Federal NRM Outcomes and Priorities

The regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) strategies for all of the 54 NRM regions around Australia contribute towards achieving the six NRM outcomes identified by the federal government under the Regional Land Partnership (RLP) Program. The RLP is the largest component of the National Landcare Program, investing $450 million dollars in NRM around Australia between July 2018 and June 2023. One of the roles of the NRM strategy in the Northern Agricultural Region (NAR) is to link our local priorities for land management and conservation with these federal NRM priorities.

The six federal NRM outcomes are to:

1. restore and protect RAMSAR sites (wetlands of international importance);
2. stabilise or improve populations of threatened and priority species;
3. control invasive species on World Heritage properties;
4. improve the condition of threatened ecological communities;
5. increase awareness and adoption of land management practices that improve and protect the condition of soil, biodiversity and vegetation; and
6. increase the capacity of agriculture systems to adapt to climate change and market demands for sustainable production.

Although there are no RAMSAR or World Heritage sites in the NAR, our NRM work certainly supports the other four outcomes. With 78 threatened fauna, nearly 900 threatened plants, and 25 threatened ecological communities found in the region, there is plenty of work to do! Projects that focus on improving on-farm soil, biodiversity and vegetation, and increasing the capacity of our farms and farmers to adapt to climate change and evolving market demands, also contribute substantially to achieving the RLP outcomes.