Emergency management: integrating biodiversity, heritage and natural resources

Collection updated August 2026

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Overview

There is growing acceptance of the importance of prioritising biodiversity, cultural heritage, and natural and agricultural assets within emergency response and recovery, to deliver effective and long lasting resilience for communities, regional economies, and the environment.

The resources in this collection share examples and insights from the regional NRM sector and beyond on integrating biodiversity, cultural heritage, and natural and agricultural assets into emergency response.

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Coordinating to protect culture and biodiversity in the heat of wildfires

This webinar in our joint series with the National Environmental Science Program's Threatened Species Recovery Hub brings together perspectives from researchers, managers and policy makers to discuss what systems or responses are needed to better protect biodiversity and empower First Nations leadership in the heat of bushfire events.

Webinar · 1:58:56 · 2021 · NRM Regions Australia

Empowering Indigenous leadership and participation in bushfire recovery, cultural burning and land management

This report articulates key Indigenous aspirations regarding cultural burning and bushfire management in southern Australia. It identifies current impediments to realising these aspirations and presents recommendations on empowering Indigenous leadership in bushfire recovery.

2021 · NESP Threatened Species Recovery Hub

Regional Natural Resource Management Emergency Preparedness Response Planning 2023-2024

Overview of the experience of regional NRM organisations in implementing the Australian Government Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning initiative.

Report · 2025 · NRM Regions Australia