Attachment 7C - Flora and Fauna Survey Assessment_Noosa Landfill - Revision 3

                                                                                           Native Foresters



3.0 RESULTS
3.1       Desktop review
3.1.1 Regulated Vegetation and Regional Ecosystem mapping

The Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME) presents the
Regulated Vegetation Management Mapping (RVMM) as gazetted under the Vegetation
Management Act (1999) (VMA).

Analysis of RVMM shows that the potential Impact Area to the east of the Noosa Landfill
contains mapped Regulated Vegetation, including one Endangered ecosystem and three
Least concern ecosystems as shown in Figure 3. The Regional Ecosystems, their
ecosystem description and conservation status are listed in Table 4 below.

TABLE 4: Regional Ecosystems mapped over survey area

 RE              VMA status         Biodiversity        Description
                                    status
 12.3.13         Least              No concern at       Closed heathland on seasonally waterlogged
                 concern            present             alluvial plains usually near coast
 12.3.5          Least              No concern at       Melaleuca quinquenervia open forest on coastal
                 concern            present             alluvium
 12.5.3          Endangered         Endangered          Eucalyptus racemosa subsp. racemosa woodland
                                                        on remnant Tertiary surfaces
 12.5.4          Least              No concern at       Eucalyptus latisinensis +/- Corymbia intermedia, C.
                 concern            present             trachyphloia subsp. trachyphloia, Angophora
                                                        leiocarpa, Eucalyptus exserta woodland on
                                                        complex of remnant Tertiary surfaces and
                                                        Cainozoic and Mesozoic sediments



3.1.2 Essential Habitat designation

Essential Habitat is a vegetation ecotype that is considered by DES (Department of
Environment and Science) to form potential habitat for a species that is listed as
Endangered, Vulnerable, Rare or Near Threatened under Schedules 2-5 of the Nature
Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation (2006). Essential Habitat mapping is provided in
conjunction with Regulated Vegetation Management mapping (DNRME, 2019) as gazetted
under the VMA (1999).

The vegetation in the Potential Impact Area is designated as Essential Habitat for three
listed amphibians, one listed bird and one listed mammal as shown in Table 5.




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