Appendix C - Ecological Assessment Report · RAL26/0026

                                           TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0           INTRODUCTION......................................................................................4
       1.1    PURPOSE......................................................................................................................................4

2.0           ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ................................................................4
       2.1    ASSESSMENT AREA .......................................................................................................................4
       2.2    DESKTOP ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................................6
       2.3    FIELD-BASED SITE ASSESSMENT ......................................................................................................6

3.0           DESKTOP ASSESSMENT RESULTS .............................................................7
       3.1    TOPOGRAPHY ...............................................................................................................................7
       3.2    NOOSA PLAN 2020 – ZONE MAPPING ..............................................................................................8
       3.3    NOOSA PLAN 2020 – BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY MAP (OM-BWW-(I))........9
       3.4    NOOSA PLAN 2020 – BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY MAP (OM-BWW-(II))..... 10
       3.5    SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND KOALA CONSERVATION STRATEGY – KOALA HABITAT VALUES MAPPING .. 11
       3.6    VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING MAP ............................................................................ 12
       3.7    PROTECTED PLANTS FLORA SURVEY TRIGGER MAP......................................................................... 13
       3.8    WILDNET DATABASE SEARCH ....................................................................................................... 14
       3.9    EPBC PROTECTED MATTERS SEARCH ............................................................................................. 14

4.0           FIELD ASSESSMENT RESULTS.................................................................15
       4.1    VEGETATION .............................................................................................................................. 15
       4.2    CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANT FLORA SPECIES ................................................................................ 16
       4.3    FAUNA HABITAT ......................................................................................................................... 16

5.0           DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ......................................................................18
       5.1    GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 18
       5.2    NOOSA PLAN 2020 – BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY ................................... 19
       5.3    CORE KOALA HABITAT AREA......................................................................................................... 20
       5.4    REGULATED VEGETATION ............................................................................................................ 20
       5.5    FAUNA AND FAUNA HABITAT ....................................................................................................... 20

6.0           MITIGATION MEASURES .......................................................................21
       6.1    GENERAL .................................................................................................................................... 21
       6.2    FLORA SPECIES AND VEGETATION COMMUNITIES .......................................................................... 21
       6.3    FAUNA SPECIES ........................................................................................................................... 21

7.0           LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE....................................................................22
       7.1    NOOSA PLAN 2020 - BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY .................................... 22


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