Contents 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................................1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................1 1.2 Proposed development ..........................................................................................................................1 1.3 Purpose and objective of plan ...............................................................................................................3 1.4 Legislative framework ............................................................................................................................5 2. Species Information ..........................................................................................................................................7 2.1 Ecology ..................................................................................................................................................7 2.2 Distribution .............................................................................................................................................7 2.3 Local occurrence....................................................................................................................................7 3. Recipient Site Selection ....................................................................................................................................9 4. Reference Site ................................................................................................................................................10 5. Translocation...................................................................................................................................................10 5.1 Overview ..............................................................................................................................................10 5.1 Translocation team ..............................................................................................................................11 5.2 Timing ..................................................................................................................................................13 5.3 Translocation methodology .................................................................................................................13 5.4 Translocation of adult plants ...............................................................................................................15 5.5 Translocation of seedlings...................................................................................................................17 5.6 Seed collection.....................................................................................................................................17 5.7 Planting of tubestock ...........................................................................................................................18 5.8 Hygiene ................................................................................................................................................18 6. Maintenance of Translocated Plants ..............................................................................................................20 7. Monitoring and reporting.................................................................................................................................21 7.1 Monitoring ............................................................................................................................................21 7.2 Assessment criteria and corrective actions.........................................................................................22 7.1 Reporting.............................................................................................................................................. 22 8. References......................................................................................................................................................25 Appendix A ................................................................................................................................................................ 26 Suitably Qualified Person ...............................................................................................................................26
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