Reference Document - Flora and Fauna Assessment - 132005.638.04

                                                                                                                            Native Foresters




                      DATABASE / MAP          SOURCE         DESCRIPTION
                      PRODUCT
                      MSES map series         Queensland    MSES is a set of layers representing defined values in the State Planning Policy
                                              Government    2017 (SPP) and Environmental Offsets Regulation 2014. MSES are derived
                                              , 2024        from multiple sources as follows:
                                                             Protected areas (including all classes of protected area except coordinated
                                                                conservation areas) under the Nature Conservation Act 1992
                                                             Marine national park, conservation park, scientific research, preservation or
                                                                buffer zones under the Marine Parks Act 2004
                                                             Areas within declared fish habitat areas that are management A areas or
                                                                management B areas under the Fisheries Regulation 2008
                                                             A designated precinct, in a strategic environmental area under the Regional
                                                                Planning Interests Regulation 2014, schedule 2, part 5, s15(3)
                                                             Wetlands in a wetland protection area or wetlands of high ecological
                                                                significance shown on the map of referable wetlands under the
                                                                Environmental Protection Regulation 2008
                                                             Wetlands and watercourses in high ecological value waters identified in the
                                                                Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009, schedule 1
                                                             A legally secured offset areas as defined under the Environmental Offsets
                                                                Act 2014
                                                             Threatened wildlife under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and special
                                                                least concern animals under the Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Regulation
                                                                2006
                                                             Marine plants under the Fisheries Act 1994 (excluding marine plants in an
                                                                urban area)
                                                             Waterways that provide for fish passage under the Fisheries Act 1994
                                                                (excluding waterways providing for fish passage in an urban area)
                                                             High risk area on the flora survey trigger as described by the Environmental
                                                                offsets Regulation 2014, schedule 2, part6(1)
                                                             Regulated vegetation under the Vegetation Management Act 1999 that is
                                                                mapped as:
                                                                  Category B area on the regulated vegetation management map, that
                                                                       are ‘endangered’ and ‘of concern’ regional ecosystems
                                                                  Category C area on the regulated vegetation management map that
                                                                       are ‘endangered’ and ‘of concern’ regional ecosystems
                                                                  Category R area on the regulated vegetation management map
                                                                  Areas of essential habitat on the essential habitat map for an animal
                                                                       that is ‘endangered wildlife’ or ‘vulnerable wildlife’ or a plant that is
                                                                       ‘endangered wildlife’ or ‘vulnerable wildlife’ under the Nature
                                                                       Conservation Act 1992
                                                                  Category A,B,C,R areas that are located within a defined distance
                                                                       from the defining banks of a relevant watercourse identified on the
                                                                       vegetation management watercourse and drainage feature map
                                                                  Category A,B,C,R areas that are located within 100 metres from the
                                                                       defining bank of a wetland identified on the vegetation management
                                                                       wetlands map.
                                                             Koala habitat area - This map identifies Koala Habitat Areas (core and
                                                                locally refined) and Koala Priority Areas that contain Koala habitat which is
                                                                essential for the conservation of a viable population in the wild in SEQ.
                                                             Environmentally sensitive areas / Groundwater dependent ecosystems - A
                                                                national Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Atlas developed by the
                                                                Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) that identifies ecosystems which require
                                                                access to groundwater on a permanent or intermittent basis to meet all or
                                                                some of their water requirements so as to maintain their communities of
                                                                plants and animals, ecological processes and ecosystem services.



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Document Set ID: 23617066
Version: 1, Version Date: 05/03/2025