Publications
Agreements
- Intergovernmental Agreements
The Commonwealth and all States and Territories have signed the overarching Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality - Bilateral Agreements specify in detail the agreements between the Commonwealth and individual States and Territories on how the Action Plan will be implemented.
- Australian Capital Territory - signed 20 December 2006
- New South Wales - signed 17 May 2002
- Northern Territory - signed 7 February 2003
- Queensland - signed 1 March 2002
- South Australia - signed 8 June 2001
- Tasmania - signed 13 February 2002
- Victoria - signed 2 October 2001
- Western Australia - signed 11 September 2003
- Natural Heritage Trust Bilateral Agreements
Annual reports
- National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) and Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) Regional Programs Report
- National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality (NAP) Annual Report
Books and reports
- Administration of the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality
- Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality
- National Evaluations of the NHT and the NAP
- Evaluation of salinity outcomes of regional investment
- Evaluation of the current governance arrangements to support regional investment
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of bilateral agreements between the Australian Government and State/Territory Governments for the regional component of the extension of the Natural Heritage Trust
- Salinity mapping methods in the Australian context
- Science and information to support the National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality and the Natural Heritage Trust: position paper
- The Business of Saving Water - the Report of the Murrumbidgee Valley Water Efficiency Project (the Pratt Water Report)
- Australian Government response to the Business of Saving Water
- Pratt Water Report working papers
- Whole of catchment water and salt balance to identify potential water saving options in the Murrumbidgee Catchment
- Stock and domestic water - delivery enhancement strategies
- Financing case study - Yanco Creek rehabilitation project public/private potential joint venture- preliminary evaluation
- Development approvals - draft State Environmental Planning Policy
- Murrumbidgee socio-economic profile
- Socio-economic assessment of water efficiency investments in the Murrumbidgee Valley
- Murrumbidgee en-route storages
- Summer demand project, on-farm/near-farm storage, workshop - incentives, constraints and opportunities
- Regulatory interventions to maximise water efficiencies in the Murrumbidgee Valley
- Hydrologic economic ranking of water saving options
- On-farm feasibility of conversion to water efficient irrigation systems in the Murrumbidgee Valley
- Delivery technology to save water in the near-farm zone
- Water supply and land use planning for sustainable water-efficient irrigation in the Murrumbidgee Valley - the Lake Wyangan case study
- Water efficiency improvements through environmental farming systems
- Murrumbidgee Valley ecological assessment
- Pre-feasibility study into bio-diesel
- Sequential biological concentration - review
- Feasibility of timber plantations in the upper Murrumbidgee catchment - a triple bottom line analysis
- Towards a National Framework for managing the impact of groundwater and surface water interaction in Australia
- Review of the Lower Goulburn Floodplain Rehabilitation Project
- Introduction to Desalination Technologies in Australia - 2 September 2002
- Economic and Technical Assessment of Desalination Technologies in Australia - 2 September 2002
- Innovation in Irrigation - 2004 brochure
- Innovation in Irrigation - 2005 brochure
- Salinity mapping methods in the Australian Context - January 2005
- Market-based Instruments Pilots Program
- Investigating new approaches - A Review of Natural Resource Management Pilots and Programs in Australia that Use Market-based Instruments - 2002
- Investigating new approaches - A Guide to The National Market-Based Instruments Pilots Program - 2002
- Round One
- Evaluation of Round One of the Market Based Instrument Pilot Program - 2005
- National Market Based Instrument Pilot Program Round One : An Interim Report - 2005
- Round One project reports
- Adoption of New Land Management Practices through Conservation Insurance - 2006
- Auction for landscape recovery (Southwest Australia) - 2005
- Cap and Trade for Salinity: Property Rights and Private Abatement Activities, a Laboratory Experiment Market - 2005
- Catchment Care - Developing an auction process for biodiversity gains and water quality outcomes - 2005
- Establishing East-west Landscape Corridors in the Southern Desert Uplands - 2005
- Establishing the potential for offset trading in the lower Fitzroy River - 2005
- Farming finance: creating positive land use change with a natural resource management leverage fund - 2006
- Green Offsets for Sustainable Regional Development - 2005
- Multiple-outcome auction of land-use change - 2005
- Dryland Salinity Credit Trade - 2006
- Tradable net recharge contracts in Coleambally Irrigation Area - 2005
Brochures
- Australia's Salinity Problem - 2001
- Frequently Asked Questions - 2001
- National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality - 2001
- Putting Salinity on the Map - October 2001
- Water Facts - 2001
Case studies
A number of project case studies from across Australia can be found on the NRM web site
Fact sheets
- Community Water Grants information sheets
- Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry factsheets on NRM
- Natural Resource Management factsheet
- Partnerships
- Market Based Instruments fact sheets
- What are Market Based Instruments? (PDF - 101 KB)
- Auction or land management tender (PDF - 108 KB)
- Cap and trade mechanisms (PDF - 102 KB)
- Conservation agreements (PDF - 93 KB)
- Environmental risk management (PDF - 98 KB)
- Revolving funds (PDF - 93 KB)
- Leveraging private investment (PDF - 103 KB)
- Offsets (PDF - 98 KB)
- Product differentiation (PDF - 94 KB)
- Tax incentives (PDF - 89 KB)
Frameworks
- A national framework for improved groundwater management in Australia
- A national framework for improved wastewater reuse and stormwater management in Australia
- Council of Australian Governments (CoAG) Water Reform Framework
- National cooperative approach to integrated coastal zone management: Framework and implementation plan - 2006
- National framework for natural resource management standards and targets - 2002
- National natural resource management monitoring and evaluation framework - 2002
- National principles for the provision of water for ecosystems
Guidelines
- Draft national guidelines for water recycling
- Grants for Australia's Environment and Heritage: a guide
- Water quality guidelines
- Water quality targets online
Legislation
Media releases
Newsletters
- In Focus (discontinued July 2006)
- National NRM Facilitator Network Newsletter (discontinued July 2006)
- Natural Resource Talk
- Related NRM newsletters
Policies
- Our Vital Resources: a National Action Plan for Salinity and Water Quality - 3 November 2000
- National groundwater policy papers
- Inquiry into water policy initiatives
- Wetlands Policy
- National Water Initiative
Strategies
See also
Key
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