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Eyre Peninsula - Natural Resource Management region

Regional summary

The Eyre Peninsula occupies an area of approximately 55,000 square kilometres and supports 2 percent of South Australia's population. There is only one city in the region, Port Lincoln (population 14,000), yet the region supports a diverse range of industries, the majority of which are reliant on sustainable natural resource use and management.

Priority issues

Key natural resource management issues in the region include:

• limited water supplies, with ground water sources that are mostly saline or brackish, and with water supplies fit for human consumption limited to approximately 17 localised areas
• native plants and animals, which are under threat from land clearing, weeds and ferals
• coastal and marine environments, which are degraded due to conflicting interests from other resource uses
• soil health and condition, which is affected by salinity or acidity and erosion and results in reduced yields and degraded natural systems

Regional plan

The Eyre Peninsula Natural Resource Management (NRM) Group was responsible for developing the Eyre Peninsula regional plan, in consultation with the local community. This plan is based on a 'whole of region' approach and addresses significant NRM issues incorporating social, environmental and economic aspects.

The Eyre Peninsula NRM Group has also been responsible for developing the regional investment strategy. This is essentially the business plan that attracts investment from the Australian and state governments and details the specific actions, costs and timeframes required to implement the regional plan.

Within the region there are more than 40 local level community groups working to protect and manage the region's NRM groups. These community groups and land managers are supported by the Eyre Peninsula NRM Group, which coordinates and provides a strategic approach to NRM across the region. The local governments also play a significant role in planning approval, clearing controls, facilitation and in-kind support to the groups.

• Eyre Peninsula plan - accredited June 2004

Current activities

NRM priority	Activities addressing the priority
Native plants and animals	over 2000 hectares of priority remnant vegetation has been retained, restored or re-established, including; 800 hectares to provide linkages and buffers to important habitat and large remnant areas 200 hectares of Gahnia sp. Sedgeland 1000 hectares of viable habitat for threatened species to be protected by June 2006
Coastal and marine environments	key management plans, guidelines and codes of practice have been developed and will be implemented for fishing, aquaculture, tourism and marine pollution by 2010 benchmarks, targets and monitoring system for marine pollution and harvesting will be established by 2010 3,200 hectares, 10 percent, of key coastal environment protected through fencing, controlled access and statutory protection measures such as reserves, Heritage Agreements and Local Government Planning Schemes by 2008 key management plans, guidelines and codes of practice will be developed and implemented for coastal protection and management by 2008
Soils and minerals	60,000 hectares of priority erosion prone or affected sites will be managed to tackle erosion by 2009, with clear targets established by 2005 a 15 percent increase in the number of landholders managing their land according to land capability or property management plans with clear targets established by 2005 on-ground works, including work to improve soil health, establishment of lucerne, revegetation on 40,000 hectares of high recharge areas by 2009 all saline discharge sites to be protected by 2020 all mining operations in the region to be rehabilitated and to demonstrate improved ecological health by 2015

Contacts

Further information can be obtained by contacting the Regional Facilitators for South Australia.