Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone: ecological characteristics, sensitivities to change, and monitoring and reporting techniques

About this document

This report is one in a series of three reports focused on the Temperate Highland Peat Swamps on Sandstone (THPSS) ecological community and longwall coal mining.

The THPSS is listed as a threatened ecological community under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

This report captures the findings of a research project that:

• provided a hydrological and geological characterisation of the peat swamp communities
• modelled the sensitivity of the swamps to changes in the surface and groundwater flows, and changes in water quality, caused by longwall mining
• advised on the development of a monitoring and reporting approach to detect the potential impacts of longwall mining on the swamps

This report was prepared using information that was publicly available as of early 2013.

Further information

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