What is the status of the reserves and offsets Gunns is required to protect under the approval conditions?
Gunns is required to provide two reserves and two offsets. • Pulp mill reserve network – there is a 150ha network of reserves on the pulp mill site to protect potential habitat for listed threatened species. Gunns has measures in place to ensure this reserve network is not disturbed during construction activities. • Swift parrot reserve – about 35ha of chiefly Eucalyptus ovata has been selected for a swift parrot reserve to help maintain foraging habitat. • Rehabilitation offset area – about 226ha of degraded native and plantation forest has been selected for rehabilitation, to provide potential habitat for listed threatened species. • Wedge-tailed eagle offset – an area of 40ha, containing two wedge-tailed eagle nests, has been selected in the event that the nest located about 900m from the closest point of the pulp mill project, is abandoned as a result of construction activities. All properties are required to be protected in perpetuity (the wedge-tailed eagle offset is only require
