Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area (2020)
Mapping the Future Project - Gunn Point
Stokeld, D; Leiper, I; Cuff, N; Cowie, I; Lewis, D; Einoder, L; Northern Territory. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Cruickshank, S
E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Technical Report 4/2020; Mapping the Future
2020-06-18
Gunn Point
Mapping the Future is a five-year (2018-22) program funded by the Northern Territory Government to undertake water, land, soil and biodiversity assessments in areas with high development potential. The goal of these studies is to support sustainable development of natural resources and to de-risk investment. Flora surveys were undertaken between July 2018 and March 2019 to locate threatened plants, update species habitat models, and to refine mapping of sensitive and significant vegetation communities. Fauna surveys targeting threatened mammals, owls and frogs were undertaken between June 2018 and February 2019. Fauna surveys recorded 88 native species, five of which are threatened.
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Table of Contents; Part 1. Introduction; Part 2. Flora - 2.Introduction; 3 - Methods; 4 - Results; Part 3. Fauna; 5 - Introduction; 6 - Methods; 7 - Results; Part 4. Biodiversity values and risks. 8 - Biodiversity values; 9 - Risks to Biodiversity; 10 - Glossary; 11. References; Part 5. Appendices.
English
Biodiversity Assessment; Flora Survey; Fauna Survey; Risk to Biodiversity
Northern Territory Government
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Technical Report 4/2020; Mapping the Future
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Biodiversity Assessment of the Gunn Point Area 8 Figure 4. Fire history of the Gunn Point biodiversity study area. 1.7 Legislative context The responsibility for protecting biodiversity rests with all levels of government. The Australian Government has responsibilities for biodiversity conservation through the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC Act) and the Northern Territory Government has responsibility under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act (TPWC Act). Threatened species listings are based on a standard developed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Threatened species under IUCN criteria are those classed as Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable (IUCN 2012). The EPBC Act provides a legal framework to protect and manage nationally and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities and heritage places which are defined in the Act as matters of national environmental significance. Development proposals with potential to result in environmentally significant impacts may require assessment under the Northern Territory Environmental Assessment Act (which in 2020 will be replaced by the Environment Protection Act) and/or require approval from the Australian Government Minister for the Environment. Developments may also require other authorisations under relevant Northern Territory legislation. For example, clearing native vegetation may require a permit under the Planning Act and environmental matters are considered during this authorisation. 1.8 Previous investigations Sites of Conservation Significance (SOC) for biodiversity have been identified across the Northern Territory (Harrison et al. 2009). A suite of dossiers were produced summarising the