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NATURAL HERITAGE STRATEGY - Hume City Council

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NATIVE VEGETATION CONTINUED<br />

GOAL: To Foster Community Learning and Action<br />

Objective<br />

Action / Activity<br />

Key Performance Indicators<br />

(KPI’s) and Targets:<br />

KPI 8: Positive change in<br />

community awareness of the value<br />

of native vegetation.<br />

Target: 40% increase in<br />

community awareness by 2015.<br />

NV8 - Raise<br />

community<br />

awareness about<br />

the value of native<br />

vegetation in <strong>Hume</strong><br />

by:<br />

NV8.1<br />

Developing and undertaking a community<br />

awareness campaign for grasslands in <strong>Hume</strong>,<br />

including the production of:<br />

• Educational materials (fact sheets and<br />

posters)<br />

• Media articles.<br />

NV8.2<br />

Publicising all prosecutions of illegal native<br />

vegetation removed in <strong>Hume</strong>.<br />

KPI 9: Positive change in<br />

community capacity to manage<br />

native vegetation.<br />

Target: 40% increase in<br />

community capacity to manage<br />

native vegetation by 2015.<br />

NV9 - Build the<br />

capacity of rural<br />

landowners to<br />

manage native<br />

vegetation on their<br />

land by:<br />

NV9.1<br />

Facilitating an annual training course / field day<br />

on native vegetation management through<br />

the Live Green Program. Priority topics should<br />

include:<br />

• Grazing management<br />

• Weed and pest animal control<br />

• Regeneration and revegetation<br />

• Plant identification<br />

GOAL: To Influence and Advocate<br />

Key Performance Indicators<br />

(KPI’s) and Targets:<br />

KPI 10: Increase in weed<br />

compliance in <strong>Hume</strong> by the State<br />

government.<br />

Objective<br />

NV10 - Protect<br />

native vegetation<br />

from the threat of<br />

weeds by:<br />

Action / Activity<br />

NV10.1<br />

Advocating to the DPI for more weed<br />

compliance and extension in <strong>Hume</strong>.<br />

Target: 20 annual DPI<br />

compliance inspections in<br />

<strong>Hume</strong> by 2015.<br />

14 HUME CITY COUNCIL <strong>NATURAL</strong> <strong>HERITAGE</strong> <strong>STRATEGY</strong> ACTION PLAN 2011 - 2015

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