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

                                                                   Noosa Biodiversity Plan – Biodiversity Assessment Report



Appendix F Biodiversity values mapping methodology ................................................................. 133




List of figures
Figure 1: Location of Noosa Shire ............................................................................................................ 21

Figure 2: Types of vegetation communities within Noosa Shire .............................................................. 24

Figure 3: Condition of vegetation communities within Noosa Shire ......................................................... 26

Figure 4: Proportion of vegetation cover and breakdown of vegetation condition across Noosa Shire .. 27

Figure 5: Conservation status proportions for REs within the Noosa Shire ............................................. 28

Figure 6: Proportion of Endangered and Of Concern SEQ Bioregion REs within Noosa Shire .............. 28

Figure 7: Proportion of Endangered and Of Concern neighbouring LGA REs within Noosa Shire ......... 29

Figure 8: Proportion of landscape elements across the Noosa Shire ...................................................... 32

Figure 9: Landscape connectivity and corridor within the Noosa Shire ................................................... 33

Figure 10: Proportion of Noosa’s rainforest vegetation that is the protected Lowland Rainforest TEC ... 35

Figure 11: Threatened Ecological Community within Noosa Shire .......................................................... 37

Figure 12: Total number of threatened fauna species recorded within SEQ region and Noosa Shire .... 38

Figure 13: Proportion of habitat condition classes supporting conservation value species ..................... 42

Figure 14: Habitat for species of conservation value within Noosa Shire ................................................ 44

Figure 15: River catchments and waterways within Noosa Shire ............................................................ 46

Figure 16: Wetland habitat types within Noosa Shire .............................................................................. 48

Figure 17: Wetland types within the Noosa Shire .................................................................................... 50

Figure 18: Significant wetlands within Noosa Shire ................................................................................. 51

Figure 19: Proportion of protection reserves across Noosa Shire ........................................................... 52

Figure 20: Protected areas within Noosa Shire........................................................................................ 53

Figure 21: Annual mean temperature anomaly trends for Eastern Australia from 1910 - 2015 ............. 55

Figure 22: Extreme climatic trends relevant to the Noosa region – heavy rain days (above) and
consecutive dry days (below) ................................................................................................................... 56

Figure 23: Annual clearing rates of all woody vegetation across Noosa shire 2003 - 2013 .................... 63

Figure 24: Annual clearing rates in the Noosa Shire by tenure 2003 - 2013 ........................................... 63

Figure 25: Annual clearing rates in Noosa Shire by land use 2003 - 2013 .............................................. 64


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