Meeting papers

18.16. Data collection and monitoring
Objectives
All management objectives

Outcomes
   • Reserve values, management considerations, management planning and implementation
      are informed by good data and monitoring

   •   Provide data on the outcomes of management actions and inform future management

   •   Integrate EBFRMP monitoring and data collection with broader monitoring programs

   •   Contribute data to broader monitoring, management and research


Data from desk top investigations, research, monitoring, and observations informs the planning
and management of council managed bushland, contributes to the development of strategic plans,
and monitors on-ground and strategic outcomes.

The monitoring and data collection detailed below includes those that sit primarily with Council’s
Environmental Services branch and Natural Areas team, and principally undertaken within the
Eastern Beaches Foreshores Reserves. Monitoring undertaken as part of programs and projects
that occur mostly outside of the Eastern Beaches Foreshores Reserves and / or are primarily the
responsibility of another part of Council or other authorities are detailed in Section 5: Linked
projects and programs and Appendix Two: Linked projects and programs. While Environmental
Services branch and Natural Areas team are not the primary drivers of these projects or it occurs
mostly outside the EBFR, they may be stakeholders and contribute to the project, or the project
contributes to outcomes in the EBFR.


Data collection
Environmental values
The environmental values of the foreshore reserves, such as ecosystems, wetlands, significant
species and habitats, and landscape values such as connectivity and wildlife corridors, are derived
from environmental reports from the Qld Department of Environment and Science and Qld
Department of Resources.

Much of this mapping is primarily based on Regional Ecosystem mapping. Regional Ecosystem
mapping on foreshores has, until recently, typically been very broadscale and simple, with a range
of vegetation communities often grouped under RE 12.2.14: Strand and fore dune complex.
Recent improvements to this mapping by the Queensland Government can be seen in the increase
in the extent and number of mapped Regional Ecosystems and the extent of High Value Regrowth
discussed below. These changes are supported by a current Noosa Regional Ecosystem mapping
project and on ground observations. As this mapping continues to get more detailed it is expected
that more Regional Ecosystems, more High Value Regrowth and a wider range of environmental
values will be reported.

Using the information in these reports is a standard approach to management plans for natural
areas and has been used by Noosa Council, other local governments, and other land management
agencies in many other reserve planning documents and processes. The reports for foreshore
reserve and connected bushland reserves in the plan include:
   • Biodiversity and Conservation Values - Biodiversity Planning Assessments and Aquatic
       Conservation Assessments
   • WildNet Records - Conservation Significant Species List
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