Noosa Council Planning Report - 26 Sallwood Ct, Pinbarren. (3)

Biodiversity and Conservation Values                                                                                     23/05/2022 11:17:49




Table 10: Summary of biodiversity significance based upon diagnostic criteria with respect to the AOI


 Biodiversity significance            Description                 Area (Ha)                  % of AOI

 (No Records)


Assessment of diagnostic criteria with respect to the AOI

The following table reflects an assessment of the individual diagnostic criteria noted above in regards to the AOI.

Table 11: Assessment of individual diagnostic criteria with respect to the AOI


 Diagnostic     Very High Rating   Very High Rating   High Rating -   High Rating -   Medium Rating -   Medium Rating   Low Rating -   Low Rating -
 Criteria       - Area (Ha)        - % of AOI         Area (Ha)       % of AOI        Area (Ha)         - % of AOI      Area (Ha)      % of AOI

 (No
 Records)




Other Essential Criteria
Other essential criteria (also known as expert panel criteria) are based on non-uniform information sources and which may
rely more upon expert opinion than on quantitative data. These criteria are used to provide a "second-cut" determination of
biodiversity significance, which is then combined with the diagnostic criteria for an overall assessment of relative biodiversity
significance. A summary of the biodiversity status based upon the other essential criteria is provided in the following table.

Table 12: Summary of biodiversity significance based upon other essential criteria with respect to the AOI


 Biodiversity significance            Description                 Area (Ha)                  % of AOI

 (No Records)



A description of each of the other essential criteria and associated assessment in regards to the AOI is provided in the
following sections.

Criteria H. Essential and general habitat for priority taxa: Priority taxa are those which are at risk or of management
concern, taxa of scientific interest as relictual (ancient or primitive), endemic taxa or locally significant populations (such as a
flying fox camp or heronry), highly specialised taxa whose habitat requirements are complex and distributions are not well
correlated with any particular regional ecosystem, taxa important for maintaining genetic diversity (such as complex spatial
patterns of genetic variation, geographic range limits, highly disjunct populations), taxa critical for management or monitoring
of biodiversity (functionally important or ecological indicators), or economic and culturally important taxa.

Criteria I. Special biodiversity values: areas with special biodiversity values are important because they contain multiple
taxa in a unique ecological and often highly biodiverse environment. Areas with special biodiversity values can include the
following:
        • Ia - centres of endemism - areas where concentrations of taxa are endemic to a bioregion or subregion are found.
        • Ib - wildlife refugia (Morton et al. 1995), for example, islands, mound springs, caves, wetlands, gorges, mountain
        ranges and topographic isolates, ecological refuges, refuges from exotic animals, and refuges from clearing. The latter
        may include large areas that are not suitable for clearing because of land suitability/capability.
        • Ic - areas with concentrations of disjunct populations.
        • Id - areas with concentrations of taxa at the limits of their geographic ranges.
        • Ie - areas with high species richness.
        • If - areas with concentrations of relictual populations (ancient and primitive taxa).
        • Ig - areas containing REs with distinct variation in species composition associated with geomorphology and other
        environmental variables.
        • Ih - an artificial waterbody or managed/manipulated wetland considered by the panel/s to be of ecological
        significance.
        • Ii - areas with a high density of hollow-bearing trees that provide habitat for animals.
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