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

                                                                          Noosa Biosphere Reserve - Periodic Review 2018




•        Expansion of the protected area estate. This has increased the conservation protection regime
         through the dedication of new national parks and bushland reserves have increased the size of
         the core area by 6,936 ha.
•        Better mapping. The extent of the buffer zone has decreased by 17,412 ha due to changes in
         mapping methodologies and updated mapping.

2.4.6 What research and monitoring activities have been undertaken in the biosphere reserve by
      local universities, government agencies, stakeholders and/or linked with national and
      international programs?

Research activities undertaken in the NBR are summarized in Table 8 below:

Table 8: Research activities
    Research Project                                               Project manager            Linkages
    Noosa Biodiversity Assessment Report                           NSC                        Local
    ZEN Carbon Accounting                                          NSC                        National
    Koala Road Infrastructure Project                              NSC                        Local
    Bushland Reserve Fuel hazard assessments                       NSC                        Local
    Pest species monitoring (e.g. Fox dens)                        NSC                        Local
    Bushland Reserve Strategic Plan and Vegetation                 NSC                        Local
    Rehabilitation Plans
    Generic threatened species management plans-frogs              NSC                        Local and State
    Development Assessment - Ecological Assessments                NSC                        Local
    Climate change adaptation plan and supporting data and         NSC                        Local and State
    mapping
    An investigation into stormwater pollution from Noosa’s        NSC                        Local
    industrial activities and the impact on Noosa waterways –
    ERA project, Council
    Glossy-black Cockatoo Conservancy Program                      GBC Conservancy            Local and National
                                                                   and NSC
    Flying-fox Management and monitoring                           NSC, Flying-fox            Local
                                                                   Rescue and Release,
                                                                   Bat Rescue and DES
    Waterways and Wetlands Mapping                                 NDL and NSC                Local
    Burnett Mary Regional Biopassage Strategy (for the Mary        MRCCC, NDL, NSC            Regional
    River system)
    Lake Cootharaba Nitrogen Study – Stage 2                       USC, UQ SEQ, NDL,          Local
                                                                   NSC
    Fish (including other biota) Passage Assessment of Noosa       NSC, NDL                   Local
    River system – by Landcare
    Finding a Frog in February (Citizen Science Project)           NSC, MRCCC                 Regional

    Biosphere Projects                                             Noosa Biosphere            Local
    ·     Noosa River Bring Fish Life Back
    ·     Keep it in Kin
    ·     Koala Health mapping project
    Water Mouse Recovery Plan                                      Australian                 Local, State
                                                                   Government,
                                                                   Universities, DES,
                                                                   local government
    Healthy Land and Water (Economic System Health                 Healthy and Land and       Regional
    Monitoring Program)                                            Water
    Waterwatch water quality monitoring                            NDL                        Local
    Coxen’s Fig Parrot monitoring Project                          NDL                        Local
    Noosa River Mangrove Watch – (photographic record of           NICA                       Local
    mangroves throughout the river system & an interpretation of
    the data.
    Seagrass Watch – (data forwarded onto Seagrass Watch HQ        NICA                       Regional
    in Cairns; an old map of seagrass extent supplied to Council
    by NICA)
    Noosa River Migratory Bird Survey                              NICA and Wader             Local
                                                                   Group Volunteers
    Faunawatch fauna monitoring                                    Faunawatch                 Local
                                                                   Association


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