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Welcome to the
Subregional
NRM Workshop
We acknowledge and respect the traditional owners of the ancestral lands, the Bunganditj.
We acknowledge elders past and present and we respect the deep feelings of attachment and relationship of Aboriginal peoples to country.
Acknowledgement of country
South East subregions
• Mallee Woodlands
• Ranges & Cross-border Creeks
• Dunes & Flats
• Volcanic Plains and Southern Dunes
Volcanic Plains & Southern Dunes
Subregion
What’s unique about our subregion?
• Significant contribution to the regional economy.
• Employment is manufacturing, retail, agriculture, forestry, fishing, and health care.
• Food & wine and nature-based tourism.
• Commercial fishing - Southern Rock Lobster fleet at Port MacDonnell, Carpenter Rocks & Southend.
• Unconfined & confined aquifers
What’s unique about our subregion?
• Aboriginal heritage (Bunganditj Aboriginal people).
• Redgum and stringybark woodlands
• Wetlands (contains 70% of SE wetlands)
• 394 native fauna species
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Revising the 2010 Regional NRM Plan
Guided by the Regional NRM Plan, each year….
from
a highly detailed Regional NRM Plan
to
a punchier Regional NRM Plan & locally relevant Subregional NRM Plans
NRM Planning framework
Business Plan
NRM Planning framework
Business Plan
NRM Planning framework
• Community values and priorities• Actions, timeframes & responsibility• SE NRM Board endorsed• Adaptable• NRM levies will fund priority actions
NRM Planning framework
Business Plan
from
describing assets (water, soil, biodiversity, etc)
to
understanding how landscapes & systems work
from
50 management targets that are
difficult to measure
to
Simpler set of measurable
priorities based on community
values
1. What do we
value?
2. How do the
landscapes
work?
3. What do we
want them to be
like in the future?
4. How do we
get there?
1. What do we
value?
2. How do the
landscapes
work?
3. What do we
want them to be
like in the future?
4. How do we
get there?
Phone survey & online community values mapping
Youth Summit
Aboriginal engagement
Regional Climate Adaptation Planning
Landscape Surveys
Industry workshops
Random phone survey (800 residents)
What are the most important
natural resources in the South East?
71%said water said productive
land / soil
28%
21% said forests 17%
said native
vegetation12%
said coast
Industry workshops
groundwatersoil
native vegetationbiodiversity (microbial, fungi, insects, etc)
fishdrainage
Landscape survey – environmental values
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Landscape survey – socio-economic values
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1. What do we
value?
2. How do the
landscapes
work?
3. What do we
want them to be
like in the future?
4. How do we
get there?
Workshop
1
1. What do we
value?
2. How do the
landscapes
work?
3. What do we
want them to be
like in the future?
4. How do we
get there?
Workshop
2
Group discussion - Values
Take 2-3 minutes to familiarise yourselves with the conceptual model.• Is any major driver, pressure, landscape feature,
industry? Get scribe to note
Discuss the values for your subregion• For example, with “Groundwater”, talk about the
particular characteristics of the groundwater in your subregion.
• When you hear the bell, move to another table. If you feel you still have more to contribute at your table, you are welcome to stay.
Group discussion - Values
• Coast (x2)
• Groundwater (x2)
• Soils and agriculture
• Native flora and fauna
• Wetlands and waterways
• Fishing
• Outdoor recreation
• National Parks
• Caves and tourism
• Drainage
Coffee break
Landscape survey - threats
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All South East Volcanic Plains & Southern Dunes
What does climate change mean for
the South East?
Average water table declines in the regional
unconfined aquifer are projected to range
from 1.5-5.2 m
GROUNDWATER LEVELS
Group discussion – memory lane
• As a table, discuss the changes you have seen in the last 10-
30 years.
Think of technology, population, activities, industries, the
landscape, etc. (scribe to note).
Group discussion – Future landscapes
• As a table, discuss what you think will change in the landscape by 2040 - place a yellow, numbered sticky dot on the part of the landscape that will change.
• On the A3 sheets provided, note the number on the sticky dot, and record:
– What will change?
– What will cause the change?
– What is an acceptable level of change?
– What is an unacceptable level of change?
Highlight the changes
we can influence
Activity 2 – Report back
1. What do we
value?
2. How do the
systems work?
3. What do we
want them to be
like in the future?
4. How do we
get there?
Workshop
1
1. What do we
value?
2. How do the
systems work?
3. What do we
want them to be
like in the future?
4. How do we
get there?
Workshop
2
Thank you & we look
forward to seeing you at Workshop 2!