Port Hacking Integrated Environmental Management Plan
Seventeen years after its original adoption, the Port Hacking Plan of Management has been updated to reflect the latest research and to address some new challenges, such as climate change. To reflect this updated approach the Plan has been retitled as the Port Hacking Integrated Environmental Management Plan. It provides a blueprint for decision-making, and will assist the community to meet the challenges of balancing use with protection of the Port. Preventing further harm, whilst maintaining opportunities for people to enjoy the Port, is the focus of this plan.
Since 1984 Port Hacking and its catchment has been the object of broad environmental and social evaluations. The pressures of urbanisation, environmental degradation and, at the same time, growing recreational demands resulted in the 1992 Port Hacking Plan of Management and, now, the updated 2009 Port Hacking Integrated Environmental Management Plan. It involves all the government bodies with responsibilities for the Port in an attempt to achieve integrated strategic management. Its target is sustainability of the Port.
Port Hacking "Past and Present"
The aim of this document is to provide an understanding of Port Hacking's origins and its dynamics. The material herein is based on extracts from the Port Hacking Plan of Management (Sutherland Shire, 1992), the Port Hacking Marine Delta, Management Options (PWD, 86013) and additional research material.
While the presentation has been divided into natural and human environments, and some overlapping is unavoidable, the critical task has been to show the inseparability of the physical components from the biological and human elements. Human occupation, but in particular European occupation, has increasingly presented challenges for the management of the impacts of the many and various terrestrial and waterway activities.
This document allows a brief illustrated insight into the history, dynamics and challenges associated with the management of Port Hacking.
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