TECHNICAL REPORT...municipalities of Santa Ana and San Buenaventura in the Province of Francisco...

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-----CERTIFIED TRANSLATION-----I, the undersigned, Patricia Andrés-Carmona, Official Translator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairsof the Republic of Costa Rica, appointed by Agreement No. 197-002-AJ of April 15, 2002, certifythat in English, the document to be translated reads as follows:______________________________________________________________________________

Energía Eólica de Honduras

EXPANSION OF THE HONDURAS 2000 WIND POWER PROJECT

FOREST ASSESSMENT STUDY

CERRO DE HULA WIND PARK

TECHNICAL REPORT

PREPARED BY: YAMIL MEZA-OLIVERA, FOREST ENGINEER

COLPROFORH REGISTRATION No. 0918

SUBMITTED TO: ENERGÍA EÓLICA DE HONDURAS S.A.

SANTA ANA, FRANCISO MORAZAN

JULY 15, 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................. 5

II. BACKGROUND............................................................................................................... 5

III. OBJECTIVES .................................................................................................................. 6

IV. LOCATION ...................................................................................................................... 6

V. MANPOWER ................................................................................................................... 7

VI. COMMENT ...................................................................................................................... 7

VII. METHODOLOGY............................................................................................................. 7

VIII. MITIGATION MEASURES............................................................................................... 8

IX. RESULTS ........................................................................................................................ 9

X. CONCLUSIONS............................................................................................................. 22

XI. RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................................................. 22

BIBLIOGRAPHY ...................................................................................................................... 22

ANNEXES ................................................................................................................................ 23


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LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 Volume equations used to calculate volume................................................................... 8

Table 2 Species with a DBH over 10 cm found during the 100% forest inventory ..................... 10

Table 3 Species with a DBH under 10 cm found during the 100% forest inventory ................... 11

Table 4 Volume of Quercus segoviensis per diameter class ..................................................... 12

Table 5 Volume of Quercus sapotifolia per diameter class........................................................ 13

Table 6 Volume of Quercus purulhana per diameter class........................................................ 14

Table 7 Volume of Pinus pseudostrobus per diameter class..................................................... 15

Table 8 Volume of Pinus tecunumanii per diameter class ......................................................... 16

Table 9 Volume of aspen per diameter class ............................................................................ 17

Table 10 Volume of Myrsine sp per diameter class................................................................... 17

Table 11 Volume of Erythrina berteroana per diameter class.................................................... 18

Table 12 Volume of Cupressus sp. per diameter class ............................................................. 18

Table 13 Volume of Eucalyptus sp. per diameter class ............................................................. 19

Table 14 Volume of Spathodea campanulata per diameter class.............................................. 19

Table 15 Volume of Annona sp. per diameter class .................................................................. 19

Table 16 Volume of Casimiroa edulis per diameter class.......................................................... 19

Table 17 Volume of Diphysa americana per diameter class...................................................... 20

Table 18 Volume of species represented by only one tree in the inventory ............................... 20

Table 19 Summary of tree number and volume per species ..................................................... 21

Table 20 Coordinates of construction area No. 14 .................................................................... 28


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LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1 Number of trees per species in the Area ....................................................................... 9

Figure 2 Number of trees per species with a DBH under 10 cm................................................ 11

Figure 3 Volume (m3) per species ............................................................................................ 21

Figure 4 Forest Inventory Line Izopo Site.................................................................................. 29

Figure 5 Construction Area No. 14............................................................................................ 30


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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The Cerro de Hula Wind Park, legally known as Honduras 2000 Wind Project (“the Project”), hasbeen developed and is operated by the company Energía Eólica de Honduras S.A. (EEHSA),which is a member of the Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy Group. The Project is located in themunicipalities of Santa Ana and San Buenaventura in the Province of Francisco Morazan, about20 kilometers south of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. It takes up an area of 14 kilometers in Cerro deHula and Montaña de Izopo.

A Forest Assessment Study (“the Study”) was carried out in the area proposed to build five (05)aerogenerators and the main access to the project expansion (“the Expansion”) in thecommunity of El Tablon, Municipality of San Buenaventura, Province of Francisco Morazan, bythe company Energía Eólica de Honduras S.A. (EEHSA).

This Study allowed knowing the forest coverage existing in the proposed construction area. Inaddition to getting to know the existing forest resource, an inventory of 100% of the trees wasprepared by measuring all trees with a Diameter at Breast Height (DBH) equal to or above 10cm and counting all tress with a DBH below 10 cm.

Results show that there are 949 trees with a DBH equal to or higher than 10 cm distributed in 23species with a volume of 178,158392 m3 and 699 trees with a DBH under 10 cm distributed in16 species in the assessed area. The 5 most common species detected by the study areQuercus purulhana, Quercus segoviensis, Pinus tecunumanii, Quercus sapotifolia, and Pinuspseudostrobus. According to the CITES Appendices, none of the top 5 species in the inventoryare threatened or endangered.

Compliance with the compensatory measures should consider as much as possible plantinglocal species at specific sites identified together with the municipalities which are of interest tolocal groups.

II. BACKGROUND

EEHSA started the Project’s commercial operation on December 21, 2011, 24 km south ofTegucigalpa in the municipalities of San Buenaventura and Santa Ana in the Province ofFrancisco Morazan. The Project comprises 51 Gamesa G87 aerogenerators, each with acapacity of 2.0 MW, for a total installed power of 102 MW.


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The Project construction would affect the forest cover in the area, so a series of studies werecarried out. The Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Forestales (ESNACIFOR) prepared in 2009 thefirst 100% forest inventory in the 13 construction areas; it determined the number of trees thatwould have to be cut to build the civil and electrical works and calculated the compensatorymeasures required by the Secretaría de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente (SERNA) [Ministry ofNatural Resources and Environment].

Currently, EEHSA is developing a project to expand the generation capacity of the Project byinstalling twelve (12) new aerogenerators distributed in four construction areas, of which threehad already been included in the study prepared by the ESNACIFOR. In fact, two of thosealready have aerogenerators installed in them.

This new forest inventory was developed in the community of El Tablon, municipality of SanBuenaventura, which is the place not considered in the original investigation carried out by theESNACIFOR. It covers an area of 4.619 hectares, which include a 30m-wide stretch to designand build the access road plus five platforms to build the foundations of the aerogenerators andmount the equipment.

III. OBJECTIVES

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

To carry out the forest assessment study for the Project expansion.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

To identify the existing plant diversity in the various strata, including seedlings andsaplings.

To determine the dasometric characteristics of the species in the site. To certify whether or not the plant composition includes threatened or endangered

species according to the CITES Appendixes.

IV. LOCATION

The land called “El Tablon” is located in the Aldea San Isidro de Izopo, San Buenaventura,Province of Francisco Morazan, 24 kilometers south from the city of Tegucigalpa, according tomap sheet No. 1636. This land is part of the concession area granted by SERNA to EEHSA asper Legislative Decree No. 151-2008, published in La Gaceta No. 31.768 on November 22,2008.


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IV.1 General Description

The land where part of this part of the expansion will be built is designated as area 14 (“theArea”), according to the internal coding system used by EEHSA. It has an area of 4.62 hectares(ha) distributed geometrically as follows: 30 m wide and 1.55 km long with five rectanglesbordering the 60 x 40 m access.

a) Topography:

The topography of Area 14 is regular with slopes ranging between a minimum of 5% and amaximum of 25%, which facilitates the constructions activities by reducing the number of cutsand fills.

b) Forest:

The forest cover in this part of the wind park expansion area is a mixed forest composed mostlyof pine and oak trees. The most common species identified at the site are the following: pine(Pinus tecunumanii), white pine (Pinus pseudostrobus), mountain oak (Quercus purulhana),yellow oak (Quercus segoviensis), holm or live oak (Quercus sapotifolia), avocado (Perseaamericana), guava (Psidium guajaba), Guachipilín (Diphysa americana).

V. MANPOWER

Unskilled labor used in this study was composed by people from the community. A crew of fourpeople participated in the study, including a forest engineer and three people who were trainedon how to gather information for the inventory.

VI. COMMENT

To prepare a forest assessment inventory, it is really important to have previously trainedpersonnel to collect the information in the field. Identifying species in the intervention area wherethe project expansion will be carried out is vital in order not to remove species that are eitherthreatened or endangered according to CITES Appendixes.

VII. METHODOLOGY

The Study consisted in preparing a 100% inventory by measuring all trees with a Diameter atBreast Height (DBH) equal to or above 10 cm and counting all tress with a DBH below 10 cm.


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The intervention area where five aerogenerators will be installed comprises a stretch of 30 mwide and 1.55 km long, where the access will be built and five 40x60 cm rectangles around it tobuild the mounting platforms and foundations.

The dasometric variables measured for each tree included the DBH, total tree height (HT),commercial height (HC). In addition, tree species were identified and numbered and theircoordinates taken. Finally, a blue mark was painted at the tree base.

The heights of the dominant species were measured every five tree, while all trees of minorspecies were measured individually.

After the field work, all data were tallied using an Excel spreadsheet, where trees where dividedby species and diameter class in order to obtain the volume per diameter class and per species.

Logarithmic height regression was used for all other trees by tallying the date in Excel.

The equation used to obtain the volume per species was calculated using the Sistema deInventario de Bosque Privado y Público (SIBP2) [Private and Public Forest Inventory System]software.

To learn if the species in the 100% inventory were threatened or endangered, they wereidentified and compared against the CITES Appendixes.

To obtain the tree volumes, the most appropriate equations for the type of forest (Table 1) wereapplied to the inventory data.

Table 1 Volume equations used to calculate volumeFOREST

TYPE VOLUME EQUATION (m3)

Broadleaf 0.1083372662+4.6499*10^(-5)*(DBH^2*HC)-3.78846*10^(-12)*(DBH^2*HC)^2Oak 0.7854*(D/100)^2*H*0.5Pine 0.00002838*DBH^2*HT-0.00002308*DBH^2-0.00635

VIII. MITIGATION MEASURES

a) Activities near protection stretches and bodies of water, if any, must be forbidden.b) Toxic elements, such as oil derivatives, machinery parts and accessories, must not be

dumped into bodies of water.c) Damages to vegetation outside the access path should be prevented or minimized.


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d) When felling trees precaution must be exercised not to damage the vegetation aroundthe access path.

e) Follow the standards and provisions specified by SERNA and any other governmentalagency.

IX. RESULTS

IX.1 Total Area Results

The 100% inventory carried out in the Area identified a total of 949 trees with a DBH equal to orabove 10 cm distributed in 23 species (Table 1) [sic/Table 2]. The most common species is theQuercus purulhana with 368 trees, followed by the Quercus segoviensis with 176 trees, Pinustecunumanii with 117, Quercus sapotifolia with 115 trees, Aspen with 55 trees, Pinuspseudostrobus with 51, Erythrina berteroana with 12 trees, and other species with just a fewtrees (Figure 1).

Figure 1 Number of trees per species in the Area


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Table 2 Species with a DBH over 10 cm found during the 100% forest inventory

No. Common Name Scientific Name Family No. of Treesper Species

1 Mountain Oak Quercus purulhana Fagaceae 3682 Yellow Oak Quercus segoviensis. Fagaceae 1763 Pine Pinus tecunumanii Pinaceae 1174 Holm / Live Oak Quercus sapotifolia Fagaceae 1155 Aspen 556 White pine Pinus pseudostrobus Pinaceae 517 Pimientia Myrsine sp Myrsinaceae 208 Coralbean Erythrina berteroana Fabaceae 129 Guachipilin Dyphisa americana Fabaceae 6

10 Anonna Annona sp. Annonaceae 511 Mexican Apple Casimiroa edulis Rutaceae 512 Flame of the Forest Spathodea campanulata Bignoneaceae 413 Eucalyptus Eucalyptus sp. Myrtaceae 214 Cypress Cupressus sp. Cupressaceae 215 Huevillo 216 Tzalam / False Tamarind Lysiloma sp. Fabaceae 117 Jamaican Nettletree Trema micrantha Cannabaceae 118 Guava Psidium guajava Myrtaceae 119 Avocado Persea americana Anacardiaceae 120 Mango Mangifera indica Anacardiaceae 121 Motuaz Xylosma excelsum Flacourtiaceae 122 Frijolillo 123 Nance de montaña Clethra macrophylla Clethraceae 1

Total 949

The 100% inventory carried out in the Area identified a total of 699 trees with a DBH under 10cm distributed in 16 species (Table 2) [sic/Table.3]. The most common species is the Quercuspurulhana with 375 trees, followed by the Quercus segoviensis with 106, Quercus sapotifoliawith 105 trees, Myrsine sp. with 43 trees, Psidium guajava with 16 trees, Holm with 15 trees, andother species with just a few trees (Figure 2).


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Figure 2 Number of trees per species with a DBH under 10 cm

Table 3 Species with a DBH under 10 cm found during the 100% forest inventoryNo. Common Name Scientific Name Family No. of Trees

1 Mountain Oak Quercus purulhana Fagaceae 3752 Yellow Oak Quercus segoviensis Fagaceae 1063 Holm / Live Oak Quercus sapotifolia Fagaceae 1054 Pimientia Myrsine sp. Myrsinaceae 435 Guava Psidium guajava Myrtaceae 166 Aspen 157 Pine Pinus tecunumanii Pinaceae 108 Annona Anonna sp. Annonaceae 79 Tzalam / False Tamarind Lysiloma sp. Fabaceae 6

10 Coralbean Erythrina berteroana Fabaceae 611 Guachipilin Dyphisa americana Fabaceae 412 Bara bara 213 Motuaz Xylosma excelsum Flacourtiaceae 114 Cypress Cupressus sp. Cupressaseae 115 Peach Prunus persica Rosaceae 116 Huevillo 1

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The total volume of the Quercus segovienses species was 25,101 m3 (Table 3) [sic/Table 4].

Table 4 Volume of Quercus segoviensis per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HT (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

10 40 6.74 0.026 1.05912 24 7.33 0.041 0.99514 20 8.45 0.065 1.30116 18 9.03 0.091 1.63418 17 9.61 0.122 2.07920 14 9.53 0.150 2.09622 15 10.79 0.205 3.07624 4 10.80 0.244 0.97726 5 10.96 0.291 1.45528 4 11.27 0.347 1.38830 3 11.80 0.417 1.25132 4 11.57 0.465 1.86134 3 12.00 0.545 1.63436 1 12.70 0.646 0.64638 1 15.00 0.851 0.85140 1 13.20 0.829 0.82942 1 13.50 0.935 0.93544 1 13.60 1.034 1.034

Total 176 25.101

The heights of the Quercus segoviensis trees were calculated using the following equation in MSExcel.

Height: y = 4.4428ln(x) – 4.4482 R2=0.5622 Correlation Coefficient = 0.75

The equation used to calculate the volume per tree was taken from the Inventory ProcessingSystem for sales of standing timber PIMP, 2000 version.

V = 0.7854*(D/100)^2*H*0.5

V = VolumeD = Tree DiameterH = Tree Height


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Table 5 Volume of Quercus sapotifolia per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HT (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

10 23 5.92 0.023 0.53512 25 6.69 0.038 0.94614 22 7.87 0.061 1.33316 9 9.11 0.092 0.82418 6 10.73 0.137 0.81920 12 10.90 0.171 2.05522 4 10.39 0.197 0.79024 3 11.96 0.271 0.81226 3 12.23 0.325 0.97428 1 12.73 0.392 0.39230 3 13.54 0.479 1.43634 1 14.00 0.636 0.63644 1 15.81 1.202 1.20246 1 16.11 1.339 1.33954 1 17.32 1.983 1.983

Total 115 16.074

The heights of the Quercus sapotifolia trees were calculated using the following equation in MSExcel.



V = 0.7854*(D/100)^2*H*0.5



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Table 6 Volume of Quercus purulhana per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HT (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

10 51 6.01 0.0236 1.203712 50 6.53 0.0369 1.846314 58 7.16 0.0551 3.196416 25 8.32 0.0836 2.091018 30 8.38 0.1066 3.198720 37 8.58 0.1348 4.986722 16 9.01 0.1713 2.740024 21 9.51 0.2151 4.517326 13 9.58 0.2543 3.306128 16 10.53 0.3242 5.187130 9 10.26 0.3626 3.263632 9 11.11 0.4468 4.020834 6 11.05 0.5016 3.009836 5 11.39 0.5797 2.898438 5 11.61 0.6584 3.291840 1 11.85 0.7446 0.744642 2 13.03 0.9026 1.805246 2 12.41 1.0312 2.062448 1 12.55 1.1355 1.135550 3 12.52 1.2292 3.687552 1 12.99 1.3794 1.379454 2 13.07 1.4967 2.993356 1 12.00 1.4778 1.477860 2 13.58 1.9198 3.839762 1 16.00 2.4153 2.415364 1 14.00 2.2519 2.2519

Total 368 72.550

The heights of the Quercus purulhana trees were calculated using the following equation in MSExcel.



V = 0.7854*(D/100)^2*H*0.5-----Last line page 14-----

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Table 7 Volume of Pinus pseudostrobus per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HT (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

10 2 5.44 0.007 0.01412 3 6.25 0.016 0.04814 1 7.15 0.029 0.02916 1 8.14 0.047 0.04724 1 10.00 0.144 0.14426 4 11.29 0.195 0.77830 4 12.74 0.299 1.19332 1 13.02 0.348 0.34834 7 13.66 0.415 2.90636 3 15.05 0.517 1.55140 6 14.92 0.634 3.80542 2 14.96 0.702 1.40444 1 18.00 0.938 0.93846 1 15.75 0.891 0.89048 4 15.93 0.982 3.92850 4 16.09 1.078 4.31054 2 14.87 1.157 2.31458 1 17.37 1.574 1.57460 1 17.49 1.697 1.69764 2 18.03 1.995 3.990

Total 51 31.910

The heights of the Pinus pseudostrobus trees were calculated using the following equation inMS Excel.

Height: y = 7.1024ln(x) – 11.591 R2=0.5222

The equation used to calculate the volume per tree was taken from the Private and Public ForestInventory System (SIPB2).

V = 0.00002838*DBH^2*HT-0.00002308*DBH^2-0.00635


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Table 8 Volume of Pinus tecunumanii per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HT (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

10 8 6.50 0.010 0.07812 12 7.92 0.023 0.27214 9 9.75 0.043 0.39016 13 9.94 0.060 0.77918 8 10.49 0.083 0.66120 18 11.16 0.111 2.00022 17 11.52 0.141 2.39224 11 12.31 0.182 1.99726 11 12.75 0.223 2.44928 8 13.28 0.271 2.16830 1 10.00 0.228 0.22838 1 15.40 0.591 0.591

Total 117 14.008

The heights of the Pinus tecunumanii trees were calculated using the following equation in MSExcel.

Height: y = 6.5847ln(x) – 8.7251 R2=0.7056


V = 0.00002838*DBH^2*HT-0.00002308*DBH^2-0.00635


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Table 9 Volume of aspen per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HT (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

10 8 4.90 0.019 0.15412 8 6.20 0.035 0.28014 7 6.66 0.051 0.35916 4 7.43 0.075 0.29918 1 7.85 0.100 0.10020 9 8.82 0.139 1.24722 4 7.55 0.144 0.57424 6 8.88 0.201 1.20526 2 9.41 0.250 0.50028 2 9.65 0.297 0.59430 1 10.02 0.354 0.35440 2 11.26 0.707 1.41548 1 12.00 1.086 1.086

Total 55 8.167

The heights of the Aspens were calculated using the following equation in MS Excel.



V = 0.7854*(D/100)^2*H*0.5


Table 10 Volume of Myrsine sp per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HC Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

10 8 1.63 0.116 0.92712 3 1.53 0.119 0.35614 3 1.86 0.125 0.37616 4 2.08 0.133 0.53220 2 2.41 0.153 0.306

Total 20 2.497


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The heights of the Myrsine sp. trees were calculated using the following equation in MS Excel.

Height: y = 1.7251ln(x) – 2.7603 R2=0.5351


V = 0.1083372662+4.6499*10^(-5)*(DBH^2*HC)-3.78846*10^(-12)*(DBH^2*HC)^2

Table 11 Volume of Erythrina berteroana per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HC (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

10 2 1.08 0.113 0.22712 3 1.39 0.118 0.35314 1 1.50 0.122 0.12220 1 1.75 0.141 0.14124 1 1.94 0.160 0.16028 2 2.03 0.182 0.36534 1 2.22 0.228 0.22840 1 2.36 0.284 0.284

Total 12 1.879

The heights of the Erythrina berteroana trees were calculated using the following equation in MSExcel.

Height: y = 0.8527ln(x) – 0.8078 R2=0.8779

Table 12 Volume of Cupressus sp. per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HC (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

16 1 5.00 0.168 0.16824 1 9.00 0.349 0.349

Total 2 0.517

For the cypress species no height regression was used as there were only two trees at the site.

Formula: 0.1083372662+4.6499*10^(-5)*(DBH^2*HC)-3.78846*10^(-12)*(DBH^2*HC)^2


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Table 13 Volume of Eucalyptus sp. per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HC (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

18 1 10.00 0.259 0.25934 1 10.00 0.645 0.645

Total 2 0.904

For the eucalyptuses no height regression was used as there were only two trees at the site.

Formula: 0.1083372662+4.6499*10^(-5)*(DBH^2*HC)-3.78846*10^(-12)*(DBH^2*HC)^2

Table 14 Volume of Spathodea campanulata per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HC (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

12 1 4.00 0.135 0.13514 1 5.00 0.154 0.15420 1 4.00 0.183 0.18322 1 5.00 0.221 0.221

Total 4 0.69

Formula = 0.1083372662+4.6499*10^(-5)*(DBH^2*HC)-3.78846*10^(-12)*(DBH^2*HC)^2

Table 15 Volume of Annona sp. per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HC (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

10 1 2.00 0.118 0.11812 1 2.00 0.122 0.12216 2 2.5. 0.138 0.27618 1 3.00 0.154 0.154

Total 5 0.669


Table 16 Volume of Casimiroa edulis per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HC (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

12 1 2.00 0.122 0.12218 1 2.00 0.138 0.13822 1 2.00 0.153 0.15324 1 1.00 0.135 0.13540 1 3.00 0.331 0.331

Total 5 0.88

Formula = 0.1083372662+4.6499*10^(-5)*(DBH^2*HC)-3.78846*10^(-12)*(DBH^2*HC)^2-----Last line page 19-----

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Table 17 Volume of Diphysa americana per diameter classDiameter Class Frequency Average HC (m) Vol per Tree (m3) Vol per Class (m3)

12 2 3.00 0.128 0.25720 1 2.00 0.145 0.14622 1 1.50 0.142 0.14228 1 1.50 0.163 0.16334 1 1.50 0.189 0.189

Total 6 0.896


Sometimes, only one tree of some species was found in the intervention area where the 100%forest inventory was made (see Table 17) [sic/Table 18].

Table 18 Volume of species represented by only one tree in the inventorySpecies Diameter

ClassFrequency Average HC Vol per tree (m3) Vol per

class (m3)Huevillo 10 2 4.00 0.127 0.254Frijolillo 10 1 3.00 0.122 0.122Tremamicrantha

12 1 3.00 0.128 0.128

Psidium guajava 12 1 3.00 0.128 0.128Lysiloma sp. 14 1 5.00 0.154 0.154Xylosmaexcelsum

14 1 5.00 0.154 0.154

Clethramacrophylla

16 1 1.00 0.120 0.120

Perseaamericana

18 1 4.00 0.169 0.169

Mangifera indica 20 1 4.00 0.182 0.183Total 1.412

The total volume of the 23 species in the forest inventory was 178.158 m3, being the Quercuspurulhana the species with the largest volume (72.550 m3), followed by Pinus pseudostrobus with31.91 m3, Quercus segoviensis with 25.101 m3, Quercus sapotifolia with 16.074 m3 (Table 18)[sic/Table 19]. The species with the lowest volume were the Clethra macrophylla, Psidium guajava,and Trema micrantha because only one tree of their species was found in the study (Figure 3).


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Table 19 Summary of tree number and volume per speciesNo. Species No. of Trees Volume per

species (m3)1 Quercus purulhana 368 72.5502 Pinus pseudostrobus 51 31.9103 Quercus segoviensis 176 25.1014 Quercus sapotifolia 115 16.0745 Pinus tecunumanii 117 14.0086 Alamo 55 8.1677 Myrsine sp. 20 2.4978 Erythrina berteroana 12 1.8799 Eucalyptus 2 0.904

10 Diphysa americana 6 0.89611 Casimiroa edulis 5 0.88012 Spathodea campanulata 4 0.69313 Annona sp. 5 0.66914 Cupressus sp. 2 0.51715 Huevillo 2 0.25416 Mangifera indica 1 0.18317 Persea americana 1 0.16918 Lysiloma sp. 1 0.15419 Motuaz 1 0.15420 Trema micrantha 1 0.12821 Psidium guajava 1 0.12822 Frijolillo 1 0.12223 Clethra macrophylla 1 0.120

Total 949 178.158

Figure 3 Volume (m3) per species


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X. CONCLUSIONS

The species representing the largest number of trees in the area inventories were the Quercuspurulhana, Quercus segoviensis, Quercus sapotifolia, Pinus tecunumanii, and Myrsine sp.

A total of 949 trees with a DBH equal to or higher than 10 cm and 699 trees with a DBH of less than10 cm were found in the area covered by the inventory; this information is the one that should beused as a reference to comply with the reforestation commitment.

The tree species found in the intervention area have not been reported as either threatened orendangered nor are they registered in the CITES Appendixes.

XI. RECOMMENDATIONS

1. The number of trees found and considered to calculate the volume in the inventoried areaincludes 949 trees with a DBH equal to or higher than 10 cm. Therefore, it is suggested toadjust the designs as much as possible to reduce this impact.

2. Compliance with the compensatory measures should considered as much as possibleplanting trees of local species and of interest to the area’s inhabitants at the sites identifiedin coordination with the municipalities.

3. Before starting the removal of trees or [other] activities in the Area, always work incoordination with the members of the Unidad Municipal Ambiental (UMA) [EnvironmentalMunicipality Unit] or those responsible of the ICF [Instituto de Conservación Forestal /Forest Conservation Institute] for the area to obtain any permits.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

CITES. 2009. Apéndices I, II y III. Convención sobre el comercio internacional de especiesamenazadas de fauna y flora silvestres. 41 p.


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ANNEXES

FOREST INVENTORY PHOTOS

Photo No. 1 Pine and oak stand

Photo No. 2 Place where aerogenerator No. 5 will be installed-----Last line page 23-----

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Photo No. 3 Pine and oak stand

Photo No. 4 Blue mark painted at the base of each tree included in the inventory-----Last line page 24-----

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Photo No. 5 Number markings annotated on each tree inventories

Photo No. 6 Pine tree Phone No. 7 Live oak tree


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Photo No. 8 Measurement of each tree’s diameter at breast height (DBH)

Photo No. 9 Measurement of each tree’s diameter at breast height (DBH)-----Last line page 26-----

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Colegio de Profesionales Forestales de Honduras(COLPROFORH)

LETTER OF GOOD STANDING# 371-2013

The Tesorería y Secretaría Ejecutiva [Treasury and Executive Secretariat] of the Colegio deProfesionales Forestales de Honduras (COLPROFORH) [Association of Forest Professionals ofHonduras] hereby certifies that Forester YAMIL MEZA-OLIVERA, affiliate No. 0918 of Chapter 03,is an active member of the Association and is authorized to exercise his profession. Therefore, thisLetter of Good Standing is valid until August 31, 2013.

Certificate issued on July 17, 2013

[Signature and stamp]Harbin Leonel LopezExecutive Secretary

Original: ApplicantCopy: Administration

Colonia Monseñor Fiallos, between Streets 11th and 12th, Ave. 16th, House No. 1253,Comayagüela, M.D.C., Honduas, C.A.

Phone/Fax: (504) 2223-1192, 2223-0058e-mail: [email protected] www.colproforh.org


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Table 20 Coordinates of construction area No. 14No. X Y No. X Y No. X Y

1 482838 1540129 36 483407 1539892 71 482424 15398912 482844 1540139 37 483409 1539904 72 482433 15398953 482896 1540110 38 483410 1539908 73 482505 15399144 482889 1540099 39 483348 1539934 74 482564 15399515 482888 1540097 40 483271 1539958 75 482575 15399666 482942 1540074 41 483163 1539973 76 482577 15399687 482991 1540053 42 483162 1539973 77 482654 15400458 482992 1540054 43 483083 1539986 78 482707 15401009 482997 1540051 44 483082 1539986 79 482707 1540101

10 483036 1540034 45 483081 1539986 80 482708 154010111 483090 1540015 46 483032 1540004 81 482712 154010412 483167 1540003 47 483030 1540000 82 482713 154010413 483200 1539998 48 483024 1539989 83 482747 154011514 483200 1539999 49 482972 1540019 84 482748 154011615 483202 1540011 50 482976 1540027 85 482750 154011616 483261 1540004 51 482930 1540046 86 482788 154012117 483260 1539992 52 482864 1540074 87 482790 154012118 483260 1539990 53 482838 1540086 88 482816 154012019 483276 1539988 54 482813 1540090 89 482818 154012020 483277 1539987 55 482790 1540091 90 482831 154011821 483278 1539987 56 482755 154008722 483358 1539963 57 482726 154007723 483359 1539962 58 482676 154002424 483436 1539929 59 482675 154002425 483595 1539893 60 482675 154002326 483596 1539896 61 482599 153994827 483654 1539884 62 482586 153993128 483652 1539872 63 482585 153992929 483650 1539857 64 482582 153992730 483648 1539845 65 482519 153988731 483647 1539845 66 482517 153988632 483588 1539856 67 482515 153988533 483590 1539863 68 482449 153986834 483468 1539891 69 482438 153987935 483466 1539880 70 482413 1539888


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Figure 4 Forest Inventory Line Izopo Site


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Figure 5 Construction Area No. 14______________________________________________________________________________IN WITNESS WHEREOF this translation from Spanish to English and which consists of 30pages is issued in San Jose, Costa Rica, on August 05, 2013. The corresponding legal stampsare affixed and cancelled.

[Hardcopy signed and stamped]

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