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Green Adelaide drafts first Regional Landscape Plan 2021-2026 and wants your feedback!

Carole Pinnock — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 00:45:54 +0000

This plan provides a pathway for all of Adelaide to become cooler, greener, wilder and climate-resilient.

Like most cities, Adelaide’s nature is under pressure due to factors such as urban densification, climate change and loss of natural habitat. Fortunately, we can all do something about it. Many of us already are.

Green Adelaide is a new, government organisation that is charged with leading this cooler, greener and wilder transformation, and we invite your participation.

We have seven priorities that will guide our work, and our draft five year Regional Landscape Plan outlines how, together, we can bring our vision to life.

We are about partnering, funding and supporting aligned organisations and communities, as well as delivering on-ground iconic projects to establish Adelaide as Australia’s first ‘National Park City’.

We invite your feedback on our draft plan

Please visit yoursay.sa.gov.au/green-adelaide-plan for further information and to find out about opportunities to provide your input.

Your feedback will refine Green Adelaide’s final five year plan, and also inform the development of Green Adelaide’s 2021-2022 annual business plan of practical projects and programs.

Feedback closes at 5pm on Tuesday 20 April 2021.

We warmly welcome our partners and all Adelaidians to join us on this journey to create a cooler, greener, wilder and climate-resilient Adelaide to live, work, visit, enjoy and love.

Chris Daniels
Presiding Member
Green Adelaide

New Direction for Nature Conservation in SA

Carole Pinnock — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 04:28:02 +0000

The Minister for Environment and Water David Speirs MP has set a new course for conserving our state’s natural environment with the release of the Nature Conservation Directions Statement 2020 last month.

The new Nature Conservation Directions Statement 2020 sets a vision for all South Australians to conserve nature in a rapidly changing world.

It’s been developed using leading practice principles from international and national sources, with input from an internal Working Group comprising representatives of the Strategy, Partnerships, and Conservation and Threatened Species teams.

Importantly, the Nature Conservation Directions Statement 2020 provides focus for state and federal funding and assists in identifying species where recovery plans are required in the face of a changing climate.

It will be implemented through an action plan where priorities are addressed according to a strong evidence base.

The principles on which the Nature Conservation Directions Statement rely are also aligned to other significant initiatives, including:

the establishment of regional Landscape Boards and Green Adelaide
the development of the upcoming South Australian Climate Change Action Plan
the work of the Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery Taskforce
the development of a new South Australian Wellbeing Strategy.

For further information about the Nature Conservation Directions Statement 2020 contact DEW Strategy Branch Principal Adviser Dr Monika Stasiak.

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Update on the South Australian Planning Reforms

admin — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 00:13:20 +0000

Update on the South Australian Planning Reforms

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The attached “Update on the South Australian Planning Reforms: Release of Draft Planning and Design Code – Phase 2 (Rural Areas) and Phase 3 (Urban Areas)” represents a major change in the SA planning system in 20 years and will impact on the future management of our national parks and the environment in general.

Your Board believes that all FOP Members and Member Groups should be made aware of the proposed changes and have the opportunity to attend the DEW/DPTI Information Session and Workshop to be held on the 4th November 2019 – 9.00am – 1.00 pm.

If you would like to attend this session, would you please reply to Eilidh Wilson – eilidh.wilson@sa.gov.au or 8391 7506 (see further information below).

Kindest regards

Duncan MacKenzie
President
Friends of Parks Inc. SA

Update on the South Australian Planning Reforms: Release of Draft Planning and Design Code – Phase 2 (Rural Areas) and Phase 3 (Urban Areas)

Release of Draft Planning and Design Code – Phase 2 (Rural Areas) and Phase 3 (Urban Areas)” – Monday 4th November at the Office for Design + Architecture SA (ODASA), 26-28 Leigh Street, Adelaide

DEW and the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) invite Presiding Members and Chairs, or delegate(s), to an information session/workshop on Phase 2 (rural areas) and Phase 3 (urban areas) of the Draft Planning and Design Code on the Monday 4^th November at the Office for Design + Architecture SA (ODASA), 26-28 Leigh Street, Adelaide SA – doors open at 9am for a 9.30 start until 12.30pm, followed by lunch.

The information session will be facilitated by Nicole Halsey from URPS and presenters will include Allan Holmes from the State Planning Commission and Alison Collins from the DPTI.

The purpose of the information session/workshop is to:

provide information on Phase 2 (rural council areas with small towns and settlements areas) and Phase 3 (urban council areas and councils with regional towns and cities) of the Draft Planning and Design Code

workshop the Draft Code and identify and share common themes and learnings

provide clear guidance on how and when feedback should be provided and in what form

provide an opportunity for the [Board/Council/Committee] to discuss key issues with the Draft Code and network with the SPC, DPTI, DEW staff, and other boards, councils and committees supported by DEW.

Please also find attached a briefing providing an update on the Planning Reforms and the Draft Code should you wish to brief Board/Council/Committee members.

An overview of the proposed natural resources and environmental policies in the Draft Code, and further details on the information session, including the agenda, parking etc. will be provided in due course.

For further information in the meantime, and to RSVP and advise dietary needs (by COB 25th October), please contact Eilidh Wilson on eilidh.wilson@sa.gov.au OR 8391 7506 .

Kind regards,

Alex Ward

Strategic Policy and Impact Assessment

Department for Environment and Water

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