NORTHERN and YORKE REGIONAL NRM PLAN Volume D
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Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board NORTHERN AND YORKE REGIONAL NRM PLAN Northern and Yorke NRM Board Yorke Northern and AND POLICY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY Volume D: Regulatory and Policy Framework Acronyms CEM Coastal, Estuarine and Marine EPA Environment Protection Authority CP Conservation Park DLCM Land Condition Monitoring DEH Department for Environment and NRM Natural Resources Management Heritage N&Y Northern and Yorke DPLG Department for Planning and Local WAA Water Affecting Activity Government WUE Water Use Efficiency DWLBC Department for Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation March 2009 This document has been prepared by the Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board and is not State Government policy. ISBN 978-0-9806143-5-0 Copyright This publication is copyright. Apart from any use permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior permission of the Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board. Requests and enquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be directed to the General Manager, Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board, PO Box 175, Crystal Brook, SA 5523 or [email protected] Disclaimers The Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board and the Government of South Australia, their employees and their servants do not warrant or make any representation regarding the use or results of use of the information contained herein as to its correctness, accuracy, currency or otherwise. The Northern and Yorke Natural Resources Management Board and the Government of South Australia, their employees and their servants expressly disclaim all liability or responsibility to Northern and Yorke NRM Board Yorke Northern and AND POLICY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY any person using the information or advice contained herein. Foreword The Northern and Yorke Natural Resources The Plan is a road map to guide the Board, Management Board (the Board) has and all those involved in natural resource responsibility, under the Natural Resources management, in achieving strategic outcomes Management Act 2004 (the “Act”) to develop and lasting improvements in the condition of and maintain a Natural Resources Management our natural resources. It is written to align with (NRM) Plan for the region. The Plan is to guide administrative structures and requirements, but the Board, related State Government agencies its components can be extracted and applied to and other stakeholders in their efforts to meet the needs of any interested parties. maintain and enhance the region’s The Plan will be the basis for securing natural resources. continuing investment in natural resource As a statutory body (under the Act) the Board management and it articulates how that has powers and responsibilities that are investment is intended to be applied to achieve described in this volume of the NRM Plan. the desired outcomes. It was prepared by While this may not be interesting bed time the Northern and Yorke NRM Board with reading for many it is a necessary part of support from State Government agencies describing how the Board will function and carry and the Australian Government. The planning out its responsibilities under the Act. process was extensive and required the input of countless people and organisations. The The Northern and Yorke NRM region has plan is based on existing management plans, bountiful natural resources and much of its developed for specific areas and assets of the economy and lifestyle are built on those assets. region. The important coastal and marine resources, high conservation value reserves, remnant The Board acknowledges those who have native ecosystems and rugged landscapes, and contributed to this Plan in any way and the productive soils and climate of the cropping wishes to extend its appreciation to all those districts are hallmarks of the region. people and groups who have been involved in consultation or providing The Northern and Yorke NRM Plan is a tool for comment. We wish to communities, organisations and individuals. It give special thanks to the describes the priorities for action and describes organisations responsible the strategies and activities needed to achieve for previous plans and the the desired environmental conditions – which valuable information they are set out as targets in the Plan. In the future contain. it will provide useful assistance with decisions on where to invest time and funds, and will I commend this document establish a framework for collaboration to to you and look forward achieve optimal efficiency in the delivery of to your commitment to Mervyn Lewis initiatives. the implementation of the Presiding Member Plan. Northern and Yorke NRM Board Yorke Northern and AND POLICY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY Northern and Yorke NRM Board REGULATORY AND POLICY FRAMEWORK Table of Contents Acronyms....................................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction and Context ........................................................................................... 6 1.1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................6 1.2. Context ...............................................................................................................................................6 2. Basis for the Levy ..................................................................................................... 7 2.1. Objectives and principles ...................................................................................................................7 3. Development plan matters......................................................................................... 9 3.1. Objectives and principles ...................................................................................................................9 4. Best practices in land management ........................................................................ 12 4.1. Objectives and principles .................................................................................................................12 4.2. Risk from bushfire .......................................................................................................................... 13 5. Water affecting activities .......................................................................................... 14 5.1. Management and protection of water resources ..............................................................................14 5.2. Objectives and principles .................................................................................................................14 6. Animal and plant control .......................................................................................... 33 6.1. Management of pest plants and animals .........................................................................................33 6.2. Objectives and principles .................................................................................................................33 Hierarchical guiding principles for the management of pest plants .........................................................36 Hierarchical guiding principles for the management of pest animals .....................................................37 7. Alignment to other mechanisms .............................................................................. 38 7.1 Objectives and principles ..................................................................................................................38 8. Community consultation .......................................................................................... 39 9. References .............................................................................................................. 39 10. Glossary ................................................................................................................ 40 Northern and Yorke NRM Board Yorke Northern and AND POLICY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY . Introduction and Context .. Introduction • to undertake an active role with respect to the management of natural resources within The purpose of the Northern and Yorke Natural its region; Resources Management (NRM) Plan is to: • to prepare a Regional NRM Plan in • review the state of the natural resources of accordance with the Act, to implement the the region; plan and to keep the plan under review to • identify the processes which threaten them; ensure the objects of the NRM Act are being • examine the opportunities for more effective achieved; management of those resources; and • to promote public awareness and • establish a framework of broad actions and understanding of the importance of targets to guide regional communities and integrated and sustainable NRM within its Local, State and Australian Government region, agencies. • to undertake or support educational The Plan seeks to instil a landscape activities with respect to NRM, and to provide mechanisms to increase the management approach that functions across capacity of people to implement programs natural resource assets, delivering integrated or to take other steps to improve the programs and solutions. It focuses on delivering management of natural resources; Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) • to provide advice with respect to the in the region. The approach is based on inter- assessment of various activities