The South Australian Government has allocated $14.7 million to fund 47 new and continuing Natural Resource Management projects to help deliver key environmental objectives.


$7.9 million of the total has been allocated to 47 new and continuing NRM projects in 2010–11 and a further $6.8 million has been allocated to 29 of these projects in 2011–12.


Environment & Conservation Minister, Paul Caica, said the funding would help the NRM boards and state NRM agencies deliver key outcomes by addressing the priorities identified in their regional and state NRM plans.


“These include conserving biodiversity and ecosystems, using natural resources within ecologically sustainable limits, involving the community in natural resources management, and managing biological threats such as pest animals and plants,” he said.


“NRM boards and state NRM agencies are working with local government, industry groups, environmental organisations, community groups and landholders to deliver these outcomes.”


Amongst the NRM projects to receive funding are:

  •  The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board will receive $1 million over two years to protect and manage priority ecosystems in the region, in partnership with DENR and Trees for Life.
  • The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board will also receive $988,380 over two years to continue implementing priority Torrens Taskforce actions, with the support of several partners including the City of Adelaide, University of South Australia, DFW and South Australian Research and Development Institute.
  • The Northern and Yorke NRM Board will receive $861,000 over two years to continue its biodiversity management project, working with DENR, the Nature Conservation Society of SA and local landholders to conserve threatened species and ecological communities in the region.