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

                                                                        Noosa Biodiversity Plan – Biodiversity Assessment Report



4          Biodiversity Threats ................................................................................................................. 54
4.1        Climate change ........................................................................................................................... 54
4.2        Invasive species ......................................................................................................................... 58
4.3        Land clearing .............................................................................................................................. 60
4.3.1      Urban areas ................................................................................................................................ 64
4.3.1      Rural areas ................................................................................................................................. 65
4.4        Altered fire regimes .................................................................................................................... 65
4.5        Recreational Use ........................................................................................................................ 66
4.6        Degradation ................................................................................................................................ 66
4.7        Habitat fragmentation ................................................................................................................. 69
4.8        Human-wildlife conflict ................................................................................................................ 71

5          Biodiversity Significance and Risk Analysis ......................................................................... 72
5.1        Biodiversity significance assessment and mapping ................................................................... 72
5.1.1      Methodology for biodiversity significance assessment .............................................................. 73
5.1.2      Results ........................................................................................................................................ 74
5.2        Biodiversity risk assessment ...................................................................................................... 77
5.2.1      Development risk assessment.................................................................................................... 77
5.2.2      Climate vulnerability assessment ............................................................................................... 79
5.3        Conservation significance assessment ...................................................................................... 84

6          Noosa Shire Conservation Initiatives ..................................................................................... 86
6.1        Council Environmental Plans & Operations ............................................................................... 86
6.2        Environment Levy Land Acquisition Program ............................................................................ 87
6.3        Volunteer Programs .................................................................................................................... 88
6.3.1      Landcare ..................................................................................................................................... 88
6.3.2      LFW & VCA Program ................................................................................................................. 89
6.3.3      Bushcare and Coastcare groups ................................................................................................ 89
6.4        Community Grant Partnerships .................................................................................................. 89

7          Future Conservation Priorities ................................................................................................ 91

References ............................................................................................................................................. 92

Appendix A Noosa BVG & RE conservation statuses ....................................................................... 96

Appendix B Significant fauna and BVG associations ..................................................................... 105

Appendix C Significant flora and BVG associations ....................................................................... 118

Appendix D Protection Reserves and Biodiversity Values ............................................................. 125

Appendix E Climate Change Impacts Literature Review ................................................................ 129



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