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

                                                Noosa Biodiversity Plan – Biodiversity Assessment Report




 Noosa’s Environment Levy funded the land purchase.




         6.3     Vo lu n t e er P ro g ra m s
Noosa Council supports many community volunteer programs including Landcare, LFW & VCA, and a
variety of bushland care groups. Together in partnership, Council and the community have and continue
to make significant contributions to maintaining and improving the local environment.

         6.3.1    Landcare
Noosa & District Landcare (NDL) is a dynamic and proactive organisation committed to achieving long
term environmental outcomes. With over 20 years of experience in vegetation management and
horticulture, NDL provide a diverse range of services including carbon offsets, ecosystem restoration, and
native forest establishment. NDL provides training and community education, as well as managing and
implementing a range of nature conservation and restoration programs.

 Coxen’s Fig Parrot Rainforest Restoration Project

 The Upper Pinbarren Creek Catchment is home to the rare and elusive Coxen’s Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta
 diophthalma coxeni, which is federally listed as Endangered. The few remaining populations are
 declining due to food shortages and
 fragmentation of habitat. The protection and
 rehabilitation of habitat outside protected
 areas is critical to the survival of this
 species.

 The Coxen’s Fig Parrot Rainforest
 Restoration Project aims to restore the
 valuable subtropical lowland rainforest
 corridors throughout the Upper Pinbarren
 Catchment, which is a known nesting site
 for this species.

 Landcare, in partnership with Dr Ian
 Gynther is:

     •     Propagating and replanting Coxen’s Fig Parrot food trees
     •     Restoring subtropical lowland rainforest along Pinbarren Creek, including fencing from stock
           and installation of off-stream watering points for stock
     •     Revegetating key Coxen’s Fig Parrot habitat corridor linkages between Woondum and
           Pinbarren National Parks
     •     Maintaining the Coxen’s Fig Parrot Habitat Restoration Project on the Council Road Reserve
           that has had several sightings of this species
     •     Treating cats claw creeper and other highly invasive transformer weeds
     •     Monitoring (audio and visual) the Coxen’s Fig Parrot

 Recently, Noosa Landcare approved:

     1) A major subtropical lowland rainforest habitat restoration and carbon sequestration project
        involving the planting of 13 900 trees on over 3.5 hectares of potential habitat on five Land for



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