Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 NRM 1 2 4 1 Introduction 6 1.1 6 1.2 7 1.3 7 1.4 7 2 Method 8 2.1 8 2.2 – 8 2.3 – 8 2.4 – 9 3 NRM funding, priorities and targets across Australia 10 3.1 10 3.2 10 3.3 11 3.4 12 3.5 13 3.6 15 4 Monitoring and reporting requirements across Australia 18 4.1 19 4.2 19 4.3 31 4.4 NRM 41 4.5 52 A REPORTING RECORDING MEASURING REPORTING
Table 32: NRM targets within state and territory government strategies* Role of people in NRM Devolve decision making, funding & control Participation Participation, education, community support Participation & connecting with nature Water and soil knowledge, adaptive management Aquatic environment protection including ewater delivery Environmental water Environmental in River Murray Weeds and pest control Climate change and renewable energy Minimise impacts, renewable energy Climate change refugia managed Energy efficiency Land and soil protection Minimise soil erosion, improved pastoral land Increased knowledge Biodiversity conservation Voluntary conservation on private land, land acquisitions No loss of species Improved outlook all species, permanent protection on private land Threatened and iconic species management No loss of species Improved outlook Water resource management Increased knowledge, efficiency Native vegetation management See biodiversity conservation above Connectivity, extent & condition of lowland veg. communities Extent and condition, revegetation for connectivity, permanent protection on private land Water quality protection Salinity Marine management Health & diversity Aboriginal cultural heritage protection Sites managed Research and monitoring Threatening processes & climate change refugia understood Environmental- economic accounting Pollution reduction and waste management Illegal dumping & air quality Fire management Reduce inappropriate fire regimes Appropriate fire regime Sustainable practices by industry Efficiency and sustainable practices NRM based economic opportunities * Applicable to regional NRM delivery. Shaded cells indicate where a target exists, while notes indicate the specific focus of the target (where apparent). Y 0
Source (Investment Program or Strategy) Catchment Action NSW Environmental Trust Saving our Species NSW 2021 Plan WA NRM Strategy and State NRM Program SA Strategic Plan 2011 ACT Nature Conservation Strategy Pest Animal Management Strategy Weeds Strategy Natural Heritage Strategy for Tasmania 2013-2030 Regional NRM Investment Program Feral Pest Initiative Priority (topic or threat) Number of states and territories with this as a priority Biodiversity conservation 6 of 8 Travelling Reserves Private land Focal landscapes - rural landscape, Cotter Catchment, Murrumbidgee River Corridor, urban landscape Threatened species including iconic species 7 of 8 Iconic species included Iconic species included Aboriginal cultural heritage 2 of 8 Sites and objects Native vegetation 4 of 8 Private land Increase opportunities for people to look after environment (including capacity building) 8 of 8 Aquatic environments (rivers, wetlands, coastal) including environmental 7 of 8 Ramsar sites River Murray Murrumbidgee River Weeds and pests 6 of 8 Priority NPWS sites Wild dogs, feral cats and feral pigs Pollution reduction (including waste management) 1 of 8 2019
Climate change 6 of 8 Planning 3 of 8 Research including monitoring 3 of 8 Marine 4 of 8 Great Barrier Reef Land (soils) 6 of 8 High priority agricultural land, rangelands Water resources 5 of 8 Cotter Catchment Water quality 5 of 8 Peel-Harvey, Wilson, Leschault, Hardy Inlet and catchments Murrumbidgee River Barrier Reef Inshore and demersal finfish 1 of 8 Dhufish Freshwater fish 1 of 8 Sawfish in Fitzroy River, pygmy perch and trout minnow in the southwest and mussels in the Helena River Phytophthora (dieback) 1 of 8 Fitzgerald R., Lesueur and Cape Arid National Parks Remediating fire affected 1 of 8 Flood recovery works 1 of 8 Urban development 3 of 8 Fire management 1 of 8 Sustainable practices by industry 1 of 8 Integrated Catchment Management 1 of 8 Mining 1 of 8 NRM based economic opportunities 1 of 8 Groundwater 1 of 8