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Appendix E | Biodiversity Offsets Strategy
Eastern Leases Project
EPBC Act Biodiversity Offsets Strategy
for South32 Pty Ltd
1.5
12 May 2015
Page 4
DOCUMENT STRUCTURE
The BOS is structured as follows:
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Section 1 – Introduction (this section) – provides an overview of the project, its setting
and approval status, and outlines the requirement for the BOS;
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Section 2 – Significant Residual Impacts – draws on the findings of the EIS specialist
studies in order to define the predicted significant residual impacts on MNES;
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Section 3 – Profile of Target Species – provides a brief description of the MNES
species which require offsets, including their distribution, habitat requirements, threats
and identified research and management priorities;
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Section 4 – Direct and Indirect Offsets – explains the difference between direct and
indirect offsets, and explains why indirect offsets are most suitable for the project;
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Section 5 – Project Offsets – explains the offset programs that are proposed for the
project, including providing a high level overview of each program; and
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Section 6 – Conclusions.
Ref: Gemco-Offsets Strategy
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