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Regional groups agree to position: minimising the impacts of development on natural resources
Queensland’s regional NRM groups have agreed on a position around minimising the impacts of development on Queensland’s natural resources.
Andrew Drysdale, CEO Queensland Regional NRM Groups Collective said the position paper was developed as a result of community concern around managing land use change in an increasingly complex economic and social environment.
“The demand for Queensland’s natural resources is increasing in response to global population growth and associated energy and food requirements,” Drysdale said. “Queensland Regional NRM Groups Collective has considered key pressures and challenges believed to lie ahead for Queenslanders and as a result, we feel strongly that land use change must be carried out in a manner that maintains the integrity and function of surrounding biological, aquatic and terrestrial systems.”
The position paper includes a set of operating codes and the Collective is hoping to work with industry for voluntary adoption of those codes. The operating codes cover areas such as vegetation and biodiversity; riverine, floodplains and wetlands; associated water; land and soils; and weeds and pest animals.
A new voice for regional NRM across the Cape
After a lengthy community consultation process across Cape York, the region will soon have its own community based organisation for natural resource management planning. Nominations are now open for positions on the inaugural board of the Cape York Regional Natural Resource Management Group and close 19 March 2010. Information about registering to vote, or nominating for the board is available by calling Queensland Regional NRM Groups Collective on 07 4699 5000 or by downloading the documents listed below.
Natural Resource Awareness Grants available
Queensland’s regional NRM outputs from 2008-09
Regional NRM Programs Client Survey
During October the Regional Natural Resource Management Programs Communication Team are undertaking client research to assist in the development, implementation and evaluation of communication, education and motivation activities by the team.
Queensland NRM Rumble: Indigenous Land and Sea Management
The "Queensland NRM Rumble" is a series of regional NRM stories that showcase achievements made by Regional NRM Groups and their partners across the state. Previously these were know of as the Chairs Reports.
Topics include:
Sustainable agriculture case studies featured in Country Life
A series of case studies looking at how regional groups are working with industry to ensure Queensland’s food security through sustainable agriculture, is now available.
5 years of NRM in Queensland showcase: presentations available
The Queensland Regional NRM Group's Collective hosted a successful two day forum to celebrate and showcase five years of natural resource management in Queensland. The event took place on Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 May 2009 in Townsville.
DataHub - Improving access to NRM information
Many people in natural resource management (NRM) have experienced the frustrations of not having access to the appropriate natural resource information they need for making informed decisions. A pilot for the new Datahub project will be a great step forward in resolving some of this frustration by addressing the drivers that influence availability and access to knowledge and information.
The pilot project will commence in mid February and run for approximately five months. It is a collaboration between the Regional NRM Groups Collective (RGC), Terrain NRM, Queensland Murray-Darling Committee (QMDC) and the Department of Natural Resources and Water’s (NRW) Catchment Programs, and will involve a number of additional regional NRM bodies as stakeholders.
