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BURDEKIN DRY TROPICS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016-2026
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SUCCESS INDICATORS Land use planning
By or before 2026:
• the most up-to-date and comprehensive data and information( statutory and non-statutory) is used when developing local planning instruments and regional statutory policies and plans.
• urban development occurs in the most appropriate areas( i. e. not in hazard areas, high biodiversity areas or good quality agricultural land.
Land management and soil health
• there is improved soil health in our region;
• there is a reduction in nutrient and sediment loads to the GBR, and targets identified in the Burdekin WQIP and Reef 2050 Plan are achieved; and
• there are rehabilitated abandoned mines, resulting in repaired ecosystem function.
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