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timber per year upon any one property, even if no commercial wood is produced (FPB 2002). On vulnerable land, a FPP is required for any forest practice, unless it meets specific circumstances outlined in the Forest Practices Regulations.
FPPs are subject to specific management prescriptions for threatened species, which are delivered via the Threatened Fauna Adviser decision support system (FPA 2014). The management prescriptions developed for the giant freshwater crayfish are based on recommended actions delivered through the Threatened Fauna Adviser, and any supplementary specialist advice, and are in addition to the general requirements of the soil and water provisions of the Forest Practices Code. Areas reserved for threatened species purposes become vulnerable land upon expiry of the FPP. Any proposed future clearing or harvesting on such vulnerable land retained for the conservation of threatened species, such as the giant freshwater crayfish, requires a Forest Practices Plan, and is therefore provided a measure of security into the future (Forest Practices Act 1985).
Over the past decade a number of improvements have been made to the Forest Practices Code in response to the outcomes of research into the impact of forestry on streams and stream biota, particularly in relation to provisions for headwater (Class 3 and 4) streams. The general provisions of the Forest Practices Code for the management of soil and water also contribute to the mitigation of forestry impacts to the habitat of threatened species. Improvements designed to mitigate impacts of forestry operations on streams and associated biota include:
       * Introduction of statewide headwater stream protection (Class 4 stream guidelines) in 2004, to manage erosion risk and sedimentation (McIntosh 2004; McIntosh et al. 2005).

       * Introduction of minimum 10 m reserves (on either side of stream) in 2002, for headwater streams with suitable habitat for giant freshwater crayfish (FPB 2002).

       * Introduction of 30 m stream-side reserves (on either side of stream) in 2002, for headwater streams with a known locality for giant freshwater crayfish within two kilometres downstream (FPB 2002).

       * Introduction of minimum 30 m reserves (on either side of stream) in 2010, for headwater streams with high suitable potential habitat of juvenile giant freshwater crayfish irrespective of a known locality being present (Davies et al. 2005, 2007; FPA 2013, 2014).

       * Introduction of constraints on the maximum size of coupes on steep land to less than 51 ha.

       * The dispersal of individual coupes (Forest Practices Code 2000), rather than dispersal of aggregates of coupes (Forest Practices Code 1993).

       * Introduction of constraints on harvest area in sensitive catchments.
Guidelines are also available with recommended management practices for works in waterways (Gallagher 2003) and to protect and rehabilitate riparian zones on agricultural land (Munks 1996; Hamlet