Community Coastcare - priority coastal hotspots
A coastal hotspot is an area that:
- encompasses one or more matters of national environmental significance as defined under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999;
- is under pressure as a result of population growth and development, disturbance of acid sulfate soils, and water quality decline; and
- is suffering ecosystem disturbance leading to habitat loss and biodiversity decline.
Twelve coastal hotspots have been identified as priority locations for Community Coastcare larger-scale grants. Applications for larger-scale grants may be assessed more favourably if they are proposed in a priority coastal hotspot locations. Additional information on each of these locations including the values to be protected and key risks and pressures are detailed in the links below.
New South Wales:
- Botany Bay and its catchment (including Towra Point Nature Reserve Ramsar wetland)
- Great Lakes and its catchments (including Myall Lakes Ramsar wetland)
The Northern Territory:
Queensland:
South Australia:
- Adelaide coastal waters
- Coorong (including Coorong, and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Ramsar wetland)
Tasmania:
Victoria:
- The Corner Inlet catchment (including Corner Inlet Ramsar wetland)
- Port Phillip Bay and Western Port catchments (including the western shoreline of Port Phillip Bay, Bellarine Peninsula Ramsar wetland and Western Port Ramsar wetland)
Western Australia:
- Peel Inlet/Harvey Estuary and its catchments (including Peel-Yalgorup System Ramsar wetland)
- Vasse-Wonnerup and Geographe Bay catchments (including
Vasse-Wonnerup System Ramsar wetland)
Community Coastcare fact sheets
Further information
Other sources of funding
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