More urgently than ever before, in the face of major challenges like climate change and drought, we need to take the best possible care of our landscapes and ecosystems, safeguarding them for future generations.
In 2004 the South Australian Government introduced new legislation, The Natural Resources Management Act 2004 (the NRM Act). The NRM Act provides a more integrated and sustainable structure for managing our State's natural assets - that is our soils, water, plants, animals and the diversity of our landscapes and ecosystems.
Through the 2004 NRM Act the Governor, at the recommendation of the Minister, has divided South Australia into eight Natural Resources Management Regions. The Minister established a regional NRM board for each of these 8 NRM regions.
The key functions of each NRM Board is to:
- undertake an active role with respect to the management of natural resources within its region
- prepare a regional NRM plan in accordance with the NRM Act
- implement the NRM plan
- keep their NRM plan under review to ensure that the objectives of the NRM Act are being achieved
- promote public awareness and understanding of the importance of integrated and sustainable NRM within its region
- undertake and/or support educational initiatives with respect to natural resources management
- provide mechanisms to increase the capacity of people to implement programs or to take other steps to improve the management of natural resources.
To view the complete list of responsibilities and functions of the NRM boards please refer to the Natural Resources Management Act 2004.
Each NRM Board has its own website which can be accessed below: