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2019

Specialists in African Rivers and Wetlands

Registration number: 2000/028546/23

Owner/Director: Rob Palmer, PhD (Zoology); Pr.Sci.Nat, Biological Science 400108/95

Vat number: 4860 226 762

B-BEE: EME Level 4

Background

Nepid Consultants CC is an independent environmental management consultancy

based in White River, South Africa. The company specialises in aquatic ecosystems

(rivers and wetlands) in sub-saharan Africa. The company aims to provide

scientifically sound, practical and cost-effective solutions to manage biodiversity risk

and meet relevant national and international legal obligations.

Nepid has a proven track record of providing consulting services mainly to mining and

water resource sectors since its inception in 2005. Project teams are selected from a

large network of associated consultants to suit the needs of individual projects to

ensure that the best people are contracted for the work at hand.

Services

Aquatic Flora

• Alien Invasive Species

• Aquatic Macrophytes

• Benthic Diatoms

Aquatic Fauna

• Biomonitoring

• Blackfly Control

• Fish Surveys

Aquatic Habitats

• Water Quality Monitoring

• Habitat Assessment

• Riparian Delineation

• Wetland Delineation Training

• SASS5

Environmental Management

• Ecological Water Requirements (EWR)

• Risk Assessment

• Biodiversity Action Plans

• Catchment Management Plans

• Rehabilitation Plans

• And more …

Selected Projects: Mining

• Coal

• Copper

• Gold

• Iron-Ore

• Uranium

PROJECT DESCRIPTION CLIENT COUNTRY

Essakane Gold

Mine

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment for

proposed gold mine at Essakane. Role: Aquatic

Ecology.

Knight Piésold Consulting

Engineers (Pty) Ltd, Rivonia, for

Goldfields Exploration

Incorporated

Burkina Faso

Nkout Iron-Ore

Mine


proposed Nkout Iron-Ore Mine, Congo and

Ogooue River Basins. Role: Aquatic Ecology.

Environmental Resources

Management Ltd (ERM),

Edinburgh, for Caminex

Cameroon

Kinsevere Copper

Mine


proposed copper mine at Kinsevere (2007), and

subsequent biological monitoring (2010-2014).

Role: Aquatic Ecology.



AMCK sprl Joint Venture, and later

the Minerals and Metal Groups

DRC

Asmara Gold

Project


three proposed mining areas: Adi Nefas, Emba

Derho and Debarwa. Role: Aquatic Ecology.

Sunridge Gold Corporation Eritrea

Tri-K Gold Bearing

Project


the Tri-K Gold Bearing Project. Role: Aquatic

Ecology.

EcoRex Environmental Consultants

CC, for ABS Africa (Advisory on

Business and Sustainability Africa),

for submission to Mines of

Mandiana SA, in association with

Managem

Guinea

Kayelekera

Uranium Project


proposed uranium Mine at Kayelekera (2006), and

subsequent biological monitoring (2007 & 2010).


Paladin (Africa) Limited Malawi

Muanza Limestone

Quarry

Biodiversity Action Plan for a limestone quarry

within the Gorongosa National Park, to meet IFC

requirements. Role: Aquatic Ecology. Role: Lead

Consultant.

Cimentos de Mozambique/

Cimentos de Portula Mozambique

Pepel 35

Expansion Project

ESIA and Kasofoni

DSO ESIA


two proposed expansions at the Tonkolili Iron-ore

Mine. Role: Aquatic Ecology.


Management (ERM) (Pty) Ltd,

Edinburgh, for African Minerals

Limited

Sierra Leone

Mbeya Coal to

Power Project ESIA


proposed coal mine and power station at Mbeya,

Lake Rukwa Catchment. Role: Aquatic Ecology.

Shangoni Management Services

(Pty) Ltd, for Mbeya Coal Limited

and Mbeya Power Limited

Tanzania

Lumwana Uranium

Project

Environmental Impact Assessment of proposed

uranium mine at Lumwana. Role: Aquatic Ecology.



the Lumwana Mining Company

Limited

Zambia

Selected Projects: Water Resources

• Environmental Flow Requirements

• Bulk Water Pipelines

• Hydropower

• Dams


Cambambe

Hydroelectric

Facility

Development of a Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP)

for raising Cambambe Dam, Cunene River. Role:

Aquatic Ecology.


Management (Pty) Ltd (ERM),

Cape Town, for Odebrecht

Angola

Mandaya and

Beko-Abo

Multipurpose

Projects, Blue Nile


two proposed hydro-electric power stations in the

Blue Nile (Abbay) River. Role: Biodiversity Team

Leader.

Halcrow, UK, for Ministry of Water

Resources of the Government of

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Nile Basin Decision

Support System

Consultancy Services on Data Compilation and

Pilot Applications of the Nile Basin Decision

Support System (NB-DSS). Role: Environmental

assessment of water development scenarios.

Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd, for

the Nile Basin Initiative

Ethiopia plus

nine basin

countries

Lesotho Highlands

Development

Project Phase I

Collection of complementary biophysical

monitoring data and assessment of

implementation of Instream Flow Requirements

(IFR). (LHDA 1292). Role: Biodiversity Team Leader.

Lesotho Highlands Development

Authority (LHDA) Lesotho

Lesotho Highlands

Development

Project Phase II

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of

proposed Polihali Dam (LHDA C6014). Role:

Aquatic Ecology. Role: Aquatic Ecology.


Management Ltd (ERM), Cape

Town, for the Lesotho Highlands

Development Authority (LHDA)

Lesotho

Neckarthal Dam

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment of

proposed dam at Neckartal, in the Fish River,

Orange River Catchment. Role: Aquatic Ecology.



the Government of Namibia,

Ministry of Agriculture, Water and

Forestry, Directorate of Rural

Water Supply

Namibia

Baynes Hydro-

electric Scheme,

Kunene River

Baseline survey and impact assessment of

proposed hydro-power facilities in the Baynes

Mountains, Kunene River. Role: Aquatic Ecology.


Management (ERM) (Pty) Ltd,

Cape Town, for Nampower

Namibia &

Angola

Olifants River

Water Resources

Development

Project

Environmental Assessment of proposed dam at de

Hoop, in the Steelpoort River, Olifants River

Catchment. Role: Aquatic Ecology.

Acer (Africa) (Pty) Ltd, for the

South African Department of

Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF)

South Africa

(Limpopo)

Komati and Lomati

Rivers Ecological

Water

Requirement

(EWR) Policy

Development of an Environmental Water

Requirement Policy and Implementation Plan for

the lower Komati and Lomati Rivers in South Africa

and Swaziland. Role: Lead Consultant.

Komati Basin Water Authority

(KOBWA)

South Africa

& Swaziland

Selected Projects: Others

• Agricultural Development

• Industry

• Roads

• Tourism

• Wastewater Treatment Plants


PPC Barnet

Songololo Cement

Project

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and

Biodiversity Action Plan for a proposed cement

plant near Songololo. Role: Aquatic Ecology.

SRK Consulting (South Africa)

(Pty) Ltd, for PPC Ltd, Sandton DRC

Nyumba Ya Akiba

Cement Plant

Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and

Biodiversity Action Plan for proposed cement plant

at Nyumba Ya Akiba (2014), and subsequent

biological monitoring (2015 & 2017). Role: Aquatic

Ecology.

SRK Consulting (South Africa)

(Pty) Ltd, for Nyumba ya Akiba

SARL, Kinshasa

DRC

Maloti-

Drakensberg

Transfrontier Park

Bioregional Conservation and Development Plan.


Maloti Drakensberg

Transfrontier Park, Lesotho Lesotho

Ethco Rama

Project


proposed establishment of 2105 ha of irrigated

sugar cane. Role: Aquatic Ecology.


Management Ltd (ERM),

Johannesburg, for Ethco

Distillery

Malawi

Sasol Pipeline

from Temane

Central Processing

Facility


proposed stabilised oil pipeline from the Temane

Liquids Processing Facility (CPF) to a Floating

Storage and Offloading Unit (FSO). Role: Aquatic

Ecology.


Management (Pty) Ltd (ERM),

Cape Town, for Sasol Petroleum

Mozambique Limitada

Mozambique

Muepane-

Mocimba da Praia

Coastal Road

Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services Assessment

and Action Plan. Role: Aquatic Ecology.


Management Ltd (ERM), Cape

Town, for eni

Mozambique

Schoemanskloof:

Aquatic Ecosystem

Rehabilitation Plan

Section 24G Application for unauthorised

cultivation of 18 fields in the Schoemanskloof

Valley. Role: Rehabilitation Plan for Aquatic

Ecosystems.

FJ Joubert en Seuns (Pty) Ltd South Africa

(Mpumalanga)

Middelburg

Ferrochrome:

Vaalbankspruit

Water Use Licence Compliance Biomonitoring. Samancor Chrome Ltd -

Middelburg Ferrochrome

South Africa

(Mpumalanga)

Trout Risk

Assessment

Assessment of the potential ecological risks of

stocking Rainbow trout (Onchorhynchus mykiss)

on the farm Wachteenbeetjeshoek 327 J/T.

Mountain Springs Estate CC South Africa

(Mpumalanga)

Proposed Tented

Camp at Avaco

Environmental Impact Assessment for proposed

tented camp at Avako 88 KU in the Timbavati

Private Nature Reserve. Role: Aquatic Ecosystems.

Henwood Environmental

Consultants (Pty) Ltd

South Africa

(Limpopo)

Motherwell North

Bulk Sewer

Environmental Impact Assessment for proposed

bulk sewerline in Motherwell. Role: Aquatic

Ecosystems.

Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd,

for Nelson Mandela Bay

Municipality

South Africa

(Eastern Cape)

Team

Director

Rob Palmer – Aquatic Ecologist. Rob is the founder director of Nepid Consultants CC. He has a BSc in Zoology from the University of Cape Town, and a PhD in Aquatic Ecology from Rhodes University, South Africa. He has over 20 years’ experience in aquatic systems and specialist knowledge of river regulation and river ecology. He is a registered Environmental Assessment Practitioner (No 0080/06), a member of the SA Council for Natural Scientific Professions (No 400108/95), and an accredited SASS5 biomonitoring practitioner.

Core Associates

Warren McCleland - Terrestrial Ecologist. Warren has a National Diploma in Nature Conservation and over 15 years’ experience surveying flora and fauna throughout southern and south-central Africa and reporting results according to IFC Performance Standards. He has specialist knowledge of African plants, mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs. He co-authored the "Field Guide to the Trees & Shrubs of Kruger National Park & Mpumalanga", published in 2002, and is currently working on a field guide to the wildflowers of the Lowveld. Warren is a member of the Mpumalanga Plant Specialist Group, Bird Life South Africa and the Herpetological Association of Africa.

Shael Koekemoer – Diatom Specialist. Shael has an MSc in Ecological Remediation from the University of the North-West, Potchefstroom. Since 2005 she has been specialising in diatom based water quality assessments of aquatic systems. She is a member of Koekemoer Aquatic Sciences (KAS), which is a closed corporation specialising in aquatic sciences, primarily aquatic health and fisheries sciences biomonitoring of river systems. Duncan McKenzie – Terrestrial Ecologist. Duncan has a National Diploma in Nature Conservation and over 10 years’ experience in conducting baseline flora and fauna surveys throughout sub-Saharan Africa. He has specialist knowledge of African plants, mammals, birds, reptiles and frogs. Duncan is a member of Birdlife South Africa, an author of Birds of Mbombela and is currently working on a field guide to wildflowers of the Lowveld. Close Associates

Robin Clanahan Civil Engineer Fanie Coetzee Environmental Manager Gerhard Diedericks Entomologist (Aquatic) Peter Hawkes Entomologist (Terrestrial) Steven Henwood EAP Felicity Henman-Weir Auditor Heinrich Kammeyer EAP Stephen Mallory Hydrologist Jessica Hughes Environmental Manager Patsy Scherman Water Quality Specialist Denis Tweddle Fish & Fisheries

Insurance Nepid carries Professional Indemnity Insurance of R 5,000,000, underwritten by Hollard Insurance Company. The policy covers contractual liability arising from our Professional Business Practise.

Nepid refers to the family Nepidae,

which are specialised aquatic bugs

known as “water scorpions”.

Countries of Work Experience

• Angola

• Botswana

• Burkino Faso

• Cameroon

• DRC

• Eritrea

• Ethiopia

• Guinea

• Lesotho

• Malawi

• Mozambique

• Namibia

• Sierra Leone

• South Africa

• Swaziland

• Zambia

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