What is natural resource management?
Natural resource management (NRM) refers to the coordinated strategies adopted for the sustainable use of our major natural resources, such as land, water, soil, forests, fisheries, plants and animals.
Effective natural resource management practices build capacity to manage land through drought, flood, and climate variability, promote resilient business practices, and safeguard our landscapes and natural assets for future generations.
Natural resource management for land managers
The people of NSW rely on the health of our natural resources and productivity of our landscapes. Australia's agricultural industries rely on sustainable water and vegetation management, healthy soils and biodiverse ecosystems.
Natural resource management services support and enable land managers to better utilise and protect our natural resources - avoiding or reversing their decline, and maintaining land uses that are sustainable and productive.
Effective natural resource management ensures that appropriate measures are in place to maintain and preserve our natural assets.
Managing waterways on your property
Managing soils and erosion
Biodiversity and natural capital
Planting and revegetation
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Local Land Services role in Natural Resource Management
Local Land Services works with land managers and community members to ensure they can confidently make informed decisions and take action to restore and maintain ecosystem function for healthy, thriving landscapes.
Our team supports land managers and regional communities to improve NRM practices through direct action and investment, delivering NRM services and programs such as:
- demonstration and extension events
- providing advice and access to technical information
- on-ground projects
- grants and incentives for new practices and technology
- collaborations across private and public land
- supporting networks and groups for coordination of effort locally and state-wide.
Local Land Services NRM projects
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Riverbank Rehabilitation Project
Local Land Services is delivering this project to protect and improve flood-damaged riverbanks across 11 NSW catchments.
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Caryapundy Swamp Ramsar preservation
Collaborating to restore wetland habitat and biodiversity with traditional knowledge.
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Making inland glossies great again
On-ground activities to support glossy black-cockatoo conservation in the Central West.
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