2019-11-12 - P&E Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020

4.1     Reporting and management response
Reports of invasive species are provided through Council surveillance programs or from members
of the public. The response from Council to landowners will depend on the species concerned and
whether they are a scheduled species under the Biosecurity Act 2014 (see Figure 3 below).




Figure 1. Decision tool for incoming reports of invasive species.
4.2     Shire wide priorities for Schedule 1&2 invasive species
To guide Council invasive species management of scheduled species and targeted awareness
raising programs an expert panel has assessed the risk and management feasibility of Schedule
1&2 invasive species that have been recorded in Noosa Shire previously. Note that all public and
private landowners within Noosa Shire have a biosecurity obligation for all Schedule 1 & 2 invasive
matters regardless of the prioritisation score.

The risk assessment was based on current extent, risk to biodiversity, economy and people. The
feasibility of control was also considered to provide a prioritisation for each Schedule 2 species.
The prioritisation methodology is shown in Table 2.

 Criteria                          Score range                      Score
 Likelihood of establishment       1-5
 Ecological impact                 1-5
 Economic impact                   1-5
 Community impact                  1-5
 Feasibility of management         1-10
 actions
 Total prioritisation score

Table 2 Prioritisation methodology (Methodology source: Gold Coast City Council Biosecurity
Plan).


Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020                                                                    Page 8