Air & atmosphere

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NRM Plan current state

Air & atmosphere

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Air & atmosphere

NRM AIR & ATMOSPHERE ICON

 

Poor air quality, even for short periods, dramatically impacts human health and the health of plants and animals.

  • Air quality is impacted by the use of combustion engines and pollution from commercial, industrial and manufacturing facilities.
  • Air quality can also be dramatically impacted in SEQ by events such as bushfires, dust storms, and mining.
  • Stable atmospheric, air quality and climate systems are natural assets that have historically underpinned the quality of life in SEQ.
  • The region has a major role to play in meeting the Queensland Government’s target of achieving net zero carbon pollution emissions by 2050.

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Air & atmosphere threats and pressures

NRM AIR & ATMOSPHERE ICON

  • Increasing combustion engine vehicle usage.
  • Poor and inappropriate fire management.
  • Dust storms.

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Air & atmosphere current state

NRM AIR & ATMOSPHERE ICON

  • Air quality monitoring for SEQ shows that the level of dangerous particulates in the air is increasing.
  • Population growth, denser urban settlement patterns, intensifying industrial activity and increasing combustion engine vehicle numbers are driving this trend.
  • Levels of other pollutants such as fluoride, oxides of nitrogen and sulphur dioxide show a decreasing trend, and this is associated with changes in electricity production in the region and the moves towards decreasing coal production.

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NRM AIR & ATMOSPHERE ICON

Air & atmosphere priority actions

The following actions will play a critical role in meeting the air and atmosphere targets.

These actions have been identified by the South East Queensland community. These actions are updated regularly in the region's Natural Resource Management Plan, which is managed by Healthy Land & Water on behalf of the region's community.

 

Plan

Minimise impacts of airborne pollution on the population by locating emitting industries in appropriate zones with adequate controls and mitigation.

Support emissions reduction/land sector abatement opportunities (e.g. carbon forest abatement/blue carbon aggregation).

Planning provisions should ensure that residential and other sensitive uses do not directly interface with industrial uses through effective land use planning.

Support and create processes for the community and various levels of government to work together to develop new and enhanced land use planning mechanisms to achieve SEQ NRM Plan targets.

 

 

Manage

Improve fire management across the region including effective hazard reduction burn programs (often also referred to as controlled burns).

Implement waste minimisation and efficient reuse programs.

Develop citizen science activities to genuinely engage the community in stewardship of their environs that contribute to air quality outcomes.

Deploy additional targeted air quality monitoring as required.

Expansion of air quality monitoring capacity to understand more locally relevant pollutant exposure risks.

 

 

Restore

Offset regional carbon emissions through targeted revegetation in priority areas that contribute to other outcomes identified in this plan.

Establish, retain and enhance vegetation in priority buffer areas and corridors including those inside the urban footprint to protect air quality.

Improve air quality monitoring including through citizen science.

 

 

Empower

Support increased adoption of low and zero emission transport activities including through public transport and cycling.

Support increased adoption of renewable power sources.

 

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Air & atmosphere targets

NRM AIR & ATMOSPHERE ICONAtmosphere, air and climate are natural resources that play a key role in the health of the natural system. Factors such as continued population growth, the number of households and an increasing reliance on motor vehicles pose a threat to future air quality. Maintaining and enhancing the region’s air quality is a key element when considering future land use options and transport modifications.

Headline target
  • By 2031, levels of air pollutants in SEQ will be at or below the associated objectives in the Environment Protection (Air) Policy 2008.

Summary of asset targets
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
    The region will make an equitable contribution to national and regional targets for reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Air Quality
    The levels of air pollutants in the SEQ air shed will be at or below the quality objectives in the appropriate Schedule of the Environmental Protection (Air) Policy 2008.
  • Thermal, Noise and Light Pollution
    SEQ thermal pollution will be at or below 2003 levels, noise pollution will be at or below 1998 levels, and light pollution will be at or below 1998 levels. 
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Healthy Land & Water projects

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Koala threat management South East Queensland

Community, Fire, Fire, Koala protection, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Expansion of Queensland Fire and Biodiversity Consortium

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Fire, First Nations, Knowledge Research, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships

Moreton Bay Ramsar Stakeholder Network

Coastal & marine, Community, SDG 09: Industry, SDG 17: Partnerships, Strategic Science & Sustainability, Threat - Climate

Natural Resources Recovery Program NRRP

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Drought, First Nations, Grazing, Land, Nature, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, SDG 12: Consumption & Production, Soil health, Sustainable Agriculture, Threat - Land use

Expanding the known population of Davidsonia johnsonii

Biodiversity Conservation, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Fire preparedness: Go-to bushfire training, tools, advice, planning and services

Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Adaptation, Community, Fire, First Nations, Land, Nature, Sustainable Agriculture

Drought Innovation Hub - Southern Queensland node

Community, Drought, Land, Nature, Sustainable Agriculture

Riverine Flood Recovery Project

Community, Land, Land Restoration, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Water

The new Riparian Management Investment Tool

Erosion, Knowledge Research, Land, Nature, SDG 14: Below Water, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss, Water

Wild Macadamia Hunt Program

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Knowledge Research, Land, Nature, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Brisbane Catchments Network Online Mapping Tool

Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Land, Nature, SDG 17: Partnerships

Bushfire recovery project

Biodiversity Conservation, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Fire, Fire, Land, Nature, SDG 15: Land

Coochiemudlo Island Wetland Weed Control project

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Land, Nature, Threat - Invasive species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Coombabah Lakelands Restoration project

Community, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Nature, SDG 17: Partnerships

Drought Resilience program

Climate Adaptation, Community, Land, Landscapes, Threat - Climate, Threat - Land use

Fishers for fish habitat in the Logan-Albert River

Biodiversity Conservation, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 14: Below Water, Threat - Threatened species, Water

Caring for Country on Guwawenewa (Goat Island)

Create connections between people, place & culture, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, First Nations, Nature

Clean Up Program

Community, Water

Davidson Street creek restoration

Community, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Nature, Urban design

Three Mile Scrub

Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Nature, SDG 17: Partnerships

Water by Design

Coastal & marine, Community, Urban design, Water

Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program EHMP

Coastal & marine, Community, Water

Pumicestone shellfish habitat restoration

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Land, Nature, SDG 14: Below Water, Threat - Threatened species, Water

Erosion and sediment control and urban stormwater

Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Land, SDG 14: Below Water, SDG 15: Land, Water, Water by Design

Ransome Road Reserve Restoration

Coastal & marine, Community

Pumicestone erosion control

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Environmental Offsets, Erosion, Land, Land Restoration, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Sustainable Agriculture, Water

Hays Inlet Weed Control Project

Biodiversity Conservation, Land, Nature, Threat - Invasive species

Protecting Koalas - now in its third phase!

Biodiversity Conservation, Fire, Koala protection, Land, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Lungfish Habitat Rehabilitation

Nature, SDG 14: Below Water

Mid Brisbane Partnerships Program

Community, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Environmental Offsets, Erosion, Land, Land Restoration, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Sediment, Water

Moreton Bay Debris Removal program

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, First Nations, Land, Landscapes, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, Threat - Pollution, Water

Moreton Bay Ramsar Wetland project

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Erosion, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Land, Land Restoration, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 14: Below Water, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Invasive species, Threat - Pollution, Threat - Sediment, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss, Water

Moreton Bay Shorebirds project

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, First Nations, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Invasive species, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Pig Control on Quandamooka Country

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, First Nations, Nature, Threat - Invasive species

Healthy Waterplay

Community, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, SDG 14: Below Water, Water

North Stradbroke Island Ecological Assessment

Coastal & marine, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Knowledge Research, Nature, People & Culture, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Land use, Threat - Vegetation loss

Fire Management Dashboard Guides

Fire, Fire, Landscapes, SDG 15: Land

Bells Creek and Pumicestone Monitoring Program

Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Knowledge Research, Nature, People & Culture, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, SDG 14: Below Water, Strategic Science & Sustainability, Threat - Waterway recreation, Water

Lower Caboolture Resilience and Nutrients Offset

Coastal & marine, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Environmental Offsets, Erosion, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 09: Industry, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Strategic Science & Sustainability, Threat - Sediment, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss, Water

Koalas and bushfire workshops

Community, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Koala protection, Land, Nature, Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium, Threat - Threatened species

Fuel Hazard Assessment Training

Community, Fire, Fire, Land, Nature, Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Fire Planning and Preparedness

Community, Fire, Land, Nature, Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium, Science Committee, SDG 15: Land, Strategic Science & Sustainability

Integrated Fire Management Strategy on Moreton Island

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Strategic Science & Sustainability

Technical and Strategic Services for QYAC

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Knowledge Research, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 14: Below Water, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Strategic Science & Sustainability, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss, Water

Moreton Island QYAC Fire Project

Community, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Knowledge Research, Land, Nature, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships

Mareeba Fire Management Workshops

Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Adaptation, Community, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Land, Landscapes, Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Land use, Threat - Threatened species

Estuarine Marine and Freshwater Health Monitoring Project

Coastal & marine, Community, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Knowledge Research, Nature, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, SDG 14: Below Water, Strategic Science & Sustainability, Threat - Pollution, Water

Bushfire Planning Workshops - Gladstone

Community, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Land, Nature, Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, Threat - Land use, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Living Waterways - What's Your Nature?

Climate Adaptation, Community, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Nature, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 14: Below Water, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Sediment, Water, Water by Design

Resilient Rivers

Community, Environmental Offsets, Erosion, Land, Land Restoration, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 14: Below Water, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Sediment, Water

Aura Community Program

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, First Nations, Land, Nature, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Water

North Pine River Source Protection

Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Erosion, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 06: Clean Water, Threat - Sediment, Threat - Vegetation loss, Water

Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Program

Air & atmosphere, Climate Adaptation, Fire, Fire, Land, Nature, SDG 15: Land

Conserving Greater and Yellow-bellied Gliders

Biodiversity Conservation, Fire, Fire, Land, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Threatened species

Laidley Creek Restoration Master Plan

Landscapes, SDG 06: Clean Water, Strategic Science & Sustainability, Threat - Pollution, Water

Port of Brisbane Shellfish Habitat Restoration

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Nature, SDG 14: Below Water, Threat - Threatened species, Water

BHP Protecting Koalas Project

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Koala protection, Land, Land Restoration, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Eastern Bristlebirds - Bushfire Rehabilitation

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Fire, Fire, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Threatened species

Grey-headed Flying Fox - Bushfire Rehabilitation

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Fire, Fire, Land, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Threatened species

Fishers for fish habitat in Maroochy & Northern Moreton Bay

Biodiversity Conservation, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 14: Below Water, Threat - Threatened species, Water

Mid Brisbane Partnership - New phase

Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Environmental Offsets, Erosion, Land, Land Restoration, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Sediment, Water

Flood Recovery for Wildlife and Habitat

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Land, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Climate, Threat - Threatened species

Dogs Off-leash Project

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, First Nations, Nature, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Threatened species

Restoring Lockyer's wildlife habitat post-fires

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Fire, Fire, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Invasive species, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Fox and Cat Control Project

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, First Nations, Nature, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Threatened species

Integrated Cultural Fire Management on Bribie Island

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Landscapes, SDG 15: Land, Strategic Science & Sustainability

Boat Strike Control Project

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, First Nations, Nature, SDG 14: Below Water, SDG 17: Partnerships, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Waterway recreation, Water

Phase two Bushfire Recovery Project: Fire Management - Phase 2

Community, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Land, Nature, Queensland Fire & Biodiversity Consortium, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss

Lota Creek Wetlands Restoration

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Fire, Land, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Invasive species, Water

Turning the brown snake blue – Brisbane River Erosion Source Master Plan

Landscapes, Nature, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 14: Below Water, Threat - Sediment, Water

T.S. Onslow shoreline management

Coastal & marine, Community, Nature

Egret Colony Victoria Point Wetlands Restoration Project

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Fire, Fire, First Nations, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Invasive species, Threat - Threatened species, Water

Regional Landcare Partnerships Environment

Biodiversity Conservation, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Erosion, Fire, Fire, Land, Land Restoration, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 14: Below Water, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Sustainable Agriculture, Threat - Invasive species, Threat - Pollution, Threat - Sediment, Threat - Threatened species, Threat - Vegetation loss, Water

Regional Landcare Partnerships Core

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Land, Land Restoration, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Sustainable Agriculture, Threat - Invasive species, Threat - Land use, Threat - Vegetation loss

Deception Bay Wetlands Restoration

Coastal & marine, Landscapes

Regional Landcare Partnerships RALF

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Direct the investment in SEQ’s environmental future, Erosion, First Nations, Grazing, Land, Land Restoration, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 15: Land, SDG 17: Partnerships, Soil health, Sustainable Agriculture, Threat - Land use

Water Quality Guidelines for Moreton Bay

Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Adaptation, Coastal & marine, Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Knowledge Research, Nature, SDG 06: Clean Water, Water

Regional Land Partnerships Agriculture

Landscapes, Nature, SDG 12: Consumption & Production

Station Road Wetlands Restoration Project

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Fire, First Nations, Land, Land Restoration, Nature, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Invasive species, Threat - Threatened species, Water

Riparian Weed Control Program

Biodiversity Conservation, Erosion, Land, Nature, Threat - Sediment, Water

Healthy Catchments Program

Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Environmental Offsets, Erosion, Land, Land Restoration, SDG 06: Clean Water, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, SDG 14: Below Water, Sustainable Agriculture, Threat - Sediment, Water

Nathan Road Wetlands Restoration Project

Biodiversity Conservation, Coastal & marine, Community, Fire, First Nations, Land Restoration, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 14: Below Water, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Invasive species, Threat - Threatened species, Water

Nature Refuge Landholder Engagement

Biodiversity Conservation, Community, Create connections between people, place & culture, Deliver transformative environmental & community change, Fire, First Nations, Land, Landscapes, Nature, SDG 03: Well-being, SDG 11: Cities and Communities, SDG 15: Land, Threat - Land use, Threat - Vegetation loss
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