Welcome to the

Subregional

NRM Workshop

We acknowledge and respect the traditional owners of the ancestral lands, the Tanganekald, the Ngarrendjeri, and the Ngarkat.

We acknowledge elders past and present and we respect the deep feelings of attachment and relationship of Aboriginal peoples to country.

Acknowledgement of country

Subregions of the South East

• Mallee Woodlands

• Ranges & Cross-border Creeks

• Dunes & Flats

• Volcanic Plains and Southern Dunes

Mallee Woodlands Subregion

What’s unique about our subregion?

• Employment in agriculture, meat processing, retail, and health care.

• Unconfined & confined aquifers.

• Pipeline from the River Murray provides the Keith town water supply.

• Aboriginal heritage (Tanganekald, Ngarrendjeri, and the Ngarkat Aboriginal people).

What’s unique about our subregion?

• 28.4% of area is native vegetation (highest % of all subregions)

• Significant wetlands: Coorong, Poocher & Mundulla swamps

• Significant mallee woodlands

• 388 native fauna species

Revising the 2010 Regional NRM Plan

Guided by the Regional NRM Plan, each year….

from

a highly detailed Regional NRM Plan

to

a punchier Regional NRM Plan & locally relevant Subregional NRM Plans

NRM Planning framework

Business Plan

NRM Planning framework

Business Plan

NRM Planning framework

• Community values and priorities• Actions, timeframes & responsibility• SE NRM Board endorsed• Adaptable• NRM levies will fund priority actions

NRM Planning framework

Business Plan

from

describing assets (water, soil, biodiversity, etc)

to

understanding how landscapes & systems work

from

50 management targets that are

difficult to measure

to

Simpler set of measurable

priorities based on community

values

1. What do we

value?

2. How do the

landscapes

work?

3. What do we

want them to be

like in the future?

4. How do we

get there?

1. What do we

value?

2. How do the

landscapes

work?

3. What do we

want them to be

like in the future?

4. How do we

get there?

Phone survey & online community values mapping

Youth Summit

Aboriginal engagement

Regional Climate Adaptation Planning

Landscape Surveys

Industry workshops

Random phone survey (800 residents)

What are the most important

natural resources in the South East?

71%said water said productive

land / soil

28%

21% said forests 17%

said native

vegetation12%

said coast

Industry workshops

groundwatersoil

native vegetationbiodiversity (microbial, fungi, insects, etc)

fishdrainage

Landscape survey – environmental values

Landscape survey – socio-economic values

Group discussion - Values

Take 2-3 minutes to familiarise yourselves with the conceptual model.• Is any major driver, pressure, landscape feature,

industry? Get scribe to note

Discuss the values for your subregion• For example, with “Groundwater”, talk about the

particular characteristics of the groundwater in your subregion.

• When you hear the bell, move to another table. If you feel you still have more to contribute at your table, you are welcome to stay.

Group discussion - Values

• Coast (x2)

• Groundwater (x2)

• Soils and agriculture

• Native flora and fauna

• Wetlands and waterways

• Fishing

• Outdoor recreation

• National Parks

• Caves and tourism

• Drainage

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All South East Mallee Woodlands

Landscape survey – threats

What does climate change mean for

the South East?

Average water table declines in the regional

unconfined aquifer are projected to range

from 1.5-5.2 m

GROUNDWATER LEVELS

Group discussion – memory lane

• As a table, discuss the changes you have seen in the last 10-

30 years.

Think of technology, population, activities, industries, the

landscape, etc. (scribe to note).

Group discussion – Future landscapes

• As a table, discuss what you think will change in the landscape by 2040 - place a yellow, numbered sticky dot on the part of the landscape that will change.

• On the A3 sheets provided, note the number on the sticky dot, and record:

– What will change?

– What will cause the change?

– What is an acceptable level of change?

– What is an unacceptable level of change?

Highlight the changes

we can influence

1. What do we

value?

2. How do the

systems work?

3. What do we

want them to be

like in the future?

4. How do we

get there?

Workshop

1

1. What do we

value?

2. How do the

systems work?

3. What do we

want them to be

like in the future?

4. How do we

get there?

Workshop

2

Thank you & we look

forward to seeing you at Workshop 2!