2023-03-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT   13 MARCH 2023




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING REPORT                                                                13 MARCH 2023

              Benefits of the Program
              Ecosystem senices derived from the region ’s netural cisset howe been valued at over $37
              billion per year, using the Constanza et al. global wolucitions. The EHIVP monitors cind helps
              inforn better management of weaternwoys ond catchments that support these ecosystem
              services. It helps infonn decision making which can improve these ecosysterrs and ensures
              their econornic value is not lost.

              Waterways provide high social value to local cornmnunities. Annucd social surveys cre
              conducted to monitor the comrreunities perc ved valucition of SEQ woaternweys. Recent
              surveys have found that wotenneys cind notural crecs are more important than ever,
              reportedly having a calrring, thercpeutic and restorative effect on people curing
              challenging times of drought, bushfires, and C OVID- 19.
              Healthy Lond cine Weter is comrritted to understanding the pressures facing our wotenworys
              and catchments so we con better protect therm, cind the benefits they provicte, for future
              generations. This will attract people and new investment as livechility is boosted acros the
              recjon.
              The Report Card provides an annual assessment of the ecosystem health of South East
              Queensland's wotennerys vier A-F health grades. The release of the Repert Card results is the
              culmination of twelve months of scientific ronitcting at up to 312 freshwater, estucirine,
              roarine cand event monitoring ates throughout the region. Snce 2015, the Report Card also
              inc corporates the social and econornic benefits that waterways provide to local corrrmunities
              through a 1-5 star rating.

              Financial Benefit of Membership
              The network membership roodel that funds the EHIVP and Report Card attracts over $2.5
              rrillion f yecr of investment for program delivery. This investrrent leverages a further $4.1
              trillion frorm State Govemment and Utilities through monitoring infrastuc ture ane fercilities.
              Verrbership commitnent and contribution of tre to Cornmittees and Eqoert Panels is
              estimated at over $300,000 / year.
              Science supported projects for South East Queensland through the ARC linkage program
              encourages the transfer of skills, knowdedge cind ices cis ci bosis for securing cormercicd
              and other benefits of research. Current portfolio of science projects totals over $1 rrillion
              furthering knowledge in catchment resilience, mangrove conservation, new technologies in
              water quality monitcing, future proofing woter supply, analysing wastewater, nutient
              offsetting and nutrient moarkets.
              The total leveraged investment of the program is up to $7.9 rrillion / yecir.

                     4  Helwart Member Agreement —Naass Caunal

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