Local Biodiversity Strategy: - Shire of Kalamunda

8 Biodiversity Feature Targets
Specific biodiversity feature targets focus on protecting significant LNAs. Biodiversity
feature targets should be used in conjunction with representational targets to
prioritise LNAs managed by the Shire and will be used to assess other LNAs as part
of planning decision making.
Development of specific biodiversity feature targets will also help in the development
of processes to identify these features earlier in the development approval process.
Examples of how these targets will be achieved are detailed in Section 13.1.
8.1 Rare Species and Ecological Communities
8.1.1 Threatened Ecological Communities
Threatened Ecological Communities (TECs) are ecological communities that have
been assessed by the Federal or State Government and assigned a threat status.
At a national level, the Shire of Kalamunda is recognised as containing two TECs
protected under the Environmental Protection Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act
1999.
At a State level, the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has also
been identifying and informally listing TECs for eight years. While these TECs are not
afforded direct statutory protection their significance is acknowledged through other
State environmental processes (for example, Environmental Impact Assessment in
accordance with Part IV of the Environmental Protection Act 1986).
All known TECs in the Shire of Kalamunda occur on the Swan Coastal Plain where the
pressures from development are highest. Protection of TECs is summarised in Table
4.
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