Northern Territory - Natural Resource Management region
Regional summary
The Northern Territory is a single natural resource management region. The region supports a rich diversity of environments from tropical rainforests to arid rangelands. It has a population of 206 000 people living in an area of 1 347 000 sq km (one-sixth of Australia's land mass). The majority of the population lives in the main towns of Darwin, Katherine, Tennant Creek and Alice Springs.
Grazing leases (47 per cent) and Aboriginal freehold land (44 per cent) are the dominant land tenures. The dominant industries of the region are mining, agriculture, tourism and defence. Mining is the leading sector, accounting for $3.2 billion per annum. Tourism accounts for $1 billion and cattle enterprises more than $360 million annually.
The population of the Northern Territory is small compared to its large landmass and the key natural resource management challenges tend to occur outside the main population areas. Consequently, there is strong reliance on the small number of landholders and their associated organisations to manage the majority of the landscape. This involves more than 80 community and regional groups which are supported by a diversity of sub-regional and Territory-wide organisations.
Biodiversity summary
Biodiversity summaries and species lists for the Northern Territory 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 Natural Resource Management Board (NT) Inc. manages the Northern Territory.
For more information visit: www.nrmbnt.org.au
Region summaries
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
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