EASTERN BEACHES FORESHORE RESERVES MANAGEMENT PLAN - COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OVERVIEW AND PROPOSED CHANGES (Referred from Planning and Environment Committee dated 8 August 2023 - Item 5.1) · Attachment 2 EBFRMP 2023 Draft - tracked changes

9.8.            Climate change
Our foreshores are at the front line of climate change with expected climate change impacts such
as sea level rise and increased storm intensity and frequency already being felt. Naturally
vegetated foreshores play a vital role in sustaining our coasts and protecting foreshore
communities as sea levels rise and erosion areas expand landward.

Management Oobjective

3.       Contribute to improved community climate change resilience and stability of coastal
         landforms, using nature-based methods, protecting and improving native vegetation and
         managing and enhancing public access.

Outcomes
   • Preferred adaptation responses for the different localities described in the Noosa CHAP
      2022 are expressed in reserve management and community coastal infrastructure design,
      delivery and maintenance.

     •   EBFRs are managed as natural areas as part of a nature-based approach to mitigating
         climate change and coastal hazards risks.

     •   Coastal climate change considerations are incorporated into foreshore reserve planning
         and management.

     •   Coastal climate change considerations are incorporated into disaster and emergency
         preparation and response

     •   Erosion and vegetation damage associated with public beach accesses and uses is
         reduced.

  • The resilience of beach accesses to climate change and extreme weather is increased
Management objective

3.     Contribute to improved community climate change resilience and stability of coastal
landforms, using nature-based methods, protecting and improving native vegetation and managing
and enhancing public access.

Management aims

Implement the preferred adaptation responses for the different localities described in the Noosa
CHAP 2022 in reserve management and community coastal infrastructure design, delivery and
maintenance.

Manage the EBFRs as natural areas as part of a nature-based approach to mitigating climate
change and coastal hazards risks.

Incorporate coastal climate change considerations into foreshore reserve planning and
management.

Incorporate coastal climate change considerations into disaster and emergency preparation and
response

Reduce erosion and vegetation damage associated with public beach accesses and uses.

Increase the resilience of beach accesses to climate change

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