BURDEKIN DRY TROPICS NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016-2026
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Principles used to update the plan The plan is intended to support people contributing to the sustainability and resilience of regional systems. NRM issues are complex and need a variety of approaches to create a desired outcome. The plan is focused on delivering outcomes for the biophysical, social and economic components of the whole regional system. It recognises that integrative and collaborative management requires flexibility and adaptation.
In principle, this plan was designed to:
1. be an update, and not a new plan: Carry forward the enduring ideas and strengths of the previous regional plan( 2005)( BDTBoard, 2005) and link to the regional Traditional Custodians of the Burdekin Dry Tropics Caring for Country Plan( 2005)( Traditional Custodians of BDT region, 2005);
2. be inclusive, and collaborative: Recognise the variety of cultural, social and economic values people associate with natural resources and involve people in developing and delivering the plan;
3. be informed, and informing: Summarise information about the region’ s natural resources, as well as help people understand why managing these resources is important and what they can do to help;
4. be adaptable, and usable: Use an approach that can be easily updated and changed to reflect social, economic and ecological resource changes, and accessible to the community as a practical guide and tool to help everybody manage resources;
5. be empowering: Motivate and enable individuals and organisations to improve the value of natural resources for everybody; and
6. be continuously improved: Be subject to ongoing monitoring, evaluating, and reporting, to improve delivery.
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