The proposed Fingerboards Mineral Sands Project is located in East Gippsland, Victoria and will cover approximately 1,400 hectares. The project is currently undergoing an Environment Effects Statement (EES) process under the Environment Effects Act 1978 and Ecology and Heritage Partners has been working with Coffey Developments on behalf of Kalbar Operations Pty Ltd to undertake detailed ecological investigations for the EES.
Our natural heritage team has completed extensive ecological and aquatic investigations, and have prepared our technical report which will form part of the EES which will be advertised in the second half of 2020. Our specialist ecological consultants undertook the following:
- Vegetation mapping and habitat hectare assessments (including scattered tree and large tree assessments) in accordance with the Victorian Guidelines for the removal, destruction or lopping of native vegetation (the Guidelines).
- Detailed aquatic surveys to determine the presence, or otherwise, of threatened fish and invertebrate populations.
- Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem assessment.
- Targeted surveys for threatened species (e.g. endangered flora species, Giant Burrowing Frog, Masked Owl, Australian Grayling) and ecological communities listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act), the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act), and/or the Victorian Department of Environment Land Water and Planning's (DELWP's) Threatened Species Advisory Lists.
- Detailed aquatic surveys to determine the presence, or otherwise, of threatened fish and invertebrate populations.
- Ecological Risk Assessment to address the key ecological considerations outlined with the EES Terms of Reference.
- Detailed biodiversity offset investigations under the EPBC Act and under the State 'Guidelines'.
Further Information
To discuss your project or for further information about ecological assessments and biodiversity offsets, please contact our natural heritage team on
1300 839 325. For further information on the you can visit Kalbar's website -
click here.
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