Social and economic fact sheets
Implementing the Q2 Coasts and Country program can be assisted by an understanding of the social and economic conditions, characteristics, needs and aspirations of a region. This need arises because management actions identified in regional natural resource management (NRM) plans, and in some cases statutory regional plans under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, need the support of communities and individuals to be successful.
The Social and Economic Team in Regional NRM Programs in the Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management (DERM) can offer advice in using the guidance products or tools referred to, assistance on the best sources of information and data, and help with interpreting that data.
The following fact sheets provide some guidance materials to assist integrating social and economic considerations into your work.
- What's the Queensland approach to regional NRM?
- How do you integrate social and economic factors into NRM planning?
- How do you create social and economic profiles for a region?
- How can you use social and economic factors in funding proposals?
- What incentive mechanisms are available for NRM change?
- How do you design a competitive tender?
- How do you design metrics?
- What are the barriers and opportunities for participating in regional NRM?
- How do you develop effective NRM partnerships?
- How do you develop partnerships with research, development and extension providers?
- Why monitor and evaluate regional NRM efforts?
- How do you choose indicators to measure social and economic changes?
Contact the Q2 Coasts and Country's Social and Economics team
Last updated 10 March 2011