2016-12-12 General Committee - Attachment 1 to Item 6 - Biodiversity Assessment Report

                                                   Noosa Biodiversity Plan – Biodiversity Assessment Report



The following table provides details of subsequent analyses, data used and data generated.

 Biodiversity
                   Data sources                                         Method                                                Scoring system                  Data output
    value
 Conservation   RE v 9.0             Regional significance assessment of Least Concern REs                            0 = urban area*
 status         Pre-clear RE v 9.0     • SEQ – from RE SEQ/clipped to Noosa                                           1 = plantation
                Base layer             • Pre vs Remnant – from RE layers                                              2 = Least concern / sub-dominant
                                                                                                                      regionally significant
                                       • LC REs <150ha extent in Noosa
                                                                                                                      3 = Regionally significant / sub-
                                       • LC REs <30% pre-clear extent remains in Noosa
                                                                                                                      dominant of concern
                                       • 12.2.15a                                                                     4 = Of concern / sub-dominant        Scored base layer
                                                                                                                      endangered                           for conservation
                                     Attribution                                                                      5 = Endangered                       status
                                       • Selected based on REs assigned as per base layer methods
                                       • 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
 Under          RE v 9.0             Under represented RE assessment                                                  0 = medium to high preservation in
 represented    Pre-clear RE v 9.0     • QLD protected areas layer intersected with RE mapping – calculate area       Noosa & medium to high
 REs                                     of each RE in protection                                                     preservation in SEQ
                Base layer
                                       • Select those REs from pre-clear layer and calculate original area in         1 = low preservation in Noosa &
                                         Noosa                                                                        medium to high preservation in
                                                                                                                      SEQ
                                       • 10% of pre-clear extent within protected reserves = high representation
                                                                                                                      2 = medium to high preservation in
                                       • 4%-10% of pre-clear extent within protected reserves = medium                Noosa & low preservation in SEQ      Scored base layer
                                         representation
                                                                                                                      3 = low preservation in Noosa and    for under
                                       • <4% of pre-clear extent within protected reserves = low representation       low preservation in SEQ              represented REs
                                       • Selection of multi RE polys based on RE1
                                       • Classify based on area of pre-clear protected

                                     Attribution
                                       • Selected based on REs assigned as per base layer methods
                                       • First RE in multi RE polys


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