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Using community values in catchment action planning

Using community values in catchment action planning. Lyndal Hasselman CAP Project Manager. Catchment Action Plan upgrade. A plan for the natural resources of the catchment Whole of government and whole of community action Approved by the Minister and submitted to Cabinet . economic ^.

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Using community values in catchment action planning

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  1. Using community values in catchment action planning LyndalHasselman CAP Project Manager

  2. Catchment Action Plan upgrade • A plan for the natural resources of the catchment • Whole of government and whole of community action • Approved by the Minister and submitted to Cabinet

  3. economic ^ Social-ecological systems • humans in the landscape • we live here, we use things in the landscape for food, shelter and fibre - in doing this, we change the landscape • It’s a two way thing!

  4. economic ^ Social-ecological systems Landscapes Livelihoods Lifestyles

  5. Values in these Social-ecological systems

  6. What is important to you about this place?

  7. Should our plan for the future take into consideration what is important to you?

  8. Finding out what our communities value • Online survey with 204 responses

  9. What’s important to our communities  $ • “What do you value about this landscape or place? Select three responses.” Environment Personal Community

  10. Working with nature was more important in the tablelands • Country identity was more important in the rangelands • Family history was more important in the plains • Friends was more important in the rangelands and lower Lachlan floodplain • Presence of vegetation and presence of wildlife was more important in the tablelands • Business opportunities was more important in the rangelands • ..... than in the other landscapes

  11. Biodiversity Production Water

  12. Prodt’n Biodiversity Water Prodt’n Biodiversity Space Water Prodt’n W Space Biodiversity Biodiversity Water Space Prodt’n Biodiversity W Prodt’n Biodiversity W Prodt’n

  13. Biodiversity was most appreciated in the tablelands • The river was most appreciated in the lower Lachlan floodplain • Space was most appreciated in the Lachlan rangelands • Production and soils was most appreciated in the mixed slopes • … compared to the other landscapes • The most appreciated single element in the plains was the river

  14. So how are these values used? • Along with other results from the community consultation

  15. Knowing what is important to the communities of the landscape will help up develop a plan that works towards ‘what is important’. • If working with the land is important, then the Catchment Action Plan should enable or support ‘working with the land’. • If the natural biodiversity of the area is important, then the Catchment Action Plan should work to maintain or improve the biodiversity of the catchment.

  16. What’s next

  17. Reviewers phase • Have we got it right? • Proposed priorities • Draft document for review • What are the levels of success? • How much is good?

  18. Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. • Margaret Meade

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