60 Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

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1 60 Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

2 Section 7 Maps Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

3 Map 7.1: Core and connecting habitat areas Landscape Element Definition Core Habitat Area Defined as an area equal to or greater than 50 hectares of contiguous (connected) remnant and regrowth vegetation and may comprise: Multiple vegetation community types (Regional Ecosystems) Wetlands, rivers and wide coastal waterways that traverse the core area Known rare and threatened flora and fauna populations Lands with a variety of tenures Small non-habitat areas (eg clear paddocks) that are enclosed within the core Infrastructure easements (eg transmission lines) that retain a grassy ground cover or shrubby understorey that reflects the habitat characteristics of nearby habitat types Relatively narrow infrastructure corridors such as local roads or rail easements. Connecting Habitat Area Defined as all other remnant and regrowth vegetation not within a Core Habitat Area and may comprise: Habitat areas less than 50 hectares in size Fragmented and isolated patches of vegetation/habitat greater than 1 hectare in size A group of loosely aggregated, but proximal, small habitat fragments in natural or near natural condition Groups of habitat fragments within discrete physical regions such as catchments, landform elements that were not identified as Core Habitat Areas. Linkages Comprise of: Existing (identified through previous council studies) or future opportunities to connect Core Habitat Areas Linear habitat or landscape features that provide a link or are components of a more extensive link between Core Habitat Areas Terrestrial or riparian habitat landscape features. 62 Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

4 Core and Connecting Habitat Area Landscape elements Core Habitat Areas Connecting Habitat Areas Existing and future linkages Other elements Local Government Area boundary Waterways and waterbodies Major roads This map is not a definitive representation of all Council owned conservation areas. This Council does not warrant the correctness of plan or any information contained thereon. Council accepts no liability or responsibility in respect of the plan and any information and inaccuracies thereon. Any person relying on this plan shall do so at their own risk. This map must not be reproduced in any form, whole or part, without the express written permission of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. N Kilometres Scale 1:220,000 Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

5 Map 7.2: Protected areas To find out the latest land purchased through Council s Environment Levy visit Council s website. 64 Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

6 Protected Areas Conservation Areas Council owned or managed State Other elements Remnant vegetation Local Government Area boundary Waterways and waterbodies Major roads This map is not a definitive representation of all Council owned conservation areas. This Council does not warrant the correctness of plan or any information contained thereon. Council accepts no liability or responsibility in respect of the plan and any information and inaccuracies thereon. Any person relying on this plan shall do so at their own risk. This map must not be reproduced in any form, whole or part, without the express written permission of the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. N Kilometres Scale 1:220,000 Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

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8 Section 8 Glossary Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

9 8 Glossary Bioregion Biodiversity Tools Biodiversity Values Biosequestration Biota Carbon offset Climate change Connecting Habitat Area Core Habitat Area Ecological Processes An area based on broad landscape patterns that reflect the major structural geologies, climatic patterns and major changes in plant and animal communities The range of legal and policy mechanisms and management programs that can be applied or implemented to protect, enhance and connect our biodiversity. Biodiversity is the variety of all life forms (plants, animals, micro organisms, the genes they contain and the ecosystems they form part of). In this document the term biodiversity values refers to both the intrinsic values and the anthropocentric (social, recreational, aesthetic, economic etc). Carbon sequestration is the process of removing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in 'sinks' as a method of reducing greenhouse gas pollution. The emerging national and international markets for carbon have created considerable interest in sequestration in planted forests, often referred to as biosequestration. Biosequestration provides opportunities to restore tree cover to previously cleared lands whilst creating tradable carbon offsets for voluntary or mandatory markets. Total animal and plant life of a region. A carbon offset is an investment in a project or activity that reduces greenhouse gas emissions or sequesters carbon from the atmosphere; this is used to compensate for greenhouse gas emissions of your own activities. Is the change in climate attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere, and that is, in addition to natural climate variability over comparable time periods. For the purposes of this Strategy are defined as all other remnant and regrowth vegetation not within a Core Habitat Area and may comprise: Habitat areas less than 50 hectares in size Fragmented and isolated patches of vegetation/habitat >1 hectare in size A group of loosely aggregated, but proximal, small habitat fragments in natural or near natural condition Groups of habitat fragments within discrete physical regions such as catchments, landform elements that were not identified as core habitat areas. An area equal to or greater than 50 contiguous hectares of remnant and/or regrowth vegetation and may comprise: Multiple vegetation community types (or regional ecosystems) Wetlands, rivers and wide coastal waterways that traverse the core habitat area Known rare and threatened flora and fauna populations Lands with a variety of tenures Small non-habitat areas (e.g. clear paddocks) that are enclosed within the core Infrastructure easements that retain a grassy ground cover or shrubby understorey that reflects the characteristics of nearby habitat types Narrow infrastructure corridors such as local roads or rail easements. The interactions and connections between living and non-living systems, including movements of energy, nutrient cycling and other chemical substances such as carbon, organisms and propagules. 68 Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

10 Ecosystem Ecosystem services Fauna Flora Intrinsic Indicator Linkages No Net Loss or a Net Gain Plant Communities Ramsar Regional Ecosystem Remnant Vegetation Riparian (land / habitat) Terrestrial Vegetation Offset Wallum An ecosystem is a natural unit consisting of all plants, animals and micro-organisms in an area, functioning together with all the non-living physical factors, including soil, rocks, minerals, water sources and the local atmosphere. Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. These include provisioning services such as food, water, timber and fibre; regulating services that affect climate, floods, disease, wastes, and water quality; cultural services that provide recreational, aesthetic and spiritual benefits; and supporting services such as soil formation, photosynthesis and nutrient cycling. Animal life. Plant life. Belonging to a thing by its very nature; the essential nature or constitution of a thing; inherent; in and of itself. A characteristic of an ecosystem that is related to, or derived from, a measure of biotic or abiotic variable, that can provide quantitative information on ecological structure and function. An indicator can contribute to a measure of integrity and sustainability. For the purpose of this Strategy comprise: Identified existing linkages (through previous studies) or future opportunities to connect core habitat areas Linear habitat or landscape features that provide a link or are components of a more extensive link between core habitat areas Terrestrial or riparian habitat landscape features A concept whereby conservation losses in one geographically or otherwise defined area are balanced or compensated by an equal or greater conservation gain in the geographically or otherwise defined area, or elsewhere as appropriate. An association of plants of various species found growing together in different areas with similar site characteristics. City in Iran, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, where the International Convention on Wetlands was agreed on 2 February 1971; thus the Convention's informal nickname, 'Ramsar Convention on Wetlands'. "A vegetation community in a bioregion that is consistently associated with a particular combination of geology, landform and soil" (Sattler and Williams, 1999). As defined by the Vegetation Management Act 1999 (amended 2009) and depicted by the Queensland Herbarium s Regional Ecosystem Mapping. Any land that adjoins or directly influences water bodies, including river and creek banks, wetland edges, floodplains, lake edges, gullies and dips. Growing or living on land rather than in water, in the air, in trees, etc. A vegetation offset is an investment in a project or activity that is put in place to counterbalance (offset) the development impacts on vegetation. Heath land that grows in sandy, low nutrient, acidic soils on the lowlands and offshore islands of South East Queensland. Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

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12 Section 9 References By 2020 the region s biodiversity is protected, enhanced, healthy, resilient to climate change and valued by the entire community. We can achieve this by protecting existing habitats, and through rehabilitating strategically identified degraded areas over time, reconnect the landscape. Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

13 9 References Ash, N, R. Hassan and R. Scholes, eds, Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends, Volume 1 (Findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment). Washington: Island Press. Benedict, M and T McMahon, Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities. Washington: Island Press. Caloundra City Council, Biodiversity Background Paper Queensland: Caloundra City Council. Caloundra City Council, Biodiversity Background Paper Appendices Queensland: Caloundra City Council. Caloundra City Council, Biodiversity Strategy Queensland: Caloundra City Council. Commonwealth Department of Climate Change (2008). Australia s biodiversity Impacts of Climate Change. biodiversity.html Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories, The National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia s Biological Diversity. Canberra: Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Sport and Territories. Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Consultation Draft: Australia s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy Canberra: Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Consultation Draft: Australia s Strategy for the National Reserve System Canberra: Commonwealth Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Commonwealth of Australia National Biodiversity and Climate Change Action Plan Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council environment.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/nbccap/ pubs/nbccap.pdf Dunlop, M and P.R. Brown, Implications of climate change for Australia s National Reserve System: A preliminary assessment. Report to the Department of Climate Change. Canberra: Department of Climate Change. Ecotone Environmental Services, Econcern and Paul Summers Planning Strategies, Maroochy Shire Biodiversity Strategy. Queensland: Maroochy Shire Council. Environmental Protection Agency, State of the Environment Queensland: The State of Queensland. Government of Victoria Department of Sustainability and the Environment Melbourne, Land and Biodiversity at a Time of Climate Change: Green Paper. Melbourne: Department of Sustainability and the Environment. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Summary for Policymakers. In: A Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report An assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Viewed 22 July syr/ar4_syr.pdf International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources 2009, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Low, Tim Climate Change and Brisbane Biodiversity. Queensland: Brisbane City Council. Lowe, Ian The Big Fix. Sydney: Black Inc Press. Local Government Association of Queensland Natural Resource Management Manual for Local Government Operational Staff. Queensland: LGAQ. Macarthur, R.H. and E.O. Wilson, The Theory of Island Biogeography Princeton University Press, Princeton. Maroochy Shire Council (2006). Maroochy Shire Biodiversity Strategy. Queensland: Maroochy Shire Council North East Community Forests, Green Infrastructure Planning Guide. Viewed 30 January Queensland Government 2007, Climate Smart 2050 Queensland Climate Change Strategy 2007: a lowcarbon future. Viewed 22 July thepremier.qld.gov.au/library/pdf/initiatives/climate_ change/climatesmart_2050.pdf Queensland Government Department of Environment and Resource Management 2008, What is Acid Sulphate Soils? Viewed 22 July land/ass/what_are_ass.html 72 Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

14 Queensland Government Department of Infrastructure and Planning, South East Queensland Regional Plan Queensland: Queensland Government Department of Infrastructure and Planning. SEQ Catchments, South East Queensland Natural Resource Management Plan. Queensland: The State of Queensland (Department of Infrastructure and Planning). SEQTOLSMA (now SEQTOA), Our Plan, the South East Queensland Traditional Owner Cultural Resource Management Plan. Queensland: SEQTOLSMA. Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Maroochy River Recovery Phase 2 A Partnership Prospectus Redefining Our Approach to Landscape Rescue. Queensland: Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Sunshine Coast Growth Management Position Paper. Queensland: Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Sunshine Coast Regional Council, Corporate Plan. Sunshine Coast Regional Council. The Water and Carbon Group, Carbon Sequestration Potential in the Sunshine Coast Region. A technical report to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Sunshine Coast Biodiversity Strategy

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