Stream 1 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for
Climate Change
SA
Project Title
Applicant
Name
Project Description
Funding
(GST exclusive)
2012-13 to 2015-16
$438,001
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
Eyre Peninsula
NRM region
Eyre
Peninsula
Natural
Resources
Management
Board
Eyre Peninsula's regional NRM Plan was adopted in 2009, and the Board is commencing a review in 2013. The
Board will work toward an approach that enables the management of complex systems and more clearly links social
and economic factors into natural resource management, providing a more holistic approach to planning and
focussing attention on drivers (one of which is climate change) and change processes. The new plan will be based
on an adaptive management approach with new information included as it becomes available. The amended plan
will be consulted on during 2015 with adoption planned towards the end of 2015.
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
South East
NRM region
South East
Natural
Resources
Management
Board
The project will be run in conjunction with the review of the Regional Natural Resources Management Plan for the
South East by 2016 and will complement planned review activities by enabling greater connections with the local
community and utilise the extensive knowledge of local Aboriginal people to better plan for climate change.
Desktop investigations and a new spatial tool will identify suitability for restoration of native vegetation and
wetlands, biodiversity plantings, carbon farming and other adaptation activities. This work will form the basis of
extensive community engagement to deliver sub-regional action plans that provide direction on appropriate climate
adaptation activities and their placement in the South East landscape.
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
Northern and
Yorke NRM
region
Northern and
Yorke
Natural
Resources
Management
Board
The Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management (NRM) Plan currently recognises the general impacts of
climate change on the region’s natural resources but does not specifically address adaptation and mitigation actions
and strategies. This project will work with the region’s community and key partners, and collate existing and new
biophysical and socio-economic information to update the NRM Plan to identify priority landscapes for carbon and
biodiversity plantings and strategies to build landscape integrity. This will be done in conjunction with the 5-yearly
process to review the NRM Plan.
$481,265
$414,342
Stream 1 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change
SA
Project Title
Applicant
Name
Funding
(GST exclusive)
2012-13 to 2015-16
Project Description
$538,201
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
Kangaroo
Island NRM
region
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
South
Australian
Arid Lands
NRM region
Kangaroo
Island
Natural
Resources
Management
Board
Kangaroo Island’s location, topography and orientation mean it will experience region-specific alterations in
climatic regimes, largely along an east-west gradient. Spatial analysis and predictive modelling, based on some
existing data, will be used to forecast likely changes in species and community distributions, identify climatechange refugia in the landscape, and impacts on agriculture water resources and coastal systems. Socio-economic
responses to climate change will be considered through community engagement workshops. Together, these
activities will inform the strategic planning of land management activities and drive the development of adaptation
and mitigation strategies that will contribute to increasing the resilience of the Island’s biodiversity, community and
industries.
$408,424
SA Arid
Lands
Natural
Resources
Management
Board
This project will work in conjunction with five yearly review of the entire plan to provide a document that has
climate change and the carbon economy fully integrated into the regional plan. This will be achieved through a
community engagement model, and will provide the structure and available data so that on ground NRM activities
are directed by the best available science. This approach will ensure that the greatest NRM benefit is derived from
the carbon economy and any potential negative impacts are minimised. The revised plan will provide clear guidance
for carbon project developments in the region.
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Stream 1 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change
SA
Project Title
Applicant
Name
Funding
(GST exclusive)
2012-13 to 2015-16
Project Description
$667,250
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
South
Australian
Murray
Darling Basin
NRM region
SA Murray
Darling
Basin
Natural
Resources
Management
Board
The existing Regional NRM Plan for the SA Murray-Darling Basin was released in 2009. The Board has recently
reviewed its Regional NRM Plan and has now commenced a process of amending the Regional Plan. Current
amendments to the Regional NRM Plan focus on integrating a landscape approach into the Regional NRM Plan.
This involves developing conceptual diagrams at a sub-regional scale and defining systems that exist within each
sub-region, the drivers influencing these systems and the impact of these drivers. This proposal will complement the
current amendment process by gathering the best available information, strategy and policy on climate change and
adaptation, developing options for management and engaging our community in developing a climate ready plan for
the SA Murray-Darling Basin.
$439,450
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
Alinytjara
Wilurara NRM
region
Alinytjara
Wilurara
Natural
Resources
Management
Board
The project will work to amend the current Alinytjara Wilurara NRM Plan so that it identifies climate change
adaptation priorities, and utilises opportunities to transform landscapes through better rangeland management, and
to exploit opportunities for carbon sequestration through landscape regeneration. This will be achieved by
undertaking a combination of a large scale review of current NRM knowledge and landscape change relevant to
climate change, and local community-based analyses of NRM hazards and landscape management priorities. The
updated NRM Plan will use an adaptive management framework linked to emergency management within
communities, and best practice guides for rangeland, coastal and marine management.
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Stream 1 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change
SA
Project Title
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
Adelaide and
Mount Lofty
Ranges NRM
region
Funding
(GST exclusive)
2012-13 to 2015-16
Applicant
Name
Project Description
Adelaide and
Mount Lofty
Ranges
Natural
Resources
Management
Board
Under the Natural Resources Management Act 2004 the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources
Management Board is required to prepare a Natural Resources Management (NRM) Plan for the region. The first
regional NRM Plan was adopted in 2008, the Board undertook a review in 2010 and commenced the process to
update the plan. The Board has adopted a systems (or resilience) approach to the plan. This approach enables the
management of complex systems and more clearly links social and economic factors into natural resource
management, providing a more holistic approach to planning and focussing attention on drivers (one of which is
climate change) and change processes. The systems approach will enable us to communicate clearly our
understanding of the critical links and dynamics between different parts of the system and clearly articulate why
particular actions are being taken. The new plan is based on an adaptive management approach with new
information included as it becomes available. The amended plan will be consulted on during the middle part of
2013, with adoption planned towards the end of 2013. The Board will seek to use the funds to engage and
collaborate with its communities, develop supporting information and improving on the evidence base of the NRM
Plan.
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$468,100