Annual Report 2009/2010 - Hawkesbury City Council - NSW ...

Outcome 1
Outcome 2
Response to the issue
A number of activities and initiatives include:
• Continued enforcement of the Hawkesbury Local Environment Plan 1989 that seeks to protect
areas of threatened vegetation, provide a buffer around areas of ecological significance, protect
environmentally sensitive land areas of high scenic value, and restrict development on land that is
inappropriate for development by reasons of its physical characteristics or bushfire risk.
• The identification of areas of threatened species through completion and maintenance of
vegetation maps; and
• Ongoing bush regeneration activities and the provision of funding to support regeneration projects.
Future directions
Vegetation management plans should be derived and implemented in the future addressing the legislative
requirements to management and protection of each particular vegetation community for best practice
management.
Education of persons involved with decision making pertaining to Council land should also be
implemented to identify and teach the importance and value of these ecosystems.
Evaluation of each reserve should be identified in order to cost the approximate value of the reserves to
the community, environment, Council and other stakeholders. This will identify the necessary amount of
money that should be spent on these reserves.
2009/2010 Annual Report Page 89