Cradle Coast Authority was established in 1999, jointly owned by eight of the nine regional Councils with the purpose of building a stronger region. Natural Resource Management is one of CCA’s three operating functions, alongside Strategic Services and Regional Development. With 19 employees covering 33% of Tasmania, Cradle Coast NRM aims to maintain healthy natural environments, marine resources, and agricultural landscapes.
Key industries: Agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, mining (metal ores), manufacturing, renewable energy, tourism
Proportion of area under conservation management: 65%
Our Vision: A strong, resilient, and sustainable north western and western Tasmanian region built through partnership with Council, Community, Business and Industry.
Our cross-themed projects integrate elements from across our three key themes: Land, Biodiversity, and Water. These initiatives not only highlight our community involvement but also demonstrate our proactive approach to stakeholder engagement and strategic planning and the management of potential environmental opportunities and challenges in the future.
We partner with community groups and other Tasmanian NRMs to deliver projects of both targeted, local value and of statewide value, in order to maximise our impact and engagement as an NRM organisation.
Land assets encompass topography and the soils that support agriculture, forestry, and ecosystems, the vegetation that covers and protects these soils, and cultural heritage values. Impacts to natural and cultural values, soil condition and vegetation are projected due to changes to land use, management practices and biosecurity threats.
Through projects within the Land theme, Cradle Coast Authority aims to incorporate Aboriginal understanding of land and Country, conserve natural, cultural and production values, and develop resilience to protect these assets from ongoing and emerging threats.
The Water theme encompasses rivers and estuaries, wetlands and waterbodies, and coastal and marine systems, supporting agriculture, fishing and aquaculture, hydro-electric power generation, drinking water supply and wastewater treatment.
The Cradle Coast Authority aims to protect these values through NRM projects. Current projects include Celebrating the Coastal Wetlands of Circular Head, showcasing the Robbins Passage – Boullanger Bay saltmarsh, and the Healthy Harbour Project, facilitating community engagement alongside the Maugean Skate Recovery in Macquarie Harbour.
Our Biodiversity theme directs focus towards natural assets native to Tasmania and the Cradle Coast region, including all species of plants, animals, fungi, microorganisms, and the ecosystems in which they live.
Many groups work to protect and maintain Tasmania’s high value habitat for threatened species, important biodiversity areas and ecological communities. The Cradle Coast Authority works with these partners to achieve shared strategic outcomes, from monitoring and research to on-ground restoration activities.
Traditional custodians of the Cradle Coast region include the North West (Peerapper), South West (Toogee), North (Tommeginne), and Big River (Lairmairrener) Nations, with at least 18 separate, unique clans within the region. Further, the Cradle Coast Authority acknowledges the traditional owners of Lutruwita / Tasmania, the Palawa/Pakana.
Tasmanian Aboriginal people’s survival and continued connection with the land, spanning more than 40,000 years, is a very important part of our region’s story.
The Cradle Coast region encompasses nine municipalities, including: Burnie City, Central Coast, Circular Head, Devonport City, Kentish, King Island, Latrobe, Waratah-Wynyard, and West Coast.
Maintaining our natural environment and supporting sustainable agriculture.
Cradle Coast’s contributions to our national NRM snapshots
