2019-11-18 GC Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020

Invasive species will respond in different ways under climate change pressure. A
landownerslandowner’s adaptive response will depend on the nature of the climate change impact
and the species concerned. This is summarised in the table below.


 Climate change       Impact                    Invasive species          Adaptation response
 pressure                                       response
 Ecological
 Increased            Loss of biodiversity      Certain fire dependant    Fire dependant invasive species
 temperature          through more frequent     invasive species can      are rated as a high priority for
                      and severe wildfires      dominate native           management within the
                                                species after fire.       prioritisation table.
                                                Tropical weed species     Ecosystems that are susceptible
                                                expected to expand        to the impacts of wildfire, such
                                                their range to SEQ        as e.g. rainforest, are managed
                                                                          as fire exclusion areas.
                                                                          Traditional landowner
                                                                          management practices are re-
                                                                          instated across the vegetation
                                                                          network where appropriate
 More severe flood    Erosion of riparian       Greater opportunity for   Riparian buffer areas are
 events               areas                     invasive species to       restored on a priority basis
                                                invade areas impacted
                                                by erosion
 Sea level rise       Salt water inundation     Encourages salt           Allow space for ecosystem
                                                tolerant species          transitional movement through
                                                                          planning scheme protections
                                                                          and environment levy land
                                                                          purchases
 More severe storm    Storm damage to           Reduced canopy cover      Assess through Bio-condition
 events               vegetation                provides greater          Assessments and remediate
                                                opportunity for           based on priorities identified in
                                                invasive species to       the Biodiversity Assessment
                                                invade understory         report 2016
 Prolonged drought    Loss of biodiversity      Drought tolerant          Drought tolerant invasive
                                                invasive species          species are rated as a high
                      Changes to
                                                outcompete native         priority for management within
                      groundwater
                                                species                   the prioritisation table
                      hydrology.
                      Alteration of flowering
                      patterns and nectar for
                      fauna
 Economic
 Increased            Reduced crop yield        More favourable           Landowners are encouraged to
 temperature                                    conditions for some       manage invasive species that
                                                invasive species to       respond to temperature
                                                invade crop and           extremes
                                                pasture areas
 More severe flood    Soil erosion and          Weed species invade       Landowners are encouraged to
 events               saturation                disturbed areas           minimise soil erosion through
                                                                          land management practices




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