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

                                                                   Noosa Biosphere Reserve - Periodic Review 2018




ADDRESSES

Contact address of BR:

Name:                       Mr Brett de Chastel, Chief Executive Officer, Noosa Shire Council
Street (or P.O. Box):       9 Pelican Street
City with postal code:      TEWANTIN QLD 4565
Country:                    Australia
Telephone:                  +61 753296500
E-mail:                     [email protected]
Website/s:                  www.noosa.qld.gov.au
                            www.noosabiosphere.org.au

Administering entity of the Core, Buffer and Transition zones: (as above)

ANNEX I TO THE BR PERIODIC REVIEW, January 2013 - MABnet Directory of BRs
Administrative details
Country:                    Australia
Name of BR:                 Noosa Biosphere Reserve
Year designated:            2007
Administrative authorities: Noosa Shire Council
Name Contact:               Mr. Brett de Chastel, Chief Executive Officer
Contact address:            [email protected] (email)
Related links:              NSC, www.noosa.qld.gov.au
                            NBRF Ltd, www.noosabiosphere.org.au

Social networks:            Over 300 community organisations within the NBR

General description:

The Noosa Biosphere Reserve (NBR) encompasses the entire Shire of Noosa. The NBR has 55%
vegetation cover (36.5% protected area coverage) with many beaches, coastal headlands and
hinterland areas. It is one of several biodiversity ‘hotspots’ on the east coast of Australia, located in the
Macpherson-Macleay Overlap, where tropical and temperate land zones overlap. The landscape has
an extensive composition of rainforests, beaches, woodlands, wetlands, lakes, rivers, forests, and
mountains. Noosa Heads lies at the northern end of the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland, which
is one of the fastest growing regions in Australia, with a projected population of over 500,000 by 2041.
The local Indigeneous people have a close relationship with the land and waterways within the NBR.

Noosa is a local government area 143 kilometres (81miles) north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast
district of South-East Queensland (SEQ), Australia. The Noosa Shire Council (NSC) is the Local
Government Authority (LGA) administering the municipality. The shire covers an area of 86,978
hectares, and was designated a Biosphere Reserve (BR) under the United Nations Educational,
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Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Man and the Biosphere (MaB) program on 18
September 2007.
According to the 2016 Census data provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the
population of the Noosa Shire (S) (LGA) (35740) region was 54,033 at 30 June 2016. The GRP of
Noosa was $2.8 billion in 2016-17. Tourism is the main industry group in Noosa, bringing in a record
$940 million in the year to September 2016. Noosa is a popular holiday destination for both domestic
and international visitors.
Noosa is renowned for its large number of regional ecosystems; great diversity of wildlife and plants;
unique ecosystems including wetlands, coastal lagoon systems, sand lakes and dune systems; large
number of ecological communities; critical habitats for migratory birds, and important sea turtle nesting
sites. It has maintained a very healthy river system rated (A-) two years running; and extensive
protected reserve system that plays a critical role in conservation management across the SEQ region.
The NBR’s iconic species include: Koala [Phascolarctos cinereus], Glossy Black-Cockatoo
[Calyptorhynchus lathami ], Water Mouse [Xeromoides myoides], Ground Parrot [Pezoporus wallicus],
Coxen’s Fig Parrot [Cyclopsitta diophthalma coxeni], Acid Frogs [Litoria sp.], Cooloola Blind Snake
[Anilios silvia], Sea Turtles [Chelonioidea sp.], Mary River Cod Cod [Maccullochella mariensis],

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