Reference Document - Flora and Fauna Assessment - 132005.638.04

                                                                                                                 Native Foresters



                    7.0       RECOMMENDATIONS

                    Native flora

                          1. Healthy native trees should be retained wherever possible to provide shade, habitat
                             connectivity and to buffer the impacts (noise, dust, litter etc.) from the surrounding
                             road and landfill.
                          2. Impacts to the Structural Root Zone (SRZ) of retained trees should be avoided.
                          3. Any loss of Koala habitat trees should be offset at a 3:1 ratio as per the Queensland
                             Environmental Offsets Policy.
                          4. Special least concern species (e.g. orchids) should be relocated to undisturbed
                             habitat nearby prior to works.

                    Native fauna

                          5. To manage impacts to breeding places of Least concern species, works must be
                              carried out under the Noosa Council Generic Species Management Plan – Low
                              Risk of Impacts (SMP-Low Risk).
                          6. If impacts to breeding habitat of CREVNT, LC and/or colonial-breeding species
                              including indirect impacts cannot be avoided, a DESI-approved Species
                              Management Plan – High Risk of Impacts (SMP – High Risk) will be required to
                              manage impacts to breeding places of threatened or special least concern species.
                          7. The SMP must be implemented during site disturbance in collaboration with the
                              Fauna Spotter Catcher and a register of animal breeding places must be
                              maintained.
                          8. A Fauna Spotter Catcher will be required to conduct a pre-clear search to relocate
                              any native fauna found and be on site during clearing of habitat trees.
                          9. Works should be conducted outside of high rainfall events to avoid coinciding with
                              potential amphibian breeding events.
                          10. Any threatened frog species (e.g. Wallum froglet) and Least Concern amphibian
                              species are to be handled in accordance with the Technical Manual for Wildlife
                              management, Interim hygiene protocol for handling amphibians (DEHP 2016) and
                              all relocated fauna species including threatened invertebrate species released into
                              the most appropriate nearby habitat area.
                          11. A Koala spotter will be required as per Part 3, section 11 of the Nature Conservation
                              (Koala) Conservation Plan 2017 (Queensland Government, 2021) if Koala habitat
                              trees are being removed.

                    Fauna habitat

                          12. Disturbance to hollow bearing trees should be avoided.
                          13. Where disturbance to existing habitat structures cannot be reasonably avoided, all
                              hollows, stumps, logs, stags and coarse woody debris should be relocated to an
                              undisturbed habitat area nearby in consultation with a Fauna spotter catcher.
                          14. Removal of hollow-bearing trees should be offset with the installation of nest boxes
                              in suitable trees within adjacent vegetation at a ratio of 3 to 1.




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