REVISED POLICY GUIDELINES- PRIVATE LAND CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS · Revised Policy Guidelines - Private Land Conservation Partnerships - track changes

DEFINITIONS
“Biodiversity” refers to the variety of all life forms - all the different plants, animals and micro-organisms, and
the ecosystems of which they are a part.
“Conservation Land Guideline” is a mapping methodology to identify environmentally significant land for
potential acquisition or for private land conservation outcomes.
“Core Protected Areas” are large biodiverse areas that consist collectively of public land already under
conservation protection such as National Park, Bushland Reserves and Nature Refuges.
“Environment” refers to the use of the word to describe the natural (not man-made) environment of the
region and includes the natural ecological systems of air, water, soil and associated species of flora and fauna.
“Environment Levy” refers to a Levy raised by Noosa Council (in accordance with section 94 of the
Queensland Local Government Act 2009), on all rateable properties within its jurisdiction, in order to meet the
objectives in this policy.
“Biodiversity Corridors” are broad tracts of vegetated, cleared and partly cleared land, extending across the
Noosa landscape that consolidate or connect core habitat, and can occur across private and/or public land.
RELEVANT LEGISLATION

Noosa Council Environment Levy Policy 2018
Qld Environmental Offsets Policy 2014
Qld Land Act 1994
Qld Nature Conservation Act 1992
Qld Planning Act 2016
Qld Vegetation Management Act 1999

Version control:
 Version       Reason/ Trigger                 Change (Y/N)   Endorsed/ Reviewed by        Date

 1.0           Create new                                     Council                      20/09/2018

 2.0           Revision                        Y              Council                      16/01/2020