Rev Fauna Flora Assessment

                                                                                        Native Foresters




APPENDIX C: Certification of Suitably Qualified Person for
Flora Survey
Native Foresters flora surveys are undertaken by competent and trained personnel led by Dave Burrows
and Bill Flenady.

Dave has over 20 years’ experience in conducting botanical surveys, including identification of EVNT
species and extensive knowledge of local ecosystems in the Gympie, Noosa and Sunshine Coast regions.
Dave has a Diploma in Horticulture, and Conservation and Land Management. Examples of botanical
surveys include:

    ▪    Flora and Fauna Assessment – Cooney Road, Bli Bli – Nambour Landfill Expansion (2015-2017)
    ▪    Flora and Fauna Assessment – Park Road, Noosa Boardwalk (2015)
    ▪    Flora and Fauna Assessment – Daintree Estate, Tewantin (2014)

Dave has also authored the following publications:

    ▪    “Vegetation of Noosa Shire, edition 2” – 2003, Noosa Shire Council planning scheme study
    ▪    Various Bushland Management Plans for Noosa Council conservation Reserves.
    ▪    “Seed production and litterfall in some Eucalyptus communities in Central Queensland” Australian
         Journal of Botany, Vol 40, 1992.
    ▪    “Regeneration and survival of Desmanthus virgatus 78382 in grazed and ungrazed pastures”.
         Tropical Grasslands. Vol 27, 1993.
    ▪    “Performance and palatability of some Australian Trees and Shrubs”. Nitrogen fixing tree research
         reports, 1991.

Bill has over 40 years experience in field based botany and is a rainforest specialist, having worked as
senior ranger, Binaburra in Lamington National Park for over 10 years.

Vanessa Moscato (BSc) also undertakes flora surveys as part of the Native Foresters flora survey team.
Vanessa has been undertaking flora surveys, including EVNT species surveys for twelve years.
Examples of surveys conducted include:

    ▪    Flora and Fauna Assessment - Petrie Creek Bank Stabilisation (2017)
    ▪    Plot survey of Pararistolochia praevenosa - Nambour Landfill Expansion (2015-2017)
    ▪    Flora Assessment - Maleny Southern Wetlands (2016)
    ▪    Flora Assessment - Jimna Bellthorpe Road bridge, West Kilcoy (2016)
    ▪    Population survey of Symplocos harroldii at Daintree Estate, Tewantin (2014)

The following statement is provided in certification of the suitably qualified person who conducted the flora
survey.

I certify that
(a) I have adhered to all statutory requirements and flora survey guideline requirements, and
(b) the flora survey report is an accurate and full account of the flora survey.
I have previously been approved by EHP under the Nambour Landfill Expansion project – Fauna and
Flora Assessment, prepared for Sunshine Coast Council.

Name:             Vanessa Moscato                                  Signature:

Date:             28/06/2018




Carramar Extension – Fauna and Flora Assessment – Revision 2                                               44