2022-05-10 Planning and Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   10 MAY 2022




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                        10 MAY 2022

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             1.       Introduction

            Noosa Shire is located within the Southeast Queensland bioregion, an area of exceptionally high biodiversity that
            supports a diverse range of ecosystems. It is this ecosystem diversity that results in a significantly high proportion
            of regional threatened species and ecological communities. To ensure the future protection and enhancement of
            existing biodiversity values, The Noosa Environment Strategy (NES} was developed in 2019. In relation to long-
            term survival of threatened and protected fauna, the VES details Council's commitment to significant
            implementation actions for the first three (3) years of the Strategy (19/20 to 21/22). Hence, the objective of this
            Road Map is to guide Council’s approach (and funding) to the on-going management of regionally threatened
            fauna.

            The NES identifies specific targets for each of Council’s environmental strategies. The primary focus of Strategy
             1.3 is to, ‘Ensure populations of key threatened indicator species remain viable’ (see Figure 1).

            Figure 1: Strategy 1.3 of the Noosa Environment Strategy (2019)

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              Strategy 1.3: Improve long-term survival for threatened species and ecological communities
              By 2030, populations of key A baseline is to be developed for 6-8 key A key threatened species list is already being developed and
              threatened indicator species threatened species based on:      will be workshopped and finalised in 2019
              Temas viable:            *  Represeniativeness across biological families
                                            PI                 og            A longitudinal study of key threatened species will be
                                       -  Representativeness across ecosystems undertaken over 10 years
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                                       *  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.

            For net improvement of regional biodiversity values, an integrated approach in threatened species conservation is
            required to support other related Council environment strategies, across a diverse range of key habitats. This will
            be achieved through the provision of clear strategies and key performance indicators, via the pathway described
            in this document;

                 1)  Review of Council’s previous and current actions and strategies in threatened species conservation
                 2)  Identification of stakeholder involvement in threatened species conservation
                 3)  Desktop review of Council’s supporting biodiversity assessment reports and applicable resources
                 4)  The identification of regional habitats, ecological communities and fauna of conservation significance
                 5)  Identification of regional threating processes to fauna, habitats and ecosystem processes.
                 6)  A comprehensive analysis of threatened species susceptibility to regional threating processes
                 7)  The nomination of key threatened fauna species for management priority
                 8)  Clear processes and actions required to deliver threatened fauna recovery programs
                 9} The supply of a detailed anticipated delivery schedule and budget to achieve the deliverables of Strategy
                     1.3 of the NES.

            NOOSA COUNCIL                    PO Box 141                    P. (07) 5329 6500          [email protected]
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