RFI - Rehabilitation Management Plan

REHABILITATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
Aims of the RMP
The aims of the RMP are:

•    To reinstate the rehabilitation area to a state consistent with the pre-disturbance vegetation community;
•    To manage any invasive plant species listed under the Biosecurity Act 2014 (Qld) and any other significant infestations of
     priority environmental weed species that may compromise the site rehabilitation plan; and
•    To demonstrate compliance with PO3, PO10 & PO11 of the Biodiversity, Waterways and Wetlands Overlay Code of the
     Noosa Plan 2020.
The rehabilitation will consist of the following elements:
    •   Weed control/management of invasive plant species listed under State legislation or the local government pest
        management plan
    •   Planting of native tubestock with on-going maintenance for a period of 12 months in areas nominated in this plan.
    •   Replanting to replace dead or dying plants where revegetation does not achieve the required benchmark of 90%
        survival rate.
As detailed in this plan, all maintenance works will ensure that the vegetation of the site continues to improve and be self-
sustaining. The identified rehabilitation zones will be monitored with reference to the vegetation communities, as described in
this plan.

Existing Vegetation
The site contains various vegetation communities, including Eucalypt forest and rainforest. The vegetation to be removed for
the proposed new dwelling is a mixture of regional ecosystems 12.11.3 and 12.11.16. Tree species to be removed include
Grey ironbark (Eucalyptus siderophloia), Pink bloodwood (Corymbia intermedia), Gympie messmate (Eucalyptus cloeziana),
Grey gum (Eucalyptus propinqua) and Tallowwood (Eucalyptus microcorys).

The south-west section of the site contains a number of gullies with a larger waterway in the far south-west corner. These
areas contain rainforest and wet sclerophyll vegetation and some of these areas contain patches of vegetation which are
degraded and partly open in nature (see photo plates opposite).

Tube stock planting
A total of 54 living trees are to be removed for the proposed development (Figure 2). The proposed offset planting will include
3 new plants for every 1 tree removed, equating to a total number of 162 new plants. Of this number, 2/3 (107) will be canopy
trees and 1/3 (55) will be shrubs. Of the canopy trees, at least 40 will be Eucalyptus/Corymbia species.
Compensatory planting of native tubestock will be carried out in the nominated rehabilitation area (Figure 3). Planting will
specifically occur in any of the degraded, semi-open areas in the nominated general rehabilitation zone (see photo plates
opposite). Revegetation species have been chosen from regional ecosystems 12.11.3, 12.11.16, 12.3.1 and 12.3.2, or from
species known to naturally occur on site (RMP8).


The rehabilitation works will be maintained for a period of 12 months as per the maintenance schedule on sheet RMP 9 and
RMP 10 of this plan. Tubestock planting areas should either be fenced off or plants should have tree guards placed around
them, to protect them from grazing by wildlife such as wallabies and hares.




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