Ecology and Bushfire RFI - 21 Jirrima Crescent, Cooroibah

5. Provide an Environmental Covenant Management Report including but not limited to:
5.1. short term and long-term management requirements; and
5.2. requirements for future landowners to manage and adhere to the requirements of the covenant.
Response:
Acceptable Outcome AO7.9 of the Reconfiguring a Lot Code seeks that:
Ecologically important areas are formally protected for the long term through environmental covenant
or transferal to public ownership or through gazettal of a nature reserve.
Pursuant to Section SC1.2 of the Noosa Plan 2020, an Ecologically important area is defined to mean:
 a) an area which contains or is likely to contain listed threatened species and/or ecological
    communities, critical habitat, or listed migratory species as defined by the Environmental
    Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Cth) Act 1999;
 b) a protected area under the Natural Conservation Act 1992 or Environmental Protection and
    Biodiversity Conservation (Cth) Act 1999;
 c) Endangered and Of Concern Regional Ecosystems under the Queensland Vegetation
    Management Act 1999;
 d) an area which contains or is likely habitat for endangered, vulnerable or near threatened
    species under the Nature Conservation Act 1992;
 e) an area which contains a spring as defined under the Water Act (Qld) 2000;
 f) an area which contains protected marine plants or is defined as a fish habitat area under the
    Fisheries Act 1994;
 g) a legally secured offset area;
 h) an area of remnant or non-remnant native vegetation;
 i) an area with contains flora or fauna species that are regionally significant in South East
    Queensland;
 j) regrowth vegetation that is likely to develop into a Matter of Environmental Significance;
 k) a natural waterway or wetland;
 l) a riparian zone;
 m) riparian vegetation;
 n) an ecological linkage;
 o) an area which contains groundwater dependent ecosystems;
 p) an area which contains vegetation that is under-represented across Noosa Shire’s protected
    areas;
 q) an area which contains vegetation that is locally restricted;
 r) an area which contains habitat for flora and/or fauna species of local significance in Noosa
    Shire;
 s) an area containing significant flora and fauna species that are vulnerable to disturbance; or
 t) an area contains vegetation in an area that has been cleared in contravention of a local law,
    including the former local law.

Consequently, the portions of the Riparian Buffer Area that are defined to be an Ecologically important
area would be limited to the natural waterway, riparian zone and riparian vegetation. For the reasons
provided in response to items 2.1 - 2.4, the riparian zone is the land within 10m of the adjoining
waterway. Therefore, AO9.1 only seeks that any land within 10m of the waterway is formally
protected for the long term through environmental covenant.




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