2016-04-19 P&E Committee - Item 4, Attachment 1 - Draft Koala Conservation Management Plan

Reference   Action                  Success Indicator         Responsibility      Time frame   Resources           Status

            landholders located     on key properties                                          per annum, each     budget approval
            next to, or within,                                                                year for 5 years
            Koala Habitat Areas.                                                               for tree planting
                                                                                               contract with key
                                                                                               landholders

2.4         Continue to support     One major koala grant     Environment         Ongoing      Officer time        Ongoing
            environment and         to be delivered every     Services
            natural resource        3 years                                                    State or National
            management groups                                                                  grants
            with applications for
            grant funding to
            restore koala habitat
            on public land

2.5         Focus Bushland          One major koala tree      Parks and Natural   2016-2021    Officer time        Ongoing
            Care tree planting      planting (e.g. National   Areas
            projects towards        Tree Day) project is
            koala habitat areas     completed each year

Objective 3. Improve understanding of koala needs and behaviour

3.1         Develop research        Partnership is            Environment         2016-2021    Officer time        Council provides
            partnerships with       formalised                Services                                             in-kind support to
            other Councils, State                                                              Australian          USC post-
            Government Koala                                                                   Government ARC      graduate koala
            interest groups and                                                                funding             health research
            research                                                                           Noosa               program
            organisations to                                                                   Biosphere®
            determine the health                                                                                   USC has applied

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