Commissioner addresses the NSW Land for Wildlife Conference
Dr John Williams, Commissioner, was the keynote speaker at the NSW Land for Wildlife Conference held at Sydney on 1-2 August 2008. His presentation emphasised the importance of conservation on private land and everyone's role in contributing to the achievement of natural resource management outcomes.
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Recommendation - Sydney Metro Catchment Action Plan
The NRC has recommended to the Government the Sydney Metro Catchment Management Authority's (CMA's) Catchment Action Plan (CAP) for approval. The NRC’s recommendation includes specific actions to be taken by the CMA to improve its capacity to further develop and implement its CAP. It also outlines areas where the CMA will require support from the NSW Government.
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Allocating NRM funding between NSW catchment management authorities
The Premier of NSW provided a Terms of Reference and the NRC submitted a report Allocating NRM funding between NSW Catchment Management Authorities to the Premier, recommending a six stage process for determining funding allocations.
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Expression of Interest for natural resource audits
The NRC is seeking Expression of Interest to appoint a partner organisation to assist with a new innovative program of audits of the effectiveness of government investments in natural resource management. Performance auditors, environmental auditors and natural resource auditors may be interested in this appointment. The audit program will commence mid February 2008.
>> Web page: Catchment action plan implementation audits