2022-04-12-P&E Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - TNC Noosa_Oyster Project _6_Monthly_Report

- Enlisting the support of TNC’s Chief Executive Officer, Operations Manager and Lead Scientist (Asia Pacific) to help expedite
the numerous contracting and assessment steps.

- Engaging consultant legal firm, Prolegis, to review the Queensland regulatory environment and to advice TNC (and
government) in respect of the permitting process.

TNC is now working directly with the Queensland Government and Noosa Council to look possible solutions to the outstanding
matters of liability and indemnity. All other aspects of the project related to construction and restoration monitoring are in
place awaiting final development approval.

Community engagement

There is a high level of community enthusiasm about the project, which has been very encouraging. This has best been
demonstrated by the high public interest in and contact to the oyster gardening project, its three community events, riverside
letterbox drops and one-on-one contact with NICA’s extensive riverside network about the project.

TNC discovered relatively limited local capacity to take the lead on developing relevant initiatives in a short time frame, that
is, they lacked the staffing capacity to drive targeted projects specifically related to oyster restoration. TNC met with groups,
heard their concerns, and responded by:

- Working closely with local groups to design great projects (which took 9 months).

- Resourcing some projects with contracts or grant agreements to increase local capacity (i.e., with NICA, NCBA, EEHub). These
grant agreements and contracts are now in place. They are due to conclude in July 2022. Further information on these projects
included later in the report.

- Appointing an additional TNC staff position in Noosa, full time, to support community outreach and general project activities
is now in place. Megan Connell is facilitating the outreach and stewardship activities and is coordinating communication and
reporting activities. Megan can be contacted at [email protected]




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