Strategic Offset Policy and Biodiversity Offset Guidelines · Attachment 2 - Noosa Biodiversity Offset Guideline Final

ORGANISATIONAL GUIDELINE - Biodiversity Offsets


Noosa Shire                 The local government area administered by Noosa Council,
                            encompassing the communities, landscapes, waterways, and
                            natural environments located within its legally defined boundaries.
Offset Delivery Plan        A documented plan that outlines how a biodiversity offset will be
                            established, managed, implemented and maintained to achieve the
                            required ecological outcomes.
Offsets Program             Ecological compensation activities that aim to mitigate losses of a
                            biodiversity feature (i.e. a particular species, assemblage, or
                            ecosystem) because of unavoidable development.
Other Effective Area-       Geographically defined areas that are governed and managed in
Based Conservation          ways that achieve sustained and effective long-term conservation
Measures (OECMs)            of biodiversity, regardless of whether conservation is the primary
                            management objective
Proponent-driven            Offsets delivered by, or on behalf of the proponent. This can
Offsets                     include delivery of the offset by a third party through a contract
                            between the proponent and an offset provider
Regional Ecosystem          A vegetation community in a bioregion that is consistently
                            associated with a particular combination of geology, landform and
                            soil, as defined under Queensland's regional ecosystem
                            framework.
Regrowth Native             Native vegetation that has naturally regenerated or been re-
Vegetation                  established following disturbance and is not classified as remnant
                            vegetation.
Remnant Vegetation          Native vegetation forming an ecosystem that is mapped or defined
                            as remnant vegetation under applicable Queensland legislation and
                            regional ecosystem mapping.
Stacked Biodiversity        Land-based conservation or restoration activities that generate
Offsets                     multiple environmental credits—typically biodiversity and carbon—
                            from the same area of land, where each credit represents a distinct
                            ecological value and is accounted for separately
Successful                  Minimum establishment maintenance period required to achieve
Establishment               successful establishment, being the point at which the planting no
                            longer requires active maintenance for survival. The minimum
                            establishment maintenance period and successful establishment
                            state, where not specifically outlined in State of Federal approval
                            conditions, is set to the satisfaction of the Environment Services
                            Manager
Third-party Agency          An external organisation, government entity, conservation body,
                            non-government organisation, landholder or other approved party
                            engaged to deliver, manage, monitor or report on biodiversity offset
                            outcomes on behalf of Council.
Third-party Agency          Offsets generated from activities facilitated by parties that are not
Driven Offsets              Council or are for projects that are not Council led
Permanence                  A requirement that offset units are permanently maintained. For
                            biodiversity offsets, this includes the implementation of permanent
                            legal mechanisms to protect and offset receiving site and to
                            manage it in perpetuity to maintain the desired environmental
                            values intended.
Voluntary                   Offsets not required by legislation. They may, but do not have to,
Biodiversity Offsets        be associated with the Nature Repair Market

BACKGROUND
Biodiversity offsets are delivered by Council in response to unavoidable and unmitigated impacts to
biodiversity values from public infrastructure capital and civil works development or other relevant
Third-Party Agency developments. They are used to compensate for these unavoidable impacts on
significant environmental matters on one site, by replacing the unavoidable impacts onsite or
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