The City of Sydney commissioned the Urban Ecology Strategic Action Plan as one of many initiatives aimed at achieving the Sustainable Sydney 2030 vision of a green, global and connected city. The plan is based on a survey of the …
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The Draft NSW Biodiversity Offsets Policy for Major Projects aims to clarify, standardise and improve biodiversity offsetting for major project approvals. The policy will apply to state significant development and state significant infrastructure under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act …
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The first Master Plan in the almost 200 year history of the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney and Domain has been released for community feedback. The draft Master Plan proposes more than 25 key proposals and ideas. You are invited to …
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The City of Hobart has developed a new Draft Bushfire Management Strategy to direct all aspects of bushfire risk management in the Hobart City Council area. The draft strategy is open for comment until 14 May 2014.
Integrating biodiversity into local plans and actions offers many opportunities for local sustainable development. The main goal of the EU Local Skills for Biodiversity Project is to improve the knowledge, skills and competences of local staff to integrate conservation and …
The SURF Framework for a Sustainable Economy moves beyond the triple-bottom-line approach to sustainable development to place emphasis on the quadruple bottom line. As a result of analyzing the on-the-ground reality of attempting to transform products and services for sustainable …
The Queensland Government is leading several flood mitigation initiatives to implement recommendations of the Queensland Floods Commission of Inquiry, and community input is being sought. The initiatives are the Wivenhoe and Somerset Dams Optimisation Study, North Pine Dam Optimisation Study …
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Stage One of the Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley Flood Management Review has been completed. The review has found that there is no simple solution or single infrastructure option that can address all of the flood risk, and that infrastructure options can reduce, …
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San Francisco has passed groundbreaking legislation to phase out the sale and distribution of plastic bottled water on municipal property. The ordinance applies to events, permitted vendors, and lease holders on San Francisco property, as well as City departments themselves. …
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Urban heating further increases extreme summer temperatures. The urban heat island effect is explored in the video Melbourne an ‘urban heat island’. In recognition of the climate buffer and other benefits of urban trees, the City of Melbourne is implementing an …