Appendix B - Ecological Assessment Report

                                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0            INTRODUCTION......................................................................................1
        1.1    PURPOSE......................................................................................................................................1

2.0            ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ................................................................1
        2.1    ASSESSMENT AREA .......................................................................................................................1
        2.2    GENERAL ......................................................................................................................................2
        2.3    DESKTOP ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................................2
        2.4    FIELD-BASED SITE ASSESSMENT ......................................................................................................2

3.0            DESKTOP ASSESSMENT RESULTS .............................................................3
        3.1    TOPOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................................3
        3.2    NOOSA PLAN 2020 – ZONE MAPPING ..............................................................................................3
        3.3    NOOSA PLAN 2020 – BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY MAP .............................4
        3.4    SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND KOALA CONSERVATION STRATEGY – KOALA HABITAT VALUES MAPPING ....5
        3.5    VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING MAP ..............................................................................6
        3.6    PROTECTED PLANTS FLORA SURVEY TRIGGER MAP...........................................................................8
        3.7    WILDNET DATABASE SEARCH .........................................................................................................8
        3.8    EPBC PROTECTED MATTERS SEARCH ...............................................................................................9

4.0            FIELD ASSESSMENT RESULTS .....................................................10
        4.1    VEGETATION .............................................................................................................................. 10
        4.2    CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANT FLORA SPECIES ................................................................................ 11
        4.3    FAUNA HABITAT ......................................................................................................................... 11

5.0            DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ......................................................................13
        5.1    GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 13
        5.2    NOOSA PLAN 2020 – BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY ................................... 15
        5.3    CORE KOALA HABITAT AREA......................................................................................................... 15
        5.4    REGULATED VEGETATION ............................................................................................................ 15
        5.5    FAUNA AND FAUNA HABITAT ....................................................................................................... 15

6.0            MITIGATION MEASURES ................................................................16
        6.1    GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 16
        6.2    FLORA SPECIES AND VEGETATION COMMUNITIES............................................................16
        6.3    FAUNA SPECIES ..................................................................................................................... 16

7.0            LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE ..........................................................17
        7.1    NOOSA PLAN 2020 - BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY .................................... 17


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