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

                                                                  Noosa Biosphere Reserve - Periodic Review 2018




Healthy Land & Water (HLW) Report Card

Council is a member of the HLW Consortium. The Noosa River is monitored for freshwater, marine and
estuary health. Each year, rivers in SEQ are rated against environmental, social and economic benefits.
The Noosa River has maintained an ‘A minus’ rating, the highest rating of any river in the SEQ region.
The annual HLW Report Card identifies recommended actions to improve the waterways, including:
protection of riverbank vegetation and freshwater wetlands; maintaining natural assets to maintain
ecosystem services; and efforts to minimise erosion and sediment from construction sites.

Environmental organisation activities:

Noosa has over 300 community groups. Many of these groups have an environmental focus and
undertake a number of projects to support environmental stewardship of the NBR. Some noteworthy
groups are:

Noosa Parks Association (NPA)

NPA has been advocating for the conservation and protection of Noosa’s natural assets for many years.
Most recently, it has been successful in lobbying the State government and NSC to develop a financial
partnership to buy out the forestry harvest licence in the Yurol-Ringtail State Forest area. This will result
in nearly 2400 ha has being transitioned to National Park over a 10 year period with a substantial timber
harvest area being rehabilitated.

Noosa & District Landcare (NDL)

The NDL promotes sustainable natural resource management and is active in bush regeneration,
propagation, education and more recently consulting services on natural resources and environmental
management.




Photo: NBRF: Work experience with the NDL




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