2018-08-07 P&E Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 3 - Noosa Biosphere Reserve 10 Year Periodic Review

                                                                                           Noosa Biosphere Reserve - Periodic Review 2018




CONTENTS
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LIST OF MAPS, TABLES AND FIGURES ................................................................................................... 5
LIST OF ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................... 5
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................................... 7
PART ONE: SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................ 10
PART TWO: PERIODIC REVIEW REPORT .............................................................................................. 13
         1.       BIOSPHERE RESERVE ......................................................................................................... 13
                  1.1      Year of designation ....................................................................................................... 13
                  1.2      Year of the Periodic Review ......................................................................................... 13
                  1.3      Actions from previous Periodic Review ........................................................................ 13
                  1.4      Other observations or comments on above.................................................................. 13
                  1.5      Process by which the current periodic review has been conducted ............................. 13
         2.       SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DURING THE PAST 10 YEARS ................................................. 16
                  2.1      Brief Summary Overview .............................................................................................. 16
                  2.2      Updated background information about the BR ........................................................... 16
                  2.3      Authorities in charge of coordination and management of BR ..................................... 24
                  2.4      Matters of special interest ............................................................................................. 28
         3.       ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ...................................................................................................... 32
                  3.1      Update services provided by each ecosystem and beneficiaries ................................. 32
                  3.2      Changes regarding the indicators of ecosystem services ............................................ 34
                  3.3      Biodiversity involved in the provision of ecosystems services ..................................... 35
                  3.4      Recent/updated ecosystem service assessments ....................................................... 37
         4.       THE CONSERVATION FUNCTION ....................................................................................... 37
                  4.1      Significant changes in main habitat types, ecosystems, species or varieties of
                           traditional or economic importance ............................................................................... 37
                  4.2      Conservation programs over past 10 years.................................................................. 39
                  4.3      Links between conservation activities and sustainable development issues ............... 42
                  4.4      How effectiveness of actions or strategies is assessed ............................................... 43
                  4.5      Influencing factors on conservation efforts ................................................................... 43
                  4.6      Other comments/observations from a BR perspective. ................................................ 44
         5.       THE DEVELOPMENT FUNCTION ......................................................................................... 44
                  5.1      Prevailing trends in each main sector of the economic base ....................................... 44
                  5.2      Tourism industry in the BR ........................................................................................... 48
                  5.3      Agriculture, Food and other sectors ............................................................................. 49
                  5.4      Benefit to local communities of economic activities ..................................................... 52
                  5.5      Methods of assessing effectiveness of actions or strategies ....................................... 52
                  5.6      Community economic development initiatives.............................................................. 52
                  5.7      Local business or other economic development initiatives (green alternatives) .......... 53




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