe

¨ WewillnowusetheMDTAnalysistools,howmanytoolsareavailable?3¨ ClickontheUploadLandDisturbancesDatatool.ClickontheBrowsebuttonandselectthe

zipfileFakeGoldMineEx3.ziplocatedinyourExercisesfolder.Beforerunningthetool,identifytheAimagthisfakedevelopmentscenarioislocatedin.Xovd

¨ NowmakesuretheLDCodeFieldnamesaresettothefieldnameDCodeforbothAreaLDsandLinearLDsandthenclickontheRunLDCheckbutton.Howmanyerrorsareidentifiedbythetool?2

¨ ClosetheUploadandCheckLandDisturbanceDatadialog.Whatcoloraretheerrorfeatures?Red

¨ Examinethelegendtotheleft,aretheresomefeatureswhichseemmisidentified,ifsoidentifywhichones?Pipelineisactuallyapavedroad.TheminingpitisidentifiedasanAirportfeature.Anadditionalairportfeatureisidentifiedinthelargepolygononthewesternpartofthedevelopment.

¨ Wewillnowfixalltheattributeerrorswiththesedata:o Clickonthelinearerrorfeature,whatisthecurrentLD_Codeforthisfeature?0o ClickontheEditLDCodebutton,selectfromthedrop-downmenuRoads-ImprovedDirt

andthenclickontheupdatebutton.o Closethisdialog.Whatcoloristhisfeaturenow?Black

o ClickonthepolygonerrorfeatureandsetthisfeaturetoaPile.o ChangethePipelinelinearlanddisturbancetoaRoads–Paved.o ClickontheAirportareafeatureinthesouth-easternquadrantoftheplanned

developmentandchangethisfeaturetoaMiningPito ClickontheAirportareafeatureinthewesternportionoftheplanneddevelopment

andchangethisfeaturetoaPile.o Yourwebmapshouldlooksimilartotheonebelow:

¨ ClickontheAvoidanceAnalysismenu.Identifythecoloroftheiconfollowingstepone.Red¨ Nowtocheckyourattributeedits,re-opentheUploadLandDisturbancesDatadialog.¨ ClickonRunLDCheckandmakesuretheoutputdoesnotidentifyanyerrors.Ifitdoesgoback

andmakesurethatyoufollowedtheattributeeditsnecessarytomatchthemapaboveandthenRunLDCheckagain.

¨ Withtheselanddisturbancesdisplayed,nowturnontheCumulativeOffsetFactorslayer.Identifywhichfeatureslooktobethemostcostlytooffset?Thoseintheorangeonthewesternportionoftheplanneddevelopment.

¨ TurnontheLandscapePriorityfactormap,whatcategorydoesthisplanneddevelopmentfallinto?High

¨ Usingeitherthelayerinformationorotherinputdatamaps,identifywhythisplanneddevelopmentfallsintothiscategory?ItiswithinaproposedNationalProtectedArea.

¨ WewillnowcheckourassumptionsbyrunningtheMDTAvoidanceAnalysis.ClickontheAvoidanceAnalysismenu.Nowwhaticonisfoundtotherightofstepone?Greencheckmark.

¨ Inputanemailaccountyoucanaccessviathecomputeryouarecurrentlyassignedto.(Note:Ifyoucan’taccessyouremailonyourassignedcomputerjusttypeinyourownemailaccountandcheckfileslaterwhenyoureturntowork,youcanaccessareplicaoftheoutputzipfile(i.e.mdt_avoid_data_originalEx3.zip)undertheData>Ex3>outputfolder).

¨ Dependingonthecurrentwebtrafficandprocessingqueoftheapplicationserverthisprocesscouldrequiresomewaittime.

¨ Whenyoureceivedtheemail,whowasthesenderoftheemailcontainingtheavoidancedata?dybd.tnc.apps@gmail.com

¨ Whatisthenameoftheattachedfile?mdt_avoid.data.zip¨ Opentheattachedfileandidentifyhowmanyfilesarewithininthiszipfile?8¨ Clickonthetotal_summary.txttoopen.Whatisthecumulativeoffsetfactorvalueofthis

development?20,457¨ MinimizeyourwebbrowserwindowandnowopenEx3b.qgs.¨ Usingtheld_avoidlayeranditsattributetableanswerthefollowingquestions:

o Howmanyimpactareasfromthedisturbances(i.e.ld_avoid)areplacedinthehighcategoryfortheaveragecosts?5

o Wherearethesehighcategoryimpactslocatedwithintheplanneddevelopment?Westernportion.

o Ofthesehighcategorieshowmanyofthemderivefromareadisturbances(Hint:LinkIDrelatestothetypeofdisturbancesandtheoriginaldisturbancefeatureid)?3

o Whichlanddisturbancefeatureranksthehighestforitsoffsetcosts?MiningPito Doanyoftheimpactsoverlapaprotectedarea?Noo Whatrestrictedareasdotheimpactsoverlap?Riparianareas

¨ CloseEx3b.qgswithoutsaving.¨ MaximizeyourwebbrowserwithMDT–Webopen.Wewillnowloadadifferentmineplan

whichavoidssomeofthehighercostareas.ClickontheUploadLandDisturbancesDatamenu.Whichzipfileisitcurrentlyusing?FakeGoldMineEx3.zipwhichhasmodifiedattributes

¨ ClickontheBrowsebuttonandselectthezipfileFakeGoldMineEx3Avoid.ziplocatedinyourExercisesfolder.

¨ SettheLDCodeFieldstoLd_CodeandclickontheRunLDCheckbutton.Wherethereanyerrors?No

¨ Identifysomeofthechangesyouseewiththisnewimpactdesign?

¨ Sincewenowhaveafinaldesignforourplanneddevelopment,wewillnowruntheOffsetAnalysis.ClickontheOffsetAnalysismenu.

¨ SettheprojectlifetoMedium(5-20years),inputanyprojectnameyouwant,andagaininputanemailaccountyoucanaccessfromyourcurrentcomputer.ClickontheRunOffsetAnalysisbutton.Note:Ifyoucan’taccessyouremailonyourassignedcomputerjusttypeinyourownemailaccountandcheckfileslaterwhenyoureturntowork,youcanaccessareplicaoftheoutputzipfile(i.e.mdt_offset_data.zip)undertheData>Ex3>outputfolder.

¨ Whiletheapplicationisrunning,openthereplicazipfile(i.e.mdt_offset_data.zip,undertheData>Ex3>outputfolder)andanswerthesequestions:

o Howmanyfilesarewithinthiszipfile?35o Openthemdt_offset_cost.htmlfileandanswerthesequestions:

§ Whatisthetotaloffsetcostsperyearforthisdevelopment?$70,620§ Whichoffsetcategoryhadthehighestnumberofoffsetunitsrequired?Either

HabitatTypeorLandscapePriority§ WithinwhichSoumdoalltheimpactsoccur?Mo’st§ Whatarethetotalhectaresimpactedbythisplanneddevelopment?1,862

§ Whichecosystemtypeismostimpactedbythisplanneddevelopment?Desertsteppe

o Opentheoffset_info.txtfileandanswerthesequestions:§ Whatthreeshapefileswithinthezipfileidentifypotentialoffsetlocations?

OffSites_In_West_ERA.shp,OffSites4_Xovd_Aimag_inWest.shp,OffSites4_Mo_st_Soum_inWest.shp

§ HowmanyoffsetsitesdidtheapplicationidentifyforXovdaimag?2¨ Closethereplicazipfile.¨ OpenEx3c.qgswhichdisplaytheoutputdatafromtheMDT-Weboffsetanalysisandanswerthe

followingquestions:o Whichimpactcategoryisthelargestintermsofarea?Higho Whichoffsetsiteistheclosesttothisdevelopment?Baatarhairhano Whatisthecategoryoftheoffsetsiteclosesttothedevelopment?ProposedNPAo WhatisthenameofthenextclosestidentifiedoffsetsitewithintheAimag?Sutai

hairhan¨ CloseEx3c.qgs