South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board

NRM Plan Feedback Form

The South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management (SA MDB NRM) Board values our community and recognises that people are central to the success of natural resources management (NRM) in the region. It is important that the SA MDB NRM Board is aware of the community’s views on the draft regional NRM plan.

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The draft regional NRM plan consists of four volumes. Where your feedback relates to a specific section of one of those volumes, please note the section number in brackets after your comment.

The Strategic Plan (Volume 1)

1. Does the Strategic Plan adequately set the direction for natural resources management in the SA MDB NRM Region over the next 10 years? If not, what concerns do you have and what improvements would you suggest?

2. Will the desired long term (15–20 year) and intermediate (3–5 year) outcomes help to achieve the vision for each asset—People, Water, Biodiversity, Land and Atmosphere?

3. Are there any additional outcomes or actions that are required to achieve the vision for each asset?

4. Any other comments?

The State of the Region Report (Volume 2)

1. Does the State of the Region Report provide you with a comprehensive summary of the natural resources of the SA MDB NRM Region, including: their current state and condition, trends in state and condition, threats and pressures faced by natural resources, current methods for managing these pressures and threats?

2. Is there any extra information that could be included in the State of the Region Report?

3. Are any corrections required?

4. Any other comments?

The Regulatory and Policy Framework (Volume 3)

1. Do you get a comprehensive understanding of the regulations and policies relating to: Water Affecting Activities, animal and plant control, soil conservation and land management, alignment between local government development plans and the draft regional NRM plan?

2. Any other comments?

The Business Plan (Volume 4)

1. Are the priorities for investment appropriate? If not, what concerns do you have and how should these be addressed?

2. Are there any priorities which are not currently listed or funded?

3. What ideas or suggestions do you have for how the SA MDB NRM Board can best invest its funds next year?

4. Any other comments?

The Process

1. Do you feel you have been effectively engaged in the development of the draft regional NRM plan?

2. How would you like to be engaged by the SA MDB NRM Board in the future (e.g. workshops, one-on-one, electronically etc.)?

The Background Issues

1. What does Natural Resources Management mean to you?

2. What do you see as the SA MDB NRM Board’s key role / functions?

3. Is there anything the SA MDB NRM Board can do to improve your understanding of its role and of natural resources management?

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