2021-06-17 OM Agenda - Item 2 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa Bushland Reserve Strategic Management Plan 2021-2026

 Reserve Values
 Criterion                Criterion               Scoring System                                  Data Source                                   Strategic Alignment
                          Justification
                                                                                                  RE code: RE v9.0 and field validation.
 RE Conservation          Reserves with           0 = urban area*                                 Noosa Biodiversity Plan Dataset 2017          Link to the Noosa
 Status                   ‘Endangered’ or ‘Of     1 = plantation                                                                                Biodiversity Conservation
                                                                                                  Noosa_bio_plan_ph2_cons_status_v2
                          Concern’ vegetation     2 = Least concern / sub-dominant regionally                                                   Plan 2017
                          have higher             significant
                                                                                                  Attribution:
                          conservation            3 = Regionally significant / sub- dominant of
                          significance than       concern                                             Selected based on REs assigned as
                          those without.          4 = Of concern / sub-dominant endangered               per base layer methods in the
                                                  5 = Endangered                                         biodiversity plan assessment
                                                                                                      First RE in multi RE polys is
                                                                                                         dominant, RE 2-5 = sub dominant
                                                                                                      Applied only to remnant, contiguous
                                                                                                         remnant and dense regrowth areas
                                                                                                         in the ecological condition layer
                                                                                                      Applied to sparse regrowth and
                                                                                                         scattered trees if status was
                                                                                                         identified as Endangered

                                                                                                  RE code: RE v9.0 and field validation.
 EPBC Threatened          Reserves with EPBC      0 = Not a TEC                                   Noosa Biodiversity Plan Dataset 2017          Links to Recovery Plans &
 Ecological               listed Ecological       2 = Potential to be TEC sub- dominant                                                         Conservation Advice
                                                                                                  Noosa_bio_plan_ph2_TECs_v2
 Communities              Communities have        3 = Potential to be TEC                                                                       Statements under
                          higher conservation     4 = TEC sub-dominant                            RE code: RE v9.0 and field validation.        Commonwealth Legislation
                          significance than       5 = TEC
                          those without.                                                                                                        Noosa Biodiversity
                                                                                                                                                Conservation Plan 2017
 Habitat for species of   Reserves with known     0 = no record and not mapped essential          Noosa Biodiversity Plan Dataset 2017          Links to Recovery Plans &
 Conservation Value       habitat or mapped       habitat                                                                                       Conservation Advice
                                                                                                  Noosa_bio_plan_ph2_Species_presence_v2
                          essential habitat for   1= record in marginal habitat (sparse                                                         Statements under State and
                          species of              regrowth, scattered trees, cleared) and not     This data source incorporates:                Commonwealth Legislation
                          conservation value      mapped essential habitat                            Atlas of Living Australia (2016)
                          have higher             2 = confirmed record for locally significant        Wildlife Online (2016)                   Noosa Biodiversity
                          conservation            3 = confirmed record for regional significant       Significant species list (Appendix A &   Conservation Plan 2017
                          significance            4 = confirmed record or mapped essential               B of biodiversity assessment report)
                                                  habitat for NT                                      Base layer

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