A reminder that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has released the Draft State Natural Resources Management Plan for public consultation. Submissions are due by COB 1 December 2011.
Further to LGA Circular 38.12, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has now released the Draft State Natural Resources Management Plan for public consultation.
The aims of the Draft Plan are to:
put community ownership and responsibility at the centre of natural resource management;
improve participation of Aboriginal people in natural resource management;
take a 'landscape approach' that transcends land and water boundaries;
integrate the management of production and conservation; and
adopt an adaptive approach to at continuously improve by evaluating, learning and responding.
Councils are reminded that the LGA is seeking feedback on the Plan by COB 1 December 2011. Feedback should be forwarded to bethany.loates@lga.sa.gov.au.
