Environment - What does the draft Strategy propose?
Increasing tree canopy cover to address the ‘heat island’ effect, enhance climate change resilience and improve the health and well-being of residents.
Responding and adapting to coastal processes changes.
Identifying and protecting valuable ecological corridors.
Enhancing water quality, the health of wetlands and groundwater resources.
Increasing tree retention and planting in new subdivisions and developments.
Protecting and enhancing important cultural landscapes and places of Aboriginal significance.
Formalisation of ecological corridors within the local planning framework
Level of vegetation protection within identified ecological corridors
Establish baseline data as per the Urban Forest Plan, including tree canopy cover
Number of places with Aboriginal heritage significance enhanced or interpreted
Measures to protect environmental values of the rural land
Environment - What does the draft Strategy propose?
Our City will protect and enhance environmental values and the diverse natural landscape, and respond to a changing climate.
Protection of the City’s natural environment has become a priority for the community, with many of these areas also important for their recreational value and contribution to our unique local character. The City is also facing a range of new challenges as the world’s climate changes.
Local Planning Strategy Actions focus on:
How will we track our progress?