2022-05-10 P&E Committee Agenda - Item 5 - Attachment 1 - DRAFT - Noosa Threatened Fauna species Recovery Road Map

6.        Delivery
This Road Map now places Council in a position where the appropriate scientific justification, planning and
consultation mechanisms are in place to implement Strategy 1.3 of the NES. Council’s foremost organisational
commitments to Strategy 1.3 are;

     ➢ ‘Significant implementation actions for the first 3 years’
     ➢ ‘Ensure populations of key threatened indicator species remain viable’


6.1       Threatened species recovery and conservation strategies
6.1.1     Case Study – Noosa Council Koala Conservation Plan

As an example, Noosa Council has been pro-active in ensuring regional populations koalas remain viable into the
future through the development and implementation of the Noosa Shire Koala Conservation Plan 2016. The
twenty-seven point action plan works together with community and various stakeholders to ensure that koalas
remain an essential component of Noosa’s biodiversity.


6.1.2     Approach - species recovery and conservation plans

The development of species recovery and conservation plans are a scientifically accepted, and widely adopted
method to implement threatened species conservation (DES 2021). As well as habitat conservation at the broad
landscape level, some species will also require interventions at the site level to address threating processes (e.g.
climate change). Threatened species recovery and conservation plans will be developed and implemented for the
Noosa Nine.


6.2       Development and implementation
Typical elements within a species recovery and conservation plan include;

     ➢   Review of species biology, ecology, and distribution
     ➢   Consolidation of available population baseline monitoring data
     ➢   Identification of key habitat requirements of the species
     ➢   Identify the current and future threating processes likely to impact species viability
     ➢   Review of previous and current management strategies
     ➢   Consultation with relevant stakeholders (external agencies and community groups)
             o It is intended to undertake a consultation program with external stakeholders, including key
                  conservation groups. Consultation plans will be developed in accordance with Council’s templates
                  and distributed internally for review.
     ➢   The identification of any social or economic considerations
     ➢   Joint development and implementation of monitoring programs and management actions
     ➢   Development and measurement of key performance indicators (longitudinal monitoring programs).
     ➢   The periodic review (and potential improvement) of the recovery and conservation plan.