Appendix C - Ecological Assessment Report · RAL26/0026

Editor's Note—Groundwater dependent              c) maintaining groundwater recharge and discharge
ecosystems are identified on Queensland             processes;
Government Wetland Info mapping.                 d) maintaining natural groundwater fluctuations;
                                                 e) avoiding causing ingress of saline water into
                                                    freshwater aquifers of wetlands; and
                                                 f) avoiding contaminants entering groundwater (e.g.
                                                    from runoff, effluent disposal).
Rehabilitation of ecologically important areas
PO10                                        AO10.1                                                         AO10.1
Development provides for ecologically       Landscaping and rehabilitation complements and supports        Site landscaping and ecological rehabilitation are
important areas to be restored and          ecologically important areas by:                               proposed to comply with AO10.1 and can be
enhanced through:                               a) utilising local native species;                         conditioned by Council.
   a) designing landscaped areas to             b) utilising suitable plant species identified in PSP2
       complement and enhance existing              Landscaping;
       vegetation and ecological linkages;      c) restoring degraded ecosystems to achieve a
   b) removing species likely to displace           functional ecosystem state that requires minimal
       native flora species or degrade              human intervention;
       fauna habitat;                           d) replicating adjacent remnant habitats of the same
   c) replanting and rehabilitating                 type, including the understorey vegetation;
       degraded habitat;                        e) creating or enhancing linkages between existing
   d) replacing any vegetation removed              habitats;
       with suitable local native species;      f) avoiding the use of pest plant species listed in
   e) providing for fauna habitat; and              PSP2 - Landscaping;
   f) avoiding the planting of pest plant       g) planting riparian zones to filter stormwater run-off,
       species.                                     stabilise soil and provide for wildlife habitat; and
                                                h) providing ground and arboreal structures for fauna,
                                                    which may include ground depressions, rocks,
                                                    hollows, nesting boxes and in-stream habitat.

                                             AO10.2                                                        AO10.2
                                             Vegetation cleared is replaced with:                          Rehabilitation of the mapped Riparian Area is
                                                a) plantings of equivalent area that replicate the         proposed and can easily accommodate plantings
                                                     floristic structure of the vegetation removed; or     to compensate for the small number of trees to be
                                                b) where this is not possible due to the characteristics   cleared.
                                                     of the site and the development, plantings twice
                                                     the number of the removed trees and plants.

                                             Editor’s Note — Revegetation and rehabilitation works are
                                             to be carried out in accordance with an approved

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