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The Destruction Of Natural Habitats Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Habitat loss
- Disrupted Ecosystem Balance
- 2. Site Evaluation
- Soil Erosion
- Animal Disturbance
- 3. Machinery Setup
- Fuel spillage
- Dust and noise pollution
- 4. Vegetation Clearing
- Land degradation
- Loss of species
- 5. Soil Removal
- Soil contamination
- Watercourse contamination
- 6. Waste disposal
- Waste mismanagement
- Pollution
- 7. Terrain Levelling
- Erosion
- Spread of invasive species
- 8. Construction
- Air pollution
- Noise pollution
- Water pollution
- 9. Rehabilitation Process
- Failed re-establishment
- Introduction of non-native species
- 10. Monitoring and Maintenance
- Continued habitat disruption
- Complicating natural recovery
- 11. Report Documentation
- Miscommunication
- Misinterpretation
- 12. Public Interaction
- Community backlash
- Damage to reputation
- 13. Equipment Dismantling/Moving
- Accidents
- Noise and dust pollution
- 14. Review and Updating SWMS
- Non-compliance
- Outdated information
- 15. Ongoing Management
- Ineffectiveness
- Further degradation
- 16. Potential Reclamation
- Inadequate rehabilitation
- Continuous Ecosystem Disruption
- 17. Site Closure
- Waste left behind
- Gradual Ecosystem Recovery Disruption
- 18. Post Closure Monitoring
- Inadequate recovery monitoring
- Unexpected ecological changes
- 19. Environmental Impact Assessment Update
- Misjudgment
- Inadequate knowledge
- 20. Final Debriefing
- Miscommunication
- Misinterpretation