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

                                                                 Noosa Biosphere Reserve - Periodic Review 2018




protection of the environment. Successful applicants were announced in late 2017 and early 2018. A
summary of the successful projects can be found in Table 14 below.

Table 14. - Summary of Big Ideas Project Grants 2017-18
PROJECT        PROJECT            PROJECT        GRANT CO-INVESTMENT     TOTAL             PROJECT
  SIZE         RECIPIENT           TITLE        AMOUNT (Cash & In Kind) PROJECT           SUMMARY
                                                                         VALUE
Large    Noosa & District       Keeping On      $123,700      $148,330    $272,030 Implementation of
Projects Landcare (NDL)         Keeping it in                                      repair works in areas
(over                           Kin Kin – Stage                                    identified by LiDAR;
$20,000)                        2                                                  trial of new water
                                                                                   quality monitoring.
           University of the    Koala Forever    $40,000        $90,000   $130,000 Further work on koala
           Sunshine Coast       Noosa                                              mapping and health
           (USC)                                                                   status of Noosa
                                                                                   koalas.
           Country Noosa        Rural            $65,000        $74,000   $139,000 Development of a new
                                Hinterland Plan                                    rural enterprise
                                                                                   roadmap and
                                                                                   informing local
                                                                                   landholders of
                                                                                   sustainable farming
                                                                                   opportunities.
Small      Marine Ecology       Environmental    $19,500        $11,000    $30,500 Collection and
Projects   Education            and Cultural                                       distribution of
(under     Indigenous           Learning Trail                                     Indigenous Ecological
$20,000)   Corporation                                                             Knowledge within the
                                                                                   NBR.
           Peregian Beach       Pandanus         $20,000        $50,000    $70,000 Research into
           Community            Preservation                                       Pandanus tree
           Association          Project                                            dieback disease and
                                                                                   its eradication.
           Sunshine Beach       Bush Tucker       $2,500               -    $2,500 Bush Tucker garden
           State School         Garden and                                         development and
           Parents & Citizens   Outdoor                                            refurbishment for
           Association          Classroom                                          environmental
                                                                                   education in a local
                                                                                   primary school.
           Tourism Noosa        Noosa Trail      $19,500        $30,720    $50,220 Establishment of a
                                Master Plan                                        master plan and
                                                                                   network for local eco-
                                                                                   trails.
           Zero Emissions       Roadmap to       $19,800        $20,900    $40,400 Identification of the
           Noosa                100%                                               best way forward for
                                Renewable                                          Noosa to be a ‘Zero
                                Energy                                             Emissions’ Shire.
                                                $310,000      $424,650    $734,650
TOTAL                                           GRANTS      CO-FUNDS     PROJECT
                                                                            VALUE


(C) Noosa Council

Further research has been undertaken by NSC Consultants in the areas of Climate Change Hazard
Adaptation Strategy and Biodiversity Assessment. The purpose of the research was to determine future
strategy and inform the development of the new Noosa Plan.

6.3   Traditional and local knowledge

Indigenous knowledge

The Queensland Planning Act 2016 is the first planning legislation in Australia to explicitly acknowledge
the importance of valuing, protecting and promoting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge,



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