Attachment 2 - Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2026-2031

Implementation Actions
Managing invasive plants and animals is a priority activity in building catchment healthy and
resilient and productive landscapes across Noosa. Integrated management strategies are
implemented that combine various control methods such as early detection, biological control,
physical and mechanical removal, and targeted chemical treatment, as well as information
sharing and education.

A summary of implementation actions is provided in Table 8.2 outlining the management
actions that Council is progressing to meet its general biosecurity obligations in partnership
with state government, community, land managers and others. These are coordinated under
the following priority areas:

    •   Research and monitoring
    •   Planning
    •   Community capacity building
    •   On ground works.

Table 8.2. Summary of Implementation Actions

 Action                                         Partnerships         Status              Timing /
                                                                     Existing / new in   resourcing
                                                                     initiative          Commencement year/
                                                                                         ongoing action/
                                                                                         budget needs
 Research and monitoring
 Monitor changes in pest species                Researchers          Existing, with      Ongoing
 abundance and distribution using survey        Environment groups   potential
 data, remote sensing (eg. satellite, aerial,   Gov agencies         expansion
 drones), AI learning and emerging              Industry bodies
 diagnostic technology.
 Continue to collate, analyse and               Land managers        Existing            Ongoing
 communicate existing research into the         Environment groups
 timing of breeding cycles of priority          Industry bodies
 species to help target invasive species
 control (eg. fox control for sea turtle
 conservation).
 Planning
 Continue to build knowledge around                                  Existing            Ongoing
 climate change pressures and
 interventions in program planning, design
 and delivery.
 Identify key habitat areas and ecological                           Existing            Ongoing
 communities most impacted by invasive
 species to enable targeted management.
 Provide mapping of the locations of            Land managers                            Ongoing
 threatened species and their habitat to        Environment groups
 relevant stakeholders to inform strategic      Industry groups
 on-ground management and community             Researchers
 action, including private landholders.
 Offer incentives to encourage                  Landholders          Existing            Ongoing
 landholders with known or potential                                                     Environment Grant
 habitat for priority native species whose                                               funded multi-year
 major threat is pests, to implement

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