Healthy ecosystems and rich biodiversity are vital for the liveability of our city. Protecting and enhancing biodiversity will support the health and wellbeing of our community and contribute to effective climate change adaptation actions.

The City of Melbourne has developed a draft Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy to provide direction about how we manage and enhance municipal ecology and biodiversity. By considering our city as an ecosystem, we will actively foster connections between people, plants, animals and the landscape, to create the legacy of a resilient, balanced and healthy urban environment for future generations to enjoy, and to nurture delight in the natural environment.

The draft Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy is the product of a collaborative process. Thank you to all who have contributed their input from 2014 to 2016.

Consultation closed

Past updates

Timeline

  • Timeline item 1 - complete

    Melbourne BioBlitz 2014

    October - November 2014

  • Timeline item 2 - complete

    Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy Discussion Paper Community Engagement Period

    12 February - 30 April 2015

  • Timeline item 3 - complete

    Face-to-Face Engagement to develop draft Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy

    February - April 2015

  • Timeline item 4 - complete

    Draft Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy development

    May 2015 to May 2016

  • Timeline item 5 - complete

    Melbourne BioBlitz 2016

    March 2016

  • Timeline item 6 - complete

    Engagement on draft Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy

    8 June - 11 July 2016

  • Timeline item 7 - complete

    Final Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy

    September 2016

Melbourne BioBlitz

Experts and members of the community working together to discover and document the species that call our city home.

Document library

Draft Urban Ecology and Biodiversity Strategy

Urban Ecology Community Workshops

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