2022-10-27 Ordinary Meeting Minutes

ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES   27 OCTOBER 2022




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ORDINARY MEETING MINUTES                                                           27 OCTOBER 2022

                Delegation to Noosa Shire Council — Coastal Reserve Encroachment
                27 October 2022

                Building on the importance of dune vegetation and with deference to regulatory
                mapping produced by the Queensland Government, it should be noted that the
                bulk of the dune ecosystem in Peregian Beach and Marcus Beach is mapped as
               Category B regulated vegetation that is representative of regional ecosystem
               (RE) 12.2.14 and protected under Queensland’s Vegetation Management Act
               1999. There are also areas of vegetation within the broader distribution of this
               RE that are representative of RE 12.2.7, and although too small to map at a
               1:100,000 scale, these patches of paperbark forest can be considered a
               component of the Coastal Swamp Sclerophyll Forest of New South Wales and
               South-east Queensland threatened ecological community, which is listed as
               Endangered    under  the  Commonwealth’s    Environment   Protection  and
               Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. Furthermore, the bulk of the dune
               ecosystem in these areas is also mapped by the Queensland Government as
               essential habitat and a high-risk area on a protected plants trigger map
               (Attachment B, noting that the area selected is not presented as a means for
               identifying or appropriating clearing activities but do highlight the mapping and
               connectivity of the dune ecosystems occurring at the boundaries of Peregian
               Beach and Marcus Beach).

               This mapping further exemplifies the importance of maintaining the health of
               our coastal foredunes and that they are treated as an important and delicate
               ecosystem.

               References

               DLWC (2001). Coastal Dune Management: A Manual of Coastal Dune
                     Management and Rehabilitation      Techniques,  Coastal Unit,  NSW
                     Department of Land and Water Conservation Newcastle

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