2016-06-07 - Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

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COUNCIL POLICY - ENVIRONMENT LEVY POLICY
“Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation Ltd" refers to the company limited by guarantee
governed by the Constitution of Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation Ltd.
“Strategic Biodiversity Corridors” are broad tracts of vegetated, cleared and partly cleared land,
extending across the Noosa landscape that consolidate or connect core habitat, and can occur
across private and/or public land.

FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION AGREEMENTS
e   Areas on subject land can remain exempt from the Voluntary Conservation Agreement and
    can be used for other purposes (e.g. grazing, orchards, open space).
e   AVCA does not grant any public right of access to the land.
e   AVCAis entirely voluntary.
e   AVCA takes account of the needs and circumstances of the landholder.
e   VCAs provide significant incentives for the landholder to contribute to biodiversity in the Noosa
    Shire.
e   Properties that have conservation covenants may be available for grants and other funding
    from state and federal governments.

RELATED POLICIES AND LEGISLATION
e   Local Government Act 2009.
e   Existing Biodiversity Strategies and Pest Management Plans.
e   Biodiversity Overlay and associated provisions-The Noosa Plan planning scheme for Noosa
    Shire
e   Qld Environmental Offsets Policy 2014
e   Vegetation Management Act 1999
e   Nature Conservation Act 1992
e   Land Act 1994

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