CONTENTS Executive Summary
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4.4 Land use and regional economy
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Why the Coastal Management Act?
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4.5 Population Projections and land use
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Where are the “coastal” areas in the Manning River?
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Valuable natural assets
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Community and stakeholder engagement
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Themes and Objectives
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Introduction Looking after the river we love 13
Threat and risk assessment
5.1 Spatial Risk Assessment
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5.2 Manning Threat and Risk Assessment
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Snapshot of issues
6.1 Overview of Management Areas impacted 75 6.2 Community Stewardship
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6.3 Climate Change
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1.1 About this program
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1.2 Meeting NSW Government Legislation
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1.3 Our Planning and Management Areas
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1.4 How the program was prepared
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6.5 Floodplain Management and Acid Sulfate Soil
1.5 How will the ECMP be implemented?
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6.6 Loss and degradation of riparian vegetation 85
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Community consultation
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6.7 Agricultural Impacts
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2.1 The Manning community
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6.8 Modified Flow
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2.2 Our stakeholder consultation program
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6.9 Entrance Modifications
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2.3 What our community told us
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6.10 Flood, tidal inundation and coastal inundation
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3.1 Objective
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6.11 Urban Stormwater and Litter
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3.2 Principles
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6.12 Biodiversity Loss
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6.13 Sewerage and Septic System Pathogens
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Objectives, principles, program logic
Characteristics of the estuary and its catchment
4.1 The estuary and catchment
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4.2 Natural assets
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4.3 Water Quality
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Manning River Estuary and Catchment Management Program (ECMP)
6.4 Loss and degradation of coastal wetlands 81 83
6.14 Erosion and Sediment
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6.15 Systems thinking: the interaction between issues
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