The Biodiversity Strategy (PDF 7.1MB) recognises that biodiversity is central to how we create a city that is beautiful, healthy, and thriving for both people and nature. It is a long-term roadmap for protecting our diverse range of plants and animals, and embedding ecological values into everyday decision-making.
The strategy sets 5 goals that shape how Council protects, restores and connects nature:
- Protect and Preserve: Safeguard high-value biodiversity areas on public and private land.
- Restore and Recover: Actively manage and rehabilitate degraded landscapes.
- Connect and Expand: Re-establish habitat corridors to support species movement and ecological resilience.
- Engage and Empower: Help communities understand, access and care for the environment.
- Learn and Lead: Partner with Traditional Custodians, researchers and land managers to improve outcomes.
What is biodiversity?
Biodiversity is the variety of all life on Earth. This includes plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms, and the ecosystems they form. It also describes the interactions between species and the environments they depend on.
In Brimbank, biodiversity includes both indigenous ecosystems that pre-date European settlement and urban biodiversity that has developed in response to land use change.
Habitat Connectivity Plan
This Biodiversity Strategy incorporates the Habitat Connectivity Plan 2018–2023 (PDF 4.7MB). However, detailed technical information about species-specific movement patterns has been excluded in the Biodiversity Strategy. The Habitat Connectivity Plan, including the technical details and the research supporting it, is still relevant today, and Council will continue to be guided by these technical details.
