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South West Regional NRM Strategy – Ancillary Document
This document presents the System Documentation and User Guide for the South West Catchments Council (SWCC)
Investment Decision Support System (a key component of the Waterway Health Sub-Strategy and Biodiversity Sub-Strategy.
As such, it has no specifically useful information, but is needed when consulting the sub-strategies.
State NRM Office 2007 Agency Statement of important Natural Resource Management Assets in
Western Australia. Unpublished Report prepared for NRM Senior Officers Group, Government of
Western Australia. 107 pp.
Key document that states the State Government’s position on NRM assets of WA. The report presents the views of each
Department on the respective NRM assets for which it has primary responsibility. A limitation is that the report presents differing
levels of detail on information and therefore comparisons between asset classes are not recommended without further
information from each section’s respective authors. It focuses primarily on biophysical or tangible assets and has not addressed
the social and socio-economic asset class. Highest priority assets included: 6 IBRA sub bioregions, 6 marine conservation
reserve regions, 2 terrestrial IBRA subregions, 7 marine conservation reserves, 343 flora species (terrestrial), 58 fauna species
(terrestrial), 54 TECs (terrestrial), 5 marine fauna species, 24 proposed and existing natural diversity recovery catchments, 7
target landscapes, 13 IBRA provinces with species hotspots, 62 water supplies and 34 waterscapes, 5 aquatic assets and 1
soil-landscape zone (See also the secondary document DoE 2003).
Steele, J.J. 2006 Management of diffuse water quality issues in the Peel-Harvey coastal drainage
system – A literature review.
The review considers Best Management Practice options for water quality improvement along watercourses in a format relevant
to the Peel-Harvey catchment. The drainage system is a highly degraded and modified system where works along drainage
lines need to be prioritized due to limited funding, where institutional change in drainage management practices is needed and
where the downstream receiving water bodies are of international ecological significance. The need for drainage maintenance
in the Peel-Harvey catchment has not been disputed in this review. What has been disputed is the method in which these works
are scheduled and implemented. Recommendations include the need to determine the conveyance requirements of waterways
so that stable, vegetated drains with adequate drainage capacity can be able to be designed and implemented.
Stuart-Street, A 2003 Natural resource management issues in the agricultural zone of Western Australia
– South West Region. Department of Agriculture, Government of Western Australia, Perth, WA. 56
pp.
The document provides an analysis of current pressures on agricultural resources of the SW Region. Data were not presented
on the actual areas of land affected by the various forms of degradation as these weren’t then available and regional land
resource surveys were interpreted to estimate these areas. These estimations are based on characteristics of the soils and
landscapes within the region. Differing ranges of risk are shown for different issues because of varying impacts. Each natural
resource management issue is covered in four sections: 1) Extent; 2) Impacts; 3) Management options; and 4) Effectiveness.
SWCC 2005 South West Regional Strategy for Natural Resource Management. South West
Catchments Council, Bunbury, 164 pp. + CD
Previous strategy and a key document guiding the development of the strategy.
SWCC 2010 Community Engagement Strategy – Planning for 2010 and Beyond (v.7). Prepared by the
Community Engagement Team, SWCC for the South West Catchments Council, Bunbury, WA. 59pp.
Title describes content. The community engagement strategy has been developed to assist SWCC to undertake community
engagement for improved Natural Resource Management (NRM) outcomes and strategic organisational development, now and
into the future. The strategy has two main themes:
SWCC’s overarching engagement approach – i.e. guiding principles for how SWCC as an organisation works with-its
stakeholders and a long-term objective for how to achieve this; and
SWCC’s operational approach – i.e. practical information for SWCC staff to ensure that they are using the most effective and
appropriate tools to engage their relevant stakeholder groups.
Syrinx Environmental PL 2008 Scott Coastal Plain – Best Management Practices. Prepared for the
BBG by Syrinx Environmental PL, Perth, WA. 103 pp.
This report is intended to provide technical information to landholders and others on the best available means of minimising the
environmental impacts of on-farm activities on the Scott Coastal Plain. The report broadly outlines the background information
on the selected best management practices and is accompanied by a self-assessment checklist. Landholders using the
checklist will be able to undertake an initial self-assessment to create a personal benchmark for their own environmental
performance and while undertaking this process determine where improvements would be beneficial. The Best Management
Practices (BMP’s) included in this document are applicable across a wide range of agricultural industries to improve
environmental management and include Environmental Best Practice measures for water management, irrigation management,
drain management, nutrient management; soil management; effluent management, and timber plantation management.
Unmack, P 2011 Freshwater ecoregions of the world – 801: Southwestern Australia. Accessed on Dec
04 2011 on: http://www.feow.org/ecoregion_details.phpeco=801
Description of the freshwater habitats and its fauna in SW Australia.
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