Attachment 6 - Ecological Assessment

                                Ecological Assessment – Attunga Heights



    5.3.2 Threatened Flora ....................................................................... 31
    5.3.3 Threatened Fauna ...................................................................... 32
    5.3.4 Waterways and Wetlands ............................................................. 32
    5.3.5 Corridor Values ......................................................................... 32
6   Consideration of Statutory Requirements ................................................... 33
  6.1    Introduction ................................................................................. 33
  6.2    Commonwealth EPBC Act (1999) ......................................................... 33
    6.2.1 Background .............................................................................. 33
    6.2.2 Declared World Heritage Areas On or Near the Site .............................. 34
    6.2.3 Declared Ramsar Wetlands On or Near the Site ................................... 34
    6.2.4 Commonwealth Listed Threatened Flora and Fauna Species .................... 35
    6.2.5 Listed Ecological Communities ....................................................... 36
    6.2.6 Listed Migratory Species On or Near the Site ...................................... 36
    6.2.7 Requirement for Commonwealth Referral ......................................... 37
  6.3    Queensland Nature Conservation Act (1992) and Nature Conservation (Wildlife)
  Regulation (2006)................................................................................... 38
    6.3.1 Background .............................................................................. 38
    6.3.2 Site Assessment ......................................................................... 39
  6.4    Queensland Vegetation Management Act (1999) ...................................... 39
    6.4.1 Background .............................................................................. 39
    6.4.2 Assessable Vegetation on the Subject Site ......................................... 40
  6.5    South East Queensland Koala Conservation State Planning Regulatory Provisions
  (2010) ................................................................................................ 42
    6.5.1 Background .............................................................................. 42
    6.5.2 Applicability to the Subject Site ..................................................... 42
  6.6    State Planning Policy 2/10: Koala Conservation in South East Queensland ....... 42
    6.6.1 Background .............................................................................. 42
    6.6.2 Applicability to the Subject Site ..................................................... 43
  6.7    The Queensland Coastal Plan (2012) .................................................... 43
    6.7.1 Background .............................................................................. 43
    6.7.2 Site Assessment ......................................................................... 43
  6.8    The Noosa Plan 2006 ....................................................................... 43
    6.8.1 Background .............................................................................. 43
    6.8.2 Zoning .................................................................................... 44
    6.8.3 Biodiversity Overlay Code ............................................................. 44
    6.8.4 Schedule 7 – Koala Habitat Areas .................................................... 44
7   Summary and Conclusions ...................................................................... 45
8   References........................................................................................ 46
Appendix 1 – Flora List ............................................................................... 51
Appendix 1 - Habitat Suitability Assessments ..................................................... 54
Appendix 3 – State Development Assessment Provisions (SDAP) Module 8: Clearing native
vegetation .............................................................................................. 72
Appendix 2 - The Noosa Plan 2006 - Biodiversity Overlay Code Assessment ................. 81




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