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

       Action area 3: Habitat restoration for koalas
       KEP objective: Strategic and landscape-scale koala habitat restoration

        KEP recommendation                           2018 government response
        3a) Resource greater investment in           •   The Queensland Government will invest in koala habitat restoration and provide incentives to
        koala habitat restoration, focused               private landholders to restore koala habitat, including through the recently announced Land
        primarily in identified priority areas for       Restoration Fund.
        koalas.                                      •   The Queensland Government will work with NGOs and community groups to restore koala
                                                         habitat in important koala conservation areas.
                                                     •   In partnership with local government, NGOs and community groups, explore opportunities to
                                                         appoint dedicated extension officers.
                                                     •   The Queensland Government will restore koala habitat on state-owned land including the
                                                         protected area estate.
        3b) Review and modify the Offsets            •   The Queensland Government will identify priority areas for the strategic placement of
        Policy and associated regulation.                environmental offsets for koala habitat.
                                                     •   The Queensland Government will investigate appropriate mechanisms, including the
                                                         environmental offsets framework, to deliver koala related offsets in priority areas.
                                                     •   The Queensland Government will facilitate advanced offsets for koala habitat.
                                                     •   The Queensland Government will consider barriers to the delivery of offsets, cost effectiveness,
                                                         enforcement, monitoring and transparent delivery as part of its review of the offsets framework
                                                         and strategic assessment.
                                                     •   The Queensland Government will identify unnecessary barriers to the delivery, enforcement and
                                                         monitoring of offsets, and increase transparency and cost effectiveness in offset delivery.
                                                     •   The Queensland Government will improve financial settlement offsets for koala habitat and
                                                         remove unnecessary complexities associated with offset delivery as part of its review of the
                                                         offsets framework and strategic assessment.
                                                     •   The Queensland Government will work with local landholders, state landholders and offset
                                                         providers to deliver cost effective koala related offsets.
                                                     •   The Queensland Government will work with partners to design and implement a new system to
                                                         improve coordination, reporting and monitoring.

       Early action
       The Queensland Government has already:
       •       mapped Koala Restoration Areas for strategic placement of habitat restoration investment and
               environmental offsets
       •       established a partnership with the Queensland Trust for Nature to restore approximately
               1000 ha of koala habitat in SEQ
       •       prepared amendments to the Queensland Environmental Offsets Policy to align with new
               mapping and koala conservation objectives.

       2019–2024 potential future action
       3.1     Further invest in a Koala Habitat Restoration Program.
       3.2     Strategically identify offset locations through new restoration mapping.
       3.3     Restore habitat on state land in partnership with non-government organisations.
       3.4     Collaborate to deliver offsets and enhance habitat with local governments, landholders and
               land managers.




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