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DRAFT South West Regional NRM Strategy – Ancillary Document 3. SWCC NRM Strategy – List of reviewed documents A wide range of documents have been reviewed during the preparation of the Regional NRM Strategy and these are presented below in two groups: 1. Key documents: These provided varying amounts of information relevant to the preparation of the strategy. 2. Other documents: Provided by SWCC and other stakeholders for review, or sourced by the authors, but of no direct relevance to the preparation of the strategy. The documents are listed alphabetically in these three groups. A full bibliographic reference is provided for each document, as well as a brief description of its contents, particularly with regards to its relevance to the strategy. All documents are included on the enclosed DVD, unless marked as being unavailable in electronic format. 3.1 Key documents Beatty, SJ, F McAleer and DL Morgan 2009 Migration patterns of fishes of the Blackwood River and relationships to groundwater intrusion. Report to the Department of Water. The Blackwood River catchment is one of two in the SW Coast Drainage Division to house all eight freshwater fishes endemic to the region and is therefore of high conservation importance. However, salinisation of the upper catchment has led to substantial range reductions of freshwater species downstream to the largely forested region where fresh groundwater intrusion by the Yarragadee and Leederville aquifers is greatest. This study represents the only long‐ term and comprehensive monitoring of freshwater fish populations in the SW of WA. The study demonstrates, for the first time, that groundwater plays an important role in maintaining relictual fish fauna in a major river system of this region. The study specifically identifies Milyeannup Brook as being of key conservation importance as it houses the only breeding population of the EPBC listed (Vulnerable) Balston’s Pygmy Perch Nannatherina balstoni, and also housed all the other freshwater fishes of the river. BBG 2004 Strategic action plan and investment programme for the Blackwood River Basin, Western Australia 2004-2007. Blackwood Basin Group, Boyup Brook, WA. 24 pp. Key strategy produced by one of six sub-regional catchment management groups, listing key assets, threats and priority actions to address these. Both resources (assets) and key threats are discussed and prioritised under the headings land and water management, biodiversity conservation of sites and species, biodiversity conservation of landscapes and the marine and coastal environment. BBG 2006 Tweed River – A Preliminary Assessment of In-Stream Salinity. Blackwood Basin Group Inc., Boyup Brook, WA, 27 pp. Report shows that salinity increasing in the Tweed catchment, major effect on landholders. No specific information on whether affecting any other asset other than land. Management options given in recommendations section. BBG 2006 Gnowergerup/Scott’s Brook Preliminary Assessment of In-Stream Salinity. Blackwood Basin Group Inc., Boyup Brook, WA, 29 pp. Report shows that salinity increasing in parts of the Gnowergerup/Scott’s Brook catchment, major effect on landholders. No specific information on whether affecting any other asset other than land. Management options given in recommendations section. Bennell, B 2010 Aboriginal Consultation and Engagement Guidelines (On-Ground Works). South West Catchments Council, Bunbury, WA. 21pp. Title describes content. Adapted from a Department of Water document. The guidelines were developed to assist Natural Resource Managers in assessing and meeting SWCC requirements under the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972. Budd, AF and JM Pandolfi 2010 Evolutionary Novelty Is Concentrated at the Edge of Coral Species Distributions. Science 328(5985):1558-61 Conservation priorities are calculated on the basis of species richness, endemism, and threats. However, areas ranked highly for these factors may not represent regions of maximal evolutionary potential. The relationship between geography and evolutionary innovation was analysed in a dominant complex of Caribbean reef corals, in which morphological and genetic data concur on species differences. Based on geometric morphometrics of Pleistocene corals and genetically characterized modern colonies, we found that morphological disparity varies from the centre to the edge of the Caribbean, and we show that lineages are static at well-connected central locations but split or fuse in edge zones where gene flow is limited. Thus, conservation efforts in corals should focus not only on the centres of diversity but also on peripheral areas of species ranges and population connectivity. 8
DRAFT South West Regional NRM Strategy – Ancillary Document CCCG 2007 Capes Catchment Management Strategy. Cape to Cape Catchments Group, Margaret River, WA. 62 pp. CCCG 2008 Boodjidup Brook Action Plan. Cape to Cape Catchments Group, Margaret River, WA. 72 pp. This river action plan (RAP) contains a detailed description of the current health of the Boodjidup waterways in terms of fringing vegetation condition, weeds and erosion. It provides information on current management issues, and recommends strategies to address these issues. The report can be used to assist in prioritising actions in the catchment to protect and enhance the brook and provides background information to aid decision-making for landholders, land managers and the community. Sections 1 and 2 provide an introduction to the report and describe the study area. Section 3 discusses stream ecology. Section 4 outlines the methodology used in developing this action plan. Sections 5 and 6 detail the management issues identified and actions that can be taken to address these issues. Section 7 contains maps of the study area showing foreshore condition rating, fencing status, weeds, erosion and other features. Specific management recommendations are detailed for each map in this section. This section may be a good starting point for landholders to identify management issues on their property. Section 8 summarises the key actions and recommendations in the report. Appendices provide further information: List of local native plants species suitable for revegetation. List of local native plant species identified in the study area. Common weeds in the study area. Useful contacts for further information and assistance.. CCCG 2011 2011-12 Action plan – Draft. Cape to Cape Catchments Group, Margaret River, WA. 7 pp. Sub-regional catchment group’s action plan for the year. Has useful information, but no prioritisation of assets/threats etc. that would be of high relevance to strategy development. Commonwealth of Australia 2007 National Environmental Health Strategy 2007–2012. Department of Health and Ageing, Commonwealth Government, Canberra, ACT. 14 pp. Not of direct relevance to the strategy, but is cited as an example of the “risk assessment and management” approach used by the Commonwealth Government for strategy development. Being cited, it is included here. Cribb, J 2011 We ignore a deadly invader at our peril. From the web on 16 March 2011 on http://www.sciencealert.com.au/opinions/20112102-21868-2.html The invader in this case is the Java strain of the Asian bee, Apis cerana. At present the invading Asian bees are thought to occupy a foothold in a smallish region around Cairns, in far north Queensland. Compared with the well-established European honeybee (Apis mellifera), the Asian bee is a poor honey maker, swarms prolifically, and is capable of outcompeting and destroying colonies of both the European bee and native Australian bees. In the Solomon Islands recently it almost annihilated the honeybee industry, reducing it from 2000 hives to just five. On February 2, 2011, a decision was taken by a majority of State governments to end control efforts. Curtis, AL and EC Lefroy 2010 Beyond threat- and asset-based approaches to natural resource management in Australia. Australasian J Env Management 17(3):134-141 Natural resource management (NRM) in Australia began as a series of campaigns against specific threats to agricultural and pastoral production, with war progressively declared on soil erosion, introduced pests and dryland salinity. Critiques of NRM programs in the 1990s coincided with a shift towards an asset-based approach. This approach emphasises the need for public investment to be focused on those parts of the landscape of high value, rather than defending large areas against broad-scale threats. The asset-based approach is more strategic, but runs the risk of sacrificing effectiveness for efficiency by overlooking the large-scale biophysical and social processes that underpin the viability of discrete assets. Further, the asset-based approach fails to sufficiently acknowledge the importance of engaging and building the human, social and cultural capital required to underpin longterm environmental management. A condition-based approach to NRM is proposed that builds on the best of the threat-based and asset-based approaches by setting targets based on environmental processes rather than perceptions of ideal states; borrowing systematic approaches to assessing value and condition from conservation planning; and investing in the social, economic, human and cultural capital required to support lasting change. Davis, MA, MK Chew, RJ Hobbs, AE Lugo, JJ Ewel, GJ Vermeij, JH Brown, ML Rosenzweig, MR Gardener, SP Carroll, K Thompson, STA Pickett, JC Stromberg, P Del Tredici, KN Suding, JG Ehrenfeld, JP Grime, J Mascaro and JC Briggs 2011 Don't judge species on their origins. Nature 474:153-4 The authors argue against the nativism perspective -- native species equals good, non-native species equals bad – which dominates conservation efforts. Many ecologists now believe it is time to rethink this, i.e. need to consider outcomes and impacts of an organism on an environment rather than focus on native origins. Scientific studies show that while some introduced species have negative impacts, it is not always the case, and “We need to consider the impact of these terms”. Electronic version not available. DEC and Water and Rivers Commission 1997, Wetlands conservation policy for Western Australia / Government of Western Australia The Government, [Perth, W.A.] : 23pp. 9
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