Attachment 7B - Fauna and Flora Assessment_NoosaLandfill_NorthernSection_Revision3

                                                                                                                                               Native Foresters



         Performance Outcomes                                    Acceptable Outcomes                                                Response

                                                                                                                works include a larger upgraded HES Basin with the
                                                                                                                intention of improving water quality of stormwater
                                                                                                                entering adjacent retained vegetation.

                                                                                                                Council is implementing weed management on the
                                                                                                                site and will continue to manage surface waters to
                                                                                                                protect water quality on site.

 Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas
 PO10                                                AO10.1                                                     Complies with PO10
 Development       provides    for    ecologically   Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and
 important areas to be restored and enhanced         supports ecologically important areas by:                  The works will include implementation of a Weed
 through:                                                a) utilising local native species;
                                                                                                                Management Plan for Singapore Daisy and other
     a) designing landscaped areas to                    b) utilising suitable plant species identified in
          complement and enhance existing                    PSP2 Landscaping;
                                                                                                                weed species.
          vegetation and ecological linkages;            c) restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve
     b) removing species likely to displace                  a functional ecosystem state that requires         The proposed offset plan detailed in Section 5.1
          native flora species or degrade fauna              minimal human intervention;                        proposes to rehabilitate an area to replace regional
          habitat;                                       d) replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the        ecosystems removed.
     c) replanting and rehabilitating degraded               same type, including the understorey
          habitat;                                           vegetation;
     d) replacing any vegetation removed                 e) creating or enhancing linkages between
          with suitable local native species;                existing habitats;
     e) providing for fauna habitat; and                 f) avoiding the use of pest plant species
     f) avoiding the planting of pest plant                  listed in PSP2 - Landscaping;
          species.                                       g) planting riparian zones to filter stormwater
                                                             run-off, stabilise soil and provide for wildlife
                                                             habitat; and
                                                         h) providing ground and arboreal structures
                                                             for fauna, which may include ground
                                                             depressions, rocks, hollows, nesting boxes
                                                             and in-stream habitat.

                                                     AO10.2
                                                     Vegetation cleared is replaced with:
                                                        a) plantings of equivalent area that replicate
                                                              the floristic structure of the vegetation
                                                              removed; or
                                                        b) where this is not possible due to the
                                                              characteristics of the site and the



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