Department of Environment and Science (DES) Landscape Fragmentation and Connectivity (LFC) Tool version 1.7 LOGFILE Process started at 22-06-2026 09:46:33 AM Python version: 3.13.7 | packaged by Anaconda, Inc. | (main, Sep 11 2025, 16:13:29) [MSC v.1938 64 bit (AMD64)] Arcpy version: 3.6.4 Username: tstringer INPUT PARAMETERS Output Workspace: R:\GIS\Geomatics_Shared\Scripts\MSES_MNES\4_LFC\Arrow\OutputArrow Threshold lookup table: R:\GIS\Geomatics_Shared\Scripts\MSES_MNES\4_LFC\Arrow\LFC_data.gdb\tbl_Regional_frag_local_threshold Remnant cover layer: R:\GIS\Geomatics_Shared\Scripts\MSES_MNES\4_LFC\Arrow\LFC_data.gdb\ArrowRegVeg Cover layer metadata title:Regulated vegetation management map - version 5.0 Remnant cover layer edited: False Regional buffer extent: 20 kilometres Local buffer will be: 5 kilometres Impact layer: R:\GIS\Geomatics_Shared\Scripts\MSES_MNES\4_LFC\Disturbance\New File Geodatabase.gdb\Disturbance layer projection: GDA2020 Raster cell resolution for analysis: 10 metres Edge Width: 50 metres (The distance from non-remnant landscapes through to the core ecosystem - the edge of remnant ecosystems) Default projection: \\VDC12EUCFSX01.CH4.COM.AU\Apps\GIS\Geomatics_Shared\Scripts\MSES_MNES\4_LFC\scripts_Toolbox\lfc_v2p01_arcpro\GDA 2020 Queensland AlbersOFFSET.prj 09:46:34 Checking out the spatial analyst tool - required for LFC 09:46:34 ____________BEGINNING LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION AND CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS___________ 09:46:34 This tool will categorise the landscape into: {0: 'non-rem', 1: 'patch', 2: 'edge', 3: 'perforated', 4: 'core (< 100 hectares)', 5: 'core (100-500 hectares)', 6: 'core (> 500 hectares)', 7: 'water'} 09:46:36 R:\GIS\Geomatics_Shared\Scripts\MSES_MNES\4_LFC\Arrow\OutputArrow\lyr_file does not exist, creating it now. 09:46:36 Copying across impact site feature(s) and calculating area in hectares (AreaHA) 09:46:48 Making a local copy of the impact site 09:47:20 Preparing remnant cover layer for analysis 09:47:37 Created regional scale buffer of 20 kilometres 09:48:04 Created local scale buffer of 5 kilometres 09:48:36 Clipped the remnant cover to the regional buffer extent 09:48:51 Unioned the pre impact remnant layer with the impact site 09:49:08 Attributed the impact area as cleared 09:49:09 Area of RVM Cat B clearing is 364.68 hectares 09:49:09 SQL selection used is RVM_CAT = 'B' and Landcover = 0 on shapefile R:\GIS\Geomatics_Shared\Scripts\MSES_MNES\4_LFC\Arrow\OutputArrow\LFC_result.gdb\clip_remcover_post 09:49:09 Categorised the cover attributes in clip_remcover_pre ready for raster conversion 09:50:00 Converted clip_remcover_pre to raster 09:50:04 Categorised the cover attributes in clip_remcover_post ready for raster conversion 09:51:00 Converted clip_remcover_post to raster 09:51:00 Run Landscape fragmentation analysis on the pre impact regional landscape REGULATED VEGETATION TYPES BEING EXTRACTED FROM LAND COVER IDENTIFYING OF CORE, PATCH, EDGE AND PERFORATIONS COMBINING FRAGMENTATION CLASSES CLASSIFYING CORE FOREST PATCHES BY AREA COMPOSING FINAL FRAGMENTATION MAP FINISHED: COMPOSING FINAL FRAGMENTATION MAP (FRAGMENTATION CALCULATION TIME WAS 29.2 MINUTES) 10:21:52 Run Landscape fragmentation analysis on the post impact regional landscape REGULATED VEGETATION TYPES BEING EXTRACTED FROM LAND COVER IDENTIFYING OF CORE, PATCH, EDGE AND PERFORATIONS COMBINING FRAGMENTATION CLASSES CLASSIFYING CORE FOREST PATCHES BY AREA COMPOSING FINAL FRAGMENTATION MAP FINISHED: COMPOSING FINAL FRAGMENTATION MAP (FRAGMENTATION CALCULATION TIME WAS 31.1 MINUTES) 10:54:42 Extracting a local subset of lfc_regional_pre_impact 10:55:38 Extracting a local subset of lfc_regional_post_impact 10:56:35 Collating pre and post impact statistics and trigger assessment 10:56:35 Summarising area statistics for: lfc_local_pre_impact 10:56:36 Summarising area statistics for: lfc_local_post_impact 10:56:36 Summarising area statistics for: lfc_regional_pre_impact 10:56:40 Summarising patch count for lfc_local_pre_impact 10:57:09 Summarising patch count for lfc_local_post_impact Analysing impact on Connectivity Areas SIGNIFICANCE TEST ONE The regional total area is 311128.37 The regional extent of core remnant is 138220.13 The regional extent of core remnant is 44.43 percent This level of regional fragmentation sets a local impact threshold of: 10.0 percent The table below lists the local impact thresholds for categories of regional core remnant extent: REGIONAL CORE CATEGORY LOCAL IMPACT THRESHOLD < 10 2.0 10 - 30 5.0 30 - 50 10.0 50 - 70 20.0 70 - 90 30.0 >90 50.0 Area of core at the local scale (pre impact): 42972.68 Area of core at the local scale (post impact): 42103.46 Percent change of core at the local scale (post impact): 2.02 percent SIGNIFICANCE TEST TWO The number of core remnant areas occurring on the site: 23 The number of core remnant areas remaining on the site post impact: 23 (Only core polygons greater than or equal to 1 hectare are included) RESULT 10:58:35 This analysis has determined any impact on connectivity areas is NOT significant (A significant reduction in core remnant at the local scale is False OR a change from core to non-core remnant at the site scale is False) The significance table has been written to: ..\main_output\lfc_significance_assessment.csv The local scale summary table has been written to: ..\main_output\lfc_local_scale_summary.csv The site scale summary table has been written to: ..\main_output\lfc_site_scale_summary.csv GIS layer files copied into folder \lyr_file within the project folder. View layers in ArcPro using..\R:\GIS\Geomatics_Shared\Scripts\MSES_MNES\4_LFC\Arrow\OutputArrow\lyr_file\Connectivity Area Impact Assessment.lyrx Please scrutinise the output tables and spatial layers to confirm the desktop modelling of connectivity area impact This analysis used an unedited copy of the Regulated Vegetation layer. 11:05:29 ____________COMPLETED LANDSCAPE FRAGMENTATION AND CONNECTIVITY ANALYSIS___________