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PART
2: Provide clear direction for the future
This
principle is about providing clear direction and resources for the
protection, management, development and use of the coastal, estuarine
and marine environment in a way that is environmentally sustainable.
This principle
seeks to:
- ensure integrated
coastal zone planning and management (ICZM) takes into account
the environmental, social and economic implications of decisions
- ensure that
the values of coastal resources are identified and the impacts
of any proposed use or development on those values are understood
and considered before decisions are made
- provide
clear policy in relation to coastal, estuarine and marine planning
and management that can be effectively implemented at the regional
and local level through Coastal Action Plans, management plans,
regional catchment strategies, planning schemes and governance
arrangements allowing community input and scrutiny
- ensure policies
and plans are consistent with the Victorian Coastal Strategy and
other state and regional policies such as Coastal spaces (2006),
Great Ocean Road strategy (2003), Coastal Action Plans and management
plans
- understand
and plan for the environmental, social and economic impacts and
risks associated with climate change, coastal erosion, coastal
inundation and degradation of estuaries and catchment impacts
- ensure the
best available science, adequate resources and guidance regarding
climate change impacts and adaptation options is available to
coastal planners and managers so that they can make informed decisions
- investigate
adaptation options such as protect, accommodate and retreat
- require
a long-term view when making decisions about coastal and marine
environments which are perennial ‘public good’ assets
- consider
cumulative implications of all decisions and impacts
- apply the
precautionary principle to decision-making, particularly if threats
of serious or irreversible environmental damage exist or are unknown
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