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Bahrs Scrub
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The Bahrs Scrub Precinct is an area of approximately 800 hectares, mostly privately owned large holdings with some small lot housing estates, south of Beenleigh in South East Queensland, the fastest growing region in Australia. In order to accommodate unprecedented population growth of 2000 people per week, the State Government South East Queensland Regional Plan has mandated that the Logan City Council provide 28 Infill sites and 42 Greenfield sites for development. The Bahrs Scrub Precinct has been nominated as one of those Greenfield sites, and fast-tracked for development to accommodate 11,000 residents.
The Bahrs Scrub Precinct also happens to be a biodiversity hotspot. It is home to the last dry rainforest south of Brisbane, a unique type of forest that once covered the entire Albert and Pimpama River Valleys. In addition to potentially being home to rare and threatened plants, the BSP locale is also the location of at up to twelve EVR flora species, some newly discovered and awaiting official classification. The fauna of the BSP and surrounds is also remarkable, hosting iconic, threatened species such as the platypus and the SEQ koala, which is now officially acknowledged to be under threat of local extinction. BSP locale fauna also include very special birds, reptiles, mammals and insects thanks to its diverse regional ecosystems. The BSP is also a valuable riparian corridor for wildlife.
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Bahrs Scrub CAN be saved! |
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The decision to develop Bahrs Scrub can still be rejected by Logan City Council!
Logan City Council representatives and publications claim that the development of the BSP is a foregone conclusion, decreed by the State Government. The South East Queensland Regional Plan, the overarching planning instrument for Queensland has mandated the Bahrs Scrub Precinct for fast-tracked development.
HOWEVER, the SEQ RP clearly states that remnant vegetation and land that has 'constraints such as flooding, land slope, scenic amenity, and the need to protect significant biodiversity values' may be ''unsuitable for development' (SEQ RP, p15). Most importantly, the SEQ RP also states that the ultimate development decision is at the discretion of the local authority:
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Unique flora of Bahrs Scrub |
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 The rotating images show some of the unique plants that make the biodiversity of Bahrs Scrub unique and valuable landscape. All flora images have been provided by Glenn Leiper whose botanical skills are greatly appreciated by all members of the conservation community. He is a contributing author of the well known books Mangroves to Mountains book 1 and Mangroves to Mountains book 2.
Some of the vegetation here is not found anywhere else in South East Queensland (or the world). We are all familiar with the Queensland macadamia tree (Macadamia integrifolia) however the plants growing in the wild have a different genetic make up to those being grown commercially in the horticultural - food industry. It is important to protect the genetic biodiversity to ensure longterm survival and adaption.
The Queensland macadamia nut industry began in Hawaii where our bushtucker food production on a commercial scale began with plants exported from Queensland. Macadamia integrifolia is a vulnerable rainforest tree, listed under Queenland’s Nature Conservation Act and under the Federal Government's EPBC Act.
It is a fair dinkum “bush tucker” plant.
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Old approvals from Gold Coast City Council for residential development at BANNOCKBURN,BAHRS SCRUB and CLARKES HILL have removed fauna corridors and Koala Habitat.
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