Environment

Priority areas:

• Greenhouse Emission Reduction
• Sustainable Development
• Natural Resource Management
  Please click on the links below to access fact sheets designed to assist NRM stakeholders in developing a greater understanding of Local Government structures and decision-making processes:
  • Factsheet Introduction
  • Factsheet 1 - Drivers for participation
    
  • Factsheet 2 - Roles and responsibilities
    
  • Factsheet 3 - Processes
    
  • Factsheet 4 - Planning for the future
    
  • Factsheet 5 - An example strategic plan
    
  • Factsheet 6 - Land use planning
    
• Salinity

Our goals:

To ensure that Local Governments views on a wide range of environmental issues are heard and considered by the other spheres of government.

To enhance Local Government's understanding of environmental issues.

To improve Local Government's access to funding for environmental initiatives.

To promote greater awareness of sustainability principles across all areas of Local Governments’ operations.

Perth Biodiversity Project

South West Biodiversity Project

To assist Local Government to improve the integration of NRM into land use planning a project was initiated in 2006 called EnviroPlanning. It is delivered through a partnership between the Department for Planning and Infrastructure (DPI), Western Australian Planning Commission (WAPC) and the Western Australian Local Government Association.

Waste Management

The Municipal Waste Advisory Council (MWAC) is a standing committee of the Western Australian Local Government Association.

The Municipal Waste Advisory Council is actively involved in:

• Statewide co-ordination of recycling issues
• Review of waste management legislation
• Production of position papers on waste management
• Promotion of Integrated Resource Recovery techniques

Our goals:

To facilitate, encourage and promote economically sound, environmentally safe and efficient waste management practices for Western Australia, endorsed and supported by Local Government.

The MWAC is responsible for maintaining WasteNet - a diverse internet resource with a particular emphasis on waste management issues relevant to Local Government in Western Australia. To visit the site, click on the WasteNet logo below:

New WAter Ways

New WAter Ways is a Water Sensitive Urban Design Capacity Building Program. It is tasked with conducting capacity building activities with specific emphasis on planning and engineering functions of Local Government. Research has also demonstrated a need for a more comprehensive approach that includes maintaining water management assets and a multi-functional approach.

Key strategies to implement Water Sensitive Urban Design include a web based resource of National and Western Australia specific documents, case studies, policies, technical guidelines, research and tools, a series of presentations and workshops that share information and build professional networks and a technical advisory group that assists and consults on Western Australian Water Sensitive Urban Design projects.

To learn more about New WAter Ways, please click the logo below: