Assessing e Values and Management of the NSW Travelling ... - Land

ASSESSING THE VALUES AND MANAGEMENT OF THE NSW TRAVELLING STOCK RESERVE
REPORT ON METHODOLOGY AND FINDINGS AUGUST 2009 Page 78 of 88
Communication and consultation planning DRAFT v.1a
Project title: Assessing the Values & Management of the NSW Travelling Stock Reserve Network
for biodiversity enhancement & optimal management in the Hunter Valley
Description
of project:
Project
manager:
Funding
source
• Pilot project assessment methodology to be strategically and consistently rolled out state-wide.
• Assess the values of approx. 3,282ha of the TSR network to identify potential use options for the future.
• Identifying areas with high priority ecosystems within &/or adjacent to TSR’s for biodiversity conservation, and develop
options & recommendations for future management, consistent with the H-CR CMA CAP & Legislation.
• Protect and enhance 75ha of native vegetation. Identify significant vegetation & EEC’s on existing TSR’s.
Mark Grace
Department of Lands.
NSW Catchment
Action
Funding
amount
Other
staff
involved
Type of plan Communication
(one way communication)
Planning Ideas Brochures, websites, presentations,
media etc
Issues
identification:
Adrian Harte – Director Land Management; Project Officer(s) Dept
of Lands; STAKEHOLDER REFERENCE GROUP in Consultation with
the TECHNICAL REFERENCE GROUP.
$260 000 Amount allocated for
communications
Consultation
(two-way including feedback)
Facilitated workshops, public exhibition
process, attending group meetings etc
Appendix G. Communication and Consultation Strategy
Up to $5000 plus Lands - in
kind support
Education
(awareness raising through activity)
Area Maitland Board Area 406 ha.
Hunter Board Area 2,876 ha.
Report on 3,282 ha of TSR’s.
Protect & enhance 75ha of
Native Vegetation.
Project
duration Until June 2009
Job
number
Stakeholder education program, training
days, field days etc
99000567
Marketing/promotions
(Media Releases, Information docs.)
Flyers, signs, banners, displays,
promotional products etc
• Identification of all TSR’s within the project area, including their current uses, existing assets & Aboriginal/European cultural significance.
• Identify existing agreements between RLPB’s & current TSR users for those TSR’s identified to be of high conservation or linkage significance.
• Identify which TSR’s have an obvious future use, to concentrate resources on TSR’s with less obvious future use/management.
• Inaccurate information & mistrust about the NSW Govt’s future plans for existing TSR’s, partly through incomplete reporting in mass media.
• RLPB rationalisation from 47 down to 13 new RLPB districts state-wide, & what this will mean for grazier stakeholders.
• Others to be identified when stakeholder survey results are received & interpreted by the project manager.
Objectives: • To develop a stakeholder database & gain accurate input into the project, implement data gathering consultation measures.
• To provide information to licence holders & key stakeholders about the various end uses for the TSR’s & why they’re appropriate.
• To respond to issues and concerns raised by licence holders and stakeholders & to assist them to make a formal submission.
• Maximise use of desk top assessment tools asap, to identify areas that may require further investigation early in the process.
• Provide the opportunity for the community to have active input into determining the values and constraints involved in TSR Management.
• Obtain local knowledge from former RLPB Staff about all aspects of TSR’s; Cultural heritage, usefulness for stock, other uses/issues.
• To ensure that all recommendations & publications are consistent with the Project Plan, and relevant policy and legislation.