2019-04-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   9 APRIL 2019




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PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      9 APRIL 2019

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     6. Aboriginal cultural significance
     As previously identified in the Noosa Council Vegetation Report the site could have
     aboriginal cultural significance and the local Aboriginal custodians need to be contacted
     and involved with the management of the property if identified as a cultural site.

     7. Recommendations
     The site is identified as housing a Vulnerable Ecosystem identified by the Forest
     Ecosystem Mapping and Analysis Project which is the most up to date assessment of
     vegetation communities in the region. This alone provides a basis that the site has merit
     for purchase as a Conservation Reserve. The site also provides an important linkage
     between crown lands and the National Park, which assists with the facilitation of genetic
     diversity of our native flora and fauna.
     Further survey works are required as the site could house rare ad threatened flora and
     fauna species and ] would like to recommend that the site be nominated for any fauna
     studies that are to be conducted in the future by Noosa Council and Noosa River
     Catchment Co-ordinating Committee.

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