2022-06-13 GC Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 -Noosa Environment Strategy Monitoring Report 2019 - 2021

     Noosa Shire Council




                                Theme 1 – Biodiversity
                                Goal: by 2030 the condition and extent of
                                       our natural ecosystems has improved




  Strategy 1.1 Protect and enhance existing ecosystems,
                vegetation networks and habitats
  Target:
  By 2030, there is no net loss of ecosystem values across the shire, and the condition of Council’s
  priority bushland reserves are enhanced.

  Dataset:
  Version 9 (2019) and version 12 (2021) regional ecosystem mapping data.

                                   Number of          Number of          Number of         Number of
          Vegetation Type
                                 RE’s/Vegetation    RE’s/Vegetation     Re’s declined    Re’s increased
              (BVG)                 Type v9            Type v12           in extent         in extent
         Rainforest/scrubs              10                 10                 8                 2
   Wet Eucalypt/ open forests           11                 12                10                 2
         Eucalypt woodland              23                 24                14                10
     Eucalypt woodland on                2                 3                  2                 1
          floodplains
      Melaleuca woodlands                4                 4                  2                 2
    Heaths and other coastal            11                 11                 5                 7
         communities
             Wetlands                    3                 5                  0                 5
   Mangrove and saltmarshes              2                 2                  1                 1

  Methodology:
  Version 9 and Version 12 regional ecosystem data is calculated and compared to track changes in the
  extent and abundance of the regional ecosystems found in the Noosa Shire. For the purpose of this
  report, the 67 regional ecosystems found in the Noosa Shire have been grouped into their vegetation
  types to show changes. The full dataset is available upon request.

  Definitions:
  Regional Ecosystems: vegetation communities classified by he Queensland Herbarium based on the
  following attributes; region, geology (Land zone) and vegetation characteristics.


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