2023-03-07 - P&E Agenda - Item 4 - Attachment 1 - Environmental Services - Threatened Fauna Recovery Road Map

6.5       Stakeholder input
Using the Decision Matrix, the twenty-nine shortlisted fauna species were scored against the selection criteria.
For criteria ‘Conservation Advice’ (which is critical to the delivery of the NES), a suitably qualified Noosa Council
environmental staff member completed this section of the distributed matrix, through reference to the
supporting information identified in Section 3.

For item two ‘Suitability for Longitudinal Population Trend Monitoring’, along with all other nine (9) criteria
(identified threatening processes), members of the Expert Panel were presented with the opportunity to score
and rank each of the twenty-nine shortlisted species, in turn nominating their priority species to jointly develop
the Noosa Nine species list.


6.5.1     Expert Panel

Stakeholders from an Expert Panel completed the Decision Matrix through scoring the shortlisted species against
the set criteria. The Expert Panel was formed from key stakeholders invested in Shire-wide threatened fauna
conservation. To increase the scientific robustness of the process, panel members were sourced from a variety of
stakeholder groups. The participants who completed the Decision Matrix are identified below in Table 6. In total,
ten participants (71%) out of the fourteen approached completed the Decision Matrix.

Table 6: Expert Panel members
                                            Noosa Nine Decision Makers
                   Stakeholder Groups                                            Panel Members
                                                             Mary River Catchment Committee
 Non-for-profit environmental organisations                  Noosa & District Landcare
                                                             Noosa Biosphere Reserve Foundation
                                                             Noosa Integrated Catchment Association members
                                                             Wildwise Environmental
 Wildlife consultants
                                                             Future-Plus Environmental
                                                             Ecological Australia
 Internal Noosa Council staff                                David O’Gorman
                                                             David Burrows and Vanessa Moscato
 Sunshine Coast Council                                      Tyron de Kauwe

Acknowledgments are also extended to Professor Hugh Possingham (UQ), who provided valuable guidance during
the development of this Road Map.

Please refer to Attachment Two, Stakeholder Consultation Plan for full details.