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PUNA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Transportation: 2.2 Native Forests and Geological Features
Action 2.2.3.d (page 2-8)
Provide indirect County support for native vegetation preservation
via land conservation trusts by offering real property tax reductions for conservation easements and contributing County land, where appropriate, to a trust for native habitat management.
(2.2.1)
Goals:
a) The connection between intact native forests in Volcanoes National Park and nearby State forest reserves and natural area reserves in preserved while allowing for more
limited orderly development of the residential and agricultural areas in between.
b) Destruction of native forest through development activity is abated.
c) The spread of invasive
species through abandonment of previously cleared areas is reduced.
d) Residents, those employed in the real estate and construction industries, and the general public are made more
aware of the value of the native forest, the threats to that ecosystem, and actions that can be taken to sustain the forest.
(2.2.2) Objectives:
Adopt a Biosphere Reserve Buffer
Zone (BRBZ) and designate a BRBZ Advisory Commission to guide development within the region’s native forest through regulatory measures and economic incentives.
Adopt regulatory measures,
educational programs and incentives to preserve remnants of native ecosystems in Puna subdivisions, especially remnants at lower elevations.
Modify and enforce Chapter 10, Hawai'I County
Code (HCC), to prevent storm water diversion to other properties.
Increase the County’s role in helping to sustain the native forest, primarily through tax incentives, new regulations
and zoning changes.
Provide tax incentives to encourage more landowners to participate in programs to preserve native species and to remove invasive species.
Action 2.2.3.d
Provide indirect County support for native vegetation preservation via land conservation trusts by offering real property tax reductions for conservation easements and
contributing County land, where appropriate, to a trust for native habitat management.
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Action 2.2.3.d
Provide indirect County support for native
vegetation preservation via land conservation trusts by offering real property tax reductions for conservation easements and contributing County land, where appropriate, to a trust for
native habitat management.