Development Application part 2 Report and Plans MCU13/0052

Nationally Important Wetlands                                                       [Resource Information 1
Name                                                                               State
Noosa.River Wetlands                                                               QLD




Coordinates
-26.26978 152.98245




Caveat
The information presented in this report has been provided by a range of data sources as
acknowledged at the end of.the report.
This report is designed to’ assist in identifying the locations of places which may be relevant in
determining obligations under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. It
holds mapped locations of World Heritage and Register of National Estate properties, Wetlands of
Intemationallmport nce, Commonwealth and StatefTerritory reserves, listed threatened, migratory
and marine species and listed threatened ecological communities. Mapping of Commonwealth land
is not complete at this stage. Maps have been collated from a range of sources at various

Not all species listed under the EPBC Act have been mapped (see below) and therefore a report is a
general guide only. Where available data supports mapping, the type of presence that can be
determined from the data is indicated in general terms. People using this information in making a
referral may need to consider the qualifications below and may need to seek and consider other

For threatened ecological communities where the distribution is well known, maps are derived from
recovery plans, State vegetation maps, remote sensing imagery and other sources. Where threatened
ecological community distributions are less well known, existing vegetation maps and point location
data are used to produce indicative distribution maps.

For species where the distributions are well known, maps are digitised from sources such as
recovery plans and detailed habitat studies. Where appropriate, core breeding, foraging and roosting
areas are in<;licated under ’type of p’resence’. For species whose distributions are less well known,

point locations are collated from government wildlife authorities, museums, and non-government
organisations; bioclimatic distribution models are generated and these validated by experts. In some
cases, the distribution maps are based solely oil expert knowledge.
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Only selected species covered by the following provisions of the EPBC Act have been mapped:
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        migratory and
    -
        marine
The following species and ecological communities have not been mapped and do not appear in
reports produced from this database:
    -
        threatened species listed as extinct or considered as vagrants
    -

           species and.ecological communities that have only recently been listed
        some

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                     species that overfly the Commonwealth marine area
        some terrestrial

    -
     migratory species that are very widespread, vagrant, or only occur in small numbers
The following groups have been mapped, but may not cover the complete dfstribution of the species:
    -non-threatened seabirds which have only been mapped for recorded breeding sites
    -
     seals which have only been mapped for breeding sites near the Australian continent
Such breeding sites may be important for the protection of the Commonwealth Marine environment.




Acknowledgements
This database has been compiled from a range of data sources. The department acknowledges the
following custO’dians who have contributed valuable data and advice:
    -Department of Environment. Climate Change and Water. New South Wales
    -Department of Sustainability and Environment. Victoria
    -Department of Primary Industries. Parks. Water and Environment. Tasmania
    -Department of Environment and Natural Resources, South Australia
    -Parks and WildHfe Service NT, NT Dept Of Natural ResourceS. Environment and the Arts
    -Environmental and Resource Managemeni. Queensland
    -Department of Environment and Cpnservation Westem.AustraHa
    -Department of me Environment. CHmate Change. Energy and Water
    -Birds Australia
    -Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme
    -Australian National Wjldlife C llection
    -Natural history museums of Australia
    -Museum Victoria
    -Austr iian Museum
    -SA MuSeum
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    -Queensland tx’useum
    -Online Zoological Collections of AustraHan Museums