UPDATED DA - Attachment 8 - Flora and Fauna Assessment

                                                                                                       Native Foresters




APPENDIX B - DATABASE AND MAP SEARCHES USED FOR
DESKTOP REVIEW OF SITE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES

 Commonwealth of Australia
 DATABASE / MAP          SOURCE         DESCRIPTION
 PRODUCT
 EPBC Protected          DCCEEW,        This report indicates whether matters of national environmental significance or
 Matters Search Tool     2024           other matters protected by the Environment Protection and Biodiversity
                                        Conservation Act 1999 are likely to occur in the area of interest – Indicative only.



 State of Queensland
 DATABASE / MAP          SOURCE         DESCRIPTION
 PRODUCT
 Regulated Vegetation    DoR, 2024      Regulated Vegetation mapping shows vegetation categories that determine
 Management Map                         clearing requirements as gazetted under the Qld Vegetation Management Act
                                        1999. The Regulated Vegetation Supporting map provides information on regional
                                        ecosystems, wetlands, watercourses, and essential habitat and factors.
 Protected Plants        DESI, 2024     This tool identifies whether a proposed clearing area lies within a high risk area
 Flora Survey Trigger                   that may contain EVNT plant species. It is used to determine when a flora survey
 Map)                                   needs to meet the requirements of the Queensland Flora Survey Guidelines –
                                        Protected Plants (NCA, 1992).
 Essential Habitat       DoR, 2024      Essential Habitat is a vegetation ecotype that is considered by DESI to form
 Map                                    potential habitat for an EVNT species that is listed under the Nature Conservation
                                        Regulations (2020). Essential Habitat mapping is provided in conjunction with
                                        Regulated Vegetation Management mapping as gazetted under the VMA (1999).

 Koala habitat           DESI, 2024     These maps identify Koala priority areas (KPAs), koala habitat areas (KHAs) and
 mapping                                identifies koala broad-hectare areas under the Nature Conservation (Koala)
                                        Conservation Plan 2017.
                                        KPAs contain Koala habitat which is essential for the conservation of a viable
                                        population in the wild in South East Queensland
                                        KHAs are further refined into ‘core’ habitat and ‘locally refined’.
 Map of Referable        DESI, 2024     A statewide regulatory map under the Environmental Protection Regulation 2008
 Wetlands                               which identifies wetlands of high ecological significance (HES) and general
                                        ecological significance (GES).
 Queensland              DAFF, 2024     This spatial data layer guides the determination of whether operational work that
 Waterways for                          is constructing or raising waterway barrier works i.e., works that may inhibit the
 Waterway Barrier                       free movement of fish along waterways and onto floodplains, complies with the
 Works spatial data                     accepted development requirements or is assessable development requiring a
 layer and guideline                    development approval under the Planning Act 2016.
 Queensland Coastal      Qld Govt,      Queensland Coastal Hazard Areas maps show areas vulnerable to coastal
 Hazard Property Map     2024           erosion or storm tide inundation.
 WildNET Database        DESI /         Wildlife sightings and listings for all flora and fauna species within a designated
                         DSITIA,        area.
                         2024
 Queensland Globe        Qld Globe,     A web-based platform to view Queensland’s location based information.
                         2024
 Biomaps                 Qld Govt,      Online mapping system to access biodiversity related spatial layers and generate
                         2024           environmental reports


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