BURDEKIN DRY TROPICS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016-2026
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Mono-species Composed of organisms of a single species. NRM
Natural Resource Management
NRM Community groups
Net present value
Point source pollution
Ramsar-listed wetlands
Active volunteer groups that play an important role in conserving natural resources in our region. They are affiliated with Landcare groups, other community‘ care’ groups( environment and NRM collectives), Indigenous groups and not-for profit organisations.
The difference between the present valueof cash inflows and the present value of cash outflows. NPV is used in capital budgeting to analyze the profitability of a projected investment or project.
A point source is a stationary location or fixed facility from which pollutants are discharged or emitted.
Refers to wetlands recognised under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance – an inter-governmental treaty between nations aiming to conserve natural resources. Australia was the first nation to become a Contracting Party to the Convention which was signed in 1971 in the small Iranian town of Ramsar. The Convention’ s broad aims are to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and to conserve, through wise use and management, those that remain. https:// data. qld. gov. au / dataset / ramsar-sites-queensland
Regional ecosystem A distinct vegetation community that occurs in association with a particular combination of geology, soil and landform in a specific bioregion.
Ruminants
An even-toed ungulate mammal that chews the cud regurgitated from its rumen. The ruminants comprise of cattle, sheep, antelopes, deer, giraffes, and their relatives.
Rural population Rural and remote regional Queensland for the purposes of population statistics comprises the 39 Local Government Areas outside of South East Queensland that are either without a regional urban centre or have defined urban centres of less than 30,000 people as at 30 June 2011.
Sclerophyll A woody plant with evergreen leaves that are tough and thick in order to reduce water loss.
Sheet erosion Erosion that removes surface material more or less evenly from an extensive area as contrasted with erosion along well-defined drainage lines that produces or enlarges gullies or ravines.
Socio-ecological system
Statutory planning framework
Consists of‘ a bio-geo-physical’ unit and its associated social factors and institutions. Socio-ecological systems are complex and adaptive and delimited by spatial or functional boundaries surrounding particular ecosystems and their problem context.
The legal framework through which development is controlled. This includes Local Government Planning Schemes, State legislation and sometimes Federal legislation.
Sub-catchments A division of a catchment, allowing runoff management as near to the source as is reasonable.
Supplemented water
Sustainable NRM
Threatening process
Unsupplemented water
Water quality objective( WQO)
Water that is supplied via licensed or authorised water supply infrastructure.
Sustainable natural resource management is maintaining the ability or capacity of the natural resource, such as land, water, marine and biological systems, to sustain itself with a particular focus on how the management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations.
Threatening processes are those that are reducing or will reduce the biodiversity and ecological integrity of a regional ecosystem. For example, clearing, weed invasion, fragmentation, inappropriate fire regime or grazing pressure, or infrastructure development.
Water that is not supplied by the operation of water storage infrastructure.
WQOs are long-term goals for water quality management that enhance or protect EVs. WQOs are established for different physical, chemical and biological indicators of water quality( such as salinity, turbidity, nutrients, pesticides, macroinvertebrates).
Wet-season spelling Spelling paddocks from livestock during a wet season.
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