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The Environment Institute Life Impact The University of Adelaide Agency v’s NRM tensions Agencies Policy driven – State and national goals – Minimum standards Knowledge generation NRM Performance monitoring and assessment System enforcement NRM Boards Community driven – Local values and goals – Regional standards Planning Change facilitators Communication Funded knowledge delivery Funded program deliveryTRANSCRIPT
The Environment InstituteWhere ideas grow
The cutting edge of NRM Mike Young Executive Director, The Environment Institute
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
The world in 2030• Water and food scarcity are big issues
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
Agency v’s NRM tensionsAgencies• Policy driven
– State and national goals– Minimum standards
• Knowledge generation• NRM Performance
monitoring and assessment• System enforcement
NRM Boards• Community driven
– Local values and goals– Regional standards
• Planning• Change facilitators• Communication• Funded knowledge delivery• Funded program delivery
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
2030 interview with Mia• Born on 5th April 2010• She will be twenty contemplating a career• Would she want to work in NRM?
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
2014 “New” NRM Council• NRM Council restructured into peak NRM Body
– Board of the Boards– Independent Chair plus
• Presiding Officer from each NRM Board• Series of issue-based advisory communities
• Advice on – State-wide standards– Policy options
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
2015 Beyond integration• Planning has failed to delivery integrated
solutions• Role of NRM Boards is to facilitate integration
not to be “the” integrators • Policy design
– More levers– Greater clarity to resource users
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
2012 Climate Corridor Program• Carbon economy drives focus on connectivity• Several North-south corridors that link remnants
– NRM Board designed– Pro-active species relocation– Emphasis on recreational and well as biodiversity
benefit– Interest in securing World heritage status for the spine
of the state’s agricultural landscape by 2025
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
2019 Climate-aware policies• Moving averages replace long historical
records as the policy guideline• Drought is the bottom decile of the moving
average of last 20 years not the last 100 + years
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
2013 NRM Boards asked to help facilitate change
• Carbon economy starts to emerge in 2013• Proactively restructuring landscapes• Connecting farmers with ex-farmers
– Beyond farming– Rural development with Local Councils
• Skills in training families to plan in an ever changing world
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
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The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
Water in 2015• Two entitlement type conversion program
– High security pool• X % of moving average of last 10 years allocations
– General security pool• Remainder after x% allocated
• Ground – surface water connectivity– Groundwater allocations made monthly
• Environmental Trusts hold an entitlement to “flora and fauna” water– Professional environmental water managers– Outcome-based accountability
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
With half as much water, how much can you use?
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The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
2013 Scarcity Management• Salinity trading• Corridor banking credits• Carbon credits• Strong NRM Board role in developing metrics
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The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
2018 NRM Accounting• 10 point scoring system on measures of
– Native vegetation and fauna– Wetland health– Greenhouse emissions– Waste generation
• Performance-based funding emerges– 50% of Commonwealth funding on basis of
performance
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
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2025 NRM Boards amalgamated with Local Government
The Environment Institute
Life Impact The University of Adelaide
Well Mia?• Bachelor in NRM in 2030?
– Strong skills in community engagement– Strong skills in science-based knowledge delivery– NRM seen to be part of regional development
• Chance to be involved in maintaining a World Heritage Agricultural Landscape in a changing world
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