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

                               * As and if
                               requested by
                               Noosa Council
(A5.6) Promote Noosa           1+ presentations    30 June   When able   All relevant conferences are
Council’s Noosa River Plan     given at national   2022                  currently suspended or cancelled
and shellfish restoration      conference/s                              due to COVID-19.
project in at least one        over 3 years
national and one                                                         The Noosa River Plan will be
international conference.      1+ presentations                          promoted once finalised.
                               given at
                               international
                               conference/s
                               over 3 years

(A5.7) Promote Noosa           1+ New              30 June   On track    TNC forged a new relationship
Council’s Noosa River Plan     corporate/          2022                  with the Department of
and shellfish restoration      government/                               Environment and Science (DES),
project to corporate,          philanthropic                             who has expressed support for
philanthropic and              alliances formed                          the Noosa oyster project.
state/federal government
audiences to establish         1+ New in-kind                            TNC sits on the Department of
further support for            support/financial                         Environment and Science (DES)
conservation activities that   funding                                   Oyster Reef Restoration and
support the Noosa River        contributions                             Adaptation Working Group,
Plan                           secured                                   which aims to advise a new
                                                                         policy framework for oyster
                                                                         restoration.

                                                                         TNC formed a new relationship
                                                                         with the Department of
                                                                         Agriculture and Fisheries for the
                                                                         purpose of progressing the
                                                                         Noosa project.

                                                                         TNC is formally discussing
                                                                         funding proposals with the
                                                                         Australian Government and
                                                                         Queensland Government to
                                                                         support oyster restoration work
                                                                         in Noosa and South East
                                                                         Queensland more broadly.

(A5.8) Assess feasibility of   1 Habitat           30 June   On track    TNC has contracted Ecological
seagrass restoration in        mapping report,     2022                  Service Professionals Pty Ltd to
Lake Cooroibah as a            habitat                                   develop a map of seagrass beds
method of reducing             suitability                               in the Noosa River estuary
sediment resuspension          model, PhD                                including in Lake Cooroibah.
and increasing                 study or similar
invertebrate biodiversity      output                                    TNC is discussing seagrass
                               completed and                             restoration research options




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