Salvage and Translocation Protocol for the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy
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  Salvage and Translocation Protocol for the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy

dataset: MSA_BCS_SLTRP
The Biodiversity Conservation Strategy for Melbourne's Growth Corridors (BCS) prepared as part of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment specifies that salvage and/or translocation of plants and animals may be required before the removal of native vegetation or habitat for urban development in Melbourne's growth corridors. This dataset identifies land parcels under the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy that may be subject to the salvage and translocation process, as defined by the Salvage and Translocation Protocol for Melbourne's Growth Corridors (DEECA, 2025). Salvage may be required for the following target species and communities listed under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) and Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act): - Spiny Rice-flower, Matted Flax-lily and other grassland plants - Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands (Freshwater) of the Temperate Lowland Plains. - Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon (VGED) Additionally, the Protocol outlines requirements for possible VGED habitat assessments and targeted surveys within Melbourne’s growth corridors. Land parcels which contain a set of conditions for each of the above species/communities will trigger a salvage and translocation procedure to be enacted in accordance with the Protocol.
 
Citation proposal Citation proposal
(2020)

Salvage and Translocation Protocol for the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

https://metashare.maps.vic.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/bb17b3e0-e3d1-557a-8113-615dcbbcc521
 

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Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action - MSA Data Custodian   (MSA Data Custodian)  
8 Nicholson Street
East Melbourne
Vic
3001
Australia
 

Identifiers and Keywords

ANZLIC Id
ANZVI0803005057 
Victorian Spatial Data Library (VSDL) Schema
FLORAFAUNA1:MSA_BCS_SLTRP 
Jurisdiction
Victoria 
Topic category
  • Biota
 

Resource Constraints

Classification
Unclassified  
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
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Other Dataset Details

Date ( Revision )
2020-11-12
Date ( Publication )
2025-10-15T09:45:14
Status
Planned  
Purpose
To support the following objectives under the Salvage and Translocation Protocol within the growth corridors: - Assist the conservation of target species within the growth corridors - Assist the restoration of existing habitat or colonisation of newly created habitat - Undertake salvage and translocation of threatened species as a management experiment until there is long-term evidence to demonstrate its success or failure. This dataset will also track when a salvage and translocation has been undertaken for accountability purposes. 
Supplemental Information
Related Documents: None 
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed  
Maintenance date ( Publication )
2018-04-04T01:00:44
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Vector  
Description
General - Victoria 
Reference system identifier
4283

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Temporal

Begin date
2013-08-01 
End date
2013-08-30 
 

Quality

Conceptual Consistency
All polygons have been tested and are geometrically and topologically correct. 
Missing Data
Complete for the extent of the Biodiversity Conservation Strategy (see MSA_BCS_EXTENT) Completeness Verification: Refer to "Salvage and Translocation Protocol for Melbourne's Growth Corridors" (DEPI, September 2013) for details. 
Excess Data
Refer to "Salvage and Translocation Protocol for Melbourne's Growth Corridors" (DEPI, September 2013) for details. 
Attribute Quality
Attributes are considered 100% complete and are dependent on source data. 
Positional Accuracy
Dataset accuracy is dependent on source data accuracy 
 

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Description
Criteria for parcel selection, based on individual species/community requirements: 1) Spiny rice-flower and incidental flora species applicable only to the west and north-west growth corridors. Parcels were selected based on the following: (i) Land parcels containing records of SRF, or (ii) Areas mapped as native vegetation patches of EVC 'Plains Grassland' or 'Plains Grassy Woodland' that are equal to or greater than 0.5 hectares in size and have a habitat hectares 'understorey' score greater than 10* (only for site survey data). Modelled data was assumed to meet the understory score for this purpose as a precautionary approach. 2) Matted Flax-lily and incidental flora species applicable only to the northern growth corridor. Parcels were selected based on the following: (i) Land parcels containing records of MFL, or (ii) Land parcels contain native vegetation patches of any Ecological Vegetation Class that are greater or equal to 0.5 hectares and that have a habitat hectares understory score greater than 10 for site surveyed data only. Modelled data was assumed to meet the understory score for this purpose as a precautionary approach. 3) Striped Legless Lizard is applicable only to the west and north-west growth corridors. Parcels were selected based on the following: (i) Areas mapped as native vegetation patches of any EVC that are equal to or greater than 0.5 hectares in size. 4) Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands applicable to all growth corridors. Parcels were selected based on the following: (i) Areas mapped as site confirmed seasonal herbaceous wetland (i.e. at least 3 hectares in area) whose fragments are greater than 0.5 hectares in size within a parcel. Note: where species records were used to select a parcel, these were checked against aerial imagery and expert opinion to ensure they did not occur, for instance within a ploughed field or were inaccurately located). Each of the above conditions were derived from the data sources and processed using ArcGIS model builder. Parcels that matched each of the species/community conditions were attributed to a version of the parcel dataset. 
Statement
Dataset Source: The salvage and translocation dataset is derived from the following key datasets, as well as a set of criteria outlined in the Protocol. Data sources: - Native vegetation Time stamped for growth areas (BCS) (see NV2011_TS_GA) - BCS Conservation Areas (see MSA_BCS_CONS_AREA) - Species records collected during time stamping (Victorian Biodiversity Atlas) - Seasonal Herbaceous Wetlands (MSA_BCS_SHW) - Parcel boundaries (VicMap products) Dataset Originality: Primary & Derived 
 

Attributes

Column Name Obligation Unique Data Type Data Length Data Precision Data Scale Reference Table Owner Reference Table Name Reference Table Code Column Name Short Column Name Definition
PARCEL_SPI O N VARCHAR2 18 PARCEL_SPI
CA_NAME O N VARCHAR2 100 CA_NAME
UNIQUEID O N NUMBER 22 10 0 UNIQUEID
PARCEL_PFI O N VARCHAR2 10 PARCEL_PFI
SLTR_TYPE O N VARCHAR2 75 SLTR_TYPE
CA_LABEL O N NUMBER 22 10 0 CA_LABEL
REGION O N VARCHAR2 20 REGION
VERS_DATE O N DATE 7 VERS_DATE
 

About the Metadata Record

Metadata identifier
urn:uuid / bb17b3e0-e3d1-557a-8113-615dcbbcc521

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DEECA - Spatial, VDP  

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Resource Type
Dataset  
Date info ( Creation )
2025-04-10T10:36:58
Date info ( Revision )
2025-11-25T14:47:27
Standard Name
ISO 19115-3:2018 
Profile Name
DELWP Profile 
Profile Version
Version 1 
Profile Date
2019-05-24  
 

Metadata Constraints

Classification
Unclassified  
 
 

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