2020-01-16 OM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 1 - Draft SEQ Koala Conservation Strategy 2019-2024

                                                           DRAFT South East Queensland Koala Conservation Strategy 2019–2024




The Queensland Government intends to implement             Map E illustrates the proposed Koala Conservation
regulatory amendments to ensure KPA have the               Plan map, including the location of the KPA, koala
strictest clearing controls and are a focus for            habitat areas, and locally refined koala habitat
restoration actions to enhance existing protected          areas and encompasses both urban and rural koala
habitat. The regulatory amendments will also               populations.
protect koala habitat that is outside KPA.
                                                           The Koala Conservation Plan map has been
The regulatory amendments will also provide                released for community feedback. The map is
details of specific exemptions for the controls on         based on the new modelling for koala habitat areas,
clearing koala habitat. Development will only be           and incorporates locally refined koala habitat
exempt from the controls on clearing koala habitat         areas, which have been nominated for protection in
if it meets one of the specific exemptions.                several local government areas.

Both vegetation and koala habitat maps will
be updated annually, allowing the Queensland
Government to accurately identify the best quality
koala habitat and track changes over time while
also giving landholders certainty.




Map C: Pre-clearing koala habitat by suitability (1960s)   Map D: Remaining extent of remnant and high-value regrowth
                                                           koala habitat by suitability

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