December 2000 Version SEQ Natural Resource Management ...

Part B—Themes2theme summaries2.1 Caring for our biodiversityRegional goalTo identify, protect, restore and sustainably manage biodiversityDesired outcomes to achieve this goalFull range of ecologicalvalues is protected,maintained and restoredwithin a comprehensive,adequate and representativereserve system and across thelandscapeKnowledge, understandingand management ofbiodiversity is improved andmore fully integrated intogovernment decision-makingprocesses, with allstakeholders accepting andsharing responsibilityConservation status ofthreatened species andregional ecosystems ismaintained or improved,with emphasis onminimising or avoidingthreatening processesSustainable management ofthe reserve and regionallandscape system isdemonstrated and effectivecorridors are establishedbetween reserved lands andhabitat remnantsKey strategies to achieve desired outcomesB1Gather, analyse and integratedata related to biologicaldiversity.B2Foster and encouragecommunity and governmentinvolvement in theprotection, management andrestoration of biodiversity.B3Encourage the use ofvoluntary land-use (property)agreements and appropriateregulatory strategies.B4Identify and implementeffective monitoring andreporting strategies to helpassess and better manage theregion’s biodiversity.Examples of priority actions to implement strategiesB1• Develop a community–government nature andconservation network(B1.1)• Identify and survey rareand threatened flora andfauna, and map nativevegetation at anappropriate scale(B1.5–B1.7)• Encourage all localgovernments, inpartnership with the EPA,to undertake natureconservation inventories(B1.9)• Identify the distribution ofand impact of pest species(B1.10)B2• Enhance community andlandholder involvement inwildlife and habitatconservation (B2.2)• Introduce incentiveschemes to encourageactivities that improvestatus of native flora andfauna (B2.6)• Develop and encourage theimplementation of riverinestrategies (B2.8)• Identify and manage highconservation significancesites with weedinfestations (B2.16)B3• Expand nature refugeprogram (B3.3)• Incentives to landholdersto voluntarily alter existingland use rights—enhancelong-term conservationoutcomes (B3.4)• Review planningschemes—ensure criticalconservation areas andlinkages maintained(B3.11)• Develop and implementadequately resourcedmanagement plans forprotected areas (B3.16)B4• Monitor and report on rateof vegetation change insouth-east Queensland(B4.1)• Develop high-quality,simple monitoring andevaluation activities(B4.2)• Identify relevantperformance indicators(B4.4)• Enable individuals andcommunity groups to beinvolved in monitoring ofbiodiversity at local level(B4.5)13