Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment.pdf

                                                                          Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



                  Specific Outcomes                                             Probable Solutions                                                               Response
                                                                    Stream order 1 or 2 5 m
                                                                    Stream order 3 or 4 10 m
                                                                    Stream order greater than 4 20 m

                                                                    AND

                                                                    S5.6 Where Forestry is carried out on that
                                                                    part of premises indicated as Riparian Buffer
                                                                    Area and outside the separation distances
                                                                    specified in S5.5—
                                                                    a) species planted are of local origin and
                                                                       are harvested through sustainable
                                                                       harvesting; and
                                                                    b) any undesirable plant species are
                                                                       replaced by vegetation of local origin.
Koala Habitat Areas8                                                                                                                    The site is not mapped as occurring within a
                                                                                                                                        Koala Habitat Area.
O6 Development is designed, constructed                             S6.1 and S7.1 Koala sensitive development
and operated to avoid adverse impacts on                            design and measures are implemented in
koalas and koala habitat and includes                               accordance with Section 6 Policy 1 – Koala
measures to assist the survival of koala                            sensitive design as contained in the Nature
populations in the area.                                            Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006
                                                                    and Management Program 2006 – 2016.


8 Chapter 5, Annex 1 shows the EPA’s Koala Habitat Areas used for assessing development against the koala

conservation criteria contained in the Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006 and Management Program 2006‐2016. The most up‐to‐date versions of these maps are available at the EPA website:
www.epa.qld.gov.au and Map 5 of the SEQ Regional Plan. The general extent of Koala Habitat Areas is also shown on Schedule 7 map.




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