2019-02-18 GC Agenda Att 1 to Item 8 - Draft Environment Strategy

Theme 2 - Waterways, Wetlands and Coasts
Goal: By 2030 waterways, wetlands and coasts are healthy, resilient to change and valued by the community.
 Strategy 2.1: Maintain & improve the health of waterways, wetlands & catchments
 Targets                                       Baseline                                        How we will measure progress
 Target: By 2030, the Noosa River and Mary     In 2018, the Noosa River catchment achieved     Council will continue to support and participate in
 River sub-catchments within Noosa Shire       an A- (excellent condition) assessment rating   the annual Healthy Land & Water monitoring
 achieve an A rating (or equivalent) for their for ecosystem health under the Healthy Land     program.
 environmental health.                         and Water monitoring program.
                                                                                               Mary River sub-catchment:
                                               A baseline for the Mary River sub-catchments       1. A baseline and report card will be
                                               within Noosa Shire is to be developed similar         developed in 2020
                                               to the Healthy Land and Water monitoring           2. Each year the Mary River sub-catchment
                                               framework.                                            report card will be reviewed
 2.2 Protect and enhance coastal environments and vegetated buffers to coastal foreshores
 By 2030, the extent of vegetated buffers is   Existing mapping of vegetation extent of      Every 2 years review mapping of vegetation extent
 maintained and there is improved diversity of coastal foreshores.                           of coastal foreshores.
 coastal ecosystems.
                                               Mapping of seagrass in the Noosa River
                                                                                             Every 2 years measure and map seagrass extent.
                                               Reef survey have been undertaken on
                                               nearshore reefs in 2010 and 2011.               Every five years, survey of nearshore reef
                                                                                               biodiversity.
                                               In 2016, the Noosa Biodiversity Assessment
                                               Report mapped the extent and abundance of       Every 5 years updated regional ecosystem
                                               regional ecosystems.                            mapping will be used to identify changes in the
                                                                                               number and extent of coastal regional ecosystems.

                                                                                           Condition assessments of coastal reserves will be
                                                                                           undertaken, using methodology of the Queensland
                                                                                           Herbarium BioCondition Assessment Framework.
 Strategy 2.3: Waterways and coasts are managed to protect environmental values while enabling sustainable public access, recreation
 and commercial use
 Target: By 2030, Noosa has a sustainable  A baseline will be developed, similar to work   A biennial survey of recreational fishers and catch
 fisheries and increased opportunity for   undertaken elsewhere in Queensland, for the     times will be conducted.
 recreational fishing.                     numbers of hours taken for recreational fishers
                                           to catch a legal-sized fish.

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