Local Biodiversity Strategy: - Shire of Kalamunda

5.1.3 Strategic Direction .......................................................................................... 25
5.2 Why produce a Local Biodiversity Strategy? ...................................... 25
5.2.1 How much should be protected?................................................................... 26
5.2.2 What should be protected?............................................................................ 27
5.2.3 How will natural areas be protected? .......................................................... 28
5.2.4 How will natural areas be identified? .......................................................... 28
6 Vision Statement..............................................................................30
7 An Introduction to Targets.............................................................30
7.1 How were the targets developed? ...................................................... 31
8 Biodiversity Feature Targets..........................................................32
8.1 Rare Species and Ecological Communities ......................................... 32
8.1.1 Threatened Ecological Communities ............................................................ 32
8.1.2 Threatened Plants and Declared Rare Flora (DRF) .................................... 33
8.1.3 Threatened and Specially Protected Fauna (SPF) ...................................... 35
8.1.4 Priority Species ................................................................................................ 37
8.1.5 Significant Flora............................................................................................... 40
8.2 Wetlands, Waterways and associated riparian vegetation ................ 39
8.2.1 Wetlands ........................................................................................................... 39
8.2.2 Waterways........................................................................................................ 43
8.3 Maintaining Ecological Processes ....................................................... 45
8.3.1 Ecological Linkages ......................................................................................... 45
9 Representational Targets ...............................................................47
9.1 Vegetation Complexes and Protection Levels .................................... 47
9.2 Opportunities and Constraints to Achieving Representational Targets
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9.2.1 Land Zoning...................................................................................................... 50
9.2.2 Costs asssociated with Protecting Natural Aeas ........................................ 53
9.3 Guildford, Swan and Cooke Vegetation Complexes ........................... 52
9.4 Helena 1, Helena 2, Murray 1, Murray 2 and Dwellingup 2 Vegetation
Complexes.................................................................................................... 53
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