STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT This summary outlines Council’s results for 2020-2021 in implementing the Lake Macquarie City Environmental Sustainability Strategy and Action Plan 2020-2027 (ESSAP 2020-2027). It provides a trend and condition report on the priority environmental sustainability themes: • p rotecting and enhancing our natural landscapes • s upporting resilient communities • c reating a sustainable city and communities • r esponsible consumption and production.
Environmental trends
For each of the priority environmental issues, we provide the overall trend based on three indicators: declining, stable or improving.
Conditions
For each of the priority environmental issues, we also provide a high-level rating: poor, moderate or good.
IMPROVING the condition is
GOOD data shows a positive or healthy environmental condition
STABLE the condition stayed
the same compared to the last reporting period
MODERATE data shows the environmental condition is neither good nor poor, or results may be mixed across the city
DECLINING the condition is
POOR data indicates poor
better compared to the last reporting period
worse compared to the last reporting period
environmental condition or condition under significant stress
ANNUAL REPORT 2020-2021
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