Attachment 7B - Fauna and Flora Assessment_NoosaLandfill_NorthernSection_Revision3

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APPENDIX B – DATABASE AND MAP SEARCHES USED FOR
DESKTOP REVIEW OF SITE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES
 DATABASE / MAP               SOURCE             DESCRIPTION
 PRODUCT

 Regulated Vegetation         DR, 2022           Regulated Vegetation mapping shows vegetation categories that
 Management Map                                  determine clearing requirements as gazetted under the Qld Vegetation
                                                 Management Act 1999. The Regulated Vegetation Supporting map
                                                 provides information on regional ecosystems, wetlands, watercourses,
                                                 and essential habitat and factors.

 Protected Plants Flora       DES, 2022          This tool identifies whether a proposed clearing area lies within a high
 Survey Trigger Map)                             risk area that may contain EVNT plant species. It is used to determine
                                                 when a flora survey needs to meet the requirements of the Queensland
                                                 Flora Survey Guidelines – Protected Plants (NCA, 1992).

 Essential Habitat Map        DR, 2022           Essential Habitat is a vegetation ecotype that is considered by DES to
                                                 form potential habitat for an EVNT species that is listed under the Nature
                                                 Conservation Regulations (2020). Essential Habitat mapping is
                                                 provided in conjunction with Regulated Vegetation Management
                                                 mapping as gazetted under the VMA (1999).

 WildNET Database             DES/DSITIA,        Wildlife sightings and listings for all flora and fauna species within a
                              2022               designated area.

 EPBC Protected Matters       DoE, 2022          This tool generates a report that indicates whether matters of national
 Search Tool                                     environmental significance or other matters protected by
                                                 the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
                                                 1999 that are likely to occur in your area of interest – Indicative only.

 Map of Referable             DES, 2022          A statewide regulatory map under the Environmental Protection
 Wetlands                                        Regulation 2008 which identifies wetlands of high ecological
                                                 significance (HES) and general ecological significance (GES). HES
                                                 wetlands are considered MSES under the Planning and Environmental
                                                 Offsets legislation.

 Nature Conservation          Qld                These maps identify Koala Habitat Areas (core and locally refined) and
 (Koala) Conservation         Government,        Koala Priority Areas that contain Koala habitat which is essential for the
 Plan 2017 and maps           2022               conservation of a viable population in the wild in South East Queensland

 Queensland Waterways         Development        This spatial data layer guides the determination of whether operational
 for Waterway Barrier         Assessment         work that is constructing or raising waterway barrier works i.e. works
 Works spatial data layer     Mapping            that may inhibit the free movement of fish along waterways and onto
 and guideline                System,            floodplains, complies with the accepted development requirements or is
                              DSDMIP 2022        assessable development requiring a development approval under the
                                                 Planning Act 2016.

 Matters of State             DES, 2022          This report identifies MSES as referenced in the biodiversity state
 Environmental                                   interest under the State Planning Policy (SPP). MSES encompass
 Significance (MSES)                             environmental values protected under Queensland legislation




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