Biodiverse Environmental was engaged to create a Rehabilitation Plan for a development site in Peregian Springs.
The Rehabilitation Plan was produced for Cube Developments and McNab JV, to meet the development assessment requirements for the reconfiguration of land parcels with an environmental covenant protecting remnant vegetation.
The covenant required rehabilitation to restore the habitat values and characteristics of the regional ecosystem through natural regeneration and to ensure the ecosystem functions were preserved and enhanced.
The site required revegetation and minimal bush regeneration works to be undertaken. Revegetation was required in three distinct areas surrounding the covenant where the existing native canopy was non-existent or not suited as a vegetation buffer. Natural recruitment and regeneration of native species was the preferred option of revegetation due to the environmental conditions of the site (i.e. steep and rocky soil).
A comprehensive list of weed species, native regeneration and revegetation species was developed alongside a works plan. The maintenance schedule was established to ensure bushland integrity was achieved at the end of the three-year program. Bushland integrity was to be achieved by ensuring a high percentage of canopy and edge cover was accomplished, as well as a high level of species diversity being achieved.
Regular six-monthly monitoring events of the site were to be completed by an appropriately qualified ecologist, with action undertaken if required, for three years following the initial rehabilitation works.
