Appendix C - Ecological Assessment Report

                                           TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0           INTRODUCTION......................................................................................3
        1.1   PURPOSE......................................................................................................................................3
        1.2   ASSESSMENT AREA .......................................................................................................................3

2.0           ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ................................................................4
        2.1   DESKTOP ASSESSMENT ..................................................................................................................4
        2.2   FIELD-BASED SITE ASSESSMENT ......................................................................................................4

3.0           DESKTOP ASSESSMENT RESULTS .............................................................5
        3.1   NOOSA PLAN 2020 – BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY MAP .............................5
        3.2   SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND KOALA CONSERVATION STRATEGY – KOALA HABITAT VALUES MAPPING ....5
        3.3   VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SUPPORTING MAP ..............................................................................6

4.0           FIELD ASSESSMENT RESULTS .......................................................8
        4.1   GENERAL ......................................................................................................................................8
        4.2   VEGETATION COMMUNITIES ..........................................................................................................8

5.0           DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS ................................................................9

6.0           MITIGATION MEASURES ..................................................................9

7.0           LEGISLATIVE COMPLIANCE ..........................................................10
        7.1   NOOSA PLAN 2020 - BIODIVERSITY, WATERWAYS AND WETLANDS OVERLAY .................................... 10
        7.2   PURPOSE AND OVERALL OUTCOMES OF THE BIODIVERSITY WATERWAYS AND
              WETLANDS OVERLAY CODE ................................................................................................. 19
        7.3   NATURE CONSERVATION (KOALA) CONSERVATION PLAN AND SDAP STATE CODE 25 -DEVELOPMENT IN
              SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND KOALA HABITAT AREAS ........................................................................ 22
        7.4   VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACT AND SDAP STATE CODE 16 - NATIVE VEGETATION
              CLEARING ............................................................................................................................... 22

8.0           CONCLUSION ...................................................................................23

APPENDIX A – PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT .........................................................24




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