The State NRM Plan is a five-year plan critical to our economic, environmental, social and cultural future and reflects the objectives of South Australia’s Strategic Plan.

To view the full NRM State Plan please visit the Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation website.

The plan identifies a 50-year vision for natural resources management in South Australia and sets out policies, milestones and strategies to achieve that vision. The plan fits within an extensive policy framework of international, national, state, regional and local policies, legislation, agreements and strategies. The vision of the State NRM Plan is as follows:

Vision: South Australia, a capable and prosperous community managing natural resources for a good quality of life within the capacity of our environment for the long term.

The plan is based on a set of guiding principles that aim to clarify the thinking and intent behind successful and sustainable natural resources management. It charts key directions for natural resources management under the following four main goals:

Goal 1: Landscape scale management that maintains healthy natural systems and is adaptive to climate change. 

Goal 2: Prosperous communities and industries using and managing natural resources within ecologically sustainable limits.

Goal 3: Communities, government and industries with the capability, commitment and connections to manage natural resources in an integrated way.

Goal 4: Integrated management of biological threats to minimise risk to natural systems, communities and industry.