to download the PDF - Landcom - NSW Government

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Biodiversity and native vegetation management The thinking behind our indicators Our developments occur on sites that have a range of ecological values. This calls for a range of responses. For instance, in transforming rural land into urban land, we must proceed with considerable sensitivity to protect, conserve and, where feasible, improve it. In other cases, our projects are located on development sites that are heavily degraded. We revegetate them, rehabilitate creek systems and, through zoning, restrictions on land title or other legal processes, secure their conservation for the future. Finally, we monitor the ecological communities we encounter by assessing the significance of native bushland, individual species and streams, and take steps to ensure that developments do not have a deleterious impact. While the development process inevitably results in the clearing of native vegetation, our aim is to minimise any adverse impact and compensate for it wherever possible. Local communities frequently have unique knowledge of the biodiversity of the areas in which they live and of its value to the community. For this reason, every Landcom project is the subject of a tailored community consultation program designed to elicit the views of the local community on, among others things, environmental issues of concern. All those raised are addressed as part of the planning and development process. Furthermore, like any New South Wales developer, we adhere to a state legislative framework that is specifically designed to manage biodiversity impacts arising from our activities. BIODIVERSITY AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT Indicator descriptor Native vegetation management Indicator Loss of ‘High Conservation Significance’ Endangered Ecological Communities Loss of ‘Moderate Conservation Significance’ Endangered Ecological Communities Loss of ‘Low Conservation Significance’ Endangered Ecological Communities Area of Endangered Ecological Communities replanted (including Endangered Ecological Communities/threatened species/remnant vegetation) Area of Endangered Ecological Communities replanted Area zoned for environmental protection or conservation Percentage of projects where Endangered Ecological Eommunities or threatened species found are to have an appropriate Vegetation Management Plan (VMP) Target 2009/2010 to 2014/2015 No loss No target No target Result 2010/2011 None recorded None recorded 0.6ha recorded, 0.6ha cleared Result 2009/2010 7.8ha recorded, 0.2ha cleared 1.5ha recorded, 0.7ha cleared 4.2ha recorded, 4.2ha cleared No target 0 ha 8.7ha Target 2002/2003 to 2008/2009 No loss No target No target 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 2.8ha cleared, 10.1ha conserved 1.9ha cleared, 3.8ha conserved 1.7ha cleared, 2.8ha conserved Nil cleared 4.7ha conserved 5.7ha cleared, Nil conserved 13.9ha cleared, 13.8ha conserved Nil cleared, Nil conserved 5.6ha cleared, Nil conserved Nil cleared, Nil conserved No data - indicator introduced in 2009/2010 N/A N/A N/A No target 17.4ha 10.3ha Nil No target 0ha 6.3ha No target 8.0ha 8.8ha Nil 100% To be included in Council VMP 100% 100% 100% 100% N/A 40 How we performed This year these indicators applied to only one of our projects, North Penrith, since it was our only project in the masterplanning phase during the reporting period, which is the milestone at which this indicator is measured and reported. No areas of high or medium conservation significance were identified in Penrith, and only 0.6ha of low significance vegetation were identified and will be cleared. As a result, there was no need to replant vegetation communities, zone for environmental protection or conservation, or invest in offsite conservation. Some scattered trees that are foraging habitat for the threatened Eastern Bentwing Bat will be removed, while others will be retained in open space/parkland. A vegetation management plan will be included in the council plan, as agreed between Landcom and Penrith City Council. landcom annual report 2011 Loss of native vegetation as potential habitat for threatened species Areas of vegetation communities (Endangered Ecological Communities, threatened species or remnant vegetation) receiving onsite conservation in perpetuity Areas of vegetation communities (Endangered Ecological Communities, threatened species or remnant vegetation) receiving offsite conservation in perpetuity Value of conservation contribution (including biobanking offset onsite and offsite and works associated with VMP) No target No measurable loss 10.0ha replanted, 7.0ha cleared, net gain 3.0ha No target 0 ha 6.3ha No target 0ha None recorded No target $0 $903,340 No target 14.1ha cleared 16.7ha conserved 19.6ha cleared, 18.1ha conserved Nil cleared, Nil conserved No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010
Riparian corridor management The thinking behind our indicators Riparian corridors are the vegetated areas around creeks, streams, rivers, lakes, dams, estuaries, wetlands, river floodplains or any land influenced by tidal waters. They protect waterways by acting as a buffer between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They also maintain the waterways’ health and viability by holding riverbanks in place, reducing erosion risks, filtering sediments and nutrients from surface runoff and groundwater, regulating water temperature and providing shelter and organic matter for aquatic organisms. They are important community assets, providing visual appeal, recreational opportunities and integral links between suburbs. Because of their importance, our aim is to avoid any loss of riparian corridors around water bodies that maintain significant aquatic habitat, and to conserve a riparian zone of between 20 and 40m and a vegetated buffer of 10m for first, second and third order streams. How we performed RIPARIAN CORRIDOR MANAGEMENT Indicator descriptor Riparian corridor management Indicator Loss of riparian corridors for third order streams Loss of riparian corridors for Category 1 – high significance streams Conservation of 20-40m core riparian zone, and 10m vegetated buffer for any third order or greater watercourses and where there is a defined channel where water flows intermittently or permanently. This includes estuaries, wetlands and any parts of rivers influenced by tidal waters Target 2009/2010 to 2014/2015 No loss Result 2010/2011 No third order streams Result 2009/2010 325m loss, 746m gain Target 2002/2003 to 2008/2009 N/A N/A N/A No loss 100% No third order streams 100% 2008/2009 2007/2008 2006/2007 No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 No Category 1 recorded Nil N/A No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 Greater than 40m of riparian corridor from top of bank for Category 1 – high significance streams N/A N/A N/A 100% No Category 1 recorded N/A N/A Conservation of 20m core riparian zone and 10m vegetated buffer for any permanently flowing first order watercourse, and/or second order watercourse; and where there is a defined channel where water flows intermittently or permanently 100% 100% None recorded No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 20-30m of riparian corridor from top of bank for Category 2 – moderate significance streams N/A N/A N/A 100% No Category 2 recorded N/A 100% Length of in-stream breaks resulting from Landcom’s design for Third Order Streams No breaks None recorded None recorded No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 Length of in-stream breaks resulting from Landcom’s design for Category 1 – high significance streams N/A N/A N/A No breaks No Category 1 recorded 0 m N/A Length of in-stream breaks resulting from Landcom’s design for Second Order Streams No target None recorded None recorded No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 Length of in-stream breaks resulting from Landcom’s design for Category 2 – moderate significance streams N/A N/A N/A No target No Category 2 recorded N/A Nil Length of in-stream breaks resulting from Landcom’s design for First Order streams No target 494m infilled for development Four first order watercourses infilled for development No data – indicator introduced in 2009/2010 landcom annual report 2011 41
Page 1 and 2: LANDCOM ANNUAL REPORT 11
Page 3 and 4: NEWBURY introducing Landcom landcom
Page 5 and 6: Turning to the future, Landcom has
Page 7 and 8: We are of course also very proud to
Page 9 and 10: Governance Audit and Risk Managemen
Page 11 and 12: Management team Michael Brodie B Ec
Page 13 and 14: 1 Our operations Penrith 21 8 Penri
Page 15 and 16: Managing complex government assets
Page 17 and 18: Developing major centres Macarthur
Page 19 and 20: Supplying housing Parkbridge Where:
Page 21 and 22: Highlights of this year’s achieve
Page 23 and 24: Partnering with others Solving prob
Page 25 and 26: Leveraging benefits Securing natura
Page 27 and 28: Awards 2010-2011 A number of our pr
Page 29 and 30: ONE MINTO sustainability performanc
Page 31 and 32: materiality Improved performance ag
Page 33 and 34: Five-year performance summary cases
Page 35 and 36: Projects reported in 2010-2011 Proj
Page 37 and 38: How we performed URBAN WATER CYCLE
Page 39 and 40: Energy and greenhouse gas emissions
Page 41: Only 19% or 29 out of 152 dwellings
Page 45 and 46: Waste The thinking behind our indic
Page 47 and 48: Demonstration projects casestudy Th
Page 49 and 50: Energy and greenhouse gas emissions
Page 51 and 52: Electricity usage All 447,843kWh of
Page 53 and 54: How we performed Social planning Bo
Page 55 and 56: Community sponsorships The table be
Page 57 and 58: Social sustainability in our organi
Page 59 and 60: Employee satisfaction and perspecti
Page 61 and 62: Performance report The priorities e
Page 63 and 64: Guarantee of service Code of conduc
Page 65 and 66: Executives with remuneration equal
Page 67 and 68: ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY - OVERALL C
Page 69 and 70: Our environmental management system
Page 71 and 72: Occupational health and safety and
Page 73 and 74: Compliance with the Global Reportin
Page 75 and 76: Our Competency The Landcom assuranc
Page 77 and 78: corporate activities landcom annual
Page 79 and 80: Risk management and insurance Commi
Page 81 and 82: Table C | Invalid applications Reas
Page 83 and 84: Occupational health and safety Land
Page 85 and 86: Consultants •• For each engagem
Page 87 and 88: financial statements landcom annual
Page 89 and 90: LANDCOM DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION Pu
Page 91 and 92: Statement of financial position AS
Page 93 and 94:
Statement of cash flows FOR THE YEA
Page 95 and 96:
Notes to and forming part of the fi
Page 97 and 98:
Page 99 and 100:
Page 101 and 102:
Page 103 and 104:
Page 105 and 106:
Page 107 and 108:
Page 109 and 110:
Page 111 and 112:
Page 113 and 114:
Page 115 and 116:
Page 117 and 118:
Page 119 and 120:
Page 121 and 122:
Page 123 and 124:
Page 125 and 126:
Page 127 and 128:
Page 129 and 130:
Page 131 and 132:
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Page 137 and 138:
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142:
Glossary Australian Building Greenh
Page 143 and 144:
Glossary Stream Order Classificatio
Page 145 and 146:
Corporate directory Landcom’s hea
show all

to download the PDF - Landcom - NSW Government

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?