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Communities Caring for Our Coast Coastline The Coast Action/Coastcare Newsletter ISBN 1329-0835 Edition 38 Summer 2006 Communities caring for our coast 1 State Program Coordinator’s Message by Catherine Clancy Welcome to this Spring/Summer Edition of opportunities for people with disabilities in South Coastline. West Victoria and the first International Youth Spring has been full of very positive actions despite Coastal Conference held in Queenscliff are profiled. the dry conditions. Ensuring our volunteers are The need to provide good learning experiences safe is very important to DSE and the Coast Action and information that influences the development program. Building safety leadership skills and of our future decision makers, across every level providing clear methods about safe work practices and field of employment, so that they can make within our community groups has been the focus environmentally conscious decisions, was a of the Sure & Steady OHS training program. It has prevailing theme at the International Youth Coastal been very reassuring to see groups embrace the Conference. training so positively as the safety of our volunteers The passion and enthusiasm of this group of is important to the whole community and the 300 students, who worked together to develop contribution of group members is valued. engaging workshops and demonstrate their Working with the community to provide training leadership skills about topics that will affect the and support capacity building, continues to future of where they live, was both empowering achieve good outcomes for the environment as and inspirational. Exploring climate change, global well as building strong cohesive communities who warming, the use of recycled water and why we work together in their local area. We bring you continue to put pollutants down our drains were some practical examples in this edition such as the just some of the topics presented that highlighted re-establishment of mangroves along the banks the naked truth and the need to take actions to of the Barwon River and the partnerships created empower individuals collectively. between a range of community members and Education is an essential tool for cultural and agencies who worked together; as well as the behavioural change. This is why Coast Action’s Seagrass monitoring in the beautiful Nooramunga Summer Activities Program provides opportunities sea country which is inspirational thanks to the co- for involvement, action and awareness; so that operative approach that has been taken. we can care for the coast in real ways that make a This edition also has stories on inclusive difference. opportunities for youth that have resulted in Enjoy the Summer. very positive actions. The partnerships with Active Oceans to create sustainable recreational Regards, Catherine 2 Sure & Steady – OH&S for volunteers by Dianne Moore, Coast Action/Coastcare Facilitator, Port Phillip West Coast Action/Coastcare has developed a pilot 2006 to support the development of the safety occupational health and safety (OH&S) program leadership skills within our coastal community. to support volunteers working on coastal Crown “The opportunity for volunteers to develop land. The ‘Sure & Steady’ program provides tools their skills and improve OH&S practices within and strategies for community groups undertaking their projects on public land will assist them in activities and projects on coastal Crown land to maintaining a safe ‘working’ environment while ensure they experience a safe and hazard-free they are actively volunteering”, says Catherine activity or event. Clancy, State Program Coordinator. The OH&S Act 2004 outlines that all volunteers Catherine says, “The most important part of any need to be treated as employees of the organisation project or activity is the safety of the participants. they are volunteering for in relation to OH&S issues. Putting in place safe systems of work is paramount Coast Action/Coastcare recognised the need to to protecting and demonstrating that we value our develop and implement OH&S procedures to ensure volunteers”. a safe working environment for our volunteers. Many community groups carry out activities without According to course participant Bev Woods the direction and supervision of a Department of from the Friends of Lobster Pot on the Bellarine Sustainability and Environment (DSE) staff member Peninsula the course was very comprehensive. or associated land manager and rely on volunteer “It made us aware that we need to go back to experience and common sense to ensure they are doing some of the things we used to do when we safe while working in the field. first started up Friends Groups. For example, we Coast Action/Coastcare, in conjunction with the need to keep full, comprehensive lists of people DSE OH&S Unit and David Caple & Associates (OHS attending so that their needs can be looked after. training providers), has formulated a Volunteer It helped to reinforce what we need to do to keep Coordinator OH&S manual and training program our projects running smoothly.” to support our dedicated volunteers. While OH&S is often considered to be common sense, there are For further information on OH&S training processes and tools that can assist in identifying in your region in 2007 or to obtain a free hazards, and there is information available that can copy of the “Sure & Steady”, OHS manual help to minimise hazards. for coastal volunteer co-ordinators, please contact your local Coast Action/Coastcare Coast Action/Coastcare conducted training Facilitator. sessions for volunteers in September and October 3 MainBiodiversity title ByAction line Planning Victoria’s biological diversity, or biodiversity, includes the variety of all life – the different plants, animals and micro- organisms, the genes they contain within ecosystems such as alps, mallee, grasslands, grassy woodlands, forests, heathlands, inland waters, wetlands, coasts, intertidal rocky shores and seagrass beds that form our diverse • restoration of at least some of their former biological heritage. Conserving native biodiversity extent of habitats by revegetation or is fundamental to our quality of life and our reintroduction. economic well-being, however many species and communities are under threat. BAP is conducted at three levels, ranging from a broad to a detailed scale. The Strategic Overview The statewide Biodiversity Action Planning is the broadest scale and provides details of the Program is a partnership between the Department framework and methodology used in the BAP of Sustainability and Environment, Catchment process and an overview of the features and assets Management Authorities and Local Government. of the bioregion. Preparation and implementation of plans is funded by the Department of Sustainability and Landscape Plans are written for each landscape Environment, Catchment Management Authorities zone within a bioregion and contain specific and the Natural Heritage Trust, and relies on the information on assets and priorities for actions voluntary co-operation and support from local land within the landscape zones. managers and communities. Biodiversity Action The biodiversity information provided in Landscape Planning has been developed in response to the Plans will assist in the preparation of Local Area State Government’s Victoria’s Biodiversity Strategy Plans, and other planning processes such as and is being conducted across Victoria to plan for Landcare plans. native biodiversity conservation at a landscape level. Local Area Plans are specific plans that nominate Biodiversity Action Planning (BAP) attempts to take and prioritise actions across the local landscape a strategic approach to conservation of threatened that should be implemented to conserve the and declining species and vegetation types by native biodiversity of the area. These actions looking for opportunities to conserve groups of are developed in conjunction with landholders species in appropriate ecosystems. It supports the and land managers. Various groups – including notion of a ‘net gain’ in the extent and quality of Landcare Groups, the Department of Sustainability native vegetation as outlined in Victoria’s Native and Environment (DSE), Local Government, and Vegetation Management Framework. The approach Catchment Management Authorities (CMA) can is based on the application of scientific principles for develop local Area Plans. landscape conservation of biodiversity - and is about Victoria has been divided into 28 bioregions, which planning future landscapes. are areas that have similar ecological and physical BAP identifies where the most significant attributes. The Port Phillip and Westernport area native biodiversity values are, and aims to focus includes parts of six bioregions and 17 Landscape conservation actions on the protection, maintenance Zones. A map of Victoria that shows the and restoration of ecosystems at these sites. bioregions and landscape zones can be found on The philosophy of BAP is that biodiversity actions the DSE website. should be directed towards: All published Strategic Overviews and Landscape • protection of remnant habitats and the flora and Plans, maps and useful resource documents are fauna populations they contain; available on the DSE website: • enhancement of the condition of these habitats www.dse.vic.gov.au > conservation and and populations; and environment > biodiversity action planning 4 Victoria’s Coastal Spaces Initiative By Rebecca Price, Senior Planning and Policy Officer – Public Land Division Victoria’s Coastal Spaces Initiative
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