Coffs Harbour (Biodiversity Conservation) - NSW Government

Council’s primary strategy to inform environmental and biodiversity policy is the Coffs Harbour Biodiversity Action Strategy 2012 – 2030 (BAS) which was adopted in August 2012, and revised in November 2015. Maintaining and improving biodiversity and ecological processes by protecting, rehabilitating and managing native vegetation across the area, Promoting landscape connections as a basis for biodiversity conservation and as a means to mitigate climate change, Providing targeted actions that contribute to a consistent, coordinated and prioritised approach to the recovery of ecosystems, Improving community awareness of biodiversity through education, landowners support and community participation, Recognising and incorporating cultural values into biodiversity landscape planning and encouraging ongoing Aboriginal engagement and working cooperatively to meet the priority actions and outcomes of regional, state and federal biodiversity targets.