In developing the Northern Regional NRM Strategy, the region’s stakeholders identified 21 targets for resource condition, 51 targets for the management of those resources and more than 150 priority actions to get us there.

These priorities spanned the natural resource areas of Land, Water, Biodiversity, Atmosphere and the Coast and Marine Environments. Although highly diverse in their range, there were some consistent themes that arose, particularly in respect to:

• providing assistance to farmers and other resource managers to help them adopt improved management approaches, 

• better identifying and monitoring the condition of our natural resources, and

• recognising and supporting the community groups and organisations that underpin the delivery of NRM across the region.