Turning the Tide

A draft discussion paper on management challenges and options for the Botany Bay Catchment
The Botany Bay Program Jim Colman July 2001
Prepared for the Southern Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (SSROC)
With funding provided by the National Oceans Office - Coastal and Marine Planning Program

Contents

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Bay Area – Generally

1.3 Physical Characteristics

1.4 Before European Contact

1.5 1770 to the Dawn of the New Millennium

1.6 Biophysical History

1.7 The Future

2.1 Introduction

2.2 International Context

2.3 National Context

2.4 State Context

2.5 A Regional Focus

2.6 Local Context

3.1 Generally

3.2 Government and the Bay Area

4.1 Rationale for a New Bay Management System

4.2 Conclusion

5.1 Science, Urban Planning and Environmental Policy

5.2 Extent of Current Knowledge

5.3 The Extent of Degradation of the Bay's Environment

5.4 Research Priorities

5.5 Science and the Bay System: An Overview of Management Issues

5.6 Agents for Research

6.1 Generally – Community or Communities?

6.2 Local Government

6.3 Current Community Aspirations for the Bay

6.4 Partnerships for Better Bay Management

7.1 Background – Current Situation

7.2 Success Stories: Some Current Elements

7.3 Analysis: the Australian Experience

7.4 Overseas Experience

8.1 Generally

8.2 Management

8.3 The Healthy Rivers Commission Draft Model

8.4 Southern Sydney Catchment Management Board

8.5 Current Uncertainties

8.6 Current Relationships Between the Botany Bay Program, HRC and SSCMB; Future Prospects

8.7 A Botany Bay Studies Unit at the University of New South Wales

8.8 An Alternative Management Model

8.9 Partnerships

1. Natural Geomorphological Evolution of the Botany Bay Catchment During the Last 10,000 years

2. Environmental NGO Forum Results

3. Environmental NGO Submission to the Botany Bay Program

4. Healthy Rivers Commission Management Model

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