2015-06-23 I&S Agenda - Item 5 - Local Disaster Recovery Plan - Attachment 2

                           Noosa Local Disaster Recovery Plan 2015/2016

27.17 Checklist environmental recovery

Components
Natural environment components include:
   air
   water
   land and soil
   plants and animals.


Partners/stakeholders
Partners/stakeholders in the natural environment include:
   affected communities
   government agencies (parks, conservation and land management, stream
    management, environmental protection agencies)
   local government
   Landcare, ‘friends of’ environment groups
   wildlife rescue services
   catchment management authorities
   others as required (dependent on emergency event and local needs)


Operational activities


Immediate
   conduct risk management
   make an immediate impact assessment
   identify priority needs for the natural environment
   containment of contaminants
   rescue of wildlife
   emergency erosion stabilisation
   emergency action for threatened species
   management of stormwater runoff
   restoration of habitat


Short to medium term
Ongoing risk management process with continuous monitoring.
Identify evolving short to medium term needs:
   clean-up of contaminants
   rehabilitation of damaged areas
   ongoing care and management of endangered species and injured wildlife
   response operations damage restoration
   ecological impact assessments
   management of ongoing erosion
   prevention of further contamination—weeds invasion, fungal disease from
    response/recovery operations
   restoration of social amenity
   recovery of damaged natural resources
   restoration of social amenity elements essential for community wellbeing

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