Lifein our city Parramatta City Council Volume 2 Volume Parramatta Biodiversity Strategy 2015 – 2025 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This document contains supplementary information to Life in Our City’ Parramatta Biodiversity Strategy 2015 – 2025 Volume 1. It has been prepared by Parramatta City Council staff based upon the Draft Biodiversity Plan 2012 prepared by Eco-logical Australia and was adopted by Parramatta City Council on 28 September 2015. ‘LifeinOurCity’ParramattaBiodiversityStrategy2015–2025 1 Contents AppendixA:BiodiversityinParramatta........................................................................................................5 1.1ECOLOGICALCOMMUNITIESOFTHEPARRAMATTALGA.......................................................................5 1.1.1DrySclerophyllForests.................................................................................................................7 1.1.2WetSclerophyllForests................................................................................................................8 1.1.3GrassyWoodlands.....................................................................................................................10 1.1.4Rainforests.................................................................................................................................11 1.1.5ForestedWetlands....................................................................................................................11 1.1.6FreshwaterWetlands................................................................................................................13 1.1.7SalineWeltands.........................................................................................................................15 1.2LOCAL NATIVE PLANTS OF THE PARRAMATTA LGA.........................................................................16 1.3CONSERVATIONSTATUSOFSIGNIFICANTPLANTSPECIES...................................................................26 1.4NATIVE FAUNA SPECIES IN T HE LGA.................................................................................................27 1.4.1Faunahabitat.............................................................................................................................32 1.5CONSERVATION STATUS OF SIGNIFICANT WILDLIFE SPECIES...........................................................33 1.5.1ThreatenedFaunalistedundertheNSWFisheriesManagementAct1974..............................34 1.5.2InternationallySignificantMigratorySpecies–JAMBA,CAMBAandROKAMBA......................34 1.5.3MigratorySpecies......................................................................................................................35 AppendixB:StakeholderConsultation.......................................................................................................36 1.6ISSUES IDENTIFIED BY COUNCIL‘S NATURAL RESOURCESTEAM.......................................................36 1.7BIODIVERSITYWORKSHOPS..................................................................................................................37 Appendix C:PlanningandLegislativeFramework...................................................................................39 C.1.1UnitedNationsConventiononBiologicalDiversity(1992).......................................................39 C.1.2RioDeclarationonEnvironmentandDevelopment(1992)......................................................39 C.1.3RamsarConventiononWetlands(1971)...................................................................................40 C.1.4BonnConventiononMigratorySpecies(1979).........................................................................40 C.1.5MigratoryBirdAgreements.......................................................................................................40 C.2COMMONWEALTHLEGISLATION&POLICY..........................................................................................41 C.2.1EnvironmentProtection&BiodiversityConservationAct1999(EPBCAct)..............................41 C.2.2Australia'sBiodiversityConservationStrategy2010Ͳ2030........................................................41 C.2.3AustralianPestAnimalStrategy(2007).....................................................................................42 C.2.4AustralianWeedsStrategy(2007).............................................................................................42 C.2.5NationalWildlifeCorridorsPlan(2012)....................................................................................42 C.2.6Australia’sNativeVegetationFramework(2012)......................................................................42 ‘LifeinOurCity’ParramattaBiodiversityStrategy2015–2025 2 C.3STATELEGISLATION&POLICY..............................................................................................................43 C.3.1ThreatenedSpeciesConservationAct1995(TSCAct)...............................................................43 C.3.2NationalParksandWildlifeAct1974(NPWAct)......................................................................43 C.3.4NoxiousWeedsAct1993...........................................................................................................44 C.3.5FisheriesManagementAct1994...............................................................................................44 C.3.6WaterManagementAct2000...................................................................................................44 C.3.7StateEnvironmentalPlanningPolicy(SEPP)19–BushlandinUrbanAreas.............................44 C.3.8NSWInvasiveSpeciesPlan2008Ͳ2015......................................................................................45 C.3.9NSWWetlandsPolicy(2010).....................................................................................................45 C.3.10DECCWPrioritiesforBiodiversityAdaptationtoClimateChange(2010)...............................46 C.3.11SavingOurSpecies..................................................................................................................46 C.4REGIONALPLANS&POLICIES...............................................................................................................47 C.4.1GreaterSydneyLocalLandServiceTransitionCatchmentActionPlan2013Ͳ2023..................47 C.4.2APlanforGrowingSydney(2014)............................................................................................47 C.4.3CumberlandPlainRecoveryPlan(2011)...................................................................................48 C.5LOCALPLANS&POLICIES.....................................................................................................................48 C.5.1Parramatta2038........................................................................................................................48 C.6BIODIVERSITYOFFSETS.........................................................................................................................49 C.7BIODIVERSITYBANKINGSCHEME(BIOBANKING).................................................................................50 C.8BIODIVERSITYCERTIFICATION..............................................................................................................51 AppendixD:ThreatstoBiodiversity...........................................................................................................53 D.1KeyThreateningProcesses..................................................................................................................53 D.2NoxiousWeeds....................................................................................................................................54 D.3IntroducedFaunainParramatta..........................................................................................................58 D.4CLIMATECHANGE................................................................................................................................58 D.4.1ClimateChangeandBiodiversity..............................................................................................59 AppendixE:BackgroundtoTargets...........................................................................................................60 E.1OPPORTUNITIESAND CHALLENGES – THE FUTURE...........................................................................60 E.1.1Challenges.................................................................................................................................60 E.1.2Opportunities............................................................................................................................60 E.2TARGETS..............................................................................................................................................61 E.2.1NSWStatePlan..........................................................................................................................61 E.3PARRAMATTA CITY COUNCIL CORPORATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLAN.................................................62 E.4CONSERVATION SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENT – MAPPING CRITERIA................................................63 E.5PRIORITISATION FOR PROTECTION, RETENTION AND MANAGEMENT.............................................64 ‘LifeinOurCity’ParramattaBiodiversityStrategy2015–2025 3 E.6.LocalConnectivity................................................................................................................................67 AppendixF:RecoveryStrategiesrelevanttoParramattaCityCouncil......................................................68