2019-06-11 P&E Agenda - Item 7 - Attachment 1 - Environment Strategy

     Glossary
     Adaptation              The process of adjustment required to actual or projected climate change and its effects including
                             changes required by plants, animals and people to become better suited to their environment.
     Biodiversity            The variety of life represented by genetics, species and ecosystems, including the related
                             ecological processes.
     Built environment       The buildings, facilities and infrastucture that make up urban areas.

     Catchment               Area of land bounded by natural features such as hills or mountains from which rainwater flows
                             and collects to a low point.
     Climate change          Natural or human induced changes to the climate caused by increased levels of greenhouse
                             gases in the atmosphere.
     Coastal foreshore       Foreshore area between high and low mean spring tide.

     Coastal processes       Natural processes including tides, waves, ocean currents, and sand movement, deposition and
                             erosion.
     Core protection areas   Public lands with a legally secured mechanism to protect the conservation values of the land.

     Ecological linkages     Areas of habitat or scattered vegetation between habitat areas that help provide connectivity for
                             plants and animals across the landscape, aiding species movement and gene exchange.
     Fragmentation           Clearing of native vegetation creating fragmented or disconnected habitat areas.

     Greenhouse gas          Gas emissions that contribute to the greenhouse effect and climate change. Gases include
     emissions               carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N20), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur
                             hexafluoride (SF6) and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).
     Natural environment     Encompasses living and non-living things that occur naturally. It includes the physical and
                             biological environments and processes in which plants, animals and people depend on and
                             interact within.
     Protected habitat       Important native vegetation and riparian areas which are protected through local, State or
                             Commonwealth statutory mechanisms.
     Protected areas         Public and private lands with a legally secured mechanism to protect the lands’ conservation
                             values including national parks, nature refuges, bushland reserves, environmental covenants, and
                             voluntary conservation agreements.
     Renewable energy        Energy generated from natural renewable resources, which are naturally replenished, such as
                             solar, wind and tides.
     Resilience              The capacity of individuals, communities and systems to survive and adapt to changes and
                             stressors they experience. This includes being able to deal with vulnerabilities in ways that create
                             new opportunities.
     Riparian areas          Areas that fringe waterways and wetlands.

     Sustainable living      Living in built and natural environments in a way that reduces and minimises impacts on natural
                             resources to create the least amount of environmental damage for current and future generations.
     Wetlands                Areas of land covered permanently or temporarily in water.




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