2015-10-13 Planning & Organisation Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 6 Draft Flying Fox Management Plan

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Contents
Executive summary................................................................................................................ i

Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................ i

Acronyms and abbreviations ..................................................................................................ii

List of figures ........................................................................................................................ v

List of tables .......................................................................................................................... v

1     Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1

2     Wallace Park roost description ....................................................................................... 2

    2.1      Site location and description ................................................................................... 2
    2.2      Historical flying-fox use ........................................................................................... 4
    2.3      Community impacts ................................................................................................ 6
    2.4      Previous management activities.............................................................................. 7

3     Legislative framework .................................................................................................... 8

    3.1      Ecological values .................................................................................................... 8
    3.2      Local ....................................................................................................................... 9
    3.3      Queensland ............................................................................................................ 9
    3.4      Commonwealth ..................................................................................................... 10

4     Available management options .................................................................................... 12

    4.1      Mitigation .............................................................................................................. 12

      4.1.1         Education....................................................................................................... 12
      4.1.2         General mitigation measures ......................................................................... 14
      4.1.3         Buffers ........................................................................................................... 15
      4.1.4         Nudging ......................................................................................................... 16
      4.1.5         Using planning instruments to avoid future land use conflict .......................... 16
      4.1.6         Aircraft strike management ............................................................................ 16

    4.2      Dispersal............................................................................................................... 17

      4.2.1         Passive dispersal with vegetation removal ..................................................... 18
      4.2.2         Active dispersal without vegetation removal ................................................... 18
      4.2.3         Dispersal costs and likelihood of success ...................................................... 20

5     Preliminary risk assessment......................................................................................... 21

    5.1      Risk associated with the roost in its current location ............................................. 21


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