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

                                                                                Native Foresters




APPENDIX F - CERTIFICATION OF SUITABLY QUALIFIED
PERSON - FLORA
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.

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, including:

        Flora and Fauna Assessment – Bundaroo Creek Bridge, Conondale National Park (2018)
        Population survey of Pararistolochia praevenosa - Nambour Landfill (2015-2017)
        Population survey of Macrozamia pauli-guilielmi at Anderleigh Road, Gunalda (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 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:             Dave Burrows                                   Signature:
Date:             15th March 2019



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