2016-12-12 General Committee - Attachment 1 to Item 9 - NBRF Annual Report

QUARTERLY REPORT TO COUNCIL – Q1 FY 2017



   4.2 Emerging Programs – being built into FY 2017 Plans

   Funding currently to hand for consideration in FY 2017:


   Net Grant surplus available (after ongoing commitments)
                                                                   80,000
   as at 1 July 2016

   FY 2017 Grant Funding received Q1 2016                          250,000

                                                                              $320,000
   Funding currently available


   Long Term Community Engagement

   NBRF Directors are aware that for success and longevity the activities it supports need to
   be in the community and be community driven. Experience has shown that driving projects
   with a ‘top-down’ approach tends to have a higher casualty rate. Recognising the
   community’s history and achievements in driving its conservation objectives, we see the
   Foundation as primarily a funding facilitator and we will align our objectives with community
   aspirations.

   Advocacy

   We also see the NBRF as having an advocacy role on behalf of the community and
   community associations.

   In this ‘advocacy role’ we responded to the State Government’s Green Paper on fisheries
   management reform outlining the objectives we believe the community would seek to
   achieve through reform, including:

      -   Encouraging indigenous engagement;
      -   Restoring and securing Fish abundance in the Noosa River and lakes;
      -   improving viability for commercial fishers in the river and lakes system and in Laguna
          Bay;
      -   establishing the right conditions for higher catch rates for recreational fishers; and
      -   engendering community pride in its rehabilitated river and lakes system.

   Population Pressures

   We are conscious too of the pressures that will develop on the natural environment from
   projected population increases in the SE Queensland region. Careful management will be
   essential if repeat over-exploitation of the rehabilitated river and lakes system is to be
   avoided.


   Sanctuaries and Corridors

   These population increases will also have implications for terrestrial wildlife biodiversity in
   the Noosa Biosphere Reserve, and the Foundation is considering initiatives generated in
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