For Catchment Management Authorities
Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) have been established across New South Wales to ensure that regional communities have a say in how natural resources are managed in their catchments.
Thirteen CMAs are working with farmers, LandCare and other local groups, Aboriginal communities, local government, industry and state agencies to respond to the key natural resource management (NRM) issues facing their catchments.
With direction from a Board of local community members, CMAs have prepared and are now implementing their Catchment Action Plans (CAPs) and investment programs. State and federal funding are supporting projects and activities which help communities restore and improve the natural resources in their catchments.
All this work contributes to achievement of Priority E4 of the NSW State Plan, which aims to better protect and restore the state's native vegetation and biodiversity, land, rivers and coastal waterways. Healthy and resilient natural resources and systems are the basis of our primary industries, and tourism and recreation activities, as well as providing habitat for our unique native flora and fauna.
CMAs are a tangible demonstration of the NSW Government's ongoing commitment to practical implementation of this important State Plan priority.
Find out about the work and activities of your local CMA:
The Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) and other NSW natural resource agencies provide CMAs with advice, information, scientific expertise and technical assistance in delivering their CAPs. This web page will provide information relevant to CMAs and links to CMA activities in natural resource management.
Evaluation framework for CMA natural resource management