Community development programmes cover the improvement of infrastructures and public utilities, career development, education support, and the preservation of local customs and traditions. To achieve both environmental performance and community development, the integrated approach was initiated by synergizing environmental management plans with community development programmes at Bharinto as the pilot project. Objectives and Expected Outcome The objectives of the project are to develop a database of the existing conditions, carbon traps and plant diversity in the area for the development of an effective mine rehabilitation plan; collect high ecological value plants and potential plants (such as orchids) for conservation prior to commencing mine operations; collect the local wisdom in the utilization of potential of plants, identify needs of the community and establish partnerships; and establish effective and sustainable community development programmes which support mine rehabilitation. Expected outcomes of the study are database for developing an appropriate rehabilitation Figure 2. Bharinto Biodiversity Study Master Plan. 54 THE ASIA REGIONAL FORUM ON BIODIVERSITY plan for restoring environmental conditions and biodiversity richness in post-mining areas; good partnership with the communities and a community development programme which could serve the needs of the communities; sustainable mine rehabilitation so that communities could sustainably utilize resources; and a role model for mine rehabilitation and community development for other sites. Bharinto Biodiversity Study Master Plan Bharinto is collaborating with Purwodadi Botanical Garden to examine the biodiversity in the area prior to commencing its operations. The research team has established a master plan for biodiversity study as shown in Figure 2. The company has finished the first phase of five study plans. In the first phase, the study defined the existing conditions and biodiversity richness of the area. Physical, chemical characteristics and organic material of soil, temperature, humidity and light intensity of the existing ecological condition were collected in the database as benchmark for restoring the proper condition for future reforestation activities.
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