Meeting papers

Attachment 1 - Year Three (2021/2022) Summary of progress against actions of the Environment Strategy Implementation Plan.


Enabling Actions                            Status   Progress comments
                                                           direct engagement and facilitating circular economies. Council investment of
                                                           $185,400 over three years.
                                                     -     Hinterland Rural Extension Program, delivered by Mary River Catchment
                                                           Coordinating Committee, also focuses on private land riparian remediation. Council
                                                           investment of $105,000 over three years.
                                                     Organisations that received operational support from the Environment Organisation
                                                     Alliance Grants in the 21/22 FY period include:
                                                     -     Wildlife Noosa;
                                                     -     Noosa Integrated Catchment Association (NICA);
                                                     -     Noosa & District Landcare;
                                                     -     Noosa Environmental Education Hub (NEEH);
                                                     -     Zero Emissions Noosa (ZEN) Inc.;
                                                     -     Wildcare Noosa;
                                                     -     Mary River Catchment Coordinating Committee (MRCCC); and
                                                     -     Flying-fox Rescue Release Noosa Inc.
B. Implement an Environment &                        The intent of this Noosa Environment Strategy enabling action is to transition from informal
   Sustainability Roundtable to provide a            stakeholder engagements to a more formal mechanism for providing input to Council’s key
   mechanism for local community groups,             environmental initiatives. Disruptions to normal operations and staffing due to COVID
   government stakeholders and experts to            limited progress toward this enabling action in the 21/22 FY.
   have input into the development of
                                                     Meetings with key local Natural Resource Management groups were conducted to share
   Council policy.
                                                     program information. In addition, the Noosa River Stakeholder Advisory Committee and the
                                                     Climate Change Response Community Advisory Group continue to provide opportunity for
                                                     stakeholder input into development of Council Policy.
                                                     Implementation of the formal Environment & Sustainability Round Table will be further
                                                     considered in the next financial year.




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