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DELWP Marine and Coasts Newsletter DELWP marine and coasts newsletter Issue 05 December 2020 Welcome to the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Victorian Marine and Coastal Planning’s (DELWP’s) quarterly Awards 2020 marine and coasts newsletter. The hard work and dedication of those who enhance and protect Victoria’s precious coastal and marine In this issue: environments has been celebrated at the inaugural Victorian Marine and Coastal Awards. Victorian Marine and Coastal Awards 2020 On 20 November Minister for Energy, Environment and Victorian Marine and Coastal Council engages online Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio virtually presented Great Ocean Road management reforms eleven awards on behalf of the Victorian Marine and Coastal Council (VMaCC) to a diverse range of Protecting our coast from climate change individuals and groups. Marine and coastal knowledge Coastal protection projects Coastcare Victoria’s Coastline Please email [email protected] to subscribe or unsubscribe to this newsletter The Hon. Lily D’Ambrosio MP, Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change and MC Dr Anthony Boxshall, Chair VMaCC. and for more information. Among the award winners was the Mornington Peninsula’s Kent Stannard for his research and education programs on the protected but often misunderstood Great White Shark. Kent was a recipient of the Outstanding Individual Achievement Award for his work over 18 years as a passionate marine environment advocate and driving force behind the ‘Tag for Life’ shark research program. delwp.vic.gov.au DELWP marine and coasts newsletter Also celebrated was St Kilda-based marine biologist VMaCC asked the various groups to outline their Fam Charko who leads several research projects for priorities in the Strategy development, specifically in the Port Phillip EcoCentre, specialising in ecology, responding to challenges such as climate change, nature conservation and marine plastic pollution. population growth and ageing infrastructure. Fam has been recognised for her incredible power to mobilise people into action and build better partnerships between community groups, businesses and agencies to achieve better outcomes for the care of Port Phillip Bay. Gippsland also featured in the awards with the Yarram Yarram Landcare Network acknowledged for biodiversity and ecosystem conservation through its Corner Inlet Broadleaf Seagrass Restoration Project. The project successfully addressed the impact of Purple Sea Urchins on broadleaf seagrass meadows which provide crucial food and habitat for fish populations at the Corner Inlet between Wilsons Promontory and Ninety Mile Beach. The Victorian Marine and Coastal Awards build on the legacy of the former Victorian Coastal Awards. Explore all award winners and finalists at marineandcoastalcouncil.vic.gov.au/news-and- events/victorian-marine-and-coastal-awards VMaCC online stakeholder engagement. The following sectors have participated in the online engagement sessions to date: • Boating: Better Boating Victoria, Boating Industry Association Victoria • Local government: Moyne Shire Council, Surf Coast Shire Council, City of Port Phillip, East Gippsland Shire Council and Municipal Association of Victoria • Emergency management: DELWP, Emergency Management Victoria (EMV), State Emergency Service (SES), Life Saving Victoria • Water: East Gippsland Catchment Management Authority (CMA), West Gippsland CMA, Corangamite CMA, Glenelg Hopkins CMA, Victorian Catchment Awards trophies by talented glass artist Dave Hobday. Management Council (VCMC), Melbourne Water, Barwon Water, Birrarung Council Victorian Marine and Coastal • Ports: Port of Portland, Port of Apollo Bay, Regional Council engages with Channels Authority (Port of Geelong and Port of stakeholders online Hastings channels), Port of Melbourne, Gippsland Ports Over the past six months, VMaCC has held monthly • Victorian Fisheries Authority: board and senior round table discussions with a broad range of marine executive representative and coastal stakeholders to inform the development of • Parks Victoria: chief executive officer (CEO) and the Victorian Marine and Coastal Strategy in 2020. senior executives 2 DELWP marine and coasts newsletter • DELWP Marine and Coastal Policy, management and For more information about GORCAPA board members implementation – senior executives and the Great Ocean Road Action Plan, visit planning.vic.gov.au/policy-and-strategy/great-ocean- • Non-government organisations (NGOs) and volunteer road-action-plan. stakeholders (15 December). Great Ocean Road management Protecting our coast from reforms climate change Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority The Victorian Budget 2020/21 provided $15.8 million to commences safeguard the future of our state’s coastline, build resilience in our marine and coastal areas and provide The Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority economic stimulus to metropolitan and regional (GORCAPA) officially commenced on 1 December economies. The Safeguarding Marine and Coastal 2020, providing a single, dedicated body to manage the Environments program was also allocated $11.04 region’s public land, beaches, national parks, tourism million from the Government’s $2.7 billion Building operations and accommodation. Works Package earlier in the year. GORCAPA sees the transfer of responsibilities from the The projects are guided by the Marine and Coastal Great Ocean Road Coast Committee (GORCC) and the Policy 2020 and will prepare the Victorian coast for Otway Coast Committee (OCC), with further coastal climate change challenges ahead through research, Crown land from Torquay to Warrnambool being policy implementation and on ground action. progressively transferred to the Authority over several years. Visit the Victorian Budget for detailed information. The Victorian Budget 2020/21 provided $47.5 million to improve visitor infrastructure and support these Great Marine and coastal knowledge Ocean Road management reforms, while boosting jobs across the region. This includes: The Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program wins the coveted Eureka Award • $18.3 million to deliver upgrades to visitor facilities The Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program (VCMP) such as toilets, caravan parks, viewing platforms, team has won the prestigious Eureka Award for trails, beach access and car parking innovation in citizen science. • $23.8 million for a coastal walking trail from Fairhaven DELWP partners with communities and universities to to Grey River predict how beaches respond to storms and rising sea • $3.4 million for management reforms including levels. This includes scientists from the University of development of a strategic framework plan for future Melbourne, Deakin University, Monash University, the use, protection and development of land across the University of Wollongong, Macquarie University, broader region and support for Traditional Owners to Propeller Aerobotics and citizen scientists from around develop opportunities to share economic benefits the state. within the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks. You can find information about all the prize finalists on The GORCAPA Board includes a nominee of each the Australian Museum website: recognised Traditional Owner group in the region, the https://australian.museum/get-involved/eureka- Wadawurrung Corporation and the Eastern Maar prizes/2020-eureka-prizes-finalists/. Aboriginal Corporation. Board members have strong links to local community groups and organisations along the Great Ocean Road and include individuals with substantial experience in marine and coastal environmental conservation, public administration and governance, tourism, and planning. 3 DELWP marine and coasts newsletter CoastKit – DELWP’s new marine and coastal mapping portal DELWP is excited to release CoastKit Victoria’s first marine and coastal knowledge management system – CoastKit. For the first time, coastal communities across Victoria Volunteers and DELWP officer with Blake Allan (Deakin have the opportunity to access, explore and share University) during a drone flying training session at Marengo. publicly available marine and coastal information Photo: Kimberley Macdonald. through a single web portal. The world-first initiative involves more than 100 citizen CoastKit is a decision support system that is built on the scientists using lightweight drones to produce 3D department’s Mapshare technology. models that precisely measure shoreline changes. The citizen scientists are trained in flying the drones, Users such as government agencies, councils, mapping techniques, data analytics and safety and community groups, universities and professional service wellbeing procedures. The open-source data ultimately providers can access the best available environmental informs coastal management and policy decisions. and socio-economic datasets. Watch the VCMP Eureka Prize YouTube video here. It supports an efficient pathway for accessing data for environmental planning and assessments, major project approvals and future marine spatial planning exercises. The CoastKit mapping portal. Karina Sorrell (University of Melbourne). Photo: David Kennedy. The first version of the CoastKit web portal provides Initiated in 2017, the VCMP received $4.9 million from over 50 datasets. The biodiversity theme includes the the Victorian Government, which was then matched by compilation of all historic marine survey data since the investment of $4.7 million from partners. early 1990s to generate habitat maps of the seafloor, with video player links to the actual survey footage. An additional
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