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Site details

This section should contain information identifying the proposed area, including a name, description, land ownership details, address and a map showing proposed boundaries, preferably as a GIS ESRI shape file.

The site address and location and a map must be provided. If the site address information is sensitive, please include as an attachment.







Land ownership

Private land
Private landowner details








Public land



Description



Note any features that distinguish the proposed area from other comparable habitat areas.
Justification for proposed area as an Area of Outstanding Biodiversity Value

Identify the area's potential outstanding biodiversity values against the scientific criteria. The response to each criterion should indicate how the proposed area meets the criterion at the NSW state, national or global scale. Refer to the Guidelines for interpreting listing criteria for Areas of Outstanding Biodiversity Value to assist you in completing this section. Include supporting information such as reports, data and images as attachments to this form.

All fields are mandatory. If the criteria is not relevant, please enter N/A.

Assessment against the criteria

An area should be declared an area of outstanding biodiversity because:

  1. the area is important at a state, national or global scale
  1. the area makes a significant contribution to the persistence of at least one of the following:
    • multiple species or at least one threatened species or ecological community

      An area makes a significant contribution to the persistence of multiple species or at least one threatened species or ecological community if:

      • it provides resilience during periods of environmental stress that is important for their continued existence
      • it sustains adaptive capacity or evolutionary potential because it contains high levels of unique components of genetic or phenotypic diversity that will enable species to adapt to changing environments or it functions as an important ecological or evolutionary refuge able to sustain viable populations of species at risk due to climate change or other environmental stresses
      • it supports migration or dispersal of animals and plants, currently or in the future, that will contribute significantly to the persistence of species at risk
      • it is habitat critical for the survival of a threatened species.
  1. irreplaceable biological distinctiveness

    An area makes a significant contribution to the persistence of irreplaceable biological distinctiveness if:

    • it has a very high structural, functional or compositional diversity
    • it is an essential site for the persistence of evolutionary or ecological distinctive species, endemic species or ecological communities
    • it is an essential site for the persistence of 2 or more threatened species or ecological communities in any combination.
  1. ecological processes or ecological integrity

    An area makes a significant contribution to the persistence of ecological processes or ecological integrity if:

    • it has ecological integrity, being an area that is:
      • an outstanding, relatively intact example of a functioning ecosystem type, or if a fully intact ecosystem does not remain, then the best remaining example of that ecosystem type that contributes to maintaining the persistence of biodiversity and ecological integrity
      • the most intact remaining site of a species occurrence that provides habitat requirements vital to the conservation of a species
      • the last known remaining site of a species occurrence
    • it is a primary contributor to the continuation of essential ecological processes
    • it is an essential site for a significant proportion of the population of a species during one or more key life history stages or processes.
  1. outstanding ecological value for education or scientific research

    An area makes a significant contribution to the persistence of outstanding ecological value for education or scientific research if it contains established infrastructure or data related to long-term ecological research monitoring programs that establish an irreplaceable historic baseline, being the best site anywhere in NSW for long-term research on particular species, ecological communities or ecological processes.

Other values

Site management



Supporting information

References

Declaration
  • I declare that the information in this proposal and any attachments is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
  • I permit the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to provide a copy of the proposal and any attachments to other people or organisations for expert comment or advice.
  • I permit the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to include location details or data included in the proposal and any attachments in GIS databases and registers it manages, including publicly accessible databases and registers.
  • I permit the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water to use, reproduce, publish, communicate and distribute information contained in the proposal and any attachments, in publications including assessment reports, documents for public information, and on the department's website.



If you request confidentiality please ensure you have not included your personal information, or any information that can be used to identify you, in the body of the proposal form or in any attachments, other than in the 'your details' section below.

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