Biodiversity Strategy - Gosford City Council - NSW Government

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- Weed mapping - Other biodiversity 'hot spots'identified - Further refined fauna modeling Benchmark Three concerns development of a strategic approach such as a Local Biodiversity Action Plan or Biodiversity Conservation Strategy. The purpose of this benchmark is to outline immediate actions to be commenced, and to plan for the longer term changes to council activities and responsibilities. It should include actions, timeframes, indicators and responsible officers. Council response Development and adoption of a Biodiversity Strategy, Delivery and Operational Plans will work towards achieving this benchmark. Benchmark Four concerns the implementation of actions and measurement of indicators. Once the objectives and priorities have been identified in an action plan, Council must implement activities and monitor their outcomes using previously selected performance indicators. Council response This benchmark will be attained once Council commences implementation of its Delivery and Operation Plans Benchmark Five concerns the annual review and evaluation of implementation of a Local Biodiversity Action Plan and progress of benchmarking process. Council response This benchmark will be implemented through corporate reporting on the implementation of the Gosford's Community Strategic Plan 2031 and as part of Council's Annual Sustainability Report Biodiversity - Technical Report Page 47
A - 2.4 Discussion of Comparable Plans and Strategies - NSW and elsewhere Development of this strategy has included a review of comparable plans and strategies, both in Australia and abroad, to ensure that Council draws on relevant experience and develops a plan that is in keeping with contemporary practice (see Table 2.2). Many councils in NSW and elsewhere have prepared biodiversity plans (such as Penrith, Camden and Parramatta) or have in place, or are in the process of developing, biodiversity strategies (including Port Stephens and Newcastle Councils). In a national survey of local governments (Australian Local Government Association 2005) over 65% of respondents (or 55 councils Australia wide) reported that they had a biodiversity strategy and that it was being implemented. Overseas examples include the Mayors'Biodiversity Strategy for London (www.blacklondon.org.uk/gla/biodiversity), Scotland's Biodiversity: Its in Your Hands (ref) and the United Kingdom Biodiversity by Design - A guide for Sustainable Communities (URBED 2004), the latter seeking to integrate town planning with biodiversity conservation. Most provide broad principles, objectives and a range of actions for local government. There is also a growing number of councils that have incorporated biodiversity conservation into comprehensive local environment plans (such as Pittwater, Sutherland and Lake Macquarie Councils). Others have foc used on vegetation management (such as Coffs Harbour) as a means of achieving broader conservation outcomes. Lessons learnt from this review are: • Planning controls are a critical tool for councils to implement biodiversity conservation. Mostcomprehensive plans included development of new zonings or refinements to existing conservation zones. • Many councils utilised some form of decision tree or matrix to determine the most significant or environmentally sensitive lands that required protection. • Most plans presented a range of mechanisms to achieve biodiversity outcomes including financial and non financial incentives, education, in house training and external funding opportunities. • There may be some innovative options that could be applied in Gosford LGA such as the threatened plant arboretum proposed for Byron Shire. • Community consultation was an important component in developing most plans, where consultation was not part of the development of the plan it may have contributed to lack of council support for plan. • Most plans included an action plan, some included timeframes and partner organisations. A - 2.5 Stakeholders and Consultation A critical component biodiversity management is the involvement of the community in information gathering, consultation, decision making, initiating action and evaluation (NPWS 1999). For these reasons, effective and meaningful community consultation is a key component of the strategy. At the same time it is recognised that other initiatives of Council such as its Vision 2025 project and the development of a comprehensive Local Environment Plan will engage the community at the broader level and that biodiversity outcomes will only be one of many objectives for these major projects. Biodiversity - Technical Report Page 48
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Page 3 and 4: CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION............
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Page 7 and 8: 1 INTRODUCTION In accordance with C
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Page 41 and 42: A - 2.0 LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT The dev
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Page 49: Biodiversity Toolbox The Commonweal
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Page 89 and 90: Aeolian Landscapes Beach Landscapes
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Lily) was once relatively widesprea
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Figure 5.1 Native vegetation commun
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There have been few quantitative st
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• Rainforest • Wetlands • Dun
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of streams for water quality purpos
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Figures 5.5 - 5.7 Waratah (Telopea
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A - 5.4 A - 5.4.1 Terrestrial Fauna
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A - 5.4.3 Invertebrates There conti
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A draft Recovery Plan has been prep
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assumption that occupancy of a site
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Variables such as ‘proportion of
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Mount Kincumba to Bouddi NP and Cop
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A - 5.7 References Anon (1996) 'Sev
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Scotts D (1991) “Old-growth fores
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considered. This is true for all ri
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this zone are isolated Casuarina gl
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The Hawkesbury River The Hawkesbury
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Gulls (Larus novaehollandiae); Pied
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Patonga Creek Little information is
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A particular objective of the above
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northeast lies the suburb of North
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Lisarow Wetland Lisarow Wetland is
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• appropriately timed collection
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A - 6.3 References ANZECC (1992) Au
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Almost thirty key threatening proce
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Whilst these two species appear mor
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Low (1999) surmised that this fungu
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A - 7.8 Fire Management Fire manage
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• Structural flood mitigation wor
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Increased needs for active recreati
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A - 7.14 References Anderson, C (20
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