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Prepared for Bega Valley Shire Council and the Far South Coast Catchment Management Committee

Prepared by Jackie Miles
October 2000

This report documents the information currently available on vegetation in Bega Valley Shire. Part A assesses the accuracy and usefulness of some of this information. Part B is a report on the state of the vegetation. It summarises the conservation significance and status of the various vegetation types described for the district, discusses threats to vegetation and presents suggestions as to future action on vegetation issues.

Download the whole book here (2,620kb PDF)

Table of contents

Executive summary (104kb PDF)

1. Assessment of available vegetation data

2. State of the vegetation report

   • Conservation status of vegetation types

   • Threats to vegetation

   • Vehicles for vegetation protection

   • Threatened flora in Bega Valley Shire

3. Recommendations

Part A: Assessment of data currently available on vegetation in Bega Valley Shire (692kb PDF)

1. Introduction

   • Comprehensive regional assessment data

   • Non-CRA sources of information on vegetation

2. Assessment of accuracy and usefulness of CRA-modelled vegetation distribution map

   • Derivation of the vegetation types

   • The vegetation types

   • Description of the vegetation types with indicator species tables

   • Ease of recognition in the field of the vegetation types

   • Vegetation types in which the range of species assemblages is inadequately described

   • Derivation of the CRA-modelled vegetation maps

   • Checks on map accuracy during production

   • Assessment of map accuracy at fine scale

3. Comparison of aerial photo interpretation vegetation typing with CRA vegetation model

   • Derivation of aerial photo interpretation map

   • Comparison of API and CRA vegetation map for specific locations

4. Conclusions

Part B: State of the vegetation report (1,192kb PDF)

1. Introduction

2. Conservation status of the vegetation types

   • Criteria for adequacy of conservation status

   • Conservation status of vegetation types in Bega Valley Shire

3. Potential threats to vegetation and their impacts

   • Agricultural landscapes

   • Fragmentation and clearing

   • Dieback

   • Loss of biodiversity – flora

   • Loss of biodiversity – fauna

   • Weed invasion

   • Impact of nutrient-laden run-off and sedimentation on wetland vegetation

   • Currently forested landscapes

     • Clearing

     • Timber harvesting

     • Fire regimes

     • Dieback

     • Weed invasion

     • Phytophthora

4. Protection mechanisms for vegetation

   • Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997

   • Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995

   • Fisheries Management Act 1994

   • State Environmental Planning Policy

   • State Environmental Planning Policy

   • Department of Land and Water Conservation dam licensing requirements

   • Bega Valley Local Environmental Plan

   • Extension programs and incentive schemes

5. Threatened flora in Bega Valley Shire

   • Species formally listed as rare or threatened

   • Regionally uncommon species

6. Conclusions

7. Recommendations

   • For Bega Valley Shire Council

   • For the Catchment Management Committee

   • For the Regional Native Vegetation Committee

List of plant common names and List of acronyms (50kb PDF)
Glossary (37kb PDF)
Bibliography and references (49kb PDF)

Appendices (568kb PDF)

1. Vegetation types described for Bega Valley Shire

2. Detailed assessment of map accuracy for selected vegetation types

3. Vegetation types which can be split into further sub-types

4. Environmental weeds of Bega Valley Shire

5. Threatened and rare plants of Bega Valley Shire

6. Species of regional conservation significance

7. Remnant vegetation in Bega Valley Shire on roadsides and other public lands administered by Council

Map 1: Study area with land tenure as at 1 January 1999 (122kb PDF)
Map 2: Depleted vegetation types on private land (274kb PDF)

Published by:

Bega Valley Shire Council
PO Box 492
Bega NSW 2550
Phone: 02 6244 2222
Fax: 02 6499 2200
Email: council@begavalley.nsw.gov.au

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