Regional jobs, economic growth and resilience

NRM creates regional job opportunities, economic growth, and improves resilience in communities.

NRM programs create local jobs and business opportunities in regional areas, promoting growth, development and greater prosperity. NRM programs give more people more reasons to live in rural and regional places and support natural resources and healthy, vibrant communities. NRM organisations also support critical emergency and disaster response efforts. We build capacity to manage drought, climate variability and extreme weather events.

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Better carbon trading outcomes for farmers and government

NRM regional organisations’ support of the Australian Government’s Emission Reductions Fund is helping to boost farmer engagement and profitability, generate co- benefits, and reduce the negative impact and risk of non-delivery of emission-reduction projects.  
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Building climate change resilience in Victoria’s Strathbogie Ranges

The community in the Strathbogie Ranges has identified action priorities to build on the momentum of regional climate change plans to help their community and environment adapt to climate change and build resilience in an uncertain future.
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Grazier users of the NRM Spatial Hub say it can measurably improve their properties’ productivity, profitability and sustainability.

Big data helps graziers to manage rangeland areas

The NRM Spatial Hub is a web-based tool that helps rangeland graziers decide how to optimise their grazing land management by bringing together map, satellite and grazier knowledge. It is a great example of how the regional NRM network works with partners to leverage funding and deliver results for land managers.
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New superfood? Kakadu Plums

A Kakadu Plum opportunity for bush tucker industry development

With health attributes and food preservation qualities, the bush tucker fruit Kakadu Plum has become a valuable crop for indigenous Australians who have co-designed harvesting protocols to ensure the growing industry is environmentally sustainable and in their control.
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China looks to Tasmania for NRM leadership

The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and NRM South in Tasmania’s southern region are collaborating to share expertise in NRM management and support local and national project initiatives.
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Securing natural capital

Australians rely upon natural capital for their wealth and well-being.

Australia’s vast natural environment is the cornerstone of our livelihood, wealth and well-being. Managing the natural resources of this diverse continent requires experience, strategy and coordination. Regional NRM delivers the Commonwealth Government’s legislative obligations and national priorities work in securing Australia’s natural capital.

 

Saving the endangered Warru wallaby

In 2007, due to increasing concern that the Warru were facing extinction, the Warru Recovery Team formed. This team combines the knowledge and skills of the traditional owners with Western science and ground breaking species recovery activities. The team includes traditional owners of the APY Lands, the communities of Kalka, Pipalyatjara, Pukatja and Kenmore Park on the APY Lands, state and federal Governments, APY Land Management, the University of Adelaide, Adelaide Zoo and private ecologists.

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Healthier reef through alliance

Healthier reef through alliance

The Reef Alliance is a partnership that works to protect and maintain the health/function of the Great Barrier Reef. Since 2008, agricultural industry groups, regional NRM organisations and rural land managers have been delivering the Reef Programs, with support via the conservation sector. These innovative programs integrate incentives, agricultural extension, research and adaptive landscape planning to improve the adoption of agricultural practices that deliver water quality, rural production and rural economic business benefits in the GBR lagoon catchments.

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Environmental management in a highly urbanised context

Leading golf courses to conserve biodiversity

Natural resource management doesn’t stop in the country. It makes Australia’s cities better and healthier places to live. It connects people with each other, their communities and the natural living world around them. It also plays a role in ensuring the health of water ways and urban natural spaces that can provide important habitat. Greater Sydney Local Land Services partnered with Golf NSW Ltd to deliver a three-year project to protect native vegetation, reduce the impact of weeds and invasive pests, and link important vegetation corridors across the Sydney region.

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Innovation and collaboration

NRM is based on partnerships and dynamic collaborations that give life to innovation.

With over 100,000 people engaged and more than 35 years’ experience in land management, the 56 NRM regional organisations are built on collaboration and partnerships, and are uniquely placed to respond to opportunities and create innovations across Australia. It’s our collaborations and partnerships at the regional level that underpin our capacity to develop and share skills and knowledge and to innovate, resulting in a robust, strong and united approach to regional growth and land management Australia-wide.

 

Biological control innovations

Weeds and pest animals cost agriculture $5 billion every year. Many effective and cost-efficient bio-control agents are available or are in the pipeline. The NRM community is in a prime position to advance the delivery of innovative new biological control agents of weeds and pest animals to reduce their devastating impact on Australian agriculture.

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Improved dairy industry productivity

Fert$mart has produced farm gate profit improvements for Tasmanian dairy farmers by providing accurate soil nutrient maps and advice on changes to fertiliser regimes. To support dairy farms in Tasmania, Dairy Tas and Cradle Coast NRM collaboratively developed a program to improve soil nutrient management in dairy pastures. The success of this trial has led to the program being introduced across Tasmania.

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China looks to Tasmania for NRM leadership

The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) and NRM South in Tasmania’s southern region are collaborating to share expertise in NRM management and support local and national project initiatives.

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