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

          8. Action Plan, Monitoring & EvaluationImplementation Action
             Plan
The success of the following Implementation Action Plan will be measured against benchmarks set in the Noosa Environment Strategy 2019:
The success of the Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020 will be measured by progress towards the relevant targets identified in the Noosa Environment
Strategy.
 Target (from the Noosa                Baseline measurement                                      Role of the Noosa Biosecurity Plan
 Environment Strategy)
 By 2030, there is no net loss of      Bushland operational assessments (BOAs) will be           Prioritised weed management actions will lead to measurable
 ecosystem values across the shire,    undertaken, where they do not already exist, across       improvement in BOAs in Council-managed reserves.
 and the condition of Council’s        priority Council-managed restoration initiatives and as
                                                                                                 Council supports prioritised weed management on private
 priority bushland reserves are        identified in the Bushland Reserve Strategic Management
                                                                                                 land through education and targeted landholder extension
 enhanced.                             Plan.
                                                                                                 programs.
 By 2030, populations of key           A baseline is to be developed for 6-8 key threatened      Threats will be identified and managed for each of the
 threatened indicator species remain   species based on:                                         identified key threatened species. Management will be
 viable.                                                                                         prioritised based on this threat identification (for example,
                                       • Representativeness across biological families
                                                                                                 increased wild dog control to support koalas, or weed
                                       • Representativeness across ecosystems                    management to protect rare plants).
                                       • Iconic value to the Noosa community
                                       • Availability of existing data and records
                                       Depending on the species selected, there may already be
                                       existing data, however a new baseline for some species
                                       will be required.
 By 2030, 80% of all grazing land      A baseline is to be developed using the ABCD framework    Prioritised weed management actions will lead to measurable
 achieves best practice                and classification for grazing lands.                     improvement in agricultural areas of the Shire.
 management for agriculture.




Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020                                                                      Page 40