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3. Rehabilitation/re-establishment of the Koala habitat and habitat links shown in Figure 7 by ESS dated October
2003 within the site shall be given priority in the ERP and the Landscape Management Plan (LMP).
4. All swimming pools provided for by any development shall have a rope installed to allow Koalas to exit the

pool,

Glossy black-cockatoos and their Protection (39)
Glossy black-cockatoos and their habitats require special protection and particular consideration shall be given to:

e The protection and restoration of Glossy black-cockatoo habitat on the site

e¢ The protection of Glossy black-cockatoos during the construction and operation phases of the
development.

¢ The planting of additional Glossy black-cockatoo food and habitat tree species as part of the landscaping
in the development precincts.

* — Rehabilitation/re-establishment of Glossy black-cockatoo habitat within the development precincts shall be
given priority in the LMP,

e Nesting boxes for cockatoos shall be installed on trees.

Wallum Froglets and their Protection (40)
Wallum froglets and their habitat shall be protected. Particular attention shall be given to:

e The maintenance and protection of their prime habitat areas (e.g. the wet heath, melaleuca wetlands and
swamp mahogany wetland),

° Maintaining the low nutrient status of these habitats (e.g. total nitrogen 0.34 mg/L and total phosphorous
0.035 mg/L).

¢ Maintaining the low pH environment of these habitats (e.g. pH 3-5).

¢ Maintaining the structure and floristics and the plant communities that are habitat for Wallum froglets.

e — Maintaining and protecting the natural hydrological regimes and ecological processes that maintain the
plant communities that are habitat for the Wallum froglets.

¢ The above information shall be incorporated into the various management plans required by this approval.

RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY (33-39 & 50-55)
The FMP requirements for the RHD development are generally the same as for the RSD development. Additional

requirements specific to the RHD development are:

° Particular attention be paid to the planting of additional forage and habitat trees for the Koala and Glossy
black-cockatoo within the “Private Open Space for Conservation and Waterways Protection” in RHD
allotments 3 to 9.

e Establishment of additional Koala habitat (Eucalyptus tereticornis and E. robusta) adjacent to the sewer
easement near RHD allotments 8 and 9.

° Eucalyptus tereticornis trees and their surrounding native vegetation on the area of Lot 5 approved for
development shall not be cleared until at least 25 Eucalyptus tereticornis trees have been planted, are
well established and have attained 3m in height, in the “Private Open Space for Conservation and

Waterways Protection” area on Lot 5.

 

FAUNA MANAGEMENT PLANSETTLER’S COVE DEVELOPMENT PTY LTD
MAY 2005
R79130 (70934)

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C&B GROUP