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

                                                  Noosa Biodiversity Plan – Biodiversity Assessment Report




In addition to this high diversity of vegetation communities, the Noosa Shire is unique in that a large
portion of the vegetation communities remain largely intact and resemble an undisturbed form. This is
referred to as remnant condition, which is defined under the VM Act as a vegetation community
comprising:

    •     more than 50% of the vegetation’s undisturbed canopy cover
    •     averaging more than 70% of the vegetation’s undisturbed height
    •     species characteristic of the vegetation’s undisturbed predominant canopy.

The condition of vegetation across Noosa is shown in Figure 3 and described further in Section 3.1.1.

Table 1 provides a summary of both vegetation condition and conservation values for the Noosa Shire.
A comparison of these attributes is also provided for the broader SEQ bioregion and neighbouring LGAs.
A full description of Noosa’s vegetation condition and conservation significance is provided in the following
sections.

Table 1: Vegetation condition and conservation status statistics for Noosa and broader region

                                                                              Sunshine
                                                              Gympie
                                                SEQ                             Coast
        Attribute        Noosa Shire                          Regional                        Three LGAs*
                                             bioregion                         Regional
                                                              Council
                                                                               Council

 Vegetation condition

 Remnant                      46.8%            43.5%           41.7%            40.6%            41.9%

 Conservation significance (based on area of remnant)

 Endangered                   11%                4%              3%               4%              4%

 Of Concern                   28%               20%             26%              19%              24%

 Least Concern                62%               76%             72%              77%              72%

 Conservation significance (based on total number of REs)

 Endangered                   11%               14%             12%               9%              12%

 Of Concern                   39%               49%             40%              38%              41%

 Least Concern                49%               37%             48%              53%              47%
* Noosa Shire, GRC and SCRC




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