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

                                                Noosa Biodiversity Plan – Biodiversity Assessment Report




to the substantial reduction in area of extent post European settlement (<30% of pre-clear extent remains
in Noosa). Overall, 70.5% of REs within Noosa are of conservation significance (Figure 5).



                                               13.2%


                        29.5%

                                                                               Endangered
                                                                               Of Concern
                                                                               Regionally significant
                                                                               Least Concern
                                                       39.7%

                          17.6%




Figure 5: Conservation status proportions for REs within the Noosa Shire

As shown in Table 1, the proportion of REs that are of conservation significance within Noosa is relatively
consistent with proportions within the broader SEQ bioregion and neighbouring LGA’s. This is expected
given the significantly larger extent of both areas. In comparison Noosa Shire is considerably smaller,
encompassing only 1.4% of the total SEQ bioregion area and 8% of the neighbouring LGA’s area.
Although the shire is significantly smaller in extent, Noosa contains 32% of the total number of the
Endangered REs and 31% of the total number of Of Concern REs that occur in SEQ. It also contains
53% of the total number of the Endangered REs and 54% of the total number of Of Concern REs that
occur across the neighbouring LGAs (Figure 6 and Figure 7).



                 Endangered                                           Of Concern


                           32%                                                 31%
                                         In Noosa                                               In Noosa


                                         Outside of                                             Outside of
                                         Noosa                                                  Noosa




Figure 6: Proportion of Endangered and Of Concern SEQ Bioregion REs within Noosa Shire




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