Appendix A - SDAP - State Code 16 - Native vegetation clearing response

Performance outcomes                                    Acceptable outcomes                                     Response
1. in regional ecosystems listed in reference table
   6 or reference table 7 of this code; and
2. in accordance with the harvesting method
   limitations for the regional ecosystem listed in
   reference table 6 or reference table 7 of this code.
PO144 Clearing consists predominantly of fodder          No acceptable outcome is prescribed.
species.
Conserving vegetation
PO145 Clearing is carried out in a way that              AO145.1 Clearing does not result in the removal
conserves:                                               of non-fodder species with a height of four
1. remnant vegetation in perpetuity; and                 metres or more.
2. the regional ecosystem in which the vegetation
    is situated.                                         AND

                                                       AO145.2 Selective harvesting:
                                                       1. retains all non-fodder species except where
                                                          the damage is an unavoidable consequence
                                                          of clearing the selected fodder tree; and
                                                       2. when using a chainsaw in regional
                                                          ecosystems listed in reference table 6 of this
                                                          code, retains at least one fodder tree for every
                                                          fodder tree cleared; and
                                                       3. in least concern regional ecosystems listed
                                                          in reference table 7 of this code, retains at
                                                          least one fodder tree for each fodder tree
                                                          cleared; and
                                                       4. in of concern regional ecosystems listed in
                                                          reference table 7 of this code, retains at least
                                                          two fodder trees for each fodder tree cleared.

                                                       AND

                                                       AO145.3 Strip harvesting and block
                                                       harvesting:
                                                       1. where fodder harvesting has previously
                                                          occurred in an area of a lot, only occurs if all of
                                                          the following apply:
                                                          a. the vegetation has not been cleared in
                                                              the last 10 years; and

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