Blue Heart document library
Find documents and links to websites containing supporting information on this amazing initiative
Flooding resources and tools
Flooding occurs in the Maroochy River floodplain from time to time. These resources will help you be prepared.
- Being flood prepared – Sunshine Coast Council
- Being flood prepared - Queensland Government
- Emergency preparedness for farm animals
- Preparing agribusinesses for flooding and high rainfall
- Caring for animals in natural disasters
- Council’s role in flooding
- Disaster Hub - Sunshine Coast Council
- Floodplain management
- Flooding questions and fact sheets
- Land use planning and flood maps
- Preparing for a flood event
- Resilient homes fund – Queensland Government
- State Emergency Services
- Voluntary home buy back – Queensland Government
Blue carbon farming and land management resources and tools
Blue carbon is carbon stored in marine and coastal ecosystems. Blue carbon farming may be an alternative land use in the Blue Heart. These resources are to help you understand more about blue carbon in the Blue Heart and land management.
- Department of Climate Change, Environment, Energy and Water Blue Carbon Ecosystem Restoration Grants
- Coastal blue carbon ecosystems
- Tidal restoration of blue carbon ecosystems method
- Clean Energy Regulator ACCU project and contract register
- Understanding your blue carbon project
- About carbon markets
- The Land Restoration Fund – Queensland Government
- Tidal works
- Pest management
- Invasive animals - Get help to protect your place
- Sunshine Coast Local Government Area Biosecurity Plan
- Mosquitoes and biting midges
Research and monitoring resources and tools
There is a collaboration of universities who have been doing research and monitoring on publicly owned land in the Blue Heart. Learn more about their projects and findings.
Tidal inundation resources and tools
In some places in the Blue Heart, tidal water is impacting the land. This is giving us an indication of how sea level rise might impact the floodplain in the future. These resources are to help you understand potential for tidal inundation in the Blue Heart.