2020-09-14 GC Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Noosa River Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project Annual Report No. 1

                                                                         Australia - Global Ecology and
                                                                         Conservation

                                                                         1 TNC-orchestrated interview
                                                                         between the project manager
                                                                         and Noosa Today

                                                                         1 positive media story in Noosa
                                                                         Today:

                                                                         200708 Noosa Today - Oysters
                                                                         for the river not the menu

                                                                         Additional:
                                                                         In response to COVID-19, and in
                                                                         compliance with TNC and
                                                                         government COVID-19
                                                                         restrictions, community
                                                                         engagement actions beyond the
                                                                         above have been principally via
                                                                         extensive stakeholder meetings
                                                                         and phone calls between the
                                                                         Project Manager and key
                                                                         stakeholders. These are reported
                                                                         under the ‘Stakeholder
                                                                         Engagement’ section.

                                                                         The project team is currently
                                                                         refining the Communications
                                                                         Plan to adapt to the ongoing
                                                                         COVID-19 situation and to
                                                                         provide more creative avenues
                                                                         of informing the community
                                                                         about the project.

                                                                         The project has been invited to
                                                                         several community forums, but
                                                                         these have been delayed due to
                                                                         COVID-19 restrictions, as groups
                                                                         seek to adapt alternative
                                                                         engagement models.

                                                                         Community participation is being
                                                                         designed as part of the project
                                                                         monitoring, oyster gardening
                                                                         and Shuck Don’t Chuck programs.
(A1.5) Annual project         3 six monthly      First        Achieved   The first six monthly report was
reports and final report      status updates     Report: 31              submitted to the Noosa TAG for
each of which address, at a   submitted     to   January                 review and then to TNC and
minimum:                      Noosa Council      2020                    Noosa Council.




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