2016-07-12 - Item 10 - Att 1 - Koala Conservation Plan

                          Reference   Action                   Success Indicator         Responsibility      Time frame   Resources             Status
                          Objective 2. Conserve koala populations and habitat through non-statutory means

                          2.1         Secure koala             Purchase of key           Environment Levy    Ongoing      Officer time          100 ha purchased in
                                      habitat through          properties mapped         Working Group                                          2015 on Noosa River
                                      land acquisition and     as koala habitat and                                       Environment Levy      and is mapped as




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                                      rehabilitation           koalas are recorded                                                              ‘possible’ koala habitat
                                                               onsite.                                                    Environment Levy
                                                                                                                          generates $1.8m
                                                                                                                          per annum

                          2.2         Fund koala tree          Koala tree plantings      Environment         2017-2022    Officer time          Subject to 17/18
                                      planting projects        are delivered on key      Services                                               new initiative budget
                                      targeting private        properties and koalas                                      Target budget         approval and/or grant
                                      landholders located      occupy habitat                                             of $20,000 per        funding
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                                      next to, or within,                                                                 annum each year
                                      Koala Habitat Areas                                                                 for 5 years through
                                      and in areas mapped                                                                 operational or
                                      as low to medium                                                                    grant funding
                                      threat.

                          2.3         Continue to support      One major koala           Environment         Ongoing      Officer time          Ongoing
                                      environment and          grant to be delivered     Services
                                      natural resource         every 3 years and                                          State or National
                                      management groups        koalas are recorded                                        grants
                                      with applications        onsite
                                      for grant funding to
                                      restore koala habitat
                                      on public land

                          2.4         Focus Bushland Care      One major koala tree      Parks and Natural   2016-2021    Officer time          Ongoing
                                      weed control and         planting (e.g. National   Areas
                                      tree planting projects   Tree Day) project is
                                      towards koala habitat    completed each year
                                      areas                    in key Koala Habitat
                                                               Areas