all key corporate targets in the HNCma’s business plan were met during 2010/11 HNCMA staff workshop at Mt Annan in June to begin the mammoth task of redeveloping the 10-year Hawkesbury-Nepean Catchment Action Plan MeetiNg CorPorAte tArgets iN tHe HNCMA’s BusiNess PlAN All key corporate targets in the HnCMA’s Business plan were met during the year. KPi Key Performance indicator (KPi) Achievement 2010/11 achieved grow existing markets in the catchment Develop a marketing plan based on HnCMA Marketing Strategy to establish long-term funding Marketing plan developed in April 2011 (see page 34) 4 security for HnCMA Develop new markets for existing products Workshops undertaken in 2010 and Climate Change Vulnerability Report developed (see page 29) – two case Develop Hawkesbury-nepean Climate Change 4 adaption Strategy studies developed as video stories Climate Change Action plan developed new Sustainability plan developed and being Develop HnCMA Sustainability plan implemented with objective that HnCMA is carbon 4 neutral (see pages 109-116) Meetings held between Blue Mountains City Council, Facilitate research into climate change impacts and Macquarie university and university of nSW to align 4 mitigation in the catchment community monitoring of peat swamps with current university research Diversify markets partnership meetings held with government agencies, council and peak community organisations in the region Develop a joint marketing project focused on the 4 Blue Mountains World Heritage Area “living on the edge” website under development to promote best practice to landholders around the World Heritage Area (see page 34) Hawkesbury-NepeaN CatCHmeNt maNagemeNt autHority AnnuAl RepoRt 2010/11 15 Key Performance Results fiNANCiAl PerforMANCe ProPortioN of HNCMA exPeNditure (exCludiNg partNer CoNtriButioNs) the HnCMA had a successful year in meeting financial performance targets coming within $21,000 of nSW treasury expenditure targets (see pages 119-124 for details). this expenditure is closely monitored during the year to ensure 8.4% timely reporting is provided to HnCMA investors and that the investment is meeting on ground targets and outcomes 16.1% 26.9% agreed to with investors. For a detailed analysis of the HnCMA’s financial performance see pages 119-124 and financial statements on pages 130-151. 48.6% leverAgiNg iNvestMeNt in 2010/11 the HnCMA invested $12.67 million from the nSW and Australian governments directly in on ground Biodiversity $4.43 MillioN works. these funds were used to leverage additional WAter $7.99 MillioN investment, almost doubling ($1:$1.96) the total delivered on the ground to $24.8 million. lANd $2.64 MillioN CoMMuNity $1.49 MillioN While HNCMA projects are delivered through three landscape regions (see pages 39-61), funding is tied to four Statewide “themes”. The graph here shows the breakdown of investment across the themes and indicates a high investment in “water” as a result of the peak in the Smart Farms program in 2010/11 (see pages 23-27). nSW and Australian government investments in projects exPeNditure CAtegories 2010/11 HnCMA partnerships 7.0% 5.6% 87.4% oN grouNd 87.4% CoordiNAtioN 5.6% MoNitoriNg ANd evAluAtioN 7.0% The HNCMA continues to aim to invest more than 80 percent of its revenue directly “on the ground”. This was achieved again in 2010/11 for the seventh consecutive year of operations. 16 Hawkesbury-NepeaN CatCHmeNt maNagemeNt autHority AnnuAl RepoRt 2010/11 HNCMA fiNANCiAl PerforMANCe 2010/11 HNCMA exPeNditure By stAte tArgets 20 1 $1.949 18 2 $0.736 3 $0.709 16 4 $1.039 14 5 $6.813 12 6 $0.000 arget t 7 $0.000 10 Million ($) 8 $0.719 State Wide 8 9 $0.467 6 10 $1.671 4 11 $0.977 12 $0.845 2 13 $0.584 0 JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 investment ($ Million) Month key - state wide targets key - state wide themes reveNue 1. native Vegetation bioDiVersity exPeNditure 2. Fauna water foreCAsted reveNue 3. threatened Species LaND foreCAsted exPeNditure 4. invasive Species 5. Riverine ecosystems CommuNity The graph shows actual vs forecasted revenue and expenditure for the year. 6. groundwater Revenue at July 2010 commences with the bank balance from the previous year carried over. There was a delay in receiving revenue from key investors 7. Marine Waters from January until April 2011 and this affected expenditure over the second half of the year. Full expenditure was achieved in June 2011 with significant 8. Wetlands catch-up required in the last few months of the year. 9. estuaries and Coastal lake ecosystems 10. Soil Condition 11. land Capability 12. natural Resource Management Decisions 13. Community Capacity Building Under the four statewide themes there are 13 specific statewide targets which the HNCMA reports on. This graph shows the expenditure against these targets. For full details on the relationship of State themes/targets with HNCMA Catchment Action Plan targets see page 64. Hawkesbury-NepeaN CatCHmeNt maNagemeNt autHority AnnuAl RepoRt 2010/11 17 Chair’s Foreward Seven Years of Environmental Improvements siNCe CoMMeNCiNg iN 2004, tHe HNCMA HAs iNvested $ 131.93 MillioN (iNCludiNg partNer CoNtriButioNs) iN CAtCHMeNt iMProveMeNts to deliver: i am pleased to present the Hawkesbury-Nepean encouraging landscape stewardship, behavioural change, Catchment Management Authority’s (HNCMA) annual building community capacity, delivering practical environmental report for 2010/11. outcomes and broadening investment. the Department of primary industries became our host agency in 2011, and we the HnCMA reports to the Minister for primary industries will continue to work with Director- general Richard Sheldrake and is the key body undertaking natural resource and staff as this partnership grows. management decisions and investment in the Hawkesbury- nepean catchment, a catchment of national significance looking ahead, we are projecting continued revenue growth of (see pages 3-5). 12% for 2011/12 following on from 2010/11 which saw 49.7% in revenue growth (see pages 120-124). A major challenge will the HnCMA delivered $12.93 million of project funds during also be to implement effectively and efficiently the CAp review by the year to increase native vegetation cover, improve rivers, December 2012 (see page 20). We will continue to strengthen wetlands, degraded lands, and manage agricultural lands to our existing partnerships with governments, industry and other improve the catchment’s natural resources (see page 12). i am stakeholders, and broaden our proactive communication, pleased to report that we used this funding to leverage further including to youth and culturally and linguistically diverse groups. investment, delivering 867% above the 20 targets that we identified in the HnCMA’s business plan (see page 12 and 15). We are anticipating a potential decline in revenue beyond this almost doubled the nSW and Australian governments’ 2011/12 after the major Smart Farms program funding is investment in on ground works to $24.8 million to achieve key expended. to address this medium-term challenge, we have outcomes (see page 16). developed and begun to implement a Marketing Strategy to attract additional sources of private sector investment the year has been one of consolidation and high performance (see page 34). for the HnCMA. We continued our strategic planning process to achieve and exceed targets we committed to with the nSW i thank lisa Corbyn and staff of the office of environment and and Australian governments (see page 21). Heritage, Richard Sheldrake and staff of the Department of primary industries, and Mark patterson of the Department of We established three landscape Community Reference trade and investment, Regional infrastructure and Services for groups (see page 101) as part of our restructure to an their support during the year. thanks also to staff in nSW and integrated landscape-based delivery model, which will be Australian governments Minister’s offices. a key consultation mechanism for review of our catchment action plan (CAp) in the year ahead. in preparing for this review, importantly, my thanks to our HnCMA team of board we completed the HnCMA’s Climate Change Vulnerability members, executive and staff for their dedicated work during Assessment of nine key natural resource assets of the the year. We all look forward to continuing to work with our catchment to (see page 29). partners and community in the year ahead. there were major changes during the year. John Klem john verhoeven retired as inaugural Chair of the HnCMA. i thank John for Acting Chairperson his considerable contribution to the HnCMA’s success, in establishing and growing a robust organisation, and 18 Hawkesbury-NepeaN CatCHmeNt maNagemeNt autHority AnnuAl RepoRt 2010/11 General Manager’s Message 1,616 1,085 776,397 projects carried out on kilometres of native plants landholder’s properties riverbanks restored established 13,531 17,404 624 hectares of native hectares of degraded kilometres of vegetation protected lands restored rivers, gullies and wetlands fenced this year’s annual report details the continued progress the key challenge for the year was to efficiently deliver a we have made to achieving targets in the HNCMA’s 49.7% increase in revenue from the previous year and manage strategic and Business Plans and Catchment Action the organisational challenges of having no increases in staff Plan priorities (see page 100 for details of the links numbers to deliver the projects. between plans). to address this impact, the HnCMA carried out a significant in 2010/11 the HnCMA consolidated major reforms of its program of improving staff well-being during 2010/11 structure to landscape-based delivery and changes to its engaging the Mt eliza Business School to carry out a funding priorities and programs. this has allowed the HnCMA leadership program with the HnCMA executive and run a staff to focus on quality of performance and outcomes this past year.