Biodiversity Recovery Plan - Lockyer Valley Regional Council

Recovery objective Performance criteria Actions Timeline Responsibility
6. To decrease the area of
significant species
habitats and significant
ecological communities
currently affected by
inappropriate grazing
practices.
• Grazing management plans
are in place for private
grazing properties covered
by a Nature Refuge
Agreement, Voluntary
Conservation Covenant
(VCC), Voluntary
Conservation Agreement
(VCA) or Land for Wildlife
registration.
• Grazing management plans
are in place for relevant
Conservation Parks, National
Parks and other protected
areas.
• The grazing management
plans result in a decrease in
the extent to which
significant species habitats
and significant ecological
communities are subject to
inappropriate grazing
6 Implement grazing management
planning programs targeting
properties covered by a Nature
Refuge Agreement, Voluntary
Conservation Covenant (VCC),
Voluntary Conservation
Agreement (VCA) or Land for
Wildlife registration, in
accordance with annual targets
(refer Action 11A). The grazing
management plans are to be
prepared using Appendices A & B
of this recovery plan and the
CSIRO publication Balancing
Conservation and Production:
Understanding and Using
Landscape Thresholds in Property
Planning. The grazing
management plans should
preferably be components of
overall property management
plans (refer Action 1G).
regimes. 6 Seek the preparation and
implementation of grazing
management plans for relevant
protected areas on public land.
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Commence
by 12/03,
complete by
12/08 in
accordance
with annual
targets
Ongoing LCA
GSC & LSC
assisted by LCA