2021-09-13 GC Agenda - Item 11 - Attachment 1 - Noosa Oyster Project Annual Report 2

     Who are we?                                                      Acknowledgement
     The Noosa Oyster Ecosystem Restoration Project is led            We acknowledge the Kabi Kabi Traditional Owners who
     by The Nature Conservancy, a global environmental non-           are the custodians of cultural knowledge and their
     profit organisation working to create a world where              collective memories of the Noosa River and Lakes region
     people and nature can thrive. In the last 70 years, The          and advise this project accordingly. The project is located
     Nature Conservancy has grown to become one of the                on Kabi Kabi Sea Country.
     most effective and wide-reaching environmental
     organisations in the world, with over 400 scientists.
     In a unique partnership, The Nature Conservancy, Noosa
     Shire Council and the Noosa community, together with
     support from The Thomas Foundation, Australian Marine
     Conservation Society and Australian Government, are
     working together to restore lost oyster ecosystems to the
     Noosa River estuary. This project is part of The Nature
     Conservancy’s efforts to restore 30% of Australia’s lost
     shellfish ecosystems, which if achieved, would make
     Australia the first nation to recover a critically
     endangered marine ecosystem. Over the last 20 years
     The Nature Conservancy has restored shellfish reefs in
     over 200 locations throughout the world including in
     Australia.
                                                                      Photo credits: top left © Lisa Bostrom Einarsson; top right: © Ian McLeod;
                                                                      bottom left: © Ben Diggles; bottom right: © Andrew Ball




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