1. Bush Forever • 2002 Premier’s Awards for Excellence in Public Sector Management • Sustainable Environment Category Winner

2. Bush Forever Key Facts • Target 10% (30%?) each vegetation type • 28% bushland remaining on SCP • Bush Forever proposes to protect 18% (51,220 ha) • 1,000 ha is zoned Urban, and Industrial • Over 4280 ha rural private lands. • Around 1000 landowners affected in 287 sites.

3. Different Agendas DEVELOPERS  prior commitments  potentially 25 – 50% extra POS COMMUNITY  expectations ‘save the lot’ v ‘golf courses’  perception of the bush & the plan GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS (roads, utilities) PRIVATE LANDOWNERS  Involuntary inclusion  “Land Grap” Property rights/comp.  Speculation (land valuation process)  Private cost for public good ‘incentives’ Getting the Balance Right

4. Reservation and acquisition of high priority sites. Up to $100M MRIF over 10 years. To avoid, minimise and offset impacts Negotiated Planning Solutions – Cost savings of ~ $260 million (losses ~ 250 ha from 970 ha up-zoned). Award winning. Private land management for conservation Bush Forever Principles

5. Acquisition Ceding through negotiated outcomes Town Planning scheme zoning provisions associated with rural subdivision for conservation Conditions of approvals – bushland sensitive design to avoid or minimise impacts Master plans/management plans Offsets Covenants Cost contributions Tradeable development rights Revolving fund Tool Kit

6. Cannot force landowners to protect and management bushland unless there is: a development proposal; they have agreed to an off-reserve program eg covenant Existing Use Rights Clearing Permits Key issues from MRS submissions re landowner rights and compensation Landowners & Bush Forever

7. Implementation Categories in SPP (ha) Bush Forever Reserves 43702 ha (84%) Government Lands 4006 ha (7%) Rural Lands 2878 ha (6%) Up-Zoned (Agreed/AP) 800 ha (2%) Creeklines 541 ha (1%) Total 51927 ha About 92% some level of protection Some minimal losses will be incurred in some categories BUSH FOREVER OUTCOMES (following gazettal MRS)

8. About 92% some level of protection eg 1600 ha of rural lands outstanding Over $50 million spent 300 proposals dealt with by Bush Forever Office pa with impacts avoided or minimised. Quiet achievements. Key Negotiated Outcomes Agreed or AP. SPP/MRS to give greater policy standing MRS Amendment reserves 20,000 ha BUSH FOREVER – KEY ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

9. Sustainability Action Plans – includes principles by which Gov’t agencies expected to implement Bush Forever (First Principles). About 1800 ha Gov’t land outstanding from ~13,000 ha. Urban Nature (CALM bushland management advisory service) Local biodiversity guidelines (developed through WALGA) Nominated sites (109) reviewed by WAPC BUSH FOREVER – KEY ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE

10. Gazettal SPP and MRS. SPP Operational Framework and capacity building Outstanding lands Audit report Vegetation mapping update 5. Ongoing land acquisition. Increasing management focus. FUTURE WORK

11. DPI – secure sites throughplanning mechanisms & WAPC undertakes interim management CALM – manages some lands, provides advice and assistance, and manages off-reserve programs DOE – technical advice to agencies and EPA Local government – manages land and administers planning processes; local bushland protection Whole-of-GovernmentAgency Roles

12. Future roles and responsibilities of agencies? Management requirements once secured? Are the incentives for private land management enough? Do the implementation mechanisms need adapting for BF and other like strategies? Was involuntary inclusion of sites legitimate ? What are the regional and local bushland values – blurred ? Values of the bush - are there wider NRM or community values that need better integration to secure wider community acceptance Some Questions