2019-06-11 P&E Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 2 - Environment Strategy Implementation Plan

    Theme 1 - Biodiversity
    Goal: By 2030 the condition and extent of our natural ecosystems has improved.


     Target                            Baseline                                            How we will measure progress
     Strategy 1.1 Protect and enhance existing ecosystems, vegetation networks and habitats
     By 2030, there is no net loss     In 2016, the Noosa Biodiversity Assessment          Every 5 years updated regional ecosystem mapping will be
     of ecosystem values across        Report mapped the extent and abundance              used to identify changes in the number and extent of regional
     the shire, and the condition      of the 61 regional ecosystems (RE) types            ecosystems.
     of Council’s priority bushland    occurring within Noosa Shire.
     reserves are enhanced.                                                                BioCondition Benchmarks for Regional Ecosystem Condition
                                       The Department of Environment & Science             Assessment will be undertaken every 5 years for Noosa
                                       has completed BioCondition Benchmarks for           regional ecosystems.
                                       Regional Ecosystem Condition Assessment for
                                       south-east Queensland.                           BOAs will be undertaken every 5 years across priority
                                                                                        Council managed Bushland Reserves and for VCA/LfW
                                       Bushland operational assessments (BOAs)          landholders and verified against shire-wide BioCondition
                                       will be undertaken, where they do not already Assessments.
                                       exist, across priority Council-managed
                                       restoration initiatives and as identified in the
                                       Bushland Reserve Strategic Management
                                       Plan.
     Strategy 1.2: Expand vegetation networks and habitat
     By 2030, half of all land in the 36.5% of land within Noosa Shire is currently        Every 2 years GIS tenure mapping and data from private
     Noosa Shire is managed for its managed for its environmental values on                property programs will identify the percentage of land
     environmental values.            public and private land, through National            managed or protected for its environmental values.
                                      Park, Conservation Area, Council bushland
                                      reserve, Land for Wildlife, or private property
                                      conservation covenants.
     Strategy 1.3: Improve long-term survival for threatened species and ecological communities
     By 2030, populations of key       A baseline is to be developed for 6-8 key           A key threatened species list is already being developed and
     threatened indicator species      threatened species based on:                        will be workshopped and finalised in 2019
     remain viable.
                                       •   Representativeness across biological families
                                                                                           A longitudinal study of key threatened species will be
                                       •   Representativeness across ecosystems            undertaken over 10 years
                                       •   Iconic value to the Noosa community
                                       •   Availability of existing data and records

                                       Depending on the species selected, there
                                       may already be existing data, however a new
                                       baseline for some species will be required.




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