Publications and resources
Agreements
- Bilateral Agreements
- Intergovernmental Agreements
- Communiqué
- Transitional Agreements for Caring for our Country
- Australian Capital Territory (PDF - 79 KB) | (RTF - 413 KB)
- New South Wales (PDF - 415 KB) | (RTF - 1,367 KB)
- Northern Territory (PDF - 89 KB) | (RTF - 361 KB)
- Queensland (PDF - 312 KB) | (RTF - 1,033 KB)
- South Australia (PDF - 192 KB) | (RTF - 507 KB)
- Tasmania (PDF - 112 KB) | (RTF - 384 KB)
- Victoria (PDF - 229 KB) | (RTF - 2,774 KB)
- Western Australia (PDF - 204 KB) | (RTF - 543 KB)
Annual reports
- National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) and Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) Regional Programs Report
- National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) Annual Report
- Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) Annual Report
Books and reports
- Soil condition monitoring reports
- Evaluation of Tolerable Erosion Rates and Time to Critical Topsoil Loss in Australia - 2010
- Wind erosion histories, model input data and community DustWatch - 2009
- CEMSYS Modelled Wind Erosion - 2010
- Dust Sentinel Pilot: Capacity of three polar orbiting satellite instruments to map dust aerosol over the Australian continent - 2009
- A field database for roadside survey of soil erosion - 2009
- Manual of proposed national minimum standards for roadside erosion survey - 2009
- Building a foundation for soil condition assessment - 2009
- Ask First: A guide to respecting Indigenous Heritage places and values - 2002
- Australian farms natural resource management 2004-2005 (PDF - 544 KB) - 2006
- Australian Natural Heritage Charter - 2002
- Protecting Natural Heritage - 2003
- Biodiversity benefits of vegetation enhancement
- Burdekin Dry Tropics natural resource management caring for country plan - 2005
- Bushcare projects field evaluation 1997-2002 - 2005
- Capacity building program/planning logic - 2002
- Caring for our Country business plan 2009-10 - 2008
- Caring for our Country outcomes 2008-2013 - 2008
- Cost effective feral animal exclusion fencing for areas of high conservation value in Australia - 2004
- Developing a Performance Story Report: User Guide - 2009
- Developing and using program logic in natural resource management: user guide - 2009
- Development of an agreed code of practice and standard operating procedures for the humane capture, handling or destruction of feral animals in Australia - 2004
- Development of guidelines for the delivery of conservation incentives by regional organisations
- Environmental Stewardship - Box Gum Grassy Woodland Project implementation plan - 2008
- Environmental Stewardship - Multiple Ecological Communities (MEC) NSW Project - Information Booklet - 2010
- Environmental Stewardship - Multiple Ecological Communities (MEC) SA Project - Information Booklet - 2010
- Fire management - managing for biodiversity in the rangelands - 2004
- National evaluations of the Natural Heritage Trust (second phase 2002-2008) and National Action Plan on Salinity and Water Quality
- Evaluation of coastal, estuarine and marine outcomes of regional investment
- Evaluation of salinity outcomes of regional investment
- Evaluation of significant invasive species (weeds) outcomes of regional investment
- Evaluation of the Australian Government Envirofund
- Evaluation of the biodiversity outcomes of regional investment
- Evaluation of the current governance arrangements to support regional investment
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of bilateral agreements between the Australian Government and State/Territory Governments for the regional component of the extension of the Natural Heritage Trust
- Evaluation of the national natural resource management facilitator network
- Evaluation of the National Investment Stream of the Natural Heritage Trust
- Evaluation of the sustainable agriculture outcomes of regional investment
- Identification of Western Australian Grey Nurse Shark aggregation sites - 2005
- Improving the Capacity to Monitor Wind and Water Erosion: A Review - 2009
- Indigenous engagement in NRM in WA - 2006
- Integrating science into natural resource management through NHT and NAP - 2006
- Integration of biodiversity conservation in regional planning
- Making a difference: a celebration of Landcare - 2009
- Making economic valuation work for biodiversity conservation - 2005
- Managing Australian landscapes in a changing climate - a climate change primer for regional natural resource managment bodies - 2008
- National Biodiversity and Climate Change Action Plan 2004-2007 - 2004
- Performance Story Report: A study of Mount Lofty Ranges Southern Emu-wren and Fleurieu Peninsula Swamps Recovery Program and how it contributed to biodiversity outcomes in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Region - 2009
- Performance Story Report: The Contribution of Strategic Tree Farming to Regional NRM Outcomes - 2009
- Potential cane toad short to medium term control techniques – the biological feasibility and cost of exclusion as a mitigating control strategy - 2004
- Proceedings of the national monitoring and evaluation symposium - 2005
- Regional delivery of NRM - Moving forward - 2005
- Regional delivery of NRM - Moving forward: summary paper - 2005
- Report of the Natural Resource Management Community Forum - 2006
- Report of the Natural Resource Management Community Forum - 2004
- Report of the Natural Resource Management Community Forum - 2003
- Review of arrangements for regional delivery of Natural Resource Management programmes - 2006
- Risk assessment handbook for community groups in Natural Resource Management - 2005
- Salinity mapping methods in the Australian context - 2005
- Science and information to support the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and the Natural Heritage Trust: position paper - 2003
- Scientific advice on Natural Resource Management - 2004
- Socio-economic impact assessment toolkit: A guide to assessing the socio-economic impacts of Marine Protected Areas in Australia - 2005
- The business of saving water - the report of the Murrumbidgee Valley water efficiency project (the Pratt Water report) - 2004
- The economic value of biodiversity: a scoping paper - 2003
- The National Land & Water Resources Audit 2002-08 - Achievements and Challenges - 2008
- Towards a national framework for managing the impact of groundwater and surface water interaction in Australia - 2006
- Working with Indigenous knowledge in natural resource management: Recommendations for Commonwealth agencies - 2004
Brochures
- Covenants for conservation - 2004
- Managing our natural resources: can markets help? - 2004
- Protecting > conserving > repairing: overview of the Australian Government's natural resource management initiatives - 2004
Case studies
Fact sheets
- Soil condition monitoring fact sheets
- A community guide to monitoring and evaluating Natural Resource Management projects - 2005
- Australian Government Envirofund - 2005
- Biodiversity fact sheets series
- A growing concern
- Biodiversity and local government
- Biodiversity - on our agenda
- Biodiversity on the edge
- Biodiversity sea change
- Caring for biodiversity in the Tanami
- Crossing the border for biodiversity
- Incentives for conserving biodiversity
- Indigenous knowledge helps manage our land
- Native grasses - a boon for graziers
- Protecting biodiversity - part of farming
- Revegetating cleared land
- Saving South Australia's Mid North grasslands
- Seeding the future
- Station hands... seeing the land anew
- Business Plan 2010-11: maps and supporting information
- Business Plan 2009-10: Target information sheets
- Caring for our Country
- Caring for our Country: a better outcome for Australia's environment and natural resources
- Caring for our Country: regional delivery
- Caring for our Country fact sheet: Community Action Grants 2010-11
- Community Coastcare fact sheets
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Fact sheets about NRM
- Does your natural resource management project comply with national enviromental laws? - 2005
Frameworks
- A framework of regional (sub-national) level criteria and indicators of sustainable forest management in Australia - 1998
- A national framework for public environmental reporting - 2000
- A strategic science framework for the National Water Commission - 2006
- Council of Australian Governments water reform framework
- Environmental Stewardship Strategic Framework - 2009
- Framework for future NRM programmes - 2006
- National cooperative approach to integrated coastal zone management: Framework and implementation plan - 2006
- National framework for the management and monitoring of Australia's native vegetation - 2001
- National natural resource management monitoring and evaluation framework - 2009
- Natural resource management cross-cultural awareness training framework - 2005
Guidelines
- Caring for Our Country Community Action Grants Applicant Guidelines 2010-11
- Environmental Stewardship - Multiple Ecological Communities (MEC) Project - Guidelines - 2010
- Guide to integrating Capacity Building into Regional NRM Planning
- Guidelines for indigenous participation in natural resource management
- Overview Guidelines for Community Engagement by Regional NRM Bodies
- Recognition of Caring for our Country guidelines
- Revised Recovery Plan Guidelines for Nationally Listed Threatened Species and Ecological Communities under the Commonwealth EPBC Act 1999
How to Guides
Legislation
- Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Act No. 242 1992
- Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area Conservation Act No. 32 1994
- Natural Heritage Trust of Australia Act No. 76 1997
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act No. 91 1999
Maps
- Caring for our Country Business Plan 2010-11 Maps
- Map 2.1.1 Bioregions under-represented in the National Reserve System (PDF - 689 KB)
- Map 2.2.1 Extent of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) (PDF - 349 KB)
- Map 2.2.2 Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Queensland Map 1 of 2 (PDF - 458 KB)
- Map 2.2.3 Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Queensland Map 2 of 2 (PDF - 245 KB)
- Map 2.2.4 Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in New South Wales Map 1 of 2 (PDF - 233 KB)
- Map 2.2.5 Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in New South Wales Map 2 of 2 (PDF - 244 KB)
- Map 2.2.6 Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Victoria (PDF - 805 KB)
- Map 2.2.7 Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Western Australia (PDF - 194 KB)
- Map 2.2.8 Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in Tasmania (PDF - 284 KB)
- Map 2.2.9 Indicative Distribution of Threatened Ecological Communities (Predominantly Native Vegetation) in South Australia (PDF - 171 KB)
- Map 2.2.10 Extent of Threatened Species (PDF - 707 KB)
- Map 2.2.11 Extent of Threatened Mammals (PDF - 476 KB)
- Map 2.2.12 Extent of Threatened Reptiles (PDF - 449 KB)
- Map 2.2.13 Extent of Threatened Birds (PDF - 690 KB)
- Map 2.2.14 Extent of Threatened Flora (PDF - 718 KB)
- Map 2.2.15 Distribution of Weeds of National Significance (PDF - 1.1 MB)
- Map 2.2.16 Alligator Weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 221 KB)
- Map 2.2.17 Athel Pine (Tamarix aphylla) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 275 KB)
- Map 2.2.18 Bitou Bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subspecies rotundata) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 232 KB)
- Map 2.2.19 Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus agg.) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 301 KB)
- Map 2.2.20 Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subspecies monilifera) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 257 KB)
- Map 2.2.21 Boneseed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera subspecies monilifera) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 - Tasmania (PDF - 114 KB)
- Map 2.2.22 Bridal Creeper (Asparagus asparagoides) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 307 KB)
- Map 2.2.23 Cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 243 KB)
- Map 2.2.24 Chilean Needle Grass (Nassella neesiana) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 248 KB)
- Map 2.2.25 Gorse (Ulex europaeus) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 284 KB)
- Map 2.2.26 Gorse (Ulex europaeus) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 - Tasmania (PDF - 221 KB)
- Map 2.2.27 Hymenachne (Hymenachne amplexicaulis) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 260 KB)
- Map 2.2.28 Lantana (Lantana camara) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 252 KB)
- Map 2.2.29 Mesquite (Prosopis spp) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 271 KB)
- Map 2.2.30 Mimosa (Mimosa pigra) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 237 KB)
- Map 2.2.31 Parkinsonia (Parkinsonia aculeata) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 272 KB)
- Map 2.2.32 Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 239 KB)
- Map 2.2.33 Pond Apple (Annona glabra) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 337 KB)
- Map 2.2.34 Prickly Acacia (Acacia nilotica) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 269 KB)
- Map 2.2.35 Rubber Vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora) - National Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 228 KB)
- Map 2.2.36 Salvinia (Salvinia molesta) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 248 KB)
- Map 2.2.37 Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 247 KB)
- Map 2.2.38 Serrated Tussock (Nassella trichotoma) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 - South-east Australia (PDF - 189 KB)
- Map 2.2.39 Willows (Salix spp) - Weed Spread and Management Actions 2009 (PDF - 252 KB)
- Map 2.2.40 Priority State managed World Heritage Areas for Caring for our County funding (PDF - 1.2 MB)
- Map 2.3.1 Priority Ramsar wetland sites for 2010-11 Caring for our Country business plan investments (PDF - 854 KB)
- Map 2.3.2 Priority High Conservation Value Aquatic Ecosystem sites for 2010-11 Caring for our Country business plan investments (PDF - 979 KB)
- Map 2.3.3 Priority Coastal Hotspot sites for 2010-11 Caring for our Country business plan investments (PDF - 780 KB)
- Map 2.4.1 Indicative locations where improving soil and land management practices to manage soil pH will provide the biggest benefits (PDF - 1.9 MB)
- Map 2.4.2 Indicative locations where improving soil and land management practices to reduce soil loss from wind erosion will provide the biggest benefits (PDF - 900 KB)
- Map 2.4.3 Indicative locations where improving soil and land management practices to increase soil organic matter will provide the biggest benefits (PDF - 1.5 MB)
- Map 2.4.4 Indicative locations where improving soil and land management practices to reduce soil loss from hillslope (sheet and rill) erosion will provide the biggest benefits (PDF - 3.3 MB)
- Map 2.4.5 Stubble management practices used by crop farmers (PDF - 552 KB)
- Map 2.4.6 Cultivation practices used by crop farmers (PDF - 145 KB)
- Map 2.4.7 Methods used to prevent/manage soil acidity (PDF - 548 KB)
- Map 2.4.8 Percentage of graziers with a minimum ground cover target (PDF - 543 KB)
- Map 2.4.9 Major land uses in Australia (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- Caring for our Country Business Plan 2009-10 Maps
- Bioregions under-represented in the National Reserve System map (PDF - 2.3 MB)
- Camel distribution in Australia map (PDF - 2.7 MB)
- Camel distribution and biological refugia distribution map (PDF - 1.6 MB)
- Cane toad distribution in Australia map (PDF - 1.72 MB)
- Caring for our Country Business Plan 2009-10 large project concepts map (PDF - 621 KB)
- Critically endangered and Endangered communities and species that may be adversely affected by Rabbits map (PDF - 3.1 MB)
- Distribution of Weeds of National Significance map (PDF - 1.3 MB)
- Exotic rodents on small islands distribution map (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- Increasing Indigenous Protected Areas map (PDF - 2.5 MB)
- Threatened ecological communities map (PDF - 728 KB)
- World Heritage Areas map (PDF - 1.4 MB)
- Environmental Stewardship
- Box Gum Grassy Woodland location map (PDF - 1.9 MB)
- Central West CMA Region map (PDF - 607 KB)
- Lachlan CMA Region map (PDF - 1.1 MB)
- Murrumbidgee CMA Region map (PDF - 814 KB)
- NSW target ecological communities map (PDF - 891 KB)
- SA target ecological communities map (PDF - 281 KB)
- Swamps of the Fleurieu Peninsula project map (PDF - 167 KB)
Newsletters
- In Focus (discontinued July 2006)
- National NRM Facilitator Network Newsletter (discontinued July 2006)
- Natural Resource Talk
- Related NRM newsletters
- Indigenous Protected Areas Newsletter Issue 1 - June 2004
- Indigenous Protected Areas Newsletter Issue 2 - May 2005
- Indigenous Protected Areas Newsletter Issue 3 - September 2006
Policies
- Australia's Oceans Policy
- Inquiry into water policy initiatives
- Native Vegetation Policy
- Water Policy
- Wetlands Policy
Strategies
- Caring for Our Country monitoring, evaluation, reporting and improvement strategy
- National Strategy for the Conservation of Australia's Biological Diversity
- National Water Quality Management Strategy
- National Weeds Strategy
- Strategic Plan for National Investment under the NHT
See also
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