Sydney Metro - Natural Resource Management region
Regional summary
The Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority area covers 1840 sq km and supports a population of over 3 million people. The area extends from Narrabeen Lakes in the north, through the Royal National Park to Stanwell Park in the south and west to include Blacktown and Campbelltown. The area encompasses six Local Aboriginal Land Council boundaries: Deerubbin, Gandangara, Illawarra, La Perouse, Metropolitan and Tharawal.
The area contains Australia's most famous waterway, Sydney Harbour, three nationally listed threatened plant communities, a recently listed place of National Heritage, Australia's oldest national park and nationally and internationally significant wetlands.
The region has a variety of landscapes including bushland, foreshores, waterways, market gardens, densely developed urban areas, industrial estates, coastal cliffs and sand dunes. Major industries include finance, property and business, extractive and manufacturing industries and tourism.
Local government and NSW agencies are key investors in natural resource management (NRM), with local government being the largest land managers. Partnerships and coordination with these agencies is the key to improved NRM in the Sydney basin. Coordination and partnerships with the area's six Local Aboriginal Land Councils is also critical as they have significant land holdings in the catchment management authorities' area.
Biodiversity summary
Biodiversity summaries and species lists for the Sydney Metropolitan 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 Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority manages this region.
For more information visit: www.sydney.cma.nsw.gov.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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