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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Develop citizen science activities to genuinely engage the community in stewardship of their environs that contribute to air quality outcomes. |
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Deploy additional targeted air quality monitoring as required. |
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Expansion of air quality monitoring capacity to understand more locally relevant pollutant exposure risks. |
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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. |
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Improve air quality monitoring including through citizen science. |
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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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Atmosphere, 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.
By 2031, levels of air pollutants in SEQ will be at or below the associated objectives in the Environment Protection (Air) Policy 2008.
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