vision

• a healthy environment
• sustainable economic use of natural resources
• a smaller footprint
• a planned landscape
• cohesive, innovative communities
• partnership between community and government

scope of the corangamite RCS

• area and boundaries
• time period
• evolution of regional catchment planning in corangamite
• purpose of the regional catchment strategy
• the RCS integrates natural resource management initiatives
  • national initiatives
  • state initiatives
  • regional initiatives
  • local government initiatives
  • local community initiatives
• coping with the complexity
• principles
• the RCS will continue to develop
• layout of the RCS

logic and methods behind the corangamite RCS

• the logic
• review of the 1997 RCS
• consultation with our community
  • determining key RCS success factors
  • pre-RCS consultation
  • community workshops
  • the goals workshops
  • the assets and strategies workshops
  • the working draft
  • the community draft
  • technical consultation and evaluation

population, economy and forces shaping the region

• history and people
• population
• economy
  • employment
  • agriculture
  • forestry
  • marine activities
  • tourism
• forces shaping the region
  • urban migration
  • intensification of economic activity
  • growth of tourism
  • competition for water
  • stronger environmental ethic
  • greater complexity for communities
  • implications for the regional catchment strategy

the region's natural assets

• geology
• climate
• waterways
  • overview
• hydrogeology
• lakes and wetlands
• terrestrial resources
  • land use
  • indigenous cultural heritage values
  • soil
• biodiversity
  • native vegetation
  • native fauna
  • natural habitats and ecological processes
• the coastal and marine environment
  • landscape
  • port phillip bay
  • the estuaries
  • marine waters
  • marine protected areas
• assets of special significance

threats to the region's natural assets

• waterways
  • threats to the rivers, streams, lakes and wetlands
  • threats to surface water flows
  • threats to surface water quality
• flooding of infrastructure
• terrestrial resources
  • impacts of human activities on the landscape
  • salinity
  • pest plants and animals
  • threats to soil
• biodiversity
  • threats to native vegetation
  • threats to native fauna
• the coastal and marine environment
  • landscape
  • the estuaries
  • marine waters