2017-08-08 P&E - Attachment 1 to Item 6 - Noosa Koala Conservation Plan

       Noosa Shire Koala Conservation Plan 2016




                 Map 1. Extent of the State SPRP Koala Habitat Areas in Noosa Shire




     The SPRP provide measures to avoid/mitigate the impacts of development in SPRP mapped
     koala habitat areas and has similar provisions to the Commonwealth referral guidelines:
         •      avoiding, minimising or offsetting the clearing of non-juvenile koala habitat trees
         •	site design that provides safe koala movement opportunities appropriate to the
            development type and habitat connectivity values of the site
         •      construction phases that do not increase the risk of death or injury to koalas
         •      clearing of native vegetation, undertaken as sequential clearing
         •	clearing of koala habitat trees, undertaken in the presence of a koala spotter.

     The SPRP calls up the ‘Nature Conservation (Koala) Conservation Plan 2006 and
     Management Program 2006-2016’ and ‘Koala-sensitive Design Guideline: A guide to koala-
     sensitive design measures for planning and development activities’ to inform decision makers
     on development conditions.

     The Queensland Environment Offsets Policy 2014 has provisions for offsetting the residual
     impacts of unavoidable development on koala habitat. Again, this only applies to the mapped
     SPRP Koala Habitat Areas. Most koala habitat in Noosa occurs outside this mapped area.
     Koala offset plantings have been delivered in Girraween Nature Refuge, under the former
     Offsets for Net Gain in Koala Habitat in South East Queensland Policy (2010), which is now
     integrated into the Queensland Environment Offsets Policy 2014.



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