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Conservation and Environmental Strategies

The City of Canning has implemented a number of Conservation and Environment Strategies.

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Urban Forest Strategy

The City of Canning's award-winning Urban Forest Strategy (PDF 28MB) is an ambitious plan to increase the City's urban canopy cover by 22.3% over the next 20 years.

Environmental Management Strategy

Working to achieve better environmental management outcomes, the Environment Management Strategy provides a framework to help inform and develop plans. The goals of the strategy are:

  • Protecting, preserving and promoting our natural places, flora and fauna.
  • Sustainably managing resources.
  • A sustainable and environmentally aware community.

The key considerations are:

  • Climate change
    Understand and address potential outcomes of climate change and facilitate the development of a resilient City.
  • Natural areas
    Maintain, enhance and restore natural areas and protect biodiversity values.
  • Water
    Protect and enhance waterways, wetlands and the groundwater and ensure sustainable use and management of water resources.
  • Heritage
    Protection of the significant environmental and cultural values of the Canning River together with the region’s traditional owners.
  • Built environment
    Deliver built form outcomes that optimise energy, water and waste resource use of places and spaces over their whole-of-life.

    Local Biodiversity Strategy

    In 2018, Council endorsed the Local Biodiversity Strategy 2018. The strategy outlines a 20-year action plan for the protection and strategic management of natural areas in the City. The actions include:

    • Improved provisions for biodiversity in the City’s local planning framework and their application in future land use decisions.
    • Development of a Strategic Local Reserve Management Plan.
    • Development of a plan for restoration of natural areas in the City.
    • Encourage vegetation retention and increased use of local plants in landscaping by developers and private landholders.
    • Continued support to community volunteers engaged in bushland restoration activities.
    • Mainstreaming consideration of biodiversity within all City programs.

    Water Management Strategy

    The City's Water Management Strategy provides a framework for the achievement of better water management outcomes. The strategy has the following objectives:

    • Recognise the ecological, social and cultural importance of water.
    • Respond to the needs of the environment and community in a changing climate.
    • Educate and inform the community to build understanding and support for change.
    • Promote innovative and visionary approaches to water management.
    • Protect and restore the water quality, hydrological and ecological function of wetlands, waterways and groundwater systems.
    • Reduce water use overall and promote the fit-for purpose use of all available water resources.
    • Deliver functional and sustainable public open spaces.

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