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

Figure 3. – UN Sustainable Development Goals




Australian government (Commonwealth & State)

The regulatory framework for the NBR comprises a mix of commonwealth and state legislation
addressing various aspects of biodiversity, conservation, land use planning and management. There is
a range of principal and subordinate legislation, and a range of related high-level strategies, policies
and plans at the state, regional and local levels.

Table 16 below is a summary of the principal Acts relevant to the management of the NBR.

Table 16. - Summary of principal legislation affecting the NBR
LEVEL OF           TITLE OF ACT             PURPOSE OF ACT
GOVERNMENT

Commonwealth       Environment Protection   Provides a legal framework to protect and manage nationally
                   and Biodiversity         and internationally important flora, fauna, ecological communities
                   Conservation Act 1999    and heritage places – defined in the EPBC Act as matters of
                                            national environmental significance.
                   Native Title Act 1993    Provides a national system for the recognition and protection of
                                            native title and for its co-existence with the national land
                                            management system.
State -            Local Government Act     Provides for the way in which a local government is constituted
Queensland         2009                     and the nature and extent of its responsibilities and powers and
                                            a system of local government in Queensland that is accountable,
                                            effective, efficient and sustainable.
                   Planning Act 2016        Establishes an efficient, effective, transparent, integrated,
                                            coordinated and accountable system of land use planning
                                            (planning), development assessment and related matters that
                                            facilitates the achievement of ecological sustainability.
                   Nature Conservation      The conservation of nature while allowing for the involvement of
                   Act 1992                 indigenous people in the management of protected areas in
                                            which they have an interest under Aboriginal tradition or Island
                                            custom.
                   Vegetation               Regulates the clearing of vegetation in a way that conserves
                   Management Act 1999      remnant vegetation, vegetation in declared areas, ensures
                                            clearing does not cause land degradation, prevents the loss of
                                            biodiversity, maintains ecological processes, manages the
                                            environmental effects of clearing, reduces greenhouse
                                            emissions, and allows for sustainable land use.
                   Environmental            Protects Queensland’s environment while allowing for
                   Protection Act 1994      development that improves the total quality of life, both now and
                                            in the future, in a way that maintains the ecological processes on
                                            which life depends.



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