Biodiversity (1 - SRK Consulting

Flora
Some areas of infrastructure than cannot be utilized after closure will be demolished, soil
will be prepared and the areas will be re-vegetated with a mixture of grass seeds.
Disturbed areas will be levelled and dressed with topsoil, after which these areas will be
re-vegetated. The impacts due to the re-vegetation of these areas during
decommissioning will be positive and the objectives and management practices will be
as follows:
Fauna
• To rehabilitate disturbed areas so that sustainable vegetation cover becomes
established.
• There should be no unnecessary clearing of vegetation, so as to enable seeds
from undisturbed areas to move in through the natural processes of succession;
• To monitor the species richness and biodiversity of selected indictor taxa (e.g.
mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebrates) within the adjacent natural vegetation
and the rehabilitated areas, to determine the success of the rehabilitation;
• To minimise the disturbance of animal life and encourage its return during and
after rehabilitation;
• Not to alienate, other than by rehabilitation, the wildlife in the area or to harm any
animal life found on the property; and
• To prevent animals being killed by demolishing vehicles and machinery, hunting
of any kind by any worker, contractor or visitors to the site.
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