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New South Wales Murray Biodiversity Management Plan A guide to terrestrial biodiversity investment priorities in the central and eastern NSW Murray catchment Appendices December 2012 © Murray Catchment Management Authority 2012 This document was prepared by officers of the Murray Catchment Management Authority and the Office of Environment and Heritage in good faith, exercising due care and attention. Neither Murray Catchment Management Authority, the Office of Environment and Heritage nor its officers or staff accept responsibility for inaccurate or incomplete information. There are limitations inherent in natural resource information, such as accuracy in relation to map scale. Readers should seek professional advice when applying this information to their specific circumstances. Murray Catchment Management Authority and the Office of Environment and Heritage are pleased to allow this material to be reproduced in whole or in part for educational and non-commercial use, provided the meaning is unchanged and its source, publisher and authorship are acknowledged. ISBN (print) 978-0-9807282-8-6 ISBN (electronic) 978-0-9807282-7-9 Title page images: Natasha Lappin Editing and design by Biotext Pty Ltd, Canberra ii New South Wales Murray Biodiversity Management Plan | Appendices | December 2012 Appendices Appendix 1.1 NSW Murray Biodiversity Management Plan Steering Committee ................................................ 1 Appendix 1.2 Conservation legislation and planning context ................................................................................. 2 Appendix 2.1 Indigenous Nations in the NSW Murray Biodiversity Management Plan region ............................ 4 Appendix 2.2 Community biodiversity asset identification workshop: summary of methods and results ............... 5 Appendix 2.3 Asset identification collation sheet .................................................................................................... 8 Appendix 2.4 Assets described at asset identification workshops ............................................................................ 9 Appendix 2.5 Physical features of the NSW Murray catchment ........................................................................... 23 Appendix 2.6 Key rivers in the NSW Murray catchment ..................................................................................... 25 Appendix 2.7 Mapping vegetation in the NSW Murray catchment ..................................................................... 27 Appendix 2.8 Pre-clearing vegetation modelling ................................................................................................... 29 Appendix 2.9 Vegetation classification table.......................................................................................................... 30 Appendix 2.10 Vegetation condition mapping and limitations ............................................................................... 48 Appendix 2.11 Contemporary management boundaries ......................................................................................... 50 Appendix 3.1 Potential threats to biodiversity in the NSW Murray catchment .................................................... 52 Appendix 3.2 Key threatening processes relevant to the NSW Murray catchment ............................................... 56 Appendix 3.3 Matrix of key assets, assemblages and their key threatening processes and threats ......................... 58 Appendix 3.4 Approach to threat modelling ......................................................................................................... 60 Appendix 3.5 Threats consequence maps............................................................................................................... 63 Appendix 3.6 Aggregation matrix: vegetation condition component weightings .................................................. 72 Appendix 4.1 Other biodiversity planning strategies and processes relevant to the NSW Murray catchment ...... 73 Appendix 4.2 The Biodiversity Forecasting Tool ................................................................................................... 84 Appendix 4.3 Flow chart of the Biodiversity Forecasting Tool process ................................................................. 85 Appendix 4.4 Graphical representation of the Biodiversity Forecasting Tool process to identify Active Management and Repair priorities.................................................................................................. 86 Appendix 4.5 The area and proportion of the NSW Murray catchment for each quartile of investment priorities for Active Management of remnant vegetation and investment priorities for Repair of native vegetation ........................................................................................................................................ 90 Appendix 4.6 Maps of each vegetation formation showing investment priorities for Active Management of remnant vegetation and investment priorities for Repair of native vegetation ................................ 92 Appendix 5.1 NSW Priorities Action Statement (PAS2) threatened species management streams ................... 100 New South Wales Murray Biodiversity Management Plan | Appendices | December 2012 iii Appendix 5.2 Threatened entities in the NSW Murray catchment (as of November 2012) ................................ 101 Appendix 5.3 Threatened species, populations and ecological communities of the NSW Murray catchment: actions included in the NSW Priorities Action Statement 1 and recovery plans .......................... 107 Appendix 5.4 Migratory bird species of the NSW Murray catchment listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cwlth) and international conventions and agreements ......... 117 Appendix 5.5 Plants, animals, aquatic species and ecological communities identified as significant in community workshops ..................................................................................................................................... 118 Appendix 5.6 Websites for information on species, populations and ecological communities ............................. 122 iv New South Wales Murray Biodiversity Management Plan | Appendices | December 2012 Appendix 1.1 NSW Murray Biodiversity Management Plan Steering Committee The New South Wales Murray Biodiversity Management Plan (the Murray BMP) was developed in conjunction with a steering committee representing a range of interests in the NSW Murray community. The committee first met in March 2010 at the beginning of the development of the Murray BMP. Membership of the steering committee was by invitation from the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and Murray Catchment Management Authority (Murray CMA). The committee helped develop, and ultimately endorsed, terms of reference to guide the project. The committee was chaired by an independent, paid facilitator. The steering committee comprised representatives from: • Australian Government (Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities) • Community (east and west) • Local government (Councillor and Riverina and Murray Regional Organisation of Councils) • OEH (BMP Project Manager) • National Parks & Wildlife Service (Ranger) • NSW Department of Trade and Investment (Fisheries) • Indigenous community • Livestock Health & Pest Authority • Nature Conservation Trust (Slopes to Summit initiative) • Murray CMA (Board Member – steering committee member and Board Member – observer) • Murray CMA (Program Manager). The steering committee was tasked with ensuring that the Murray BMP was well-balanced and effective, developed with appropriate levels of community participation and engagement, and underpinned by sound scientific knowledge. The key tasks of the committee were to contribute skills, knowledge and experience of the biophysical and socioeconomic aspects of biodiversity maintenance and improvement in the rural and urban landscapes of the NSW Murray catchment to the planning process. Additionally, committee members were required to raise awareness and encourage involvement among their constituents and other stakeholders of the Murray BMP process and its potential benefits to the community. The committee also contributed to, guided and endorsed the: • project plan • vision and objectives • communication and engagement strategy • results of the data audit • results of the expert panel • results of the threat analysis • results of the Biodiversity Forecasting Tool • release of the draft Murray BMP for public comment. New South Wales Murray Biodiversity Management Plan | Appendices | December 2012 1 Appendix 1.2 Conservation legislation and planning context New South Wales (NSW) and Australian Government legislation that is relevant to the protection and management of biodiversity in the NSW Murray catchment includes: NSW Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003 Crown Lands Act 1989 Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Local Government Act 1993 National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 Native Vegetation Act 2003 Natural Resources Commission Act 2003 Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001 Noxious Weeds Act 1993 Rural Fires Act 1997 Rural Fires and Environmental Assessment Legislation Amendment Act 2002 Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 Water Management Act 2000 Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Interaction with other documents A number