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corridors and rehabilitating disturbedareas.Require LEPsto zone all SEPP14 Wetlands and SEPP26 LittoralRainforesttoachieveenvironmentalprotectionthroughzones suchas E2 orW1.Councils to consultwithSRCMA toensure the appropriate integrationofCatchment ActionPlan(CAP)and LEPs.3.4.2 SouthernRivers Catchment Action Plan 2006Southern RiversCatchmentActionPlan (CAP)(SouthernRiversCMA2006) detailskey priorities for thewholeof the SouthernRivers CMA forthe nexttenyears (2006-2016) fromWollongongLGA in thenorthto the Victorian border, including the IllawarraCouncils. Table 6 listsbiodiversity targets relevanttothe Illawarra.Table 6: The CAP Biodiversity TargetsCommunity andlandholder knowledgeand skillsB1By 2016 there willbean increase in the numberof landmanagerswho adoptmanagement practices thatconserve biodiversity andpromote sustainableproduction.Native vegetationconservationB2B3By 2016 throughvoluntaryparticipationby landmanagers, theareaof landactively managed to conserve priority vegetationtypeswillincrease from11,000 hectares to atleast41,000 hectares.By 2016 throughvoluntaryparticipationby landmanagers, anadditional 10,000 hectaresof nativevegetation willbeactivelymanagedto buildaresilient landscape withgoodconnectivitywhich conserves biodiversity.By 2016 the priority recovery actions identifiedin theSouthernRivers threatenedspeciesstrategy will have beenimplemented.Native speciesB4conservationInvasive species B5 By 2016 vertebrate pest specieswillbecontrolled inkey locations.B6 By 2016 priority weed species willbe controlledinkey locations.The intentof targets B2 andB3 isto ensurepriority vegetation types are targeted, thatis, thosewithless than30%of their originaldistributioncurrently being managedforconservation. Or,if they arealready clearedbelow30%of theiroriginaldistribution, toensurethe rest ismanagedforconservation(SouthernRivers CMA 2006).3.4.3 Local EnvironmentPlansLocalEnvironmentPlans (LEPs) are the principal legaldocument for controllingdevelopment at theLocalGovernment level.LocalEnvironmentPlans identify the zoningprovisionsfor all landwithin aLocalGovernment Area that establishpermissible usesand standards thatregulate the useof that land.They are preparedby councilandapprovedby theMinister forPlanning after public exhibition.The three Illawarra Councils have revisedtheir LocalEnvironmentalPlans. WithinWollongongLGA,the Wollongong LEP 2009 andWollongongLEP(WestDapto) 2010 are inforce. Within KiamaLGA,the draftKiama LEPhas beenpublicly exhibitedand submittedto the NSWDepartmentof Planning forapproval. WithinShellharbour LGA, the draft Shellharbour LEP hasbeenapprovedby theDepartmentofPlanningand Infrastructure for exhibitionand willbe publicly exhibitedin thenear future. NewDevelopment ControlPlans (DCPs)will bedeveloped alongside the LEPsto provide moredetailedguidance onlanduseactivitiesanddevelopmentassessmentprocesses.ILLAWARRA BIODIVERSITYSTRATEGYVol.2Background document 12