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Biodiversity Recovery Plan - Lockyer Valley Regional Council

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<strong>Recovery</strong> objective Performance criteria Actions Timeline Responsibility<br />

1. To ensure that<br />

vegetation clearing does<br />

not cause or contribute<br />

to:<br />

• A decline in the<br />

conservation status<br />

of <strong>Regional</strong><br />

Ecosystems,<br />

• A decline in the<br />

conservation status<br />

of threatened<br />

species; or<br />

• The loss of<br />

regionally<br />

significant species.<br />

• Development applicants are<br />

required to demonstrate that<br />

significant species and<br />

ecological communities will<br />

not be negatively impacted<br />

by proposed developments.<br />

• Vegetation clearing<br />

applicants are required to<br />

demonstrate that significant<br />

species and ecological<br />

communities will not be<br />

negatively impacted by<br />

proposed clearing.<br />

• Nature Refuge Agreements,<br />

Voluntary Conservation<br />

Covenants (VCCs) or<br />

Voluntary Conservation<br />

Agreements (VCAs) are<br />

secured for significant<br />

species habitats and<br />

significant ecological<br />

communities on private land.<br />

1 Develop Local Government<br />

<strong>Plan</strong>ning Scheme and/or Local<br />

Law mechanisms from the<br />

recommended statutory measures<br />

in Section 4.2 of this <strong>Recovery</strong><br />

<strong>Plan</strong>.<br />

1 Seek the incorporation of the<br />

significant species and ecological<br />

community management<br />

principles identified in this<br />

recovery plan into the South-East<br />

Queensland <strong>Regional</strong> Vegetation<br />

Management <strong>Plan</strong> (SEQ RVMP).<br />

1 Establish Voluntary Conservation<br />

Covenant (VCC) and Voluntary<br />

Conservation Agreement (VCA)<br />

programs in Gatton and Laidley<br />

Shires (refer Section 4.2 of this<br />

<strong>Recovery</strong> <strong>Plan</strong>).<br />

1 Negotiate private land Nature<br />

Refuge Agreements, Voluntary<br />

Conservation Covenants (VCCs)<br />

and/or Voluntary Conservation<br />

Agreements (VCAs) in<br />

accordance with annual targets<br />

(refer Action 11A).<br />

29<br />

Complete by<br />

06/03<br />

Complete by<br />

06/03<br />

Complete by<br />

12/03<br />

Commence<br />

by 12/03,<br />

complete by<br />

12/08 in<br />

accordance<br />

with annual<br />

targets<br />

GSC & LSC<br />

assisted by LCA<br />

LCA<br />

GSC & LSC<br />

assisted by LCA<br />

GSC & LSC<br />

assisted by LCA

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