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A Review of Innamincka Regional Reserve 1988-1998 4¡ A Review of :,z. ' 1 6_y .R ,.R , . ,s ' M. t _ .,}Y JO ° ,. w-. , . , ,,,,, . - k f.,er4 s ; ,'i ` SY ; ¡ ' ' ; °`" : Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs Government of South Australia A Review of Innamincka Regional Reserve 1988 1998 Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs Government of South Australia This review has been prepared and adopted in pursuance to section 34A of the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1972 -81 Published by the Department for Environment. Heringe and Aboriginal Affairs Adelaide, South Australia December1998 O Depanmen fo Environment. Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs ISBN: 0 7308 5854 5 Prepared by North Region Heritage & Biodiversiry Department for Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs FIS: 15889 Front Cover Photograph Peter Canty Copyright Planning SA. Department for Transport, Urban Planning and da Arts 1997. All rights reserved. AB works and information displayed in Figures 1.3 and 13 are mbjen ro copyright. For the reproduction or publication beyond that permitted by the Copyright Aa 1968 (Cwlrh) written permission mort be vaughr from the Department. Although every effort has been made ro ensure the accuracy of the information displayed in Figures 2.3 and 13 the Deparunene, its agents, officers and employees make no representations, either aquas or implied. that the information displayed is mauve or fir for any purpose and expressly disclaims all liability for loss or damage arising from reliance upon the information displayed. Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES v LIST OF ACRONYMS vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii FOREWORD viii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ix 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Regional Reserves 1 1.2 Background to Regional Reserves 1 1.3 Purpose of this Review 2 1.4 Interpretation 3 1.5 Scope of this Report 3 1.6 Review Process 3 2 INNAMINCKA REGIONAL RESERVE 5 2.1 Introduction 5 2.2 Context for Management 6 Agreement with Petroleum Exploration and Production Licensees 7 Lease to Innamincka Pastoral Company 7 Innamincka Regional Reserve Management Plan 7 Management and Consultative Structures 8 Achievements in Partnership 9 2.3 Natural Features 10 Conservation Values 10 Landscapes 10 Habitats 12 Wildlife 16 2.4 Cultural Features 19 Aboriginal 19 Non - Aboriginal 21 2.5 Resource Utilisation 23 Petroleum 23 Tourism 32 Pastoralism 34 Reserve Management 41 3 IMPACTS OF RESOURCE UTILISATION ON WILDLIFEAND NATURAL FEATURES 42 3.1 Petroleum 42 Impacts on Landscape Features 42 Impacts on Wildlife 44 3.2 Tourism 49 Impacts on Landscape Features 49 Impacts on Wildlife 50 3.3 Pastoralism 52 Impacts on Landscape Features 52 Impacts on Wildlife 52 3.4 Other Management Issues 58 Upstream Water Extraction and Land Use 58 Feral Animals 60 Weeds 61 Fire 61 ln Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs 4 IMPACTS OF RESOURCE UTILISATION ON CULTURAL FEATURES 62 4.1 Aboriginal Culture 62 Petroleum 62 Tourism 63 Pastoralism 63 Other 64 4.2 Non - Aboriginal Culture 64 5 IMPACTS OR POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF RESOURCE UTILISATION ON THE ECONOMY OF THE STATE 65 5.1 Petroleum 65 Future Prospects 65 5.2 Tourism 67 Future Prospects 67 5.3 Pastoralism 68 Future Prospects 69 5.4 Conclusion 69 6 SUBMISSIONS TO THE REVIEW PROCESS 70 6.1 Submissions Received 70 6.2 Issues Raised in Submissions 70 Regional Reserves- the multiple land use concept 70 Review Process 71 Reserve Status /Conservation Objectives 71 Monitoring 72 Aboriginal Cultural Heritage 72 Petroleum 73 Visitor Experience 74 Pastoralism 75 7 DISCUSSION 77 7.1 Petroleum 77 7.2 Tourism 80 73 Pastoralism ß1 7.4 Water Extraction ß2 7.5 Feral and Pest Animals ß2 7.6 Community Perceptions ß2 7.7 Management Structures 83 8 RECOMMENDATIONS 84 8.1 Reserve Status under the Act 84 8.2 Future Management of Innamincka Regional Reserve 84 Management Plan 84 Petroleum 85 Tourism 85 Pastoralism 85 Water Extraction 85 8.3 Data Requirements and Analytical Frameworks for Future Reviews 86 9 REFERENCES 87 iv Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs 10 APPENDICES 90 10.1Appendix A Interpretation of the Provisions of Section 34A of the Act 90 10.2Appendix B 92 Table 1. A list of vascular plants 92 Table 2. A list of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians 98 Table 3. A list of Fish 102 10.3Appendix C Biological and Archaeological Assessment and Survey 103 IN Biological Survey 103 Waterbird Surveys 106 Monitoring and Assessing Pastoral Grazing Impacts 106 Water Quality Monitoring 107 Hydrological Monitoring, and Modelling 107 Fishery Research and Monitoring 108 Archaeological and Anthropological Survey 108 Petroleum Exploration and Production Impact Assessment and Monitoring 109 References 111 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Location of Innamincka Regional Reserve 5 Figure 2 Areas of Conservation Significance - North East SA 11 in Figure 3 Land Systems of Innamincka Regional Reserve 13 Figure 4 Native Title Claims over Innamincka Regional Reserve 20 Figure 5 Petroleum Industry Features Location Plan 25 Figure 6 2D Seismic Coverage 26 Figure 7 3D Seismic Coverage 27 Figure 8 Petroleum Production Licenses (PPL's) 28 Figure 9 Petroleum Gas and Liquids Pipelines 29 Figure 10 Roads and Tracks 30 Figure 11 Petroleum Wells 31 Figure 12 Cattle Numbers and Rainfall for Innamincka Regional Reserve 34 Figure 13 Innamincka Cattle Station Improvements and Grazing Gradients 37 Figure 14 Goal Attainment Scaling for Seismic Operations 46 v Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs LIST OF ACRONYMS ABARE Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics ANZECC Australian and New Zealand Environment and Conservation Council ANPWS Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service ANZSES Australian and New Zealand Scientific Expedition Society CARRS Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative Reserve System CLCZ Coongie Lakes Control Zone CLCZ MG Coongie Lakes Control Zone Management Group DEF Declaration of Environmental Factors DEHAA Department for Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs DENR Department for Environment and Natural Resources DNR Department of Natural ResourcesQueensland GSP Gross State Product LEB Lake Eyre Basin LEB CG Lake Eyre Basin Coordinating Group NPW SA National Parks and Wildlife South Australia OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries PIRSA Primary Industries and Resources South Australia SEA Social and Environmental Assessment SEG Scientific Exploration Group RCD Rabbit Calicvirus Disease vi Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following people from the Department for Environment, Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs contributed in various ways to the production of this review: Jenny Bourne co- ordinated, compiled and prepared this review. The review steering committee is Lindsay Best, Colin Harris, Alex Mc Donald, and Brenton Arnold. Technical advice was provided by: Tony Robinson, Stuart Pillman, Rick Barratt, John Maconochie, Amanda Brook, Robert Brandle, Helen Owens, Bernice Cohen, Jim Mc Hugh, Sue Barker, Brian Moore, Tim Dendy, Erik Dahl, Robyn Charlton, Pearce Dougherty, Heidi Crow, Rex Stuart, Benita Richter, Martin Brine, Duncan Ross -Watt, Scott Evans, Byron Gough, Graeme Blair, Stefan Jedrczejczak. David Cockshell, Tony Hill, Dragan Ivic, Michael Ross, Terry Aust from the Petroleum Division of the Department for Primary Industries and Resources provided data, maps and technical advice. Jason Phillips from Planning SA assisted with map production. Greg Campbell of S Kidman and Co provided data and information regarding the pastoral operations at Innamincka. Steve Tunstill from Santos provided information and data about many of Santos' operations in the reserve The SA Centre for Economic Studies prepared the economic assessment of Innamincka Regional Reserve, in particular Doug Young and Melissa Bright made contributions. Julian Reid and Jim Puckridge provided information and technical advice based on their extensive biological research in the area. Ali Ben Khan as a representative of the SA Conservation Council provided assistance with incorporating into this review material from submissions received from conservation non - government organisations. vii Department for Environment Heritage and Aboriginal Affairs FOREWORD The proclamation of Innamincka Regional Reserve in December 1988 presented both a solution and a challenge. For the first time in South Australia a multiple -use reserve had been formally dedicated, providing a framework to protect a significant area of natural habitat while allowing use of the natural resources via partnerships with the principals involved in petroleum extraction and pastoral production. The waters of the Cooper Creek and the associated Coongie Lakes wetland system are recognised internationally for their high biodiversity and the area's natural features attract a growing number of tourists. The Cooper Basin is also one of the State's major sources of hydrocarbons and beef cattle production is a significant enterprise. These values were seen in 1988, and continue to be seen, as worthy of good management and safekeeping. The challenge of managing both nature conservation and the ecologically sustainable use of natural resources has been addressed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature which recognises a multiple use category of reserve as an 'area containing predominantly unmodified natural systems,managed to ensure long term protection and maintenance of biological diversity, while providing at the same time sustainable flow of natural
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