Sustainable Business Planning & Strategy Analysis Report

This report examines sustainable business planning and strategy, focusing on the environmental impact of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. It evaluates trends between urban form, community attitudes towards natural resources, and resource management in Australia. The analysis includes policy development, research conducted in a global environment, and a business case for environmental sustainability management. The report highlights the negative impacts of coral bleaching, the importance of resource management, and the role of policy in protecting the environment. It also discusses the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1999 and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. The study emphasizes the need for community awareness, effective policy-making, and the importance of managing resources to ensure environmental sustainability. The report concludes by referencing relevant studies and government initiatives aimed at improving water quality and preserving the reef.

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Contents
Evaluation of the trends between urban form, community attitudes towards natural resources
and resource management..........................................................................................................2
Analyse trends on policy development in Australia..................................................................3
Conduction of research in a global environment.......................................................................3
Description of business case for environmental sustainability management.............................5
References..................................................................................................................................5

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Evaluation of the trends between urban form, community attitudes towards natural
resources and resource management
The issue which is identified in this study is the coral bleaching of Great Barrier Reef. The
coral bleaching is taking place in Great Barrier Reef which is the serious concern for the
environment degradation in Australia. It is seen that in this world with the increase in
population there is high change in the temperature changes to be taken place along with the
changes in the weather conditions as well (Hughes et al. 2017). There are frequent
degradation of the weather and extreme weather events to be taking place. The reason is only
due to the extreme heat is generated. The heart is generated due to the result of the excessive
human activities to be taking place in Australia as well in the other parts of the world. There
is the probability of having 95 percent of the heat or warmth is generated due to the human
activities (Hughes et al. 2017). The corals are extremely sensitive to high temperatures and
always want that the heat which is to be generated should be in small amount so that they can
be able to survive under the sea and within the sea temperatures. The changes in the climate
is producing high amount of heat which is typically bleaching the corals during the month of
summer. The Great Barrier Reef has suffered from two major incidents of bleaching which is
in the year 1998 and 2002 where 42 and 54 percent of the refs were affected due to bleaching.
In the context of urban form, Australia is on the verge of becoming one of the most
importrant countries where the construction along with the educational sector has a high leap
forward currently as well in the future (Hughes et al. 2017). The education sector is very
good in Australia. Due to this there is high number of immigrants coming to get high level of
education in Australia. Due to the increased number of immigrants taking place, there is rapid
use of the natural resources to be done (Hughes et al. 2017). There is no control on the usage
and the preservation of the natural resources and its processes as well. The communities do

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not have the attitudes of controlling the natural resources and should be keeping the natural
processes to be used for reducing the wastage of it and for the development of the natural
processes for preserving it as well.
In context of resource management, the community and the government of Australia have the
common goal of protecting and preserving the coral reef from the hands of coral bleaching.
So the Australian and the Queensland government are investing jointly $200 million per year
for the health of the reef (De’ath et al. 2012). There is the development of the strong
governance structure and the partnership agreement to be done with the government by some
of the agencies who are looking for preserving the natural resources of Australia.
Analyse trends on policy development in Australia
In relation to the issue of coral bleaching, there are some of the policies to be developed by
the government for preserving the coral reefs. The Great Barrier Reef marine Park Act 1999
which is useful for the management of the Great Barrier Reef. This provides planning for the
framework and management through zoning plans, plans of management. The next could be
the Environment protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 which regulates actions
taken on the protection of the coral reefs (Van Hooidonk Maynard and Planes 2013). The
others may be Environment Protection Act 1981 and many others as well.
Conduction of research in a global environment
In the context of the urban form, globally there is negative impact of the coral bleaching o
Great Barrier Reef. It is seen that with the global environment to be able to get upgraded with
the modern technology and fishing is considered to be one of the most important source of
revenue generation both for the urban countries as well for the government of the specific
countries (Van Hooidonk Maynard and Planes 2013). So coral bleaching needs to be

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eliminated which may affect the economic and social dimensions of the other countries as
well. In the context of the community attitudes to natural processes, the communities are very
much tensed and developing serious concerns of how to manage the natural resources which
should be made sustainable for the future. The communities were aware of using and
implementing the natural processes for the preservation of the natural resources in such a way
that they become sustainable in the future (Van Hooidonk Maynard and Planes 2013). The
community attitudes have changed altogether with the urban form to be developed which is
affecting the global environment seriously. It is very much aware of the fact that the
communities are educated enough but the needs and demands were increasing day by day so
they are compelled to exploit the natural resources easily and in heavy amount which is
causing seriously insecurity for the natural resources as well (De’ath et al. 2012).
In the context of resource management, this is one of the most serious and essential activity
which is needed to be done by the government of that specific country. The communities
need to be aware of how much natural resources are needed, how much to be consumed and
how much to be wasted as well (Wiedenmann et al. 2013). The resource management is done
with the development of the effective policy making and the different legislations so that they
can be able to manage the resources effectively for the introduction of the environment in a
proper way.
In the context of the policy development in a global environment, the policies are basically
the statements which make the communities as well the individuals working in different
organizations to become aware of how the environment should be protected from the issue of
coral bleaching as mentioned in the study as well (Schaffelke et al. 2012).

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Description of business case for environmental sustainability management
In relation to the issue of coral bleaching in Great Barrier Reef the government of
Queensland has been drafted a policy for draft Reef 2025 termed as the Water Quality
Improvement Plan 2017-2022 for consultation. The coral bleaching which is the issue
identified need to be managing the resources so that it should be conserved effectively and
does not affect the global environment as well. The rise of construction and other industries
in this world it also affecting the coral reefs which is affecting the health of the humans and
there are rapid changes in the lifestyle of the humans to be taking place (De’ath et al. 2012).
The humans are getting much more advanced and they are exploiting the natural resources
heavily in order to meet their own needs and demands as well. This is to be done by the
Australians along with the government of Queensland which tells that due to the poor water
coming out of the industries has been running down into the catchment areas of the coral reef
(Brodie and Waterhouse 2012). This is the detailed planning where the government, the
community and the government will be able to work together in order to improve the quality
of water so that coral bleaching could be reduced this should be improving the ecosystem and
provides high value for the Great barrier Reef as well.

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Schaffelke, B., Carleton, J., Skuza, M., Zagorskis, I. and Furnas, M.J., 2012. Water quality in
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