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National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and Natural Heritage Trust Regional Programs Report 2003-04

Commonwealth of Australia 2005
Published by the Departments of the Environment and Heritage and Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
ISBN 0 64255 075 1
Endorsed by members of the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council

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Main Report

Regional Summaries

Summaries for individual regions are available by State listing below.

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

About this document

Note: a Summary Report has also been produced to accompany this main report.

Reader's guide

What is the Regional Programs Report? The Australian Government and State/Territory Governments are working together through the $1.4 billion National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) and the $3 billion Natural Heritage Trust (Trust) to repair and conserve the natural environment and ensure the sustainable use of Australia’s natural resources.

The 2003-04 Regional Programs Report represents the first combined progress report to the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council on these two initiatives. It summarises the remarkable developments occurring in the delivery of the NAP and the regional component of the Trust across Australia’s 57 natural resource management regions.

Structure of the report

Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduces this first combined report on the NAP and the Trust, describing the natural resource management issues being addressed and the priority characteristics of these programs.

Overall summary
Chapter 2 provides a snapshot of the progress achieved through the NAP and the Trust for the year to March 2004. It also summarises investments and progress in the development of the partnerships that underpin these programs.

Natural resource management issues
Chapters 3 to 12 highlight the investments and expenditure targeted at addressing each of the 10 priority natural resource management (NRM) issues and the progress that has been made towards regional targets.
(Note: these chapters are currently only available as PDF files).

Regional summaries
Appendices 1 to 8 provide details of targets, investments, expenditure and outputs achieved in each of the 57 NRM regions (arranged by State) covered by the NAP and the Trust.

Cover of the report

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