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Many hands, one voice for NSW
The AdvocateMay 2013
NSW State Government Landcare Support Package
Business Plan: LNSW delivering major projects
Landcare NSW has been contracted to deliver several of the Landcare
Support Program projects. These include:
the Snapshot and Prospectus projects;
a Community of Pracce project;
A Member Services ocer, Fiona Adams as the main point of contact for
Landcare groups and networks for services such as insurance,
incorporaon and governance;
A series of governance, administraon and management fact sheets,
ps and tricks publicaons and useful templates;
Hothousing Landcare Leaders workshops.
We are asking groups, networks and individuals to provide informaon to
be included in the nal products. It is the aim of LNSW to launch the
products and services developed under these projects at the NSW StateLandcare and Catchment Forum in September.
Regional Landcare Facilitators
The majority of RLF posions in NSW are hosted by Landcare networks and
not regional bodies. The Australian Government has announced that the
RLF program will connue, but that the regional bodies will be contract
holders. DAFF have assured us that the currently external hosted posions
should be able to connue under these new arrangements.
Have you completed the LNSW quesons of the help us to
help you campaign? www.landcarensw.org.au/node/3011
Local Land Services andFunding for Natural Resource Management
The Landcare movement with the help of Landcare NSW has worked
hard to secure long-term NRM funding support from the state
government. There was a real risk that the funding for NRM acon in
NSW would decline or be removed enrely and this took a major eort
from the movement to persuade the government to maintain their
funding levels. Without these funding arrangements CMAs and soon
the Local Land Services would enrely rely on Federal funding to carry
out works. Landcarers role in securing funding is outlined in the arcle
on page 2 that recently featured in The Land.
2013 Landcareand Catchment
ManagementForum3-5 Sept 2013,NewcastleThe forum will be held atNewcastle with a number of fieldtrips conducted around theregion to showcase theenvironmental values and theamazing workbeing done by
community groups, individualsand agencies to protect andenhance it.
This bi-annual forum is thepremier event to showcasesustainability, Landcare andvolunteering across NSW andincludes the annual LandcareMuster and the NSW StateLandcare Awards Dinner.
Don't miss the chance to gatherwith up to 400 people from
Landcare and communitygroups, farmers, Aboriginalheritage groups, regionalcatchment bodies, industry andgovernment representativesfrom across NSW and Australia.For more info go to http://landcarecmaforum.com.au/
The Landcare NSWMuster will be held on the
Tuesday morning, 3rdSeptember. This is a freeevent and all are
welcome.
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Local Land Services: Governance and BoundariesThe LLS Reference Panel has provided its major piece of advice to the
Minister for Primary Industries on these reforms. They have provided a
preferred set of boundaries, preferred board structure and a list of
funcons and services that the new LLS should deliver.
Landcare NSW was able to achieve a number of outcomes by being a part ofthis panel including recommendaons for:
A strong and ongoing role for the government via LLS to support
community groups carrying out NRM and biodiversity acvies,
A variety of skills including community engagement, environmental
management, agricultural experse and natural resource management
experse to be included on the LLS boards (skills also need to be
independently veried for elected members),
Boundaries to consider catchments and communies-of-interest,
A formal community engagement process,
The connuaon of exisng Catchment Acon Plans and theestablishment of similar plans for biosecurity and
agricultural extension,
and a sole auding body to audit the performance
of the LLS across all the aspects of its operaon
(including community engagement).
The Minister is due to make a decision on the
Reference Panel recommendaons shortly. This will
be followed by the draing of Legislaon that needs
to be passed by the end of the year for the LLSs to
become operaonal.
Internally LNSW re-examined and amended its constuon and
governance structure, to allow incorporated groups to become
members.
Regions nominate a representave to sit on the Council of Landcare NSW
this body provides the strategic direcon for the organisaon. From thisCouncil, a Commiee of management is elected to manage the aairs of
LNSW in line with the direcon set by the Council.LNSW idened that it has two key areas of operaon Advocacy and
Member Services, which are supported by the acvies of communicaon,
governance and connuous
improvement, and fundraising.
Sonia Williams has been seconded to
LNSW as General Manager. Tim
Beshara is now Director Policy and
Communicaons, and Amanda
Harris and Fiona Adams have beenemployed as Project Ocers to
deliver aspects of the Business Plan
contracts.
Excerpts From The Land newspaper
(16th May, 2013) for full arcle:hp://www.theland.com.au/news/
agriculture/general/news/budget-
boost-for-cmas/2657684.aspx
LANDCARE NSW has welcomed the
increase the State government'snatural resource management budget.
Aer months of uncertainty about the
future of natural resource management
(NRM) funding in NSW, Primary
Industries Minister Katrina Hodgkinson
today announced an increase to the
budget for Catchment Management
Authories (CMA).
In what will be a shock to many, Ms
Hodgkinson said the Catchment Acon
NSW budget would be increased to$112 million during the next four years,
which works out to a year-on-year
increase in the 2013-14 nancial year
of between $300,000 and $1.4M per
CMA.
The rumour mill had been in overdrive
that the State government was going
to cut its NRM budget and the Landcare
network in parcular was concerned for
the future of its sta members and
projects across NSW.
The funding will support farmer and
community-driven projects across the
State, like the Bega Cheese
Environment Management Systems
project on the NSW Far South Coast
which has secured $462,000 under the
funding announcement.
Certainly when Ive been travelling
around my electorate and more broadly
around the State, people have been
asking about Landcare funding,Ms
Hodgkinson said.
Its something weve been working on
for quite some me.
Landcare NSW Chairman Robert
Dulhunty said the funding increase
would provide certainty for the
Landcare community.
"(The increase) demonstrates the
government's commitment to natural
resource management and sustainable
agriculture in NSW," he said.
"It is also a testament to the hard work
of so many Landcarers who have
demonstrated to the NSW government
the need for this funding.
Changes to Landcare NSW...progress is impossible without change
(George Bernard Shaw)
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