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Regional Natural Resource Management: A Stocktake of Land & Water Australia’s Investments

Regional Natural Resource Management (NRM) is defined as research that focuses on Australia’s designated network of regional NRM organisations as its primary target audience or subject matter. There are several companion stocktakes examining other themes, such as research related to Indigenous peoples and adaptive agriculture.

Identifying and Characterising the Social Assets of the NRM System

The paper provides an initial description of the social assets within the NRM system and discusses the conceptual and methodological issues associated with identifying and describing these assets.

Identifying and characterising the social assets of Australia

The term ‘social assets’ describes those characteristics of the social system which enable the longer term conservation, repair or replenishment of natural assets (NRM outcomes), and comprises those characteristics of the social system which include specific social entities, such as resource managers, NRM organisations and institutions; the attributes or characteristics of social entities, which may also reflect their capacity to adopt sustainable (more)...

Integrated natural and cultural resource management for pastoral properties in the East Kimberley project - learnings of the project

The research project highlighted the challenges involved in promoting sustainable development on Indigenous-held pastoral properties in the East Kimberley. Cultural traditions and aspirations, conventional natural resource management (NRM) practices and institutional issues all need to be addressed simultaneously to improve management outcomes in northern Australia. Integrated planning options identified by the project informed policy makers on indigenous (more)...

Regional Natural Resource Management: A Stocktake of Land & Water Australia’s Investments

This report presents a strategic framework as a lens for examining the current collection of research on regional NRM from across Land & Water Australia’s (LWA) program portfolios, and for making recommendations on future directions and priorities for research investment. Specific recommendations are made on the basis of research findings from a sample of past investment, as well as from input from several members of (more)...

Project Title Biodiversity Conservation in Regional NRM Planning

Research project number VRA1 of the Social and Institutional Research Program of Land & Water Australia. Completed July 2003.

Communities of Practice for Regional Knowledge Brokers

The Knowledge for Regional NRM Team, with input from regional bodies, identified the need to establish a community of practice to support regional NRM practitioners and knowledge brokers. A community of practice is a network of people that share a common interest in a specific area of knowledge or competence and are willing to work and learn together over a period of time to develop and share that knowledge. A community of practice of (more)...

Indigenous Natural Resources Management

Working with Indigenous Australians in Natural Resource Management

In partnership with indigenous people, communities and organisations, our Program manages research projects that focus on Indigenous Australians, their relationship with the environment, and their involvement in natural resources management. Indigenous people lead, advise and participate in this research, working alongside researchers and demonstrating the importance of building relationships and trust.

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Knowledge for Regional Natural Resource Management

Achievements and options

This report describes the achievements of Land & Water Australia’s Knowledge for Regional NRM program

Phase 2 of the Knowledge for Regional NRM Program was delivered between July 2006 and June 2008. Three packages of products and services p