2018-06-12 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   12 JUNE 2018




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                        12 JUNE 2018

     Funding Deed
     BETWEEN
     Noosa Shire Council (Council)
     AND
     Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation Ltd (NBRF)

     1    TERM
     a)   The term of this Deed commences on 1 July 2018 and continuesguntil 30th June
          2021, or at such time as either party resolves to terminate the Deeds
     b)   Onor about 1 July 2021, Council may consider entering into@ newfunding deed to
          extend the period of funding, subject to its annual budget considerations and
           performance outcomes relative to this Deed.

     2     PROGRAM
     NBRF must carry out activities to achieve the objectstof the NBRF Gompany and the
     purposes of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve Trust (the Trust) which are for the public
     charitable purposes of protecting and enhancing the natural.environment and for contributing
     to the realisation of the aims of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Program.
     a)   “The principal purposes of the Trustare:
          i)   Advancing the conservation ‘and enhancement of a significant aspect of the
               natural environment, being the natural ecosystems and biodiversity of the Noosa
               Biosphere Reserve; and
          li)  Advancing environmental research, education and information about a significant
               aspect of the natural environment, being the Noosa Biosphere Reserve.
     b)    In seeking to achieve the principal purposes of the Public Trust, the Trust may, without
          limitation:
            i)  Foster economic and human development that is environmentally and socially
                sustainable and,culturally appropriate;
            i) @Develop. and implement a management plan for the Noosa Biosphere Reserve
                that Is aligned with the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Program and Australian
                Biosphere Réserve Management Principles’.
            iii) Monitor performance of the Noosa Biosphere Reserve and its reporting to
                UNESCO and the Noosa community.
     Note:
     In respect to the Trust purposes clauses b) ii) and iii) the development of an NBR Plan of
     Management andeporting obligations to UNESCO will be managed by Council in
     collaboration with the Foundation and other stakeholders.

      Australian Biosphere Reserve Management Principles only apply to reserves managed by the
     Federal Government and do not apply to the Noosa Biosphere Reserve.

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