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Council News CITY OF WAGGA WAGGA
FIRST PRINTED SATURDAY 20 JUNE 2020
Issue No: 300
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BIODIVERSITY IS 'EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY' With over 90 per cent of our region’s original vegetation cleared, it’s critical the community works together to halt the decline of biodiversity.
WE’VE GOT A PLAN: After months of work and community consultation, Council’s draft Biodiversity Strategy is ready for your feedback. Environmental Assessment Officer Samantha Pascall is encouraging you to visit connect.wagga.nsw.gov.au/biodiversity and share your thoughts on how we can all help protect and preserve our region’s biodiversity.
Strategy to protect local biodiversity Wagga Wagga City Council is seeking community feedback on a draft strategy outlining a 10-year plan to address key threats and impacts on local biodiversity.
the environment we depend upon for water, food, health and recreation,” Ms Summerhayes said. “Over 90 per cent of the original vegetation in the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area has been cleared and the remaining 10 per cent exists in isolated pockets. “Key threatening processes are placing native plants and animals under pressure. Some of these processes include fragmentation, infestation of pest animals and weeds, habitat loss or change, and The draft Biodiversity Strategy: Maldhangilanna aims to increase community climate change. “‘Maldhangilanna’ is Wiradjuri for working awareness of the importance of biodiversity, together. Our draft biodiversity strategy strategically approaching the challenge of preserving, protecting, and enhancing local focuses on what we can do to halt the decline of biodiversity in our region, and biodiversity into the future. how we can work together as a community Council’s Community Director Janice for a healthier and sustainable future.” Summerhayes said biodiversity was The draft strategy has four main focus everyone’s responsibility. areas, with strategic objectives and “Biodiversity is important because underlying actions for the areas of: it supports the healthy functioning of
• Planning for Biodiversity • Strengthening Natural Assets • Managing Biosecurity • Educating and Collaborating.
The Biodiversity Strategy: Maldhangilanna is on public exhibition until Monday 13 July 2020. To view the strategy, visit connect.wagga. nsw.gov.au/biodiversity The draft Biodiversity Strategy: Maldhangilanna is a 10-year document outlining the legislative framework associated with biodiversity conservation, internal and external policy context, key threatening processes, and threatened species within the Wagga Wagga Local Government Area. The draft strategy has been developed through extensive community consultation and supports the vision and objectives expressed in the Community Strategic Plan.
Weekly waste tip Please aim to keep a distance of at least 50cm between your bins when you present them on the kerbside for servicing. This space is needed to allow the reaching arm to grab hold of your bin to lift and then empty it into the truck.
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