2020-02-11 P&E Agenda - Item 5 - Attachment 2 - Draft Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020

 Climate change Impact                             Invasive       species Adaptation response
 pressure                                          response
 Ecological
 Increased            Loss of biodiversity         Certain fire dependant      Fire dependant invasive species
 temperature          through more frequent        invasive species can        are rated as a high priority for
                      and severe wildfires         dominate           native   management            within the
                                                   species after fire.         prioritisation table.
                                                   Tropical weed species       Ecosystems that are susceptible
                                                   expected to expand          to the impacts of wildfire, such as
                                                   their range to SEQ          rainforest, are managed as fire
                                                                               exclusion areas.
 More severe flood    Erosion    of     riparian   Greater opportunity for     Riparian buffer areas          are
 events               areas                        invasive species to         restored on a priority basis
                                                   invade areas impacted
                                                   by erosion
 Sea level rise       Salt water inundation        Encourages           salt   Allow space for ecosystem
                                                   tolerant species            transitional movement through
                                                                               planning scheme protections and
                                                                               environment levy land purchases
 More severe storm    Storm    damage         to   Reduced canopy cover        Assess through Bio-condition
 events               vegetation                   provides         greater    Assessments and remediate
                                                   opportunity for invasive    based on priorities identified in
                                                   species    to     invade    the Biodiversity Assessment
                                                   understory                  Report 2016
 Prolonged drought    Loss of biodiversity         Drought         tolerant    Drought       tolerant   invasive
                                                   invasive        species     species are rated as a high
                      Changes                 to
                                                   outcompete        native    priority for management within
                      groundwater
                                                   species                     the prioritisation table
                      hydrology.
                      Alteration of flowering
                      patterns
 Economic
 Increased            Reduced crop yield           More         favourable     Landowners are encouraged to
 temperature                                       conditions for some         manage invasive species that
                                                   invasive species to         respond    to    temperature
                                                   invade     crop    and      extremes
                                                   pasture areas
 More severe flood    Soil    erosion        and   Weed species invade         Landowners are encouraged to
 events               saturation                   disturbed areas             minimise soil erosion through
                                                                               land management practices
 Prolonged drought    Soil exposure                Greater opportunity for     Landowners are encouraged to
                                                   some weed species to        apply soil conservation practices.
                      Potential overgrazing
                                                   dominate
 Community
 Increased            Potential health issues      Conditions may favour       Asthma causing invasive species
 temperature    and   such as asthma               asthma         causing      are a high priority within the
 dry conditions                                    invasive species            prioritisation table

Table 3. Climate change pressures and adaptive management responses




Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020                                                                               Page 15