Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 provides for the protection and management of Aboriginal Victoria’s heritage. Victorian and regional strategies Victorian Waterway Management Strategy (VWMS) (2013). The VWMS provides the policy for nominating new Ramsar sites in Victoria. The VWMS also sets out the ongoing policies and actions for managing Ramsar sites. These are to (DEPI 2014): Victoria’s adhere to the national Australian Ramsar Management Principles and national Ramsar site guidance for describing the ecological character of Ramsar sites, mapping site boundaries, notifying change in ecological character and preparing Ramsar site management plans; monitor and report on the ecological character of Ramsar sites, including any change in ecological character at individual sites every three years; and maintain up-to-date documentation for Ramsar sites, including Ramsar information sheets, ecological character descriptions, management plans, site descriptions and maps. Glenelg Hopkins Waterway Strategy 2014-2022 (GHWS) is a key planning document for river, estuary and wetland management in the Glenelg Hopkins region, which includes the Ramsar site. Ngootyoong Gunditj Ngootyoong Mara South West Management Plan (superseding the previous Lower Glenelg National Park Management Plan) is a strategic guide for managing and protecting over 130 parks, reserves and Indigenous Protected Areas in south-west Victoria (Parks Victoria 2015). Preparing the ECD This ECD for the Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site is based on the twelve-step approach provided in the National Framework and Guidance for Describing the Ecological Character of Australia’s Ramsar Wetlands (DEWHA 2008) illustrated in Figure 4. This ECD was developed primarily through a desktop assessment and review of unpublished data, grey literature and peer reviewed publications. Technical advice and local expertise was contributed to the development of the ECD through a series of workshops (see Acknowledgements). Figure : Twelve step process for developing an ECD (adapted from DEWHA 2008)
Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 provides for the protection and management of Victoria’s Aboriginal heritage. Victorian and regional strategies Victorian Waterway Management Strategy (VWMS) (2013). The VWMS provides the policy for nominating new Ramsar sites in Victoria. The VWMS also sets out the ongoing policies and actions for managing Victoria’s Ramsar sites. These are to (DEPI 2014): adhere to the national Australian Ramsar Management Principles and national Ramsar site guidance for describing the ecological character of Ramsar sites, mapping site boundaries, notifying change in ecological character and preparing Ramsar site management plans; monitor and report on the ecological character of Ramsar sites, including any change in ecological character at individual sites every three years; and maintain up-to-date documentation for Ramsar sites, including Ramsar information sheets, ecological character descriptions, management plans, site descriptions and maps. Glenelg Hopkins Waterway Strategy 2014-2022 (GHWS) is a key planning document for river, estuary and wetland management in the Glenelg Hopkins region, which includes the Ramsar site. Ngootyoong Gunditj Ngootyoong Mara South West Management Plan (superseding the previous Lower Glenelg National Park Management Plan) is a strategic guide for managing and protecting over 130 parks, reserves and Indigenous Protected Areas in south-west Victoria (Parks Victoria 2015). Preparing the ECD This ECD for the Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site is based on the twelve-step approach provided in the National Framework and Guidance for Describing the Ecological Character of Australia’s Ramsar Wetlands (DEWHA 2008) illustrated in Figure 4. This ECD was developed primarily through a desktop assessment and review of unpublished data, grey literature and peer reviewed publications. Technical advice and local expertise was contributed to the development of the ECD through a series of workshops (see Acknowledgements). Figure : Twelve step process for developing an ECD (adapted from DEWHA 2008)