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Coorong District Local Action Plan Coorong District Local Action Plan Sustainability, Agriculture, Environment Copyright © Coorong District Local Action Planning Committee, 2012. All or part of this document may be copied and distributed with permission from, and acknowledgement of, the Coorong District Local Action Planning Committee. Although every effort has been made to ensure the correctness and accuracy of the information contain herein, no warranty express or implied is given. Principal authors Faith Cook, EcoProTem. Adrian Barber, Chair, Tatiara Local Action Planning Committee. Authors of the 2000 Coorong Local Action Plan and 1995 Coorong District Plan Contributing authors Staff of the Coorong Tatiara Local Action Planning Project Editing and review Members of thee Coorong District Local Action Planning Committee. Stakeholders and landholders within the Coorong District Council. Layout and design Faith Cook, EcoProTem. Graphics Unless otherwise referenced, photos and images were created by Faith Cook, EcoProTem and staff of the Coorong Tatiara Local Action Planning Project Figure 1 – Swan nesting on the shores of Lake Alexandrina. 1 1 CONTENTS 1 Contents........................................................................................................................................... 2 2 Executive summary .......................................................................................................................... 4 2.1 What does the Coorong District LAP do? ................................................................................ 5 2.2 Future work of the Coorong LAP Program .............................................................................. 6 3 Foreward .......................................................................................................................................... 8 4 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 10 4.1 What is the Coorong Local Action Plan (LAP)? ...................................................................... 10 4.2 Why do we need a Local Action Plan .................................................................................... 11 4.3 Achievements to date ........................................................................................................... 11 4.4 Role of the LAP Program ....................................................................................................... 14 4.5 Working with other LAPs ...................................................................................................... 14 4.6 How to use this document .................................................................................................... 15 4.7 The process of Local Action Planning .................................................................................... 16 5 Regional Description ...................................................................................................................... 17 5.1 The bigger picture ................................................................................................................. 17 5.2 Community resources ........................................................................................................... 17 5.3 Climate .................................................................................................................................. 18 5.4 Physical resources ................................................................................................................. 20 5.5 Biodiversity ........................................................................................................................... 22 5.6 Heritage................................................................................................................................. 25 6 Current resource use ..................................................................................................................... 28 6.1 Land use ................................................................................................................................ 28 6.2 Productivity ........................................................................................................................... 29 6.3 Fisheries ................................................................................................................................ 29 6.4 Water use .............................................................................................................................. 31 7 Resource management challenges ................................................................................................ 34 7.1 Maintaining soil health ......................................................................................................... 34 7.2 Sustaining biodiversity .......................................................................................................... 40 7.3 Managing pest plants and animals ....................................................................................... 42 7.4 Balancing water cycles .......................................................................................................... 45 7.5 Reducing air pollution ........................................................................................................... 50 7.6 Adapting to climate change .................................................................................................. 52 7.7 Supporting social infrastructure ........................................................................................... 54 8 Management of Natural Resources ............................................................................................... 55 8.1 NRM Boards .......................................................................................................................... 56 8.2 Other Management Programs .............................................................................................. 57 8.3 Funding sources .................................................................................................................... 60 8.4 Monitoring ............................................................................................................................ 60 9 Our approach ................................................................................................................................. 62 9.1 Vision..................................................................................................................................... 62 9.2 Purpose and goals ................................................................................................................. 62 9.3 objectives .............................................................................................................................. 62 9.4 Continuing LAP implementation ........................................................................................... 62 9.5 Recommended Actions ......................................................................................................... 63 9.6 Ensuring success ................................................................................................................... 69 9.7 Aboriginal Heritage Act and Native Title ............................................................................... 70 9.8 Incentives .............................................................................................................................. 70 2 9.9 Cost sharing – Who pays? ..................................................................................................... 71 9.10 Indicators of success ............................................................................................................. 73 9.11 MERI Plan .............................................................................................................................. 74 9.12 Stakeholder roles in the LAP Program .................................................................................. 75 10 Weighing up the benefits .............................................................................................................. 76 10.1 What if we did nothing? ........................................................................................................ 76 10.2 Economic considerations ...................................................................................................... 77 10.3 Benefits of cost sharing ......................................................................................................... 78 10.4 Changing directions............................................................................................................... 78 11 Appendixes .................................................................................................................................... 79 3 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Coorong District Local Action Plan covers an area which extends from just above Tailem Bend and Peake in the north, to just above Keith in the Upper South East. The Coorong National Park, Lake Albert and part of Lake Alexandrina form the western boundary. The Local Action Plan shares a common boundary with the Coorong District Council (the largest council area in South Australia) Figure 2: The Coorong is well known as the setting for the 1977 film Storm Boy. The Coorong District covers 883,500 hectares of land, plus 46,800 ha of lakes. The area
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