RFI - Ecological Assessment Report

                                                                                                                                             Ecological Assessment Report



         Queensland Government Wetland Info                     4. maintaining groundwater recharge and               wetlands     and   hydrologically-sensitive    plant
         mapping.                                                     discharge processes;                            communities.

                                                                5. maintaining          natural      groundwater
                                                                      fluctuations;
         Rehabilitation of ecologically important
         areas                                                  6. avoiding causing ingress of saline water
                                                                      into freshwater aquifers of wetlands; and

                                                                7. avoiding           contaminants        entering
                                                                      groundwater (e.g. from runoff, effluent
                                                                      disposal).

Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas

PO10     Development provides for ecologically               AO10.1                                                   Complies with PO10
         important areas to be restored and
                                                                1. Landscaping              and      rehabilitation   Compensatory planting will be provided on site in
         enhanced through:
                                                                      complements and supports ecologically           accordance     with the submitted    Rehabilitation
             1. designing landscaped areas to                         important areas by:                             Plan, for the removal of 54 trees from the site. A
                  complement        and      enhance                                                                  total of 162 new plants will be planted on site ,
                                                                2. utilising local native species;
                  existing     vegetation            and                                                              including 107 trees and 55 shrubs.
                  ecological linkages;                          3. utilising suitable plant species identified in
                                                                      PSP2 Landscaping;
             2. removing      species       likely     to
                  displace native flora species or              4. restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve
                  degrade fauna habitat;                              a functional ecosystem state that requires
                                                                      minimal human intervention;
             3. replanting     and       rehabilitating
                  degraded habitat;                             5. replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the
                                                                      same type, including the understorey
             4. replacing       any        vegetation
                                                                      vegetation;
                  removed    with     suitable       local
                  native species;




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