Local Biodiversity Strategy: - Shire of Kalamunda

Consideration of revolving funds as
a mechanism would be best
undertaken in partnership with an
existing revolving fund program,
such as Bush Bank, a WA based
revolving fund that has operated
since 2001 through the National
Trust. Any potential purchases
discussed with the two nationally
acrredited conservation covenant
providers, the National Trust and
DEC, prior to purchase.
Protecting more natural areas provides habitat for the
Shire’s fauna such as this Echidna. Photo provided by
the Australian Wildlife Conservancy.
Assigning a new zoning to properties purchased for on-sale is likely to require an
amendment to the Local Planning Scheme No.3. It is envisaged that any new zoning
would limit the clearance of endemic vegetation and future development potential
and could also be applied retrospectively across any existing land zoning.
An offsets program could also be investigated to fund a revolving fund process. The
most appropriate application of offsets would be where developers cannot protect
any priority natural areas as part of their development. However, as there is
currently only one planned development area (Kewdale-Hazelmere, refer to Section
11.6.1) which contains natural areas that could be protected through planning
mechanisms this is not currently considered to be a productive mechanism to utilise
for increased biodiversity protection. In the future, if more land is released for
development then the feasibility of an offsets program could be investigated.
Flora species found within the Shire of Kalamunda. Photos from FloraBase
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