Stream 1 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for
Climate Change
VIC
Project Title
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
Mallee NRM
region
Applicant
Name
Project Description
Funding
(GST exclusive)
2012-13 to 2015-16
$320,125
Mallee
Catchment
Management
Authority
This project will deliver a Regional NRM Plan for Climate Change as a sub-strategy to 2012-2018 Mallee Regional
Catchment Strategy (Mallee RCS). The primary outcome of the plan will be the spatial identification of priority
landscapes and associated management strategies which are best suited to climate change adaptation and /or
mitigation activities; while optimising biodiversity, agricultural and community related outcomes.
$445,500
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
GlenelgHopkins NRM
region
Glenelg Hopkins
Catchment
Management
Authority
The Regional NRM Plan for Climate Change in the Glenelg Hopkins Region will form a supporting strategy to the
Glenelg Hopkins Regional Catchment Strategy. This sub-strategy will identify priority landscapes for carbon
plantings and strategies to build landscape integrity and guide adaptation and mitigation actions to address climate
change impacts on natural ecosystems. It will also help guide the location and nature of biodiverse plantings and
revegetation activities and optimise carbon co-benefits for biodiversity, water and agricultural production. The Plan
will use best available information to develop actions which are based on collaboration with government,
community and other stakeholders.
Stream 1 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change
VIC
Project Title
Funding
(GST exclusive)
2012-13 to 2015-16
Applicant
Name
Project Description
Wimmera
Catchment
Management
Authority
This project will develop a sub-strategy to the Wimmera Regional Catchment Strategy (RCS) known as the NRM
Plan that will:
1. Identify priority biosequestration, climate change mitigation and adaptation approaches consistent with the RCS
and Carbon Farming Initiative;
2. Identify opportunities and where appropriate spatially identify where carbon sequestration opportunities exist;
3. Provide standards and conditions for how management activities should take place to minimise impacts and
maximise benefits.
This will be achieved through:
• Analysis and interpretation of data and modelling.
• Spatial analysis and display.
• Collaboration and engagement of stakeholders and community.
$334,125
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
Wimmera
NRM region
$590,314
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
GoulburnBroken NRM
region
Goulburn Broken
Catchment
Management
Authority
A Climate Change Planning sub-strategy will be developed to support alignment of the Goulburn Broken Regional
Catchment Strategy (GBRCS) with the Principles of Stream 1. The sub-strategy will:
1. identify priority landscapes for climate change adaptation and mitigation in the context of improving landscape
resilience;
2. identify management actions for climate change adaptation and mitigation, including carbon sequestration, within
priority landscapes;
3. identify risk to catchment processes from carbon sequestration activities and mitigation actions;
4. be informed by engagement with the community and stakeholders; and
5. will outline a plan for implementing the GBRCS adaptive management framework.
This work will result in a NRM plan that incorporates climate change mitigation and adaptation and maximises
opportunities for carbon biosequestration in the Goulburn Broken Catchment.
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Stream 1 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change
VIC
Project Title
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
North East
NRM region
Funding
(GST exclusive)
2012-13 to 2015-16
Applicant
Name
Project Description
North East
Catchment
Management
Authority
This project addresses part of the Clean Energy Future Plan. It will improve regional natural resource management
planning for the impacts of climate change and produce a North East Regional Climate Ready NRM Plan that
guides decisions relating to:
• location and nature of carbon adaptation approaches and opportunities;
• location and nature of vegetation management to increase resilience, including to climate change;
• the type of and location of activities to maximise the benefits for agricultural productivity, biodiversity, water and
local communities;
• working with the regional community to identify strategies to improve landscape connectivity, function and
resilience.
$448,267
$431,737
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
North Central
NRM region
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
Corangamite
NRM region
North Central
Catchment
Management
Authority
The North Central Carbon Action Plan will identify priority landscapes for carbon bio-sequestration and strategies
to build landscape integrity and guide climate change adaptation and mitigation actions in north central Victoria.
The Carbon Action Plan aims to maximise environmental benefits, improve landscape resilience and will link
closely with the North Central 2012-18 Regional Catchment Strategy. Strong engagement will ensure the North
Central Carbon Action Plan guides and supports regional community decision making in climate change adaptation
and mitigation activities.
Corangamite
Catchment
Management
Authority
This project will deliver against the requirements of the Australian Government for regional NRM organisations to
develop an NRM plan to guide investment through the Biodiversity Fund and Carbon Farming Initiative (CFI).
Further, the project will deliver a dynamic system to enable the incorporation of new information over time,
including that which will be delivered through the Stream Two investment, into a powerful decision support tool.
The project will develop a system for the use of a range of regional stakeholders, including individual landholders
and with a capability to support decisions from regional strategic planning through to on ground works in the farm
paddock. Although this project is being developed to ensure it provides clear direction for Biodiversity Fund and
CFI investment, the project will ensure that investment through future programs can also be suitably satisfied.
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$400,555
Stream 1 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change
VIC
Project Title
Applicant
Name
Funding
(GST exclusive)
2012-13 to 2015-16
Project Description
$367,501
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
West
Gippsland
NRM region
West
Gippsland
Catchment
Management
Authority
Using an approach underpinned by stakeholder engagement, the aim of the project is to produce a West Gippsland
NRM Plan for Climate Change as a sub-strategy of the West Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy 2012 – 2018
(RCS). It builds on the collaborative approach established whilst developing the RCS and will include a state-wide
partnership with other Victorian Catchment Management Authorities to ensure efficiencies, shared learnings and
cross-regional approaches. The recently updated RCS identifies climate change as a threat to all landscape priority
areas. It also highlighted that there is a need for carbon sequestration planning to ensure the region can benefit from
these activities and manage the associated risks. The plan will capture the latest regional climate change projections
and based on this, develop climate change scenarios to assess the climate change threats and identify the
risks/opportunities for each landscape priority area. The plan will also identify the regional biodiversity carbon
sequestration priorities and associated risks. The above will be underpinned by a stakeholder engagement process to
promote ownership and ground-truth outcomes.
$330,001
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
East
Gippsland
NRM region
East
Gippsland
Catchment
Management
Authority
The East Gippsland Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plan (EGCCMAP) will build upon the recently
prepared East Gippsland Regional Catchment Strategy. It will use Landscape Actions Plans to show areas in the
region where new carbon and biodiversity plantings are encouraged, and where landscape resilience measures are
required. It will be prepared using a partnership approach that draws upon the expertise of our regional stakeholders.
It will be presented in a readily accessible manner that informs managers of private and public land of opportunities
and considerations based on the assessment of the best data and decision support tools available now.
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Stream 1 Regional Natural Resource Management Planning for Climate Change
VIC
Project Title
Applicant
Name
Funding
(GST exclusive)
2012-13 to 2015-16
Project Description
$308,599
Regional
NRM planning
for climate
change in the
Port Phillip
and
Westernport
NRM region
Port Phillip &
Westernport
Catchment
Management
Authority
This project uses the best available information to guide the development of carbon sequestration and climate
change adaptation activities in the region. Fire risk, water resources, sea-level rise, biodiversity and connectivity,
agriculture and climate change will be considered by the project. Project outcomes, including a map of priority
landscapes for potential carbon sequestration and climate change adaptation activities, will be integrated into the
Regional Catchment Strategy. The Port Phillip and Western Port Regional Catchment Strategy website
(www.ppwrcs.vic.gov.au) brings accessibility, transparency and continual improvement capacity to natural resource
management planning.
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