Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority
Border Ranges
Overview
The Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority (NRCMA) engages and supports local communities in the sustainable use and management of the region’s natural resources. Our role is to help plan, fund and implement priority natural resource management projects and activities on private and public lands that protect and rehabilitate our native vegetation, soil and land resources, rivers coasts and marine environment. We work with individuals, community groups, industry and government.
The Northern Rivers CMA is not a regional water manager and is not an environmental compliance agency; however, our programs and projects complement the work of a range of other government departments in the natural resource management field.
What we do
The Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority, on behalf of the Border Ranges Alliance (a network of NRM groups in the Border Ranges region supporting the Great Eastern Ranges initiative), as proponent is submitting an application to Caring for our Country for a package of activities in the region that will improve connectivity of Gondwana World Heritage Areas through on-ground works on private property, as well as engagement activities.
The primary target for the application is Managing World Heritage – Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (QLD and NSW) - Actions to minimise Bell Minor Associated Dieback, Mobilise landholders to improve connectivity in the landscape through implementation of vegetation corridors, and Engage with community and scientific/technical experts to obtain information to assist with the management of properties. Secondary targets are Increasing Native Habitat and Increasing participation in natural resource management.
All on-ground activities will take on private land in priority areas that are adjacent to WHA or are within rainforest climate change corridors (as per the BRRBMP) that clearly link WHAs.
What we have achieved
Integrated Threatened Species Recovery in target sub-catchments 2009/10
(the PAS Project) 9 key sites, investment form CMA DECCW - recovery of threatened species (flora) on private and public land. Tweed / Brunswick sub-catchments - Bilambil/ Duroby, Byrrill, Upper Brunswick & Lower Brunswick. Year 2 (2010/11) works & investment supported by NSW Environmental Trust grant and Tweed Shire Council funds.
Key Corridors Connection (North) 2009/10
4 key sites - 23.0 hectare remnant restoration plus 5.0 ha connectivity planting. DECCW Climate Change corridors Nightcap Range - Cudgen (Tweed Coast) Bilambil - Cobaki. Follow-up on previous year sites. 3rd year 2010-11 of project.
Eastern Bristlebird recovery 2009/10
4 key private property sites with EBB bird records and habitat undergoing continued restoration work from previous Biodiversity Hotspots investment 2005-08. Project completed and EBB Business Plan produced by Wildsearch Environmental Services.
Contact
Northern Rivers Catchment Management Authority
Tel: 02 6627 0123
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Web: www.northern.cma.nsw.gov.au
