2015-06-29 Attachment 1 to Item 4 General Committee Agenda - Noosa Design Principles

             noosa biosphere reserve
  “THE WORLD NETWORK OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES OF THE MAN AND THE
 BIOSPHERE (MAB) PROGRAM CONSISTS OF A DYNAMIC AND INTERACTIVE
    NETWORK OF SITES OF EXCELLENCE. IT FOSTERS THE HARMONIOUS
INTEGRATION OF PEOPLE AND NATURE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT...”
                         UNESCO, World Network of Biosphere Reserves

 For more than 50 years, the Noosa              While the covenant recognises the unique
 community has worked to live sustainably       and special natural attributes of the Noosa
 within its environment. On 20th                Biosphere® Reserve, it also provides
 September 2007 the Noosa Shire was             a focus for the Noosa community’s
 designated as the Noosa Biosphere®             aspirations: to continue to strive for
 Reserve under the UNESCO Man and               a sustainable future; to work together
 Biosphere (MAB) program.                       to build economies, communities and
                                                knowledge; and to ensure our natural
 The Noosa Biosphere® Reserve
                                                ecosystems and biodiversity is valued,
 encompasses a total of 87,000 hectares of
                                                cared for, improved and conserved.
 land and numerous waterways within the
 Noosa local government boundaries, and
 extends approx. 3 km seawards.