Plans and Strategies

Some key documents that underpin Council’s approach to biodiversity protection and management include the following:

• Tweed Shire Council Community Strategic Plan - For further information please see Integrated Planning and Reporting.
• Tweed Vegetation Management Strategy 2004 - For further information please see Vegetation Management Strategy.
• Tweed LEP - For further information please see Tweed LEP 2000.
• Tweed DCP - For further information please see Tweed DCP 2008.
• Tweed Roadside Vegetation Management Strategy 2013 - Roadside Vegetation Management Plan (3.49mB PDF)
• Tweed Coast Koala Habitat Study 2011 - For further information please see Koalas.
• Tweed Coast Koala Plan of Management (in prep) - For further information please see Koalas.

Other important overarching State and Federal legislation and policy documents that guide biodiversity protection include the following:

• Protected Species www.environment.nsw.gov.au/ProtectedSpecies (external link)

• Threatened Species www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspecies (external link) and Department of Environment - Threatened Species
• Native Vegetation Act www.environment.nsw.gov.au/vegetation (external link)
• Far North Coast Regional Strategy and Conservation Plan www.environment.nsw.gov.au/biodiversity/regconsplans (external link)
• State Environmental Planning Policies - SEPP 14 Coastal Wetlands, SEPP 26 Littoral Rainforests, SEPP 44 Koala Habitat Protection and SEPP 71 Coastal Protection, See www.planning.nsw.gov.au/list-of-state-policies (external link) and North Coast Regional Environment Plan (external link).
• Australia's Biodiversity Conservation Strategy 2010-2030 Department of Environment - Biodiversity Conservation Strategy
• NSW Biodiversity Strategy http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/biodiversity/nswbiostrategy.htm
• Northern Rivers Catchment Action Plan Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority
• Border Ranges Rainforest Biodiversity Management Plan www.environment.nsw.gov.au/biodiversity/borderranges (external link)
• Northern Rivers Biodiversity Management Plan www.environment.nsw.gov.au/biodiversity/nrrbiomanagemntplan (external link)
• Other Biodiversity Resources www.environment.nsw.gov.au/BiodiversityResources (external link)