Regional NRM plans and investment strategies
What are regional NRM plans?
Regional NRM plans form the basis for investment from the Natural Heritage Trust extension and the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality.
Regional plans identify a regions' major NRM issues and ways of addressing them. They also outline the contributions that all involved groups will make.
Consultation, feedback and negotiation between regional bodies and stakeholders is a major part of the development of the plans. Key stakeholders include communities, indigenous peoples, environmental groups, industry groups, universities and local, state and federal governments.
Twelve of Queensland's 14 regions have had their plans accredited by Queensland and Australian Government Ministers.
Find out which region you belong to and download their regional NRM plan.
What are regional investment strategies?
Once a region's NRM plan is accredited, a RIS must be developed.
RISs are the business plans used to attract investment in regional plans. All joint investment decisions (between the Queensland and Australian governments) are based on a region's RIS.
RISs provide details on the specific actions, costs and timeframes that are required to implement a regional plan and achieve targets. RISs outline priority investments in NRM.
RISs are the final step before a partnership agreement to formally release investment funds is reached between the Australian and Queensland governments and the regional body.
Last updated 21 December 2007