Table 6 - 4 in Electricity Network Reinforcement and Expansion Project (ENREP) Update the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for LOT-I: Metu-Mesha 230 KV Single Circuit Transmission Line

Table 6-4.. Summary of Critical Habitats Assessment Trigger species/HabitatTierRemarksCriterion |: Occurrence of Critically endangered (CR) or Endangered (EN) speciesClarke’s Banana Frog Status: ENThe RoW is not Critical HabitatsThis species have been recorded from relatively undisturbed areas and intact forest. The RoW is, thus, not its breeding area. It is also a widely distributed species.In view of these findings, the occurrence of this species inside Sheka Forest does not trigger Critical Habitats.Criterion 2: Occurrence of endemic and/or Restricted-Range speciesThere are 6 endemic species, i.e., 1 plant, 2 amphibians, 1 reptile 1 rodent, 1 Bat species (Annex VI).Yalden’s DesmomysIt is widely distributedIt occurs in humid Afro-montane Forest dominated with Ficus sur with coffee undergrowth. It is not common in the project AOI.Scott’s Mouse- eared BatIt is widely distributedIt mainly occurs in relatively less disturbed Afromontane forests and shrublands. It is not common in the project AOI.Clarke’s Banana FrogIt is widely distributedIt occurs mainly in vegetations around pools inside forests and forest edges as well. It also breeds in marshy areas inside emergent vegetation. It is not common in the project AOIDime Forest FrogIt is widely distributedIt mainly occurs in forest and forest patches. It is not common in the project AOIBearded Ethiopian Montane ChameleonThis species has a wide geographical rangeIt occurs inside forest areas and forest patches. The project AOI is not its area of concentration and thus, it is not common.Erythrina bruceiIt is widely distributedIt occurs at the edge Afro-montane Forest and woodland. The project AOI is not a high concentration of its populations.Criterion 3: Occurrence of Migratory and/ Congregatory speciesThere is no species that triggers Criterion 3.Criterion 4. Presence of Highly threated and/or unique ecosystemsThere is no species that triggers Criterion 4Criterion 5: Key Evolutionary ProcessesThe findings during the ESIA study do not show any species triggering Criterion 5