The North Coast Local Land Services region covers an area of approximately 32,120 sq km. The major population centres are located on the coast and are connected primarily by coastal transport routes. The region’s northern, central and southern socio-ecological landscapes support unique combinations of landscape, livelihood and lifestyle values. Understanding these differences helps North Coast Local Land Services plan and deliver programs that respond to the specific needs of local communities.
A diversity of natural landscapes and a mix of temperate and subtropical climates provide nationally recognised biodiversity and wilderness and wetland areas, and complex and diverse soil systems. The nine large river systems with extensive floodplains have strong connections through to estuarine and marine environments. While a significant proportion of the region is within protected areas, there are many threatened species and communities and significant habitat areas that occur on private land.
The NSW North Coast supports a range of diverse and productive natural resource-based livelihoods, including grazing, horticulture, fishing and aquaculture, timber production and tourism. Changes to agricultural viability are driving shifts in traditional farming practices across the region. These shifts include farm aggregation, diversification and intensification, along with the adoption of innovative and best practice approaches.
Agricultural industries include production of beef cattle, dairy, pork, poultry, soybeans, sugar, tea tree and coffee.
The NSW North Coast is a region of vibrant towns, villages and communities that support diverse coastal and hinterland lifestyles. The people have a strong connection to their healthy, natural and productive landscapes and seascapes and the lifestyles, culture and opportunities they create. An iconic and densely populated coastline provides a focus for recreational pursuits and a much sought after sea changer way of life. Aboriginal Peoples are major landholders within the region, moving towards self-sustaining communities, partly through their cultural connection to Country, and their increasing involvement in land management and ownership.
North Coast Local Land Services is your source of information, knowledge and local expertise, delivering natural resource management services across the Ballina, Bellingen, Byron, Clarence Valley, Coffs Harbour, Kempsey, Kyogle, Lismore, Nambucca, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Richmond Valley or Tweed local government areas.
North Coast contributing to natural resource management outcomes
We work with the communities of our region to restore and protect our natural and productive landscapes and waterways.
North Coast’s contributions to NRM shared knowledge across Australia
North Coast’s contributions to our national NRM snapshots
