This ‘3 Year Plan’ presents strategic direction to ensure Wheatbelt NRM effectively responds to national, state and regional NRM needs. This will be achieved by engaging our community to actively support and progress our strategic objectives. This ‘3 Year Plan’ is supported each year by an Operations Plan that sets out how resources will be allocated and utilised in progressing the strategic objectives in this document.
The Wheatbelt Regional NRM Strategy guides NRM investment priorities within the region. The regional community provided important guidance to the development of the strategy, which reflects their values and understanding of the environment they live in and know.
Australia has an incredible diversity of bird species, with 898 recorded, including vagrants or accidental visitors and introduced species. Of this total, Western Australia has 550 species, 17 of which are found only in Western Australia. The Avon River Basin has a remarkable 224 recorded species - over 25 percent of the national total.
2021 has been a year of growth and milestones for our Aboriginal NRM team. From our Elders Advisory Group through our Noongar Boodjar Rangers, this year was a time of reflection backed by action.
As they say, all good things must come to an end and here we are at the tail end of 2021. It has, again, been a busy year for our farmers and our team.
Federal Minister for Agriculture, David Littleproud, announced last week that plans to pay farmers for the biodiversity benefits that they deliver has taken another step forward with the Australian Government kick-starting the legislation process.
Are you a Wheatbelt cattle or sheep farmer interested in contributing to PhD research? Students from UWA’s School of Agriculture and Environment are currently researching the economic value of dung beetle to Australia and are looking for participants for one-on-one interviews.