Business plan 2012–13

Site Investment Guides

This page provides links to all the site investment guides found under the coastal environments and critical aquatic habitats priority, which are provided to help applicants prepare proposals under the 2012–13 business plan. Further target information is available under the coastal environment and critical aquatic habitat priority.

• Coastal environments and critical aquatic habitats priority

Under these targets, we are seeking proposals with activities at specific geographic locations. Detailed locality maps are contained within the site investment guides.

Ramsar wetlands

Proposals are being sought for on-ground actions that will address key threats to the ecological character of 57 Ramsar wetlands.

Priority sites

Preference will be given to proposals that target the following 12 sites:

• 1. The Macquarie Marshes (NSW) (PDF - 501 KB) |  (Word - 66 KB)
• 2. Gwydir Wetlands: Gingham and Lower Gwydir (Big Leather) Watercourses (NSW) (PDF - 488 KB) |  (Word - 69 KB)
• 3. Myall Lakes (NSW) (PDF - 526 KB) |  (Word - 66 KB)
• 4. Gippsland Lakes (VIC) (PDF - 540 KB) |  (Word - 69 KB)
• 5. Western District Lakes (VIC) (PDF - 526 KB) |  (Word - 65 KB)
• 6. Currawinya Lakes (Currawinya National Park) (QLD) (PDF - 516 KB) |  (Word - 67 KB)
• 7. Great Sandy Strait (QLD) (PDF - 560 KB) |  (Word - 65 KB)
• 8. Apsley Marshes (TAS) (PDF - 469 KB) |  (Word - 72 KB)
• 9. "Riverland" (SA) (PDF - 548 KB) |  (Word - 79 KB)
• 10. Coongie Lakes (SA) (PDF - 618 KB) |  (Word - 73 KB)
• 11. Peel-Yalgorup System (WA) (PDF - 312 KB) |  (Word - 77 KB)
• 12. Vasse-Wonnerup System (WA) (PDF - 483 KB) |  (Word - 85 KB)

Other sites

Proposals will also be accepted for the remaining 45 Ramsar sites for on-ground actions to address key threats to the ecological character posed by weeds and pest animal species, and agricultural and land management practices.

• Additional Ramsar sites eligible for investment under the 2012–13 Business Plan

High ecological value aquatic ecosystems

High ecological value aquatic ecosystems (HEVAEs) include rivers, wetlands, floodplains, lakes, inland saline ecosystems, groundwater dependent ecosystems and estuaries. They do not include the marine environment.

Proposals are being sought for on-ground actions that will address identified key threats to the environmental values of 44 HEVAEs.

Priority areas

Preference will be given to projects at the following 12 sites:

• 1. Paroo River System, Lake Wyara, Lake Numalla and the Eulo Artesian Springs Supergroup (NSW and QLD) (PDF - 1.5 MB) |  (Word - 57 KB)
• 2. Barwon-Darling River System and Northern Tributaries (NSW and QLD) (PDF - 853 KB) |  (Word - 55 KB)
• 3. Lowbidgee Floodplain (NSW) (PDF - 1 MB) |  (Word - 49 KB)
• 4. Cotter River (ACT) (PDF - 1.25 MB) |  (Word - 61 KB)
• 5. Lower Ovens River System (VIC) (PDF - 1.15 MB) |  (Word - 57 KB)
• 6. Lower Glenelg and Discovery Bay (VIC and SA) (PDF - 788 KB) |  (Word - 67 KB)
• 7. Lower Snowy and Brodribb River Systems (VIC) (PDF - 1 MB) |  (Word - 64 KB)
• 8. Derwent Estuary (TAS) (PDF - 823 KB) |  (Word - 60 KB)
• 9. Pike-Mundic Wetland Complex (SA) (PDF - 1.1 MB) |  (Word - 68 KB)
• 10. Chain of Bays (Streaky Bay to Venus Bay) (SA) (PDF - 963 KB) |  (Word - 54 KB)
• 11. Lake MacLeod (WA) (PDF - 1 MB) |  (Word - 69 KB)
• 12. Howard Sand Plains (NT) (PDF - 1 MB) |  (Word - 56 KB)

Other areas

In addition to the 12 priority HEVAE sites, proposals will also be accepted for the remaining 32 HEVAE sites listed below.

• Anson Bay and associated coastal floodplains (NT) (PDF - 1.1 MB) |  (Word - 66 KB)
• Lake Woods (NT) (PDF - 574 KB) |  (Word - 65 KB)
• Barkly Lakes (Eva Downs Swamp, Lake Sylvester, Tarrabool Lake) (NT) (PDF - 944 KB) |  (Word - 67 KB)
• Dulcie Ranges Springs (NT) (PDF - 1.1 MB) |  (Word - 57 KB)
• Springs of the Treuer Range (NT) (PDF - 535 KB) |  (Word - 57 KB)
• Pools of the Western Finke River Catchment (NT) (PDF - 617 KB) |  (Word - 56 KB)
• Blue Mud Bay (NT) (PDF - 1.2 MB) |  (Word - 59 KB)
• Northern Holroyd Plain Aggregation (QLD) (PDF - 1.2 MB) |  (Word - 85 KB)
• Southern Gulf Aggregation (QLD) (PDF - 1.0 MB) |  (Word - 83 KB)
• Lake Buchanan (QLD) (PDF - 971 KB) |  (Word - 83 KB)
• Mitchell Springs (QLD) (PDF - 1.1 MB) |  (Word - 87 KB)
• Lake Galilee (QLD) (PDF - 948 KB) |  (Word - 84 KB)
• Bustard Bay Estuaries and Freshwater Wetlands (QLD) (PDF - 991 KB) |  (Word - 85 KB)
• Bulloo River and Bulloo Lake (QLD) (PDF - 1.2 MB) |  (Word - 84 KB)
• Richmond Floodplain Wetlands (NSW) (PDF - 1.2 MB) |  (Word - 55 KB)
• Clarence Estuary and Floodplain Wetlands (NSW) (PDF - 997 KB) |  (Word - 54 KB)
• Lower Lachlan River and Floodplain Wetlands (NSW) (PDF - 1.2 MB) |  (Word - 86 KB)
• Tuross and Deua River Systems (NSW) (PDF - 1.1 MB) |  (Word - 87 KB)
• Mitchell River System (VIC) (PDF - 1.2 MB) |  (Word - 54 KB)
• Upper Thomson River System (VIC) (PDF - 1.3 KB) |  (Word - 53 KB)
• Tamar Estuary (TAS) (PDF - 1.3 MB) |  (Word - 60 KB)
• Limestone Coast Wetland Complex (SA) (PDF - 1.0 MB) |  (Word - 53 KB)
• Pelican Lagoon Basin (SA) (PDF - 811 KB) |  (Word - 56 KB)
• Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps Complex (SA) (PDF - 797 KB) |  (Word - 49 KB)
• Coffin, Mt Dutton, Kellidie Bay Coastal Wetland System (SA) (PDF - 875 KB) |  (Word - 58 KB)
• Cooper Creek Catchment (SA) (PDF - 1.3 MB) |  (Word - 57 KB)
• Lower Blackwood River (WA) (PDF - 841 KB) |  (Word - 55 KB)
• Fortescue Marshes (WA) (PDF - 1.5 MB) |  (Word - 47 KB)
• Millstream Pools (WA) (PDF - 771 KB) |  (Word - 52 KB)
• Lake Gregory (Paruku) System (WA) (PDF - 601 KB) |  (Word - 57 KB)
• Prince Regent River System (WA) (PDF - 1.1 MB) |  (Word - 51 KB)
• Mitchell River System (WA) (PDF - 1.3 KB) |  (Word - 75 KB)

Coastal hotspots

Under regional base-level funding, proposals are being sought for on-ground actions that will address identified threats contributing to poor or declining water quality in 13 coastal hotspots.

• Adelaide Coastal Waters including Port Waterways (SA) (PDF - 925 KB) |  (Word - 69 KB)
• Botany Bay (NSW) (PDF - 633 KB) |  (Word - 66 KB)
• Corner Inlet (VIC) (PDF - 636 KB) |  (Word - 68 KB)
• Darwin Harbour (NT) (PDF - 910 KB) |  (Word - 56 KB)
• Derwent Estuary (TAS) (PDF - 1.3 MB) |  (Word - 67 KB)
• Gippsland Lakes (VIC) (PDF - 966 KB) |  (Word - 64 KB)
• Great Lakes (NSW) (PDF - 821 KB) |  (Word - 64 KB)
• Hunter River Estuary (NSW) (PDF - 935 KB) |  (Word - 64 KB)
• Moreton Bay (QLD) (PDF - 1.1 MB) |  (Word - 64 KB)
• Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary (WA) (PDF - 811 KB) |  (Word - 64 KB)
• Port Phillip Bay and Western Port (VIC) (PDF - 945 KB) |  (Word - 63 KB)
• Swan Canning Estuary System (WA) (PDF - 587 KB) |  (Word - 61 KB)
• Vasse-Wonnerup and Geographe Bay (WA) (PDF - 819 KB) |  (Word - 62 KB)

Sustainable farm practices information sheets

For your convenience, this page links to all the information sheets under the Sustainable Farm Practices priority.

• Sustainable farm practices priority

Investment scope

• Investment scope 1: Innovative management practices or farming systems to improve sustainability (PDF - 313 KB) |  (Word - 62 KB)
• Investment scope 2: Improving management practices – soil condition (PDF - 160 KB) |  (Word - 64 KB)
• Investment scope 3: Native grasslands and vegetation in northern and remote Australia (PDF - 292 KB) |  (Word - 62 KB)
• Investment scope 4: Improving management practices – commercial fishing and aquaculture (PDF - 397 KB) |  (Word - 73 KB)
• Investment scope 5: Landscape-scale conservation – extending and/or improving the condition of native vegetation (PDF - 315 KB) |  (Word - 78 KB)
• Investment scope 6: Landscape-scale conservation – agroforestry (PDF - 297 KB) |  (Word - 52 KB)

Investment principles

• Investment principle 1: The contribution to targets (PDF - 239 KB) |  (Word - 60 KB)
• Investment principle 2: Practices promoted aligned with the natural resource issue (PDF - 383 KB) |  (Word - 68 KB)
• Investment principle 3: Appropriate activities (PDF - 142 KB) |  (Word - 61 KB)
• Investment principle 4: Technically feasible (PDF - 285 KB) |  (Word - 57 KB)
• Investment principle 5: Private/public cost sharing arrangements (PDF - 276 KB) |  (Word - 57 KB)

Supporting maps

For your convenience, this page links to all the supporting maps found within the business plan. The context for these maps can be found under each priority.

• Priorities for investment

Increasing the National Reserve System

• Map 2.3.1
  Bioregions under-represented in the National Reserve System (PDF - 1.3 MB)

Increasing native habitat

• Map 2.4.1
  Extent of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) (PDF - 507 KB)
• Map 2.4.2
  Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Queensland Map 1 of 2 (PDF - 531 KB)
• Map 2.4.3
  Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Queensland Map 2 of 2 (PDF - 471 KB)
• Map 2.4.4
  Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in New South Wales Map 1 of 2 (PDF - 350 KB)
• Map 2.4.5
  Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in New South Wales Map 2 of 2 (PDF - 385 KB)
• Map 2.4.6
  Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Victoria (PDF - 570 KB)
• Map 2.4.7
  Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Western Australia (PDF - 372 KB)
• Map 2.4.8
  Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Tasmania (PDF - 348 KB)
• Map 2.4.9
  Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in South Australia (PDF - 215 KB)
• Map 2.4.10
  Extent of Threatened Species (PDF - 565 KB)
• Map 2.4.11
  Extent of Threatened Mammals (PDF - 545 KB)
• Map 2.4.12
  Extent of Threatened Reptiles (PDF - 515 KB)
• Map 2.4.13
  Extent of Threatened Birds (PDF - 532 KB)
• Map 2.4.14
  Extent of Threatened Flora (PDF - 551 KB)

Weed spread and management action maps

• Map 2.4.15
  Distribution of Weeds of National Significance (PDF - 772 KB)
• Map 2.4.16
  Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 710 KB)
• Map 2.4.17
  Athel Pine (Tamarix aphylla) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 612 KB)
• Map 2.4.18
  Bitou Bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subspecies rotundata) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 953 KB)
• Map 2.4.19
  Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus agg.) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 400 KB)
• Map 2.4.20
  Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subspecies monilifera) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 376 KB)
• Map 2.4.21
  Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subspecies monilifera) - Weed Spread and Management Actions - Tasmania (PDF - 251 KB)
• Map 2.4.22
  Bridal Creeper (Asparagus asparagoides) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 379 KB)
• Map 2.4.23
  Cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 356 KB)
• Map 2.4.24
  Chilean Needle Grass (Nassella neesiana) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 352 KB)
• Map 2.4.25
  Gorse (Ulex europaeus) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 638 KB)
• Map 2.4.26
  Gorse (Ulex europaeus) - Weed Spread and Management Actions - Tasmania (PDF - 316 KB)
• Map 2.4.27
  Hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 589 KB)
• Map 2.4.28
  Lantana (Lantana camara) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 359 KB)
• Map 2.4.29
  Mesquite (Prosopis spp) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 611 KB)
• Map 2.4.30
  Mimosa (Mimosa pigra) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 343 KB)
• Map 2.4.31
  Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 371 KB)
• Map 2.4.32
  Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 368 KB)
• Map 2.4.33
  Pond Apple (Annona glabra) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 566 KB)
• Map 2.4.34
  Prickly Acacia (Acacia nilotica) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 367 KB)
• Map 2.4.35
  Rubber Vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) - National Management Actions (PDF - 362 KB)
• Map 2.4.36
  Salvinia (Salvinia molesta) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 350 KB)
• Map 2.4.37
  Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 587 KB)
• Map 2.4.38
  Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma) - Weed Spread and Management Actions - South-east Australia (PDF - 646 KB)
• Map 2.4.39
  Willows (Salix spp) - Weed Spread and Management Actions (PDF - 830 KB)

World Heritage Areas

• Map 2.4.40
  State-managed World Heritage areas for Caring for our County funding (PDF - 639 KB)

Coastal environments and critical aquatic habitats

• Map 2.5.1
  Ramsar wetland sites for 2012-13 Caring for our Country business plan investments (PDF - 698 KB)

• Map 2.5.2
  High Ecological Value Aquatic Ecosystem sites for 2012-13 Caring for our Country business plan investments (PDF - 535 KB)

• Map 2.5.3
  Coastal Hotspot sites for 2012-13 Caring for our Country investments (PDF - 858 KB)

Sustainable practices

• Map 2.6.1
  Indicative locations where improving soil and land management practices to manage soil pH will provide the biggest benefitss (PDF - 1.8 MB)
• Map 2.6.2
  Indicative locations where improving soil and land management practices to reduce soil loss from wind erosion will provide the biggest benefitss (PDF - 1.3 MB)
• Map 2.6.3
  Indicative locations where improving soil and land management practices to increase soil organic matter will provide the biggest benefitss (PDF - 1.5 MB)
• Map 2.6.4
  Indicative locations where improving soil and land management practices to reduce soil loss from hillslope (sheet and rill) erosion will provide the biggest benefitss (PDF - 2.3 MB)
• Map 2.6.5
  Stubble management practices used by crop farmers (PDF - 451 KB)
• Map 2.6.6
  Cultivation practices used by crop farmerss (PDF - 498 KB)
• Map 2.6.7
  Methods used to prevent/manage soil aciditys (PDF - 459 KB)
• Map 2.6.8
  Percentage of graziers with a minimum ground cover targets (PDF - 438 KB)
• Map 2.6.9
  Major land uses in Australia (PDF - 1 MB)