Western Port Catchment Committee

Overview

The Western Port Catchment Committee (WPCC) is a community/agency liaison group with an interest in the sustainability of the Western Port catchment region. Originally established by the Port Phillip & Western Port Catchment Management Authority, the group has continued to meet independently since 2003. Now supported by the Biosphere Foundation and Melbourne Water, its secretariat is located at the Biosphere Foundation's office in Hastings.

The WPCC provides a networking forum to:

  • Promote an exchange of information and ideas between agencies, authorities and community.
  • Help identify new and emerging issues and contribute to problem solving processes.
  • Provide constructive feedback and comments on issues of local, regional and international importance.
  • Advocate, support and help facilitate programs for the protection and enhancement of the Western Port environment.
  • Assist Melbourne Water and the Port Phillip & Western Port Catchment Management Authority to identify priorities within the catchment.
  • Help initiate, facilitate, promote and maximize locally important on-ground projects.

For further information, please contact WPCC executive officer Ian Stevenson.

Agenda 24 November 2011

Thursday 24 November, 9.30 am to 12.00 pm, Balla Balla Community Centre, Casey Indoor Leisure Complex, 65 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne (Melway 134 B6). Guests welcome. Please arrive before 9.30 for a prompt start.

Speakers:

9.30 Welcome and Introductions

9.45 Update on draft Port Phillip & Western Port Regional Catchment Strategy (Ian Morgans, PPWCMA)

10.15 Draft Western Port Green Wedge Management Plan (Lisa Brassington, Cardinia Shire Council)

10.45 Morning tea

11.00 Presentation on collaboration for better natural resource management (Shane Scanlon, PPWCMA)

11.20 Conservation Training Needs Survey (Paul Saunders, Education Services, Chisholm TAFE – survey to be circulated beforehand)

11.40 Members' announcements

11.50 Future meeting topics/speakers

12.00 Close

For apologies or queries, please contact Ian Stevenson.

News

Newsletters:

Past presentations

Deciding for the Coast – Federally funded project for the four Western Port councils re climate change planning issues, Greg Hunt, Executive Officer South-eastern Councils Climate Change Alliance, September 2011: Presentation, project summary

Westernport Green Wedge Management Plan and the release of the 2011 discussion paper, Lisa Brassington, Strategic Planner, Cardinia Shire Council, September 2011: Presentation, further information

Presentations from the Western Port Science Review. According to Prof Mick Keough, who coordinated the review, Western Port has been "off the radar" and there is much that we don't know.

Biodiversity Law Update, June 2010
Nicola Rivers EDO Policy and Law Reform Director

EPA – A Modern & Accountable Regulator?, April 2010
Cheryl Batagol, Chair EPA Victoria

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Meetings

Meetings are held every two months from 9.30am–12.00pm at Balla Balla Community Centre, Casey Indoor Leisure Complex, 65 Berwick-Cranbourne Road, Cranbourne (Melway 134 B6).

Free parking is available outside the centre, located to the west of the greater library/aquatic centre complex.