State of the Environment Report
We produce an annual State of the Environment (SoE) Report to meet the requirements of section 428 (2c) of the Local Government Act. The SoE Report also informs the community about:
- Human impacts on the local environment;
- Activities conducted to protect and restore the local environment; and
- Our progress towards a more sustainable City.
This supplementary report is for the year ending 30 June 2007. The Local Government Act requires the preparation of a comprehensive report every four years, and a supplementary report in the interim years. This supplementary report supports the last comprehensive report produced in 2003/2004. The SoE Report must address eight environmental sectors: land, air, water, biodiversity, waste, noise, indigenous heritage and non-indigenous heritage.
A supplementary report is to provide a statement outlining the condition of each environmental sector at the date of the report and to make comparisons with the equivalent statement in the last comprehensive report. A supplementary report must also report on all major environmental impacts and related activities, including management plans and special projects relating to the environment, and the environmental impact of our activities.
At the end of relevant chapters is a table outlining projects to be undertaken during the next reporting period. These projects are drawn from our Environmental Management Plan and illustrate our progress towards a more sustainable City.
Where appropriate these projects also appear in our City Plan, which outlines projects and budgets for the financial year.
For printing purposes, the PDF version of this report gives the best results, but you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader. This may already be installed on your computer or you may download it free.
Past State of the Environment Reports
State of the Environment (Supplementary) Report - 2007/08 (2.83MB)
For more information or to comment on the report, contact the Environmental Policy Officer by phone: 9789 9488 or e-mail: traceyg@canterbury.nsw.gov.au