Click and provide your representations. PO5 AO5 Existing ecological corridors are protected, and Development retains, regenerates and rehabilitates possible enhanced, and have dimensions native vegetation within a corridor. and characteristics that will:- effectively link habitats on and/or adjacent Editor’s note—where an ecological corridor is required to facilitate fauna movement, access or use of on-site habitat, to the development site; the dimensions and characteristics of the ecological corridor facilitate the effective movement of will need to be determined by a site-specific ecological terrestrial and aquatic fauna accessing assessment. and/or using the development site as habitat. Editor’s note—ecological corridors are identified conceptually on Strategic Framework Map (Natural environment and landscape character elements), PO6 AO6 Click and provide your representations. Development near an ecological corridor No acceptable outcome provided. mitigates adverse impacts on native fauna feeding, nesting, breeding and roosting sites and native fauna movements, including (but not limited to):- ensuring that development (e.g. roads, pedestrian access, in-stream structures) during both the construction and operation phases does not create barriers to the movement of fauna into, along or within ecological corridors; providing wildlife movement infrastructure where necessary and directing fauna to locations where wildlife movement infrastructure has been provided to enable fauna to safely negotiate a development area; and separating fauna from potential hazards (e.g. through appropriate fencing). Impact on habitat of threatened species PO7 AO7 Click and provide your representations. Development protects the habitat of No acceptable outcome provided. endangered, vulnerable and near threatened species and local species of significance,
PO5 Existing ecological corridors are protected, and possible enhanced, and have dimensions and characteristics that will:- effectively link habitats on and/or adjacent to the development site; facilitate the effective movement of terrestrial and aquatic fauna accessing and/or using the development site as habitat. Editor’s note—ecological corridors are identified conceptually on Strategic Framework Map (Natural environment and landscape character elements), AO5 Development retains, regenerates and rehabilitates native vegetation within a corridor. Editor’s note—where an ecological corridor is required to facilitate fauna movement, access or use of on-site habitat, the dimensions and characteristics of the ecological corridor will need to be determined by a site-specific ecological assessment. Click and provide your representations. PO6 Development near an ecological corridor mitigates adverse impacts on native fauna feeding, nesting, breeding and roosting sites and native fauna movements, including (but not limited to):- ensuring that development (e.g. roads, pedestrian access, in-stream structures) during both the construction and operation phases does not create barriers to the movement of fauna into, along or within ecological corridors; providing wildlife movement infrastructure where necessary and directing fauna to locations where wildlife movement infrastructure has been provided to enable fauna to safely negotiate a development area; and separating fauna from potential hazards (e.g. through appropriate fencing). AO6 No acceptable outcome provided. Click and provide your representations. Impact on habitat of threatened species PO7 Development protects the habitat of endangered, vulnerable and near threatened species and local species of significance, AO7 No acceptable outcome provided. Click and provide your representations.
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