A healthy and diverse natural environment where we walk softly on our Mandjoogoordap is the goal of Mandurah’s new and ambitious 10-year Environment Strategy.
Adopted by Mandurah Council on December 12, the strategy was developed alongside the local community and sets Mandurah’s environmental vision for the future across a broad range of priorities.
“This new strategy, like our recently endorsed Arts and Culture Strategy and Place Enrichment Strategy, has been heavily influenced by our local community, and when all three are delivered alongside our ambitious economic development agenda, they create a vision for a strong, resilient and forward-thinking community," Mayor Rhys Williams said.
“We have the strategic thinking in place to guide the decisions we make to shape our future and to ensure a great community to live in today. A big part of our city’s current and future success is centred on how the community connects with nature, and each other.
“Our natural environment is a huge part of what makes living in Mandurah so special, it is what makes people want to visit, play and stay in our amazing part of the world.
“Our community has told us very clearly that the environment is one of their top priorities – we are built in nature, woven by waterways – and we’re dedicated to providing environmental leadership for future generations.
“We’ve seen successes with our Bushland Buyback program, waterwise efforts and tree preservation and the Environment Strategy is the next huge step in making sure the community’s environmental values and priorities continue to be upheld as our city grows.
“This new strategy brings together the City’s environmental work across many different areas and provides an overarching direction and clear priorities for how we can work together to walk softly and protect and nurture our most precious and fragile asset.”
The Environment Strategy 2023-2033 has been developed in close collaboration with environmental groups, Aboriginal Elders, City employees, Elected Members, and the broader community to shape a shared vision that reflects the connection to, and aspirations for, the natural environment.
It sets clear priorities, guiding principles, and objectives across four main themes; Built in nature, not in nature; Woven by waterways; Lead and serve in equal measures; and stewards of the environment, custodians of our culture. Some of the priorities include supporting biodiversity, enhancing green spaces and urban canopies, water quality and security, renewable energy and coast and foreshore management.
