Bushfire Report

                         Ecological Natural Area Management


5 Conservation significance of the vegetation
5.1       Conservation significance of the vegetation from Queensland Vegetation
          Management Act
Some of the vegetation near the house derives enhanced conservation significance from the
Queensland Vegetation Act as it is mapped as Remnant Regional Ecosystem. See Figure 4 of this
report for the map showing the areas in the lot mapped as Remnant Regional Ecosystem.

Table 2: Conservation significance of the Remnant Regional Ecosystems near the house
    Regional                 Regional Ecosystem short description                 VMA conservation   VMA biodiversity
   Ecosystem                                                                            class            status

RE 12.11.10        Notophyll vine forest +/- Araucaria cunninghamii on             Least concern     No concern at
                   metamorphics +/- interbedded volcanics                                            present


5.2       Conservation significance of the vegetation from the The Noosa Plan
Some of the vegetation near the house derives enhanced conservation significance from The
Noosa Plan 2020 Biodiversity Overlay as it is mapped as:
      •    An Area of Biodiversity Significance and
      •    MSES Environmental Values




Figure 9: Excerpt from The Noosa Plan Biodiversity Overlay showing the
areas near the house with Conservation Significance or MSES values




Bushfire Risk Assessment and Management Plan for a house at 411 Black Pinch Rd, Cootharaba                December 2021

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