Australian Capital Territory - Natural Resource Management region
Regional summary
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) natural resources management region is a small landlocked area of 2358 sq km, which lies within the upper Murrumbidgee catchment. Its major features are rugged timbered mountains in the south and west, and plains and hill country in the north.
The Territory is home to 328 000 people. It comprises only 3 per cent of the total Murrumbidgee catchment area, but contains 58 per cent of the population and consequently there is an emphasis on urban issues. Canberra has grown to be a major population centre which impacts significantly on the environment. These impacts include the interruption of natural river flows and the disposal of waste.
More than half of the ACT region (53 per cent) is included in conservation areas. This is the highest proportion of any Australian jurisdiction. Grazing of natural and modified pastures is the next most significant land use in the region.
Namadgi National Park covers 47 per cent of the region and includes a wide variety of habitats, ranging from broad grassy valleys to Snow Gum woodland and sub-alpine herb fields. Namadgi is also the northernmost part of the combined tri-state (New South Wales, Victoria and ACT) Australian Alps National Parks system.
Biodiversity summary
Biodiversity summaries and species lists for the ACT region have been produced by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts using the Australian Heritage Assessment Tool.
For information visit: Biodiversity summaries and species lists for natural resource management regions
Contact
The ACT Natural Resource Management Council manages this region.
For more information visit: www.actnrmcouncil.org.au
Region summaries
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
You can also use your town name to find your NRM Region.
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