Minyumai IPA Vegetation 2010. VIS_ID 4776

Landmark Ecological Services Pty Ltd (Landmark) was engaged by Minyumai Land\r\nHolding Company Ltd in July 2010 to undertake vegetation, flora and fauna surveys and assessments at Minyumai. The surveys and assessments were to provide background for a management plan designed to inform the Federal Government’s Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) unit in their consideration of Minyumai’s application to become an IPA and to guide the appropriate biodiversity conservation management of Minyumai for the next five years. The primary objectives of the flora and fauna survey and conservation assessment of the Minyumai property were to map vegetation types from air photo interpretation (API) with groundtruthing compile an inventory of flora species and vertebrate species targeting conservation-priority species, assess the potential habitat value of the property for other EPBC Act and TSC Act-listed species known to occur in the region as well as migratory fauna species and assess the overall significance of the property for vegetation, flora and vertebrate fauna conservation making preliminary recommendations for management of the property’s vegetation, flora species and vertebrate fauna habitats.\r\n\r\nMinyumai is a 2141.51 ha rural property located about 8 km southwest of Evans Head on the NSW north coast. The property encompasses Lots 2,4,5,7,8,9 - Parish of Esk and Lots 32,33,34, 35, 36,37,51,78,79,85,86,90 - Parish of Evans. The property has a maximum dimension of about 8 km along a northeast-southwest axis and is 2-3 km wide. The south eastern boundary lies about 3 km from the sea and abuts Bundjalung National Park. The Park also forms the property’s southern boundary. Tabbimoble Swamp Nature Reserve lies to the west, and shares a short section of common boundary with Minyumai, while private properties adjoin to the west and north.\r\n\r\n__NOTE:__ Footprint supplied only. Contact the data custodian for access to the vegetation map:\r\nMinyumai Land Holding Aboriginal Corporation:\r\nphone: [phone]\r\nEmail: [e-mail] \r\nhttp://www.minyumai.com.au/\r\n\r\nVIS_ID 4776