Environmental Management Plan (EMP)

After extensive community consultation, Darwin City Council has developed a Environmental Management Plan (EMP) to protect the values of the coastal, urban and rural environments in Darwin. An Atlas, presenting known environmental, recreational, cultural and land-use values and issues, has been prepared to ensure continued community input in:

Effective environmental management action depends very much on detailed knowledge of local values and issues. Environmental problems and issues are often localised and require site specific action. Pollution moves with waterflows, effective habitat protection measures depend on habitat types such as marine, intertidal or freshwater and landuse and ownership largely govern management action for urban issues.

For this reason the EMP Atlas was prepared as the starting point for the community consultation program leading to the development of an environmental protection action plan. The Atlas is based on the city’s 24 identified hydrological subcatchment boundaries, which each represent a Catchment Management Unit. The Atlas provides residents with a summary of their living environment, as we know it. All Darwin residents are invited to comment on the description of these sites and report issues and values currently not included.

Help us protect your environment and have your say

The full Atlas and all related strategies can be viewed at Darwin City Council's Casuarina, Karama and Nightcliff Libraries, at the Civic Center.

Examples of current environmental protection action by Darwin City Council include:

EMP

Extract from the 2004 - 2008 Council Action Plan (page9)

EMP Strategy

EMP Advisory Committee Terms of Reference

EMP Community Consultation Plan

EMP Stages of Development

EMP Catchment Management Units - Atlas

For further information please contact Environmental Services
on: 8930 0530 or email: environment@darwin.nt.gov.au

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