Appendix B - Ecological Assessment Report

                                     Plate 1: Assessment Area (Source: QLD Globe)
2.2       GENERAL
This Ecological Assessment has been undertaken in general accordance with the Noosa Plan 2020 -
Planning Scheme Policy - Ecological Assessment Guidelines (PSP3).

2.3       DESKTOP ASSESSMENT
To gain an understanding of the existing ecological values and the potential for species of conservation
significance to be present within the site and surrounding area, the following databases and mapping
sources were reviewed:
         The Noosa Plan 2020 - Zone mapping
         The Noosa Plan 2020 - Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands overlay mapping
         The South-East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy - Koala habitat mapping
         The Department of Resources (DoR) Vegetation Management Supporting Map
         The Department of Environment and Science’s (DES) Protected Plants Flora Survey Trigger Area
          mapping
         The DES Wildnet database
         The Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment’s (DAWE)
          Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) Protected Matters
          Search Tool
The results of the desktop assessment are summarised in Section 3. Full transcripts of the Database
searches are saved on file and can be provided at request.

2.4       FIELD-BASED SITE ASSESSMENT

A field-based site assessment was undertaken in late August 2021 and included a general flora survey for
conservation significant flora species within and adjacent to the proposed development area. Fauna
habitat assessments were undertaken within the site to identify specific fauna breeding habitat features
and determine the potential suitability for conservation significant fauna species to occur within the site.
No detailed targeted fauna surveys were undertaken within this scope of work. The results of the field-
based assessment are provided in Section 4.




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