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Kimberley Technology Solutions Pty Ltd Cockatoo Island Multi-User Supply Base EPBC Matters of National Environmental Significance Assessment
Kimberley Technology Solutions Pty Ltd Cockatoo Island Multi-User Supply Base EPBC Matters of National Environmental Significance Assessment June 2017 Table of contents 1. Introduction.....................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Purpose of this Document ...................................................................................................1 1.2 Overview of the Proposal.....................................................................................................1 1.3 The Proponent .....................................................................................................................1 1.4 Location of the Project .........................................................................................................1 2. The Proposal..................................................................................................................................3 2.1 Proposal Justification...........................................................................................................3 2.2 On-shore Developments......................................................................................................3 2.1 Marine Developments..........................................................................................................8 2.2 Staging...............................................................................................................................10 3. Existing environment....................................................................................................................11 -
503 Flora V7 2.Doc 3
Browse LNG Precinct ©WOODSIDE Browse Liquefied Natural Gas Precinct Strategic Assessment Report (Draft for Public Review) December 2010 Appendix C-18 A Vegetation and Flora Survey of James Price Point: Wet Season 2009 A Vegetation and Flora Survey of James Price Point: Wet Season 2009 Prepared for Department of State Development December 2009 A Vegetation and Flora Survey of James Price Point: Wet Season 2009 © Biota Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd 2009 ABN 49 092 687 119 Level 1, 228 Carr Place Leederville Western Australia 6007 Ph: (08) 9328 1900 Fax: (08) 9328 6138 Project No.: 503 Prepared by: P. Chukowry, M. Maier Checked by: G. Humphreys Approved for Issue: M. Maier This document has been prepared to the requirements of the client identified on the cover page and no representation is made to any third party. It may be cited for the purposes of scientific research or other fair use, but it may not be reproduced or distributed to any third party by any physical or electronic means without the express permission of the client for whom it was prepared or Biota Environmental Sciences Pty Ltd. This report has been designed for double-sided printing. Hard copies supplied by Biota are printed on recycled paper. Cube:Current:503 (Kimberley Hub Wet Season):Doc:Flora:503 flora v7_2.doc 3 A Vegetation and Flora Survey of James Price Point: Wet Season 2009 4 Cube:Current:503 (Kimberley Hub Wet Season):Doc:Flora:503 flora v7_2.doc Biota A Vegetation and Flora Survey of James Price Point: Wet Season 2009 A Vegetation and Flora Survey of James Price -
Boigu Islands, Form the Northern Island Group of Torres Strait, Located Approximately 150 Km North of Thursday Island (See Figure 1)
PROFILE FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE HABITATS AND RELATED ECOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE VALUES OF DAUAN ISLAND January 2013 Prepared by 3D Environmental for Torres Strait Regional Authority Land & Sea Management Unit Cover image: 3D Environmental (2013) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The granite rock pile that forms Dauan, along with nearby Saibai and Boigu Islands, form the Northern Island Group of Torres Strait, located approximately 150 km north of Thursday Island (see Figure 1). Whilst Saibai and Boigu Island are extensions of the alluvial Fly Platform, geologically part of the Papua New Guinea mainland, Dauan is formed on continental basement rock which extends northward from Cape York Peninsula to Mabadauan Hill on the south-west coast of Papua New Guinea. A total of 14 vegetation communities, within ten broad vegetation groups and 14 regional ecosystems are recognised on the island. The total known flora of comprises 402 species (14 ferns, 388 angiosperms), with 317 native and 85 naturalised species. Nine plant species are considered threatened at the commonwealth and state levels and a further 25 species considered to have significance at a regional level. As for the majority of Torres Strait Islands there is a lack of systematic survey of fauna habitats on the island. A desktop review identified 135 fauna species that are reported to occur on Dauan. This can be compared with the 384 terrestrial fauna species that have been reported for the broader Torres Strait Island group. The Dauan fauna comprises 20 reptiles, 100 birds, 3 frogs and 12 mammals. Of these, one reptile, one bird and four mammal species are introduced. -
Ficus Rubiginosa 1 (X /2)
KEY TO GROUP 4 Plants with a milky white sap present – latex. Although not all are poisonous, all should be treated with caution, at least initially. (May need to squeeze the broken end of the stem or petiole). The plants in this group belong to the Apocynaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Moraceae, and Sapotaceae. Although an occasional vine in the Convolvulaceae which, has some watery/milky sap will key to here, please refer to Group 3. (3.I, 3.J, 3.K) A. leaves B. leaves C. leaves alternate opposite whorled 1 Leaves alternate on the twigs (see sketch A), usually shrubs and 2 trees, occasionally a woody vine or scrambler go to Group 4.A 1* Leaves opposite (B) or whorled (C), i.e., more than 2 arising at the same level on the twigs go to 2 2 Herbs usually less than 60 cm tall go to Group 4.B 2* Shrubs or trees usually taller than 1 m go to Group 4.C 1 (All Apocynaceae) Ficus obliqua 1 (x /2) Ficus rubiginosa 1 (x /2) 2 GROUP 4.A Leaves alternate, shrubs or trees, occasional vine (chiefly Moraceae, Sapotaceae). Ficus spp. (Moraceae) Ficus, the Latin word for the edible fig. About 9 species have been recorded for the Island. Most, unless cultivated, will be found only in the dry rainforest areas or closed forest, as in Nelly Bay. They are distinguished by the latex which flows from all broken portions; the alternate usually leathery leaves; the prominent stipule (↑) which encloses the terminal bud and the “fig” (↑) or syconia. This fleshy receptacle bears the flowers on the inside; as the seeds mature the receptacle enlarges and often softens (Think of the edible fig!). -
Mangrove Guidebook for Southeast Asia
RAP PUBLICATION 2006/07 MANGROVE GUIDEBOOK FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA The designations and the presentation of material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its frontiers or boundaries. The opinions expressed in this publication are those of the authors alone and do not imply any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO. Authored by: Wim Giesen, Stephan Wulffraat, Max Zieren and Liesbeth Scholten ISBN: 974-7946-85-8 FAO and Wetlands International, 2006 Printed by: Dharmasarn Co., Ltd. First print: July 2007 For copies write to: Forest Resources Officer FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific Maliwan Mansion Phra Atit Road, Bangkok 10200 Thailand E-mail: [email protected] ii FOREWORDS Large extents of the coastlines of Southeast Asian countries were once covered by thick mangrove forests. In the past few decades, however, these mangrove forests have been largely degraded and destroyed during the process of development. The negative environmental and socio-economic impacts on mangrove ecosystems have led many government and non- government agencies, together with civil societies, to launch mangrove conservation and rehabilitation programmes, especially during the 1990s. In the course of such activities, programme staff have faced continual difficulties in identifying plant species growing in the field. Despite a wide availability of mangrove guidebooks in Southeast Asia, none of these sufficiently cover species that, though often associated with mangroves, are not confined to this habitat. -
Section 8-Maggie-Final AM
KEY TO GROUP 8 Shrubs or trees usually more than 1.5 m tall. A. flower B. phyllode and C. leaf D. leaf E. leaf margins F. leaf margins spike pod lobed dissected crenate serrate NOTE: The following trees and shrubs, which are deciduous when flowering, will not come out in this key unless you can find a leaf. There are usually some old ones on the ground or even a few hanging on the tree. These plants are: Brachychiton (Group 8.G), Cochlospermum (Group 8.G), Cordia (Group 8.K), Gyrocarpos (Group 8.G), Sterculia (Group 8.O), Terminalia (Group 8.M), Turraea (Group 8.R), and the mangrove, Xylocarpus (Group 1.H). 1 Leaves with oil glands, readily visible with a hand lens if not to the naked eye, aromatic when crushed, eucalypt or citrus smell. (Chiefly eucalypts, paperbarks, bottlebrushes and similar) go to 2 1* Leaves lacking easily seen oil glands, if aromatic when crushed, then smell not of an eucalypt; citrus or even an apple smell go to 5 Oil glands/dots as seen with a good hand lens 2 Trees; petals fused to form an operculum or cap, stamens numerous and free (eucalpyts) go to 3 2* Shrubs or trees, petals not fused to form an operculum or cap, stamens if numerous then usually united into bundles or stamens are fewer than 10 (Myrtaceae-Rutaceae) go to 4 3 Bark smooth throughout but occasionally some rough fibrous or persistent bark at base go to Group 8.A 3* Persistent, fibrous bark for at least 2-3 m or usually more from the base go to Group 8.B 4 Flowers clustered into spikes (see sketch A), old capsules usually remain on the old wood -
University of Florida Thesis Or Dissertation Formatting
SIDEROXYLON SECTION FRIGORICOLA (SAPOTACEAE): A CLADE ENDEMIC TO TEMPERATE NORTH AMERICA By PAUL THOMAS COROGIN A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2015 © 2015 Paul Thomas Corogin To Ananda Devi, my wife and soulmate, whose presence beside me gives me strength ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I thank the following herbaria for loans of specimens: A, AUA, FLAS, FNPS, FSU, FTG, GA, GH, LSU, MISS, OKL, TENN, UNA, US, USCH, and USF. I thank the following people without whose help this study could not have succeeded: Kent Perkins of the University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS) for his generous assistance with processing specimen loans; Brett Jestrow of Fairchild Tropical Garden (FTG) and Jennifer Stafford of the National Park Service herbarium (FNPS) for facilitating my examination of south Florida herbarium specimens; Jimi Sadle, Mark Whitten, Bob Simons, Wendy Poag, Lisa Kruse, and Dee Mincey, for assisting with field work; Karen Kelley, electron microscopy manager, and Kim Backer-Kelley, lab technician, of the ICBR Electron Microscopy Core lab at the University of Florida, for their kindness and expertise, and Kurt Neubig for his guidance and insights with the molecular work. And I thank my supervisory committee: Drs. Norris Williams, Pamela Soltis, Nigel Smith, and my advisor, Dr. Walter S. Judd, who gives so generously of his time to inspire in his students something of his passion for scholarship and botanical field expertise. I have indeed studied and learned from one of the best there is. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS page ACKNOWLEDGMENTS................................................................................................ -
Falls, 17 July 2016
BEAUTIFUL PLANTS OF EEXCURSION RREPORT -- EEMERALD CCREEK THE TROPICS - TRICHOSANTHES FFALLS,, 1717 JJULY 20162016 PENTAPHYLLA.......................4 Text by Mary Gandini. Photos by Mary Gandini and Rick Wong Rain was predicted but didn’t happen. Clouds prevailed when seven members EXCURSION REPORT - gathered at the picnic area for lunch. Present were Sharon and Rick Wong, CAIRNS SGAP FALLS FOR Coralie Stuart, Val and Graeme Carnie, David and Mary Gandini. With lunch ISABELLA.................................5 and the meeting over we walked the ascending path to the falls. The area was very dry and the granite sand was like ball bearings in places. Mareeba was NOTES FROM green but this area had missed the rain with the grasses (except for Melinis TOWNSVILLE BRANCH......6 repens in full flower) very dry and many annuals gone. GRASSES OF TOWNSILLE......6 Armed with Rob Jago’s 2007 list we attempted to spot as many species as we 1 KEY TO EUCALYPTS...............6 could. In the picnic area there were many Callitris intratropica and Eucalyptus crebra. Ascending the path, Bursaria tenuifolia with its thorny processes was UPCOMING EXCURSION TO common as was Melaleuca viridiflora. Very few species were in flower. Grevillea THE BURRA RANGE, 17-18 parallela, a couple of wattles and Wahlenbergia caryophylloides were exceptions. SEPTEMBER............................6 As Mary’s brain got into gear we recognised more species but, as Rob’s list WHAT'S HAPPENING.........7 used new family names for some, it was a case of page flipping to tick the list. CAIRNS BRANCH ..........7 1 Editor's Note - There's been ongoing debate about the status of the Emerald TABLELANDS BRANCH....7 Creek Callitris. -
Anjo Peninsula Flora and Vegetation Assessment
ANJO PENINSULA FLORA AND VEGETATION ASSESSMENT Prepared for DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND RESOURCES Job No 08.178 Report No RP007 DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND RESOURCES – Anjo Peninsula Flora and Vegetation Assessment ANJO PENINSULA FLORA AND VEGETATION ASSESSMENT Prepared for DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND RESOURCES Prepared by ENV Australia Pty Ltd Level 7, 182 St Georges Terrace PERTH WA 6000 Phone: (08) 9289 8360 Fax: (08) 9322 4251 Email: [email protected] Prepared by: Kevin Kenneally, Tim Willing, Kerryn McCann Status: Final QA Review: Dr Michael Brewis Technical Review: Rebecca McIntyre Content Review: Dr Mitchell Ladyman Date: 23 October 2008 08.178 RP007 Final (23-10-2008) DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRY AND RESOURCES – Anjo Peninsula Flora and Vegetation Assessment TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................III 1 INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................1 1.1 OBJECTIVES....................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 LOCATION........................................................................................................................................... 2 1.3 REGIONAL BIOGEOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................ 2 1.4 CLIMATE............................................................................................................................................. -
Plant Biodiversity Science, Discovery, and Conservation: Case Studies from Australasia and the Pacific
Plant Biodiversity Science, Discovery, and Conservation: Case Studies from Australasia and the Pacific Craig Costion School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Adelaide Adelaide, SA 5005 Thesis by publication submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology July 2011 ABSTRACT This thesis advances plant biodiversity knowledge in three separate bioregions, Micronesia, the Queensland Wet Tropics, and South Australia. A systematic treatment of the endemic flora of Micronesia is presented for the first time thus advancing alpha taxonomy for the Micronesia-Polynesia biodiversity hotspot region. The recognized species boundaries are used in combination with all known botanical collections as a basis for assessing the degree of threat for the endemic plants of the Palau archipelago located at the western most edge of Micronesia’s Caroline Islands. A preliminary assessment is conducted utilizing the IUCN red list Criteria followed by a new proposed alternative methodology that enables a degree of threat to be established utilizing existing data. Historical records and archaeological evidence are reviewed to establish the minimum extent of deforestation on the islands of Palau since the arrival of humans. This enabled a quantification of population declines of the majority of plants endemic to the archipelago. In the state of South Australia, the importance of establishing concepts of endemism is emphasized even further. A thorough scientific assessment is presented on the state’s proposed biological corridor reserve network. The report highlights the exclusion from the reserve system of one of the state’s most important hotspots of plant endemism that is highly threatened from habitat fragmentation and promotes the use of biodiversity indices to guide conservation priorities in setting up reserve networks. -
Society for Growing Australian Plants Cairns Branch
SocietySociety forfor GrowingGrowing AustralianAustralian PlantsPlants CairnsCairns BranchBranch Newsletter 161 July 2016 In this issue... EXCURSION REPORT - JUNE 2016. GREAT DIVIDING RANGE / STANNARY HILLS.................1 SPECIES LIST.........................3 EEXCURSION RREPORT -- JJUNE 2016.2016. GGREAT FERNS..............................3 DDIVIDING RRANGE // SSTANNARY HHILLS CONIFERS........................3 Stuart Worboys MONOCOTS....................3 Sunday 19 July saw the biggest SGAP gathering in my time with the organisation. Members EUDICOTS........................3 from Cairns, Tablelands, and Townsville met in Herberton on a grey and drizzly Tablelands morning. We guessed 30 people met at the Petford Road turnoff, threatening to block the WHAT'S HAPPENING.........4 road with their massed four wheel drives. CAIRNS BRANCH ..........4 The group trundled off to the Great Dividing Range Range powerline corridor, with a TABLELANDS BRANCH....4 splinter group heading to Stannary Hills proper. On the Range we found flowers more typical of a temperate heathland - Velleia pubescens, Mirbelia speciosa, Cryptandra debilis and TOWNSVILLE BRANCH....4 tiny donkey orchids, Diuris oporina. After lunch at the historic Watsonville Cemetery, Peter Radke lead us to a site where we could see all of the Stannary Hills iconic species - Grevillea glossadenia, Eucalyptus atrata, Eucalyptus pachycalyx, Acacia longipedunculata, and the unique but uncharismatic Acacia purpureapetala. Thanks to everyone for making this a fun, unwieldy, and fascinating day. Photos, clockwise from top left: • Stannary Hills locals welcome visitors with open arms. • Low cloud over the Great Dividing Range powerline corridor. • The iconic, and slightly rainsoaked, Stannary Hills species, Acacia purpureapetala, Australia's only native purple wattle. • Diuris oporina, Herberton Railway Line (Photo by Chris Jaminon). • Diuris oporina, Mt Emerald (Photo by Chris Jaminon). -
Plants of Magnetic Island
PLANTS OF MAGNETIC ISLAND 3rd EDITION BETSY R. JACKES SCHOOL OF MARINE and TROPICAL BIOLOGY JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY TOWNSVILLE QUEENSLAND 1 © James Cook University 2010 Jackes Betsy R (Betsy Rivers) Plants of Magnetic Island ISBN: 978-0-9808183-8-3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This publication is based on "Plants of Magnetic Island', Editions 1 (1987) and 2 (2003). To all those who have collected plants for the 1987 edition and subsequently my sincere thanks. Art work is by Ashley Field, Geoff Kelly and Norm Duke, with small sketches by myself. Other illustrations are based on photocopies and recently coloured scans of actual plants. Photographs of flowers chiefly by Andi Cairns, John Elliott, Chris Gardiner, Don Kinsey and Andrea Lim. The map was prepared by Adella Edwards, Cartography, James Cook University, modified from Sandercoe (1990) with permission of the Director, Queensland Herbarium. Andi Cairns provided valuable assistance with the layout and with suggestions on the manuscript. To all those who have suggested changes, who have provided lists of plants, particularly the staff of the Queensland Herbarium, my grateful thanks. Names updated 2021. 2 GUIDE TO THE PLANTS OF MAGNETIC ISLAND MANGROVES, DUNES AND WOODLANDS Betsy R. Jackes Magnetic Island (190 08 S, 1480 50 E), offshore from the north Queensland city of Townsville, was first named by Captain James Cook in 1770. He called it “Magnetical Point, land which has the appearance of an island”, because his compass moved erratically as he passed it. This large island, about 5,000 ha in area, rises to 493 m at Mt Cook, the highest point.