2015-01-12 General Committee Agenda Attachment 1 to Item 7 Pest Management Plan 2015-2019

Class 3 animals:

       Feral fallow deer (Dama dama)
       Feral red deer (Cervus elaphus)


16.     Glossary
Biodiversity            Biodiversity is the variety of all life forms (plants, animals, microorganisms,
                        the genes they contain and the ecosystems they form part of.

Climate Change          Is the change in climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity
                        that alters the composition of global atmosphere and that is, in addition to
                        natural climate variability over comparable time periods.

Ecological processes    The interactions and connections between living and non-living systems,
                        including movement of energy, nutrient cycling and other chemical
                        substances such as carbon, organisms and propagules.

Ecosystem               A natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and microorganisms in an
                        area, functioning together with all the non-living physical factors, including
                        soil, rocks, mineral, water sources and the local atmosphere.

Environmentally         Environmentally Significant Areas are designated under the Land Protection
Significant Areas       (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002 to provide added protection
                        against weeds and pest animals for areas of ecological importance.
Declared pests          A declared pest is a plant or animal that is listed Class 1, 2 or 3 in the Land
(plants and animals)    Protection Regulation 2003. Declared pests pose a threat to Queensland’s
                        industries, natural resources, environment and human welfare.

Land Protection (Pest   Queensland Government legislation for the management of weeds, pest
and Stock Route         animals and stock routes throughout Queensland. It establishes a set of
Management) Act         principles to guide pest management, provides a framework to pest
2002                    management planning and prescribes certain species as being declared
                        pests.
Non-declared pests      Pest plants and animals in the Noosa Shire that are not listed as a declared
(as defined in this     pest under the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act
plan)                   2002.

Pests (as defined in    Plants and animals that are exotic species or native species found outside
this plan)              their natural range where these species cause (or have the potential to
                        cause) environment, agricultural and/or social impacts.

Sleeper weeds           Plants that appear benign for many years, but which may suddenly spread
                        rapidly following certain natural events such as flood, fire, drought, climate
                        change, or change in land or water management.




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