Biodiversity Conservation Regulation 2017

In addition to a full description of the proposed development or activity (the action), a species impact statement must include, to the fullest extent reasonably practicable, the information referred to in this clause.

A species impact statement must include the following information as to threatened species—

a general description of the threatened species known or likely to be present in the area that is the subject of the action and in any area that is likely to be affected by the action,

an assessment of which threatened species known or likely to be present in the area are likely to be affected by the action,

for each species likely to be affected—details of its local, regional and State-wide conservation status, the key threatening processes generally affecting it and its habitat requirements,

an estimate of the local and regional abundance of those species,

an assessment of whether those species are adequately represented in conservation reserves (or other similar protected areas) in the region,

an assessment of whether any of those species is at the limit of its known distribution,

a full description of the type, location, size and condition of the habitat of those species and details of the distribution and condition of similar habitats in the region,

a full assessment of the likely effect of the action on those species, including, if possible, the quantitative effect of local populations in the cumulative effect in the region,

a description of any feasible alternatives to the action that are likely to be of lesser effect and the reasons justifying the carrying out of the action in the manner proposed, having regard to the biophysical, economic and social considerations and the principles of ecologically sustainable development,

a full description and justification of the measures proposed to mitigate any adverse effect of the action on the species, including a compilation (in a single section of the statement) of those measures,

a list of any approvals that must be obtained under any other Act or law before the action may be lawfully carried out, including details of the conditions of any existing approvals that are relevant to the species.

A species impact statement must include the following information as to ecological communities—

a general description of the ecological community present in the area that is the subject of the action and in any area that is likely to be affected by the action,

for each ecological community present—details of its local, regional and State-wide conservation status, the key threatening processes generally affecting it and its habitat requirements,

an assessment of whether those ecological communities are adequately represented in conservation reserves (or other similar protected areas) in the region,

an assessment of whether any of those ecological communities is at the limit of its known distribution,

a full description of the type, location, size and condition of the habitat of the ecological community and details of the distribution and condition of similar habitats in the region,

a full assessment of the likely effect of the action on the ecological community, including, if possible, the quantitative effect of local populations in the cumulative effect in the region,

a description of any feasible alternatives to the action that are likely to be of lesser effect and the reasons justifying the carrying out of the action in the manner proposed, having regard to the biophysical, economic and social considerations and the principles of ecologically sustainable development,

a full description and justification of the measures proposed to mitigate any adverse effect of the action on the ecological community, including a compilation (in a single section of the statement) of those measures,

a list of any approvals that must be obtained under any other Act or law before the action may be lawfully carried out, including details of the conditions of any existing approvals that are relevant to the ecological community.