Blue Heart, Sunshine Coast
Blue Heart Sunshine Coast is an innovative partnership-based project, committed to sustainable and adaptive floodplain management in the Maroochy River catchment. The Blue Heart is an area of more than 5,000 hectares on a natural floodplain in the Maroochy River catchment. The impacts of climate change and sea level rise are expected to transition parts of the Blue Heart to estuarine wetlands over the coming decades. The Blue Heart provides flood storage for the Maroochy River Catchment. Preserving flood storage within this area is critical to the ongoing flood management of the catchment and in particular the protection of the built environment. Blue Heart project objectives are to: protect the most critical areas of the floodplain, establish wetland and floodplain ecosystems, improve water quality in the Maroochy River, provide community and recreation opportunities and investigate and support new uses for the surrounding rural and agricultural lands, including economic opportunities for landowners.
Private and non-profit organisations , Local government
Stakeholder engagement , Intervention
Health and social support , Natural environment
Blue Heart Sunshine Coast was a successful applicant for the Blue Carbon Ecosystem Restoration Australian Government grant and received $2.036M from the Commonwealth government.
General climate change , Riverine flooding
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