2019-12-10 P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - NBRF Annual Report 2018-19

7. PROGRESS ON NEW “BIG IDEAS”


Through consultation with key stakeholders across Noosa, including project partners and experts inside and
outside the Noosa Biosphere Reserve, we developed four key priority areas – marine, land, wildlife, and people
and economy.

In November last year the Board began to workshop the 54 expressions of interest received from the 2017/18
grant round, each slotted into a priority area. Month by month the Directors researched the feasability of every
proposal, and by process of elimination, they have a selection of new “big ideas” which will be further explored.


 LAND                         WILDLIFE                     MARINE                       PEOPLE & ECONOMY
 Pandanus Protection -        Koala Integration            Bring Back the Fish          Data Collection &
 Phase 2                                                   • Oyster Diversity           Management
                                                           • Toxins in Benthic
                                                               Layer
 Restoration from Green       Glossy Black Recovery        Improved Shark Protection Schools/Education
 Waste                        Project                      – Marine Species          • Noosa Environmental
                                                           Preservation                 Education Hub
                                                                                     • The Biosphere in
                                                                                        Action
 Coastal Care & Bush Care


Pandanus Protection - Phase 2

Phase 2 of the Pandanus Preservation project entails educational materials to upskill Bush Care, Council and
QPWS workers and the general public in pandanus preservation methods. There are 3 funding options to this
proposal:

1. Community & Coastal Manager Education/Training Video Episodes

Episode titles:

  1. Pandanus tectorius-why are they so important for coastal ecosystem biodiversity?
  2. The Pandanus Plant Hopper, its primary predator, an egg parasitoid wasp and other pest insects and
     beneficial predators.
  3. Pandanus dieback- Leaf stripping what, why, how, when
  4. Coastal ecosystem function (Critically endangered EPBC act listed Coastal Rainforest and Littoral Vine
     Thicket Communities in the Noosa Shire.
  5. Fire exclusion in Coastal Ecosystems- Guidelines, justifications, exceptions.

2. Research into Dieback Contributing Pathogens and Insects of Interest

Works would involve:

  •   Collecting and preservation of the many arthropod species
  •   Documenting data collection and relative lifecycle/ ecological observations
  •   Captive rearing and pinning insects for museum and other various collections
  •   Forwarding specimens to relative specialists

3. Report: Pandanus Tectorius of Eastern Australia - Sustainable Management


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