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

                                                               Noosa Biodiversity Plan – Biodiversity Assessment Report




           Species               Category1                       Impacts                       Affected areas and species

    Lantana                                      Creates dense fire-prone thickets          Lowland       rainforest,         other
    Lantana camara           3, WONS             dominating        the      understorey,    rainforests   and    vine      thickets,
    var. camara                                  smothers native vegetation                 eucalypt forest and woodlands

                                                 Smothers         native      vegetation,
    Cats claw creeper
                             3, WONS             including      trees,     changes   soil   Disturbed rainforest and waterways
    Dolichandra unguis-
                                                 chemistry
    cati

    Broad leaf pepper                            Forms dense thickets and chokes            Coastal       dunes,         wetlands,
                             3
    Schinus                                      out natives                                streambanks
    terebinthifolius
    Singapore daisy                              Smothers seedlings, ferns and
                             3                                                              Bushland, disturbed areas
    Sphagneticola                                shrubs
    trilobata
    Yellow bells                                                                            Waterways, bushland, disturbed
                             3                   Invasive
    Tecoma stans                                                                            areas, grasslands

    Common Myna                                  Aggressive competitor for nesting
                             N/A                                                            Hollow dependent native fauna
    Acridotheres tristis                         hollows

    Wild dog
                                                 Prey     on     native    species   and    Koala, water mouse and most
    Canis lupus              3,4,6
                                                 livestock                                  ground dwelling native animals
    familiaris

    Feral cat                                                                               Water mouse, ground parrot, native
                             3,4,6               Prey on native species
    Felis catus                                                                             birds and mammals

                                                 Destroy native vegetation, prey on         Wetlands, wallum heaths, wallum
    Feral pig
                             3,4,6               native species, soil disturbance &         sedgefrog, wallum froglet, water
    Sus scrofa
                                                 erosion, spread of diseases                mouse, nesting turtles

                                                                                            Nesting   turtles,   water     mouse,
    European fox
                             3,4,5,6             Prey on native species                     ground    parrot,      small     native
    Vulpes vulpes
                                                                                            mammals

    Cane toad                                    Outcompete and prey on native              Wallum sedgefrog & other native
                             N/A
    Rhinella murinus                             species, toxic to wildlife                 frogs

1
    Restricted matter under the Biosecurity Act 2014

The Pest Management Plan is soon to be reviewed through the Pest Management Working Group. Key
considerations in the revision will include a greater focus on high value biodiversity areas as identified in
the Biodiversity Conservation Plan as well as early intervention where there is practicable and achievable
controls with Noosa's identified priority pest species.

4.3        Land cl ea r ing
Noosa Shire has a long standing commitment to sustainable development outcomes as the foundation of
its growth and development. These sustainability philosophies are well supported by the Noosa
community and flow through all aspects of Noosa Council’s policies and operations.



     © ECO LOGICAL AUSTRALIA PTY LTD                                                                                             60