SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY

SCOPE

• The impact of human activities on natural resources, particularly:
  • Air quality
  • Climate change
  • Solid and hazardous waste disposal
  • Land and resource use planning
• Development opportunities
• Integration of the Southern NRM Strategy with:
  • the Southern Waste Management Strategy;
  • the Southern Tourism Strategy; and
  • the current process to prepare the Southern Economic and InfrastructureDevelopment Strategy.
• Brand and marketing
• Impact of community organisation and planning on resource and energy use
• Strategic management

Effective natural resource use and management are, at their core, social and economic issues, driven by human values and human choices. The impact of social and economic behaviour on natural resources is the reason it is important to consider these issues in a natural resource management strategy.

NRM South’s intention is to address all the issues cumulatively as time and resources permit. This will be done through the process of partnership building, ongoing strategy development, adaptive management and review.

For more detailed information please see Chapter 9: Managing for Sustainable Communities and a Sustainable Economy in the Strategy.

Appendix 11 in the Supplementary Information document lists the current air quality, climate change and waste management programs and practices in the Region, as well as describing industry responses to development opportunities and brand and marketing opportunities.