Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00253:clause:8_5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025L00253
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 8 cl 5 (pt 2/6)
Character Range: 13355–16099

meaning given by section 7.
forecast aggregate contribution to biodiversity persistence score for the project has the meaning given by Schedule 8.
forecast aggregate ecosystem condition score, for a project, has the meaning given by Schedule 8.
forecast contribution to biodiversity persistence score for an activity area has the meaning given by Schedule 8.
forecast ecosystem condition score, for an activity area has the meaning given by Schedule 8.
forest means land of a minimum area of 0.2 hectares on which trees and shrubs:
 (a) have attained, or have the potential to attain, a crown cover of at least 20% across the area of land; and
 (b) have reached, or have the potential to reach, a height of at least 2 metres.

       forest cover—land has forest cover if the vegetation on the land includes trees and shrubs that:
          (a) are 2 metres or more in height; and
          (b) provide crown cover of at least 20% of the land.

       forest cover potential—land has forest cover potential if it is likely to be able to support trees and shrubs that:
 (a) are from the reference ecosystem identified as applicable for the land; and
 (b) are over 2m in height and provide crown cover equal to or greater than 20%, defined at the 0.2 hectare scale.
ground layer means the assemblage of grasses and other herbaceous vascular plants, woody plants less than 1 metre tall and vines (woody and non-woody) whose highest point is within 1 metre of the land surface, but does not include cryptogamic soil crusts and non-vascular plants such as mosses.
IBRA subregion means a subregion defined by the Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) landscape classification framework version 7.0, as in effect at the relevant time (whether or not it is also an eligible region listed in Schedule 1).
Note: The IBRA could, in 2024, be viewed on the Department's website (https://www.dcceew.gov.au)
indicator:
 (a) for the ecosystem condition of an area, has the meaning given by section 11; and
 (b) for a culturally significant entity, means an indicator for the entity nominated in the project plan in accordance with subsection 41(3).
indicator or sub-indicator for the ecosystem condition of an area, has the meaning given by section 11.
Indigenous data means data or other information, in any format or medium, that:
 (a) is about or may affect Aboriginal persons or Torres Strait Islanders, either individually or collectively; or
 (b) is generated as a result of using Indigenous knowledge or values.
Note: This definition follows section 6 of the BAI.
local area, in relation to an activity area or sub-area and its reference ecosystem, means any area of land that:
 (a) is within the same IBRA subregion as the activity